The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-06
Started Tuesday on a Con-
tinuous Session of Twenty
Five Hours.
LAST DAY OF THE 57TH
Conference Reports on the Appropria-
ton Measures Are Railroaded
Through the Bodies-Fili-
busters Get No Chance.

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until tomorrow noon. when congress.
expires by limitation. A resolution wa.
adopted continuing until next regular
session the standing and select com
mittees.
bill were agreed to. Hoar called VI
the conference report on the bill tc
protect the president. "
AT l o'clock the senate refused, upor
motion of Senator McCumber, to take
up the pure food bill and the Aldricf
financial bill was considered. Aldrict
taking the floo He said that a small
lot of men in the senate had "deliber-
ately. and with malice aforethought,
murdered this BILL"
At 2:30 o'clock J. Frank Alice and L.
Heisler Ball were sworn in as senators
from Delaware.
When the house reconvened at Ii
o'clock this morning the prospect was
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 n noes on
adoption Of the conference report on
the immigration bill.
The report was adopted n presen-
tation of the conference report on the
private pension bill was made the oc-
caSion for some good natured political
chatting.
The report was adopted, 211 to 6.
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. N. 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.
Proviso 3, provision for the depart
ment of commerce and b inserted
by h senate, remains in the bill. The
bill also contains appropriations for
public buildings and sites as provided
In the public building bill which passed
yesterday.
At 1:50 a. m. the senate agreed to the
report, and W minutes later took a
recess until 10 o'clock a. m.
Senator TIllman caused a flutter in
the senate at 10 o'clock last night by
announcing his intention to defeat the
naval appropriation bill and the general
deficiency bill.
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 $47, 245. The
a had a stack of books beside his
desk as high as the desk, while on the
desk was a volume Of Byron's poems
open at the Vision Of Judgment"
1T IS a just claim and must go in,"
he said, "or I will defeat both of the
regular bills and force an extra session
of both houses of congress. I can talk
until II o'clock tomorrow and that is
all that is necessary for the accom-
plishment of my purpose"
Conferees Como to Agreement.
The conferees on the general def
cheney bill later agreed, the amend
ment for which Senator Tillman a
contended 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 an
agreement at 10 o'clock last night.
The final defeat of the Aldrich finan-
cial bill was witnessed in the senate
yesterday when it vas displaced by the
Philippine tariff bill. Senator Aldrich
explained in detail his measure, and
said that Il small number Of men in
the senate had deliberately, with NAL
Ice afo~rethought, murdered it.
In the course of the debate yesterday
Senator Elkins declared that the re-
publican party had been false to it's
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 the party had been guilty of fill
clustering. He declared that upon the
republican majority rested the re-
sponsibility for the defeat OF several
important measures in the senate
Senator Teller replied at length to
Snra ~ Ia ~ 111 49, 49, - .
ocrats had flibustered against his bill.
and referring to Senator Foraker's re-
mark that there should be a system OF
cloture to prevent such work, he said:
1T the cloture had existed there
would have been three new states. You
have belied your platforms" said he.
facing the republican side, and belte6
your professions"
Senator Lodge then moved to take IN
the Philippine tariff bill. which was
agreed to, displacing the Aldrich fnan-
cial bill.
Senator Elkins spoke on the Aldrich
bill, and said it was a calamity tina
the bin had been defeated. He said
the republican party was responsible
for the condition in the senate. Fol-
fourteen weeks a majority lac been
kept from voting on the statehood bill,
h Aldrich bill. the Philippine bill and
the treaties had been defeated by the
flibuster against the statehood bill,
h republican party had been false tc
its solemn pledges in three successive
platforms. He referred to the activity
Of senator Aldrich in his Leadership
to accomplish the defeat Of the state
hood bill. and said While doing SO he
lAldrich) was digging the grave of the
currency legislation and other i'm.
portant measures.
Senator Lodge followed with an ex.
PLANTATION of his bill, and said that 1,
simply provided for further reduction OF
the duties on Philippine products com.
ing into this country.
Senator Foraker said he would re.
joice If the Philippines would produce
5000. 900 tons of sugar. It would he 3
sad miscarriage of this government.
duty toward these islands if it so legIs.
lated as to make it impossible for G
country of such capacity to have ne
prosperity at all.
AT $50 O'Clock, on motion Of Senator
Lodge the senate went into executive
session.
The doors were reopened at ga;
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