Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27
DEMOCRATS TRY
F|L|BUsTER|NG.
Endeavored to Defeat Eight.Hour
Waiver for the Panama
Canal.
AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Was Fought at Every Step-Qucstion
To be Finally Passed on
Today.

Washington, Jan 26 The first at
tempt at nllbustering at this session
occurred in the house today In Dem
ooratic endeayor to defeat the provision
Of the urgent deficiency bin waving
the elght-hour law for foreign laborers
on the Panama canal The amendment
was placed In the bill In committee of
the whole after the house had divided
many times on every pretext which
Minority Leader Williams could make
the cause for vote.
When the bill, to which the amend
ment was postponed was finally fin
ished late In the day, Il demand for a
separate vote and rollcall was made
ara ordered, at which time the house
adjourned. The vote VIII occur tomor-
row.
The amendment was ruled out Of the
bill on point Of order on Tuesday,
and It's insertion today was effected
under the provisions OF a special rule
brought IN from the rules committee
for that purpose
The only other controversy of the
day resulted from an attempt TO in
crease by $4,000, the amount for
meat inspection by the department Of
agriculture. This Increase was refused
after an animated debate.
The debate preceding the adoption Of
the amendment abrogating the eight
hour law developed a difference OF
opinion as TO whether the Chinese ex-
clusion act extends to the canal zone.
After half dozen attempts to OBJ
tain rollcall Oh various motions had
failed The house went into commit
tee OF the whole and the eight hour
amendmentWas at once offered under
the rule.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri gave notice
that he should Immediately prepare
bin extending the Chinese exclusion act
to the Isthmus of Panama "and | will
make II extend to japanese coolies
too" he declared because all coolies
look alike to me and viii make you
get out into the open II you intend TO
dig that canal with Cinnamon"
Every possible point in the progress
Of the amendment WAS fought, but Il
was finally adopted, SO to 49,
Mr.. Clark ffered Chinese exclusion
amendment according to his announce
ment and before II went out on n point
of order, he read remarks OF Chairman
Shonts Of the Canal commission. say
ing II was a mistake to hamper the
construction of the canal with the
eight-hour law, the contract labor laws
or any other but police and sanitary
laws.
A seeming controversy between the
secretary OF agriculture and Congress
on the question of meat inspection de-
velored an hour OF spirited debate and
resrlted In the defeat Of several at
tempts to increase the deficiency ap-
Precipitation Of $4,000 carried by the bill
for that purpose,
1t was first sought to add sll5. 900 TO
the fund, and. on failing. $4,000 more
was suggested, but that also failed. Mr..
Tawney characterized the bin as IAN
other Illustration Of the attempt 10 CO.
cree Congress" into giving appropria-
tons beyond that which was provided
In the regular appropriation bills.
The bill was finished under the Ave-
minute rule at 500 o'clock. For the
Democrats, Mr.. Clark Of Missouri
demanded a roll call on the eight
hour waiver for the canal. and, pend
Ing this, Mr.. Littauer moved an ad-
journment. This motion was contested
and had to be put twice, with n divis-
ion of the house, before II was declared
carried, ten minutes later.
The vote on the eight-hour amend
ment will be taken up the first thing
tomorrow, after which the bill will be
put on Its passage.