Milford chronicle., 1903-03-06
FINANCIAL BILL DEAD
Senator Aldrich Blames the Demo-
crars For It's Failure.
DELAWARE SENATORS SWORN IN

Mr.. El<irs Scored Republicans, Say.
ing They Were False to Pledges In
Regard to Statehood Bill - House
Ground Out Legislation Slowly
Washington. March 4.-The defeat
OF the Aidrich financial bill was wit
messed in the senate yesterday, when
It was displaced by the Philippine
tariff bill Mr.. Aldrich explained in
detail his measure, and then, facing the
Democratic side, he said: I'VE have
appealed TO you in business-like way
to give to the treasury a chance to
stop the process of contraction and to
provide what is equivalent to a means
of expansion when it is imperatively
needed by the business Of the coun-
try, and yet you say No, we viii talk
your bill TO death for political effect
A small lot of men in the senate has
deliberately, with malice aforethought,
murdered this bill.
"The destruction of the bill by you
gentlemen" said he, speaking TO the
Democratic side, "as sure as the sun
rises will impair confidence in busi-
ness circles" and he added that he
wanted to put the responsibility where !
1t belonged.
One OF the features of the session !
was the fact that for the first time in
two years Delaware was represented
in the senate. J. Frank Alice and L.
Heisler Ball, elected for the long and
short terms respectively, appeared in
the senate and were sworn in by
President Pro TEN. Frye. Besides the
two years that Delaware has been to-
tally unrepresented in the senate there
were two years previous to that time
when there was a vacancy in one of
the seats. Mr.. Balls term of service
will expire in two years, while Mr..
Alice has four years to serve. The
senate for the first time in four years
has its full membership of 80.
In the course of the debate yesterday
Mr.. Elkins declared that the RepubH-
can party had been false to its sol
emn pledges in three successive plat
forms with respect to statehood for /
Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico. {
and he said that it was the first time J
that party had been guilty of flibuster- q
ing. He declared that upon the Re. i
publican majority rested the respon- 6
sibility for the defeat of several i'm 4
portant measures in the senate. 5
At 1.S0 o'clock this morning the C
agreed on the general de-
hciency bill and later it was sent to h
the senate and passed. The confer +,
ence report on the naval appropriation
bill was presented and agreed on, and b
at 1.52 the senate adjourned.
Proceedings In the House.
yesterday was almost a repetition
of Monday in the house. Slowly but
surely through the operation of cease
less roll calls the conference reports
% complete the necessary legislation
we're ground out. The Democratic op-
position did not abate and was con-
inued until congress expired. Dur
ng the debate on conference reports
members on each side got in political
peeches, and several times party pas
Ion fiared up. Just before the re-
ess bedlam broke loose and there
vas an exchange of high words be-
ween two members on the floor. A
ersonal alteration seemed imminent
the confusion but was avoided bv
he Intervention of friends.
The actual business done at YES
srday's session consisted of the adop-
on OF the conference reports on the
immigration. public buildings and the
lndry civil bills, and the reference
the presidents veto message of a
irginia claim bill to the committee
war claims. the adoption of a reso-
ton to correct clerical errors in the
migration bill, and the passage of
senate bill to authorize the treasury
partment to coin souvenir coins for
e Thomas Jefferson Memorial Asso.
alton