The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-04
AFTER MIDNIGHT SESSION
SENATE DID NOT ADJOURN UN-
TIL 1:52 THIS MORNING.

Final Defeat of the AIdrich BIII Wit
messed when 1t Was Displaced by the
Offers Statehood Bill as am Amend
ment but Later Causes lis withdrawal.
Washington, March 3.-The final de-
feat of the Aldrich financial bill was
witnessed in the senate to-day, when it
was displaced by the Philippine tariff
bill. Mr.. Aldrich explained in detail his
measure and said that a small number
of men in the senate had deliberately,
with malice aforethought, murdered it.
One of the features of the session was
the fact that for the first time in two
years Delaware was represented in the
senate. ]. Frank Alice and L. Heiser
Hall, elected for long and short terms
respectively, appeared in the senate and
were sworn in by President pro tenn.
Frye. The senate now has it's full
membership of ninety.
In the course of the debate to-day Mr..
Elkins declared that the republican
party had been false to its solemn
pledges in three successive platforms
with respect to statehood for Arizona,
Oklahoma and New Mexico. and he
said that it was the first time that that
party had been guilty Of filibustering.
He declared that upon the republican
majority rested the responsibility for
the defeat of several important meas
nres in the senate. The senate at 6
O'Clock took recess until o'clock.
In the course of the night session Mr.
quay sprung surprise by offering as
an amendment to the Philippine tariff
bill the statehood bill, which he later
Withdrew, remarking that the circum-
stances requiring the offering of the
amendment had collapsed
The conference report on the naval
and general deficiency bills were agreed
to.
At 1852 a. M. the senate took recess
until 10 o'clock tomorrow wednesday,
morning.
Washington, March 3.-To-day was
almost a repetition of yesterday in the
house. Slowly but surely, through the
operation of ceaseless roll calls, the
conference reports to complete the nee
~1Set"s 1SS Ao4etIAolI "C1C SlouIlu OuL, dtIu
when the house at z o'clock tonight re-
cessed until 10 o'clock only two confer
ence reports on appropriation bills were
still undisposed of-the general def
cheney and the naval. The democratic
opposition did not abate and will be
continued until congress expires at
noon, March 4. During the debate on
conference reports members on each
side got In political speeches. and sew
eral times party passion flared up. Just
before the recess bedlam broke loose,
and there was an exchange of high
words between two members on the
floor A personal alteration seemed
imminent in the confusion, but it was
avoided by the intervention of friends.
The actual business done during the
eight hours of the days session consist
ed of the adoption of the conference
reports on the immigration, public
building and sundry civil bills, the ref
erence of the presidents veto message
of Virginia claim bill to the commit
tee on war claims, the adoption of
resolution to correct clerical errors in
the immigration bill, and the passage
of a senate bill to authorize the treas
ury department to coin souvenir coins
for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as
sociation.
The House was in session at o'clock
this morning.