Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
CONGRESSMAN ARE
EARNING SALARIES
Started Tuesday on a Con-
tinuous Session of Twenty
Five Hours.
LAST DAY OF THE 57TH
Conference Reports on the Appropra-
ton Measures Are Railroaded
Through the Bodies-Fili-
busters Get mo Chance.

| Washington, March 5.-At IL O'Clock
Tuesday the senate entered upon the last
legislative day of the Fifty-seventh con-
gress. There will be no adjournment
until tomorrow noon, when congress
expires by limitation. \ resolution was
adopted continuing until next regular
session the standing and select COM
mitteeS.
Conference reports on the sundry civil
bill We're agreed to. Hoar called up
the conference report on the bill to
protect the president
AT l O'clock the senate refused, upon
motion of Senator Mccunber, to take
up the pure food bin and the 1Aldrich
financial bill was considered. Aldrich
| taking the floor. He said that small
lot of nsen in the senate had "deliber-
ately, and With malice aforethouSht,
murdered this bill"
AT $50 o'clock j. Frank Alice and L.
Heisler Bail We're sworn in as senators
from Delaware.
When the house reconvened at ii
1t might remain in continuous session
until tomorrow noon. AS soon as
Chairman Henderson called the house
to order, Richardson, minority leader
attempted to make the point of no
quorum, but the speaker recognized
Payne to demand that ayes and noes on
adoption of the conference report on
the immigration bin.
The report was adopted and presen-
tation of the conference report on the
private pension bin was made the oc-
casion for some good natured political
chatting.
The report was adopted, Pill to G.
Cannon presented the conference report
on the sundry civil bill.
Report was adopted, as was also the
conference report on the sundry civil
bill.
AT lao a. IN. the senate agreed to
the conference report on the naval bill,
and Senator Hale Immediately followed
1t up with the conference report on the
general deficiency bill
ProNiso 8, provision for the depart
ment of commerce and labor inserted
by the senate, remains In the bill. The
BIN also contains appropriations for
public buildings and sites as provided
in the public building bill which passed
yesterday.
Az l:5o Il. m. the senate agreed to the
report. and two minutes later took
recess until 10 o'clock a. m.
Senator Tillman caused hutter in
the senate at 10 o'clock last night by
announcing his intention to defeat the
naval appropriation bill and the general
deficiency hin.
This determination was the result of
an announcement from the conference
room on the general deficiency bill TO
the effect that the house confereeS had
refused TO accept the senate amendment
providing for the payment of the South
Carolina state claims of $47245. The
senator had a stack of books beside his
desk as high as the desk, while on the
desk was a volume of Byrons poems
open at the vision of Judgment"
4, ,t.f olaf, Il
he said. "or [ will defeat both of the
regular bills and force an extra session
of both houses of congress. | can talk
until " o'clock tomorrow and that is
all that is necessary for the accom-
plishment of my purpose
Conferees Come to Agreement.
The conferees on the general def
cheney bin later agreed, the amend
ment for which Senator Tillman had
commended to pay the claim of the state
of South Carolina being accepted by
the house conferees.
The conferees of the two houses on
the naval appropriation bill reached am
agreement ut 10 O'Clock last night
The final defeat OF the Aldrich tlnan-
cial bin was witnessed In the senate
yesterday when it was displaced by the
Philippine tariff bill. Senator Altllich
explained In detail his measure and
said that a small number of men in
the senate had deliberately. With mall
Ice nforethought, murdered 1t.
In the course of the debate Yesterday
Senator Iilkins declared that the re-
publican party had been false to It's
solemn pledges In three successive
platforms with respect to statehood for
Arizonn, Oklahoma and New Mexico
and he said that 1t WAS the first dime
that the party had been guilty Of fiji
clustering. He declared that upon the
republican majority rested the re-
sponsiblity for the defeat of several
important measures in the senate
Senator Teller replied at length to
Senator Aldrichs charge that the dem
ocrats had iilibustered against his bin
and referring to Senator lsoralser's re-
mark that there should be II system Of
cloture TO prevent such work he said
III the clo;ure had existed thero
would have been three new states. You
have belied your platforms" said he
faclng the republican side and belied
your professional.
Senator Lodge then moved to take nm
the Philippine tariff bin. which was
agreed to, dispacing the Aldr.ch fnan
clal bill.
Senator Isikins spoke on the Aldrich
bill, and said it wls . calamity that
the bill had been defeated He s,,ia
the republican party was responsible
for the condition IN the senate. For
fourteen weeks Il majority had bean
kept from voting on the statehood bin
The Aldrch bill. the Philippine Bill and
the treaties had been defeated by the
hlibuster against the statehood bill
The republican party had been false 10
It's solemn pledges IN three successive
platforms He referred to the ACTIVITY
of Senator Aldrich IN his leadership,
to accomplish the defeat of the STAT
y "A