Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-26
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AR0USES HOUSE
II
Heflin Inserted Presidents
Appeal to Nation in
the Record.

A political wrangle, provoked by
the irregular insertion in the Con-
gressional Record Of President VIII
democratic Congress. and culminat-
ing in the making by Representative
Hefiin of the point Of mo quorum"
threatened for a time today to block
final action by the House on the six
billion-dollar military deficiency bill.
Delay on the bill. however. was averted
after Representative Cannon Of Illinois.
former republican Speaker. had appeal-
tesd Y6f inifiie Etfiddi, unanimous CON
sAetsAeiesae.4-eeyssefs==.s.s "a. S,.;.s,
IS The trouble arose when Acting Mi-
nority Leader Gillett charged that Rep
-resentative. Hefiin. under leave to ex-
tend. his. remarks, granted some days
ago, had inserted in the Congressional
Record the Presidents appeal to the
country, made yesterday, together
Chairman Ferris Of the national DEM
ocratic congressional committee. Rep
resentative Gillett and other repub-
lican members claimed that by doing
this Representative Hefiin had abused
the privilege granted him by the
House and moved that all material in
his extension Of remarks which hap
pened after the date on which he was
given leave to extend should be
stricken from the Record.
Speaker Makes Ruling.
Speaker Clark said the rule of the
House is that under leave to print
no member can insert anything that
happens after the date on which the
leave was granted.
Representative Heflin said that dur
ing fourteen yearS In the House he
had never seen this question brought
up. Representative Gillett responded
that the privilege had never be-
in q statement to the House said this
would be the first case in which a.
motion was put to strike, out any
part Of matter inserted by any MEM
Der under leave to extend his re-
marks.
Raises Point Of "No Quorum"
Representative Hef1in said in order
to prevent the republican side from
stopping this matter going before, the
people in the Congressional Record.
he would raise a point of no quorum.
T. When the House seemed blocked in
III
urgent deficiency bill, Representative
Cannon got unanimous consent to ad-
dress the House. Every word of his
speech was charged with human in
terest and patriotic zeal to support
the boys in the trenches. )!
At the same time. it was an efec-
tive political speech from the repub-
lican viewpoint. Representative Cam
non reviewed the 'gentleman's agree
ment'1 and called attention to the fact
that House members are scattered all
over. the country, SO that it would be
practically impossible to get q
expeditionary' force fighting for lib
erty. He-spoke of the seven-billfon-
dollar bill, carrying appropriation for
shot and shell, clothing and sustenance
for the soldiers, ships to transport men,
munitions and supplies.
He emphasized the fact that this i'm
perative war business in support Of
the President to carry out the mill
tary program was being blocked by
Representative Hefiin's threat to make
q point of no quorum.
Mr.. Cannon's Request Granted.
REPRESENTATIVE Cannon then asked
unanimous - consent, which was
granted, that the entire disagreement
he held in allegiance until the ap-
propriatfon bill could be considered.
AFTER that, he said, il the gentleman
from Alabama did not feel disposed
to ask unanimous consent to have the
objectionable part Of his extension in
the Record printed as Of this date, he
mission
Consideration Of the conference re-
port was then begun