New-York tribune., 1903-03-03
BEATEN BY FILIBUSTERS.
ALDRICH BILL DOOMED
Little Hope for Philippine Tariff
Bill at this Session.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rE1pr>F.I


worked indegatgably to-day. but with appar-
entity little success Democratic suIicitudc for
the welfare of the Philippines has melted awIy
before Democratic hopes IT partisan advantage.
and Democratic proTestations Of the necessity
for an increased volume Of currency have been
stuIt.ffed by the Democratic desire {" defeat
the wishes Of Sena tor AIdrch and gain revenge
for the defeat of the Omnibus Statehood bill
DEMOCRATS GRAVE kEEUI;-
In the opinion of some Of the best fnanCiers
Of the Republican party the Democrats are
making a grave error in fIibusteTing on tHe
Aldrich hill. Present indications. read by
the financial authorities. are that there will
he serious strngency in the money market
next fall and the great agricultural population
OF the West, to whose interest it will be -
have abundant money to move the crops will
he the sufferers. The Republican advocates cf
the AIdrich bill believe that measure would go
far toward relieving the expected stringency-
Be that az it may. say the Republican leaders,
the stringency. under existing circumstances.
is certain to be charged TO the Democratic fill
buster on the AIdrich bill and the Democrats.
having the wind in the closing hours OF
the LVIIth Congress, will reap the whirlWind
| of public disapproval when a curtailed Circula-
| ton makes itself felt in the pockets Of the
| agricultur:sts throughout the West.
The intention Of the Democrats to flibustcr
was demonstrated as soon as the session opened
| by the demand of Senator Dubois that the Cen
eral Deficiency bill be read in full This occu-
| pied an hour, and was an absolute waste of
| time.
| The General Deficiency bill was passed after
| four hours consideration and after it had been
| amended in several particulars. An amendment
| by Mr.. Rawlins calling for appropriation OF
| $JOOOOOO0 to further the work Of irrigatinE
| arid lands furnished material for considerable
discu ssion, Mr. Rawlins contendfng that the sur
plus i'm the Treasury could be better used in This
manner than by turning it into the national
| hanks The amendment was rejected point
of order. In the course of the day the conferencH
| reports on the FortiiCations Appropriation bull
and the Alaskan Homestead bill were agreed 70.
| The immigration and Omnibus Public Building
| bills were sent to conference
ALDRICH BILL TAKEN Up.
| Senator AIdrirh called up his financial hill aud
| Senator Teller took the floor. hut Welded for
| various other matters. Senator Foraker at
| tempted to pass a substitute for the Hawaiian
| Irrigation Ditch BILL but permitted the meas
ure to go over. Senator Patterson attempted
/ TO have inserted in The Record letter from
| Delegate Rodey. replying t" certain charges
| made in the Statehood debate ny Senators Nei-
| son and Depew. but Senator EevcridCe objected.
| Mr.. Quay requested that O'Clock this evening
! he set for vote OH the omnibus Statehood hill,
| and, turning to Senator tIdrich, remarked ~iE-
nfhcantIy The Senator from Rhode Is!e9'i p
nreciates that A vote on that hill would facilitate
! the public business" Mr.. Beyerflg" "''.iS-t"'l
| on the ground that Senators p"p"N au'l L"7n
| had not finished their speeches
| C'onsidera bIe interest aroused by th'' 'i-
nearance of Senator-eIcrt Pail "t I"I4" are. on
| the floor Immediately after tn" n"NS ct ms
| election had been rcreiyod. Nj I:aH was Iu'r"-
duced To- various Senators. and finally initiated
| into the mysteries of the Eepubii"an Tioakrn"'"-
| When Senator Teller finally began his speech
| ho quickly departed from the subject OF t"-
| Ardrich bill. and attacked the Cuban treaty am
the Philippine Tariff bill. charging that eltn"T
| .uld result the ruin of the beet sugar III
| dustry-
| Mr. Carmack sent tn the desk a clipping from
| an army paper rriticisinG his violent attacks
| on the army and. speaking on the groun1 or
rersonaI privilege. proceeded further to eApoohd
| his peculiar Philippine vicw~- Al the close o.
\ bir remarks Scuator AIdUirh asked that a r.
| -oes from, I; to r. m. be taken, WhlCh request
| I4s npposed by Senator Iuhos. a Eo'e Io. %
lowed and the motion PrGHdssI eS.se ,s tSa1 vent
| nc Executive session. and at 8 o'clock took =
| recess until ).
AT THE NIGHT SESSION.
| y1-bon tho Senate resumed it's session a mum
| bar of bills we're taken from the calendar ana
passed Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, who has
/ been reputed tn DC tnoIOuSIHS eALi11SOS s9 -
r.suIt Of his long struggle against the Panama.
| Canal treaty. then took the floor and Enade =
| Inc, and earnest speech against the Aldrich bill
| No ,barrrd that every provision Of the bill was
| - tho interest of the corporations. as against
| the people
! ,Yr NcT,aurfn. Of Mississippi attempted to Sc
o,,ro consideration of his bill appropEiating
| sufficient sum to reimburse the citizens OF In
| ,io,,Ia for the expense to which they have
baan mt bv the closing OF the pOstoffice at that
| 4ou1 The regular order being demanded. Mr.
| T,uhois moved TO adjourn, and the ayes and
| noes we're demanded The vote was 80 to 10
Mr., McLaurin then spoke in opposition to tbs
| AIdrch bill. and interrupted by Senator
| Bailey. who supported the bill
| Intcrrupting himself. Mr.. Bailey turned to Mr.
| AIdricb and addressed him the author and
| the finisher of the bill" under consideration
| For the defeat of this measure you have only
Yourselves to blame said NJ Bailey. For
| fourteen weeks you flibustered on the State
| hood Till. and you have no occasion to
| complain because you are compelled 10 take
| ,o,r oy-n medicine In my judgment there are
| four measures which could have been pasScd
| had they been permitted to come to a vote
| reFar to the two treaties the Omnibus Statehood
biu and the Aldfich bill Gentlemen. I warn
| ,,,, here and now. although I am in favor OF
| this hill that it cannot pass. and that unless
| this custom Of filibuste-ing. few senators
| defeating the will Of the majority, Is diston-
tinued, this chamber will he forced, by the SEN
| tIrnent of the American people. 10 change itS
rules and adopt some form of closure
TIII,MAN CoNvULsEs THE SENATE
The most striking and amusing incident of
| tho evening was statement from Senator TIL
| =. ,,bo raSarrlpr to the Statehood dlIbuster.