The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
Drastic Rules to Force Appr0-
 priation Bills.
Excitement Runs High When TIT. Butler, Missouri Democrat, is Unseated and the Contestant,
 MT. wagoner, Given,
 His Place.

Czardom of Speaker Reed was doubly discounted this afternoon when Congress man Dalzell of Pennsylvania in the chair ruled majority of the House present and by such ruling and without roll call turned out of his seat Congressman But Ter of Missouri.
 Not before has the American cone.ess presented such a spectacle.
 In the early forenoon the House Dem ocrats held caucus to determine what shouid be done in this Butler contested election case, and they resolved to hlibus- ter. as was foretold In these dispatches
 They did flibustsr. Such nlinustar1nx has not been witnessed in Congress in many years.
 But all the parliamentary tricks of the wtsest Democrats neraly resulted in the prolongation of the inevitable.
 Mir. Butler was turned out .aand without the semblance of roll call. for c roll call would have developed the fact that no quorum was present. When 1t came to turning Butler out Mir. Daizeif said sententiously: "AIl in favor of the rs- pert will say aye and all opposed win say mo- The ayes have It. The report Is adopted"
 The report of course turned Mir. Buties out.
 Without Warrant of Law.
 It was all done in a breath. and ths minority of the Republican majority. at the sheer and wanton mandate of Mr. Dalzell, did thing that was revoiution- ary, without a warrant of law or even the excuse of lawful authority. thereby establishing precedent of supreme dan- ger to our republican form of govern menx
 Something more thar. "a half hour be- Tore this viva voce vote. involving the right to his seat of a member who bad heen. upon the face of the returns. slect- ed by nearly 1000 majority, the cau of the House developed. according to the chairs statement. a bare quorum. After this pronouncement of a quorum nearly all the Democrats hastily left the Hall Of the House for the avowed purpose of breaking quorum, and at the moment of the final decision. which was res4s- tered without a roll call there were some thirty members less than a quorum present. and thus a member of the House with his unquestioned certificate of elec- non was busted without even the pre- tense of roll call
 But the fight of the Democrats viii ha kept up. They are resolved to demand the roll be called upon every proposition hereafter to be made until the House ex- pires by limitation of law March ( Tn brief. the word with the Democrata ta henceforth to be nlibuster.
 Buffers Unique Record.
 Mir. Butler achieves the distinction of being the only man in the history of the republic who was twice turned out of one Congress
 Congressman Lacey Of Iowa, one of the most influential of the Republican leaders and an intimate friend of Speaker Hsn- derson, was asked by The Advertiser correspondent late tonight if there would be an extra session of Congress He replied: "It is certain if the Democrats wish to force 1t and they will force 4 if they adhere to their line of action deter mined upon in their caucus this morning.
 We Republicans are in the position of the Irishman who was disturbed by d barking dog on freezing night. He opened the door and caught the dog hy the tail. After long wkdle his wife called to him demanding what he was doing. He reply was. I intend to hold this dog here till he freezes and can't bark no more.'"
 The legislative situation Is exceedingly confused There Is still suflciane tims before adjournment next Wednssray at noon to accomplish much, if tt is tho disposition of the Senate to do so, and, on the other hand, adjournment is So near that determined obstruction can kill almost anything.
 Interest centres around the Panama treaty. the organization leaders sttlI ex- pect to pass 1t. but whether there success will depend largely on Senator Morgan's state of mind.
 He has enough Democratic support to see that he has what Ia known in the Senate as flair play" or a chance to talk the think to death if he wants to.
 These Democrats will not permit the organization leaders to compel him Co talk in the night, or to speak for psriods of extraordinary length by day. MR Heitfeld of Idaho. Is the latest Senator to join Morgan In his opposition to the Panama treaty.