Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-02
CONGRESS LAST Day
The Final Leg gislative Day Of the
Fiity-sixth Congress on
Hand.
Bailey. OF Texas. Obstructs Pro.
ceedinGs in the House by
Filibusterins.
Measure to Prohibit Importation
Of Intoxicants to New
Hebrides Killed.

Washington, March 2-The house
convened at this morning and the
hours from . to II were devoted to
unanimous consent legislation. After
bills We're passed to amend the Chinese
exclusion act; authorize striking of
medals for Spanish war heroes: author
izing deposit Of moneys collected from
the customs in authorized government
repositories and to authorize appoint.
ment of Thomas Lutz Stitts as an off,
Ger in the navy. Bailey, of Texas, OBJ
jected to action upon all bills by unani-
nous consent. He was appealed to on.
all sides not to block proceedings. but
refused to yield. The speaker then rec
ognized Sperry, of Connecticut, to move
passage under suspension Of the rules
of the senate bill to prohibit the sale of
firearms, opium and intoxicating.
liquors in certain Islands in the Pacific.
Bailey demanded second and made a
point of no quorum. Acall OF the house
was ordered and the sergeant-at-arms
was instructed to bring in absentees.
1t was 1920 before enough members
were brought In to make a quorum.
Sperry then proceeded to explain that
the bill was designed to prevent the
sale of American firearms and intoxi-i
cants to the aboriginees of the new He
brides.
Bailey declared the men behind the
pending bill We're not entirely sincere In
trying to protect sayages from the
banefu. influences OF Intoxicating
liquors. Why were not the Philippines
and the Hawaiian islands included? He
understood that since the American
regime began there over 1000 saloons
had sprung up in Manila. In Hawaii.
where saloons We're unknown until we
''benevolently asslnilated" them there
are now over 400 saloons. Bailey con-
tended that offenders under the bill
could not be punished
The bill was defeated 1t was 11:l0
when the roll call was completed and as
the regular hour for meeting had al
ready passed the house will not adjourn
again until sine die adjournment Mon
day. There will be no Saturday in the
proceedings. On motion of Mercer, of
Nebraska. chairman of the committee
on public buildings and grounds, the
omnibus and public building bill was
passed under suspension of the rules.
The senate.
Washington, March 2.-It was a
weary senate that convened at II O'Clock
this morning to begin the proceedings Of
the last legislative day of the Fifty
Eixth congress-. The senator's, red eyed
and tired looking, showed the effect of
the strain of the past week. The gall
leries were throngcd with people who
are here to attend the Inauguration
ceremonies.
Senator Chandler today presented to
the senate protest from Henry r.
Knapp. of Helena, Mont, against seat
ing Hon. William A. Clark, OF Mon
tana- Knapp claims to act in behalf Of
the labor party OF Montana. which par
~ is united with the democrats in the
election OF the Clark state ticket and in
the election OF Clark by the Legislature
He says Clark's managers made COM
pact to assist in securing state legisla-
ton in the interest of labor, but have
failed to do So He also claims that
Clark expended to exceed 5000, 600 in his
campaign.
The senate committee on Interstate
commerce Today favorably reported the
house bill requiring railroad companies
to make monthly reports of the accI-
dents en- their lines to the interstate
commerce commission.
The senate has passed the general de-
ficiency appropriation bill. This is the
last of the appropriation bills.