The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17


or, must come OH duty at Pm. the
next Sunday ard let him vt from until
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aiis titncY tint he should come Oh duty nt
& r. M.Hand lot y off from 8. l w y. y,
ii. Would not lhia arrangement even Up
Tho 4hbilrs and pay 3 back " his time. i
l1Slndly advise what you think Of this III
lyourI u,iery column of next Sundays us-
|, bath, and also illustrate how 3yo arrive
Rnt thaS answer by 50 doing YOU will
greatly obllge. . Is. " gli #
4 Yours very respectfully,
The busyy sunday on which did not
relieve b Tor Two hours Is made Up By
A.s! IL relieving q u another Sunday -four
hours instead OF rs usual two hours.
HIS claim scon,s to be correct. 55t5 3
Who Defeated the Force Bill?
Tditor Of, The Times Dispatch: Hill
sir.--plc9se % Kind enough 10 answer
!. the question. VIZ; Did not .Seratol Cor
ia. de III i Tia %iofee bn b. p i
nRuinst Tine and hereby 51renking down
the opposition? lvhet, WIS II I. and how,
long did he sptenk and DID not Samuel
for tic party? VI so, when and where?
S,ts A. MosI nay tg4 apIbs a
South ii the seliata? I dosnot remember
limo ago d gentleman stated lint It was
Dnl1lclSand not Gprtlian Who Killed the
fdrco. biil, Tliist r know to he incorrect:
Your answer through the columns or
your valuable rapeti VIII be greatly q q r.
preclated. W. 2.
According to8our lnfOrmation Senator
Daniel took foremost part In consull1t
mating tho tdcfenh 81 the Lodge forge
bill In tie winter and spring. OF 1Sps He 7[s
ana Senator Ghutles$1. Faulkner, ofs West
Virginia we're on guard the entire night Igsl.
preceding tie day Oh whiclnn agreement .l11
SMi. t4aclleds Witt. tile Itrphlllra'nI'ss.ss
whereby The further considered lon Of the
bill was indefinitely postponed which n n
effect meant itsS death. senator Faulk-3
ner heldttha floor nearly. the entire night.
The Senate Wass In continuous session,
having refused TO adjourn The force bill
had been before the body for weeks, the
Democrats, h1ying resorted to every,
means Within the realms OF parliamentary
lazy to, defeat It, Tho Renu blicans were
determined "a pass tho bill and the D ol.
ocrnts rs detertnined that IT shonl never
become a. law, They, resolved TO talk X
to dea that La, that 0ne Of thelr mum
her should hold the floor. III VI Tho end iot
tho session when the bill would die. Seal
ator Faulkner; vas IN technical posseH-.
sion or the floor, all OF the night before lr:e
Tho death OF, the bill, At times he and
Senator Daniel we're tho only senator's on
the floor. At 5 o.elock in5the morning rims
Raullsner yielded the foorto Major Diattri
iel At 10 o'clock Senator Vest OF Mis-
go,lri came into the nber and Wills
pered 10 Senator Daniel that he could
cease talking; when he chose; tHat tiie
bill was dead. III y sfcws minutes senator
Daniel woulldsup his spcech and went 70
\ his. room, where he, took, q long rest
having been, awake for many, hours. se'l-5
atorsDanicl was UP all of tho prseefeall's
night preparing amendments 70 the sp'ils
There is. no question that Tho credit.
OF the defeat OF the bill Is due DANIEL
more than 10, any other man. He ana
senator Stanford. Of California, WeTo
close friends, and Daniel induced him to.
let the force bill 50 by the board Ifih,
was the beginning of the negotiations:
which ended in the death oil tho I'LL
senator German, as q leader " ting
Democratic side, took q. prominent part ~.
tho NEGOTIATIONS, but II Ia. not apparent
from tina history Of the bill that he is ~
entitled 10 The. full neasurs. OF he Credit
which. has been accorded him. senator tor
Quay has also been given credit y ~ Y
southeruers for having taken p leading lfL
part on the Republican side in coinp pass
ing tho death OF the, measure. bul thete
is no apparent ground for the belief nat
he was not as much in favor q the
ana ctment Of the bill into law as was
any other Republican senator
Some time in the seventies samuel =
Randall took the leading part IN the de-
feat OF force bill pending IN the House.
ma iicld the floor, for hours In Il success
full effort TO cause its death.