Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-02
WORKED ON SUNDAY
House Held Four Hour Busi- ,-... -... ness Session.
OBSTRUCTION TACTICS CONTINUED.
Large Crowds I'm Galleries Watch the Unusual ProceedinRs-It Was stiIl Thursday by . Par-
 Namentmry Fiction.

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 WASHINGTON, March 2.--The house of representatives held four hour ses- sion yesterday and put the District of Columbia appropriation bill through it's last parliamentary stage in the face of the Democratic filibuster. The previous question on the conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill was or dered, and the vote OH its adoption will be taken when the house reconvenes today. That was the net result of the Sunday session. Although it was Sun- day by the calendar, it was still Thurs day, Feb. 26, according to parliament tary fiction. The Democrats put q block i'll the legislative wheel at every opportunity, and 1t required six roll calls to accomplish what was dona Large crowds watched the proceedings from the galleries.
 When Speaker Henderson dropped the gavel at noon, MT. Richardson, the minority leader, was on his feet He announced that there was evidently no quorum present and that the house could not do business on Sunday with out quorum. Thereupon on motion of MT. Payne, the majority leader, call of the house was ordered. The doors were closed, and the sergeant-at-arms was instructed to bring in absentees.
 At the conclusion of the call 241 members had appeared, more than a quorum, and Mir. McClcary (Minn.) called up the conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Mr. Underwood (Ala.) attempted to in terpose the point of order that the call had not been completed, but the speak or ruled that, a quorum having ap- peared, business could proceed.
 The doors, which meantime had been opened however, were again closed by the direction of the speaker on MT. Un- derwood's point of order that further proceedings under this call had not been dispensed with by the action of the house. After brief explanation of the report, against the protests of various Democrats who desired to be heard, 1t was adopted-144 to 59.
 There was another roll call on order ing the previous question on the Alaska homestead bill, which was presented by Mir. Lacey (Rep. Ia.). A half dozen points of order raised by the Demo crats were ruled out, and the chair de- clined to entertain any appeals on the ground that they were dilatory.
 At 3:55 D. m. the house recessed with the motion to adopt the conference re- port on the Alaskan bill pending.
 The Democrats of the house have de- cided to prosecute their filibuster until congress expires by limitation at noon March 4, and the three remaining days of the session, therefore, promise to be largely repetitfons of the last three that is, all business will have to bc transacted in the face of every obsta- cle which the minority can interpose. But even by the laborious processes to which the majority will be put 1t is be- lieved ample time remains to get through the conference reports on the remaining five appropriation bills. There is slim chance for much beyond this, so far as the house is concerned.
 X resolution introduced in the house by Representative Dalzell and referred to the committee on rules provides for a joint resolution to continue appropri- ations in the event of the failure of any of the supply bills to pass at this session. While there is time within which to pass all the appropriation bills under the conditions now existing in the house, the conference reports must be accepted in whole by that branch. It is reported that there is a disposition on the part of the conferees on one or two of the appropriation bills not to yield, and the aim of the resolu- ton introduced is to provide against the contingency of a disagreement of any conference committee.