The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-25

 BIE DEAD E- Democrats Will Not Sup
 Krt Rider. PRE- DENT WOULD BE BAD
Under Its Operation Force Bill
 Could Be Passed.
Now Regarded as Certain That the Senate Will Meet in Extra ses- sion After the Adjourn
 ment of March 1.

w WdSHLlStOu, rep. <A-l6peCldlJ-AH H6 Oul- nibus Statehood bill Is gone to pot. and so has all other legislation bills. Thus an executive session on the Senate after the 4th of March Is certain, though the know ing ones say that such session will not last longer than fortnight
 What their faith In this particular is based upon is not clear.
 The Democratic Senators in their con- ference this forenoon cut loose from the big black riderhood business as fore- told in this mornings Advertiser. and de- termined that insofar as they and their votes could go the Statehood bill should pass or fail upon its merits.
 Democrats could have taken no other course, Democrats could not have con sented to the Statehood measure being made a rider to an appropriation bill un- less they had surrendered that principle of legislation which has twice saved the South from an odious, infamous and de- grading force bill that would have made the Southern States mere satraps of a Northern oligarchy of political corruption.
 Yet we have in all the leading metropol- itan newspapers today the declaration that Southern Senators would this morn- ing assent to the black riderhood scheme of admitting the Territories.
 Down to Brass Tacks.
 We are down to brass tacks now. Demo- cratic Senators have taken their stand, and so Statehood fails upon It's merits, since they determined 1t should be so held. It is a memorable victory for hon. est Democracy.
 The omnibus public buildings bill as II passed the Senate was received in the House today and referred to the Public Buildings Committee of that body, in which Congressman Bankhead, the Alaba- ma member, will fight to a finish for the items providing for the purchase of sites for public buildings in Tuscaloosa and Florence But, unfortunately, for the time being Colonel Bankhead has to contend against Speaker Henderson and the Re- publican leaders of the House as well as the opposing majority of the Senate.
 So it would seem that he is struggling on the forlorn hope against overwhelm- inS odds.
 In the House the majority report in favor of unseating the Democrat, Butler, cf Missouri was brought In and attempt was made to rush it through in brutal short order, the which was successfully resisted by the Democrats and for the time being they won.
 The Democrats served notice on the ma jority that they would resist by every parliamentary device the unseating of Butler, that is If such effort at unseat- ing was attempted without mature con sideration. and that they would make use of every rule of the House from now till Congress expires March 1. It is believed that this firm stand of the united De- mocracy will prevent final action until it is too late.
 Should Butler be unseated now, 1t would Ao 6{ in and would thereby establish a precedent, no member in the history of the republic having been twice unseated in one Con- gress.
 The impeachment proceedings against United States District Judge Swayne of Florida were virtually dropped today, to be brought up in the first session of the next Congress, next December, 1t being held that this Congress Is without author ity to order its committee to continue in- vestigation after March and to provide for the expenses of such investigation, and the Judiciary Committee is unwilling to incur expenses and perform impeach- ment duties, trusting to the next Con- gress to approve.
 The D. A. R's.
 The national congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution is now well down to its work and is attaining great and honored attention here. Amongst the Alabama women present are Mrs. J. Cor don Smith and Edward H. Cabaniss of Birmingham, the latter the only sister of Governor Jelks; Mrs John H. Bankhead of Fayette, Mrs Whitfield of Opelka and Mrs Frank ?. Glass of Montgomery.
 For the first time in many years there Is tonight a splendid ball at the British Embassy. It is in fact the closing of the society season in a blaze of glory, for 1t is the most exclusive of all the society affairs that have taken place here in a long while
 Apart from personal considerations there are very few guests outside the diplomatic cabinet and high governmental circles.
 Amongst Southern women present are Mrs. John Hollis Bankhead of Alabama and Mrs. Thomas, the bride of a month of Congressman Thomas of North Caro- lima, one of the most distinguished women of the official set Mrs. Thomas comes of the famous Ruffin family of North Caro- lima, and although she has been here but a month she has won a commanding posi- ton in society as typical Southern gen tlewoman. Mrs. Thomas is the double first couhin of Judge Thomas R. Roulhac of Alabama.
 Garter Coming Here.
 Hon Ben Carter, sometime Assistant Attorney General of the United States. left Washington tonight for Montgomery to consult with the Alabama State offl- cials about certain details of the presen- tation of Alabama's large claim against the Government for expenses incurred on account of the organization of troops for the Spanish war. MT. Carter Is the at- torney for several Southern States in this particular, that is as to the expenses these States incurred in preparing their volunteers for that war.
 In some degree these claims are depend ent upon the enactment by Congress of legislation reviewing the acts passed 1895 and 1899, under which, as a rule, the claims of this class have been paid. these acts having by their own terms expired on January lst l9.9 But there is very. fattering prospect that this legislation will he enacted hefore the present Con gress expires.
 Mir. Carter has been remarkably suc-