The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-17
VIGILANCE LAPSES
ONLY FOR MOMENT
Prince of Illinois Slips Into the
Breach
HAVEFUN WITH L0NGW0RTH
Filibustering Continues for Three
Hours-shackelfo Makes
Warm Verbal Attack on
the Speaker.
FUN WITHLONGWORTH

Washington, March 16-For an instant
in the House today there was a lapse in
the vigilance of those who have been on
guard to prevent legislation which would
take away the rank of lieutenant gen.
| eral in the army and the chances of Cen
erals Corbin and Macarthur for promo
ton
Mr.. Prince of Illinois, whose bill abol-
ishing the grade in question is the reg
ular order of business under call of COM
mittees, slipped into the legislative breach
There was. an immediate call to arms on
both sides and for three hours the friends
of the generals ilibustered against the
bill. The net result was that the previous
question was ordered on the bill and
an amendment is pending, having been
offered by Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio, which
extends the time of the operation of the
bill so as to allow the promotion of the
two officers named. On this amendment
the House was voting, but without quo
| rum when adjournment was had until
Monday when the vote will be completed.
At present 1t stands 70 ayes and So nays.
on the amendment.
Previous to this. the first real flbuster-
ing of the session, there had been four
hours of debate on the legislative bill.
Mr. Shackleford opened the programme
with a severe criticism of Speaker Can
ron, which he was not allowed to finish.
| Then followed somewhat lively de-
bate on the appropriation bill.
shackelford Jumps on Speaker.
Mr. Shackleford of Missouri, was given
permission to discuss the bill and began
to criticise Speaker Cannon regarding the
statehood question. He was stopped before
he had proceeded far and the objection
was fatal to further consideration of
the bill. Before referring to the statehood
matter Mr.. Shackleford had this to say
about the manner in which Mr., Bronson
got his bill up;
1.-THE gentleman waa Pt recognized I'M
til he had first su dered his consti-
tutional rights as a representative of the
people and crept into your private room.
Mr. Speaker, there to supplicate you to
eAleHu 10 nm JOui SldNVs
mo member can submit any matter to
a vote of the House until he shall have
first sought and found favor In your
sight. The constitution contemplates that
the speaker shall be the servant of the
House. In defiance of the constitution you
have made yourself its master. You have
packed every committee so that no pill
can be reported without your consent. I'm
/ less you are willing, no member can
move to discharge committee from the
consideration of a bill and take it up in
the House.
you sit an enthroned despot subjecting
the rights and destinles of this great PEG.
pie to the dictates of your own unbridled
will
Deal the Death Blow
"Who stands today between progress
sivc, enlightened people and the state
hood to which they are entitled? You.
sir, only you. You crack your whip and
majority of this House covers at your
feet. You turn your thumb down and the
House deals death blow to PROSTATE,
bleeding Oklahoma"
Here Mr.. shackelford said he had read
in the morning papers that Uncle joe
had given it out fiat footed that he would
not permit the House to concur in the
Senate amendment on the statehood bill
and proceeded What a horrible an
nouncement to be made in free coun-
try
|. The confusion in the House through
out Mr.. Shackelfords remarks was such
that very few members knew what he had
said when Mr. Tawney stopped him with
an objection.
Hot Words Constitute Climax.
Hot words between Mr.. I.ittlefield OF
Maine and Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana
constituted the climax of general crlti-
cism of growing appropriations by the
former.
Mr. Crumpacker bluntly objected to hav-
ing the impression to go to the country
that the administration of the affairs of
| the departments were rotten.
what would the gentleman suggest as
remedy?" he demanded.
Without some such purpose he .intimated
Mr.. Littlefeld was doing njury.s
Seemingly nettled by this thrust Mr..
Littlefleld holly denied that he was sub
iect to- such criticism. He had made
analysis of increasing appropriation not
with the idea of rejecting on any one,
but that the importance.of the subject
might be realized and the proper steps
taken TO correct abuses.
Has it reached this pass7'' concluded
Mr. Littlefield, that. member cannot
call attention to facts In order that we
be subjected to such criticism, which
reaches the dignity of abuse from a
man ordinarily so mild and gentle as the
gentleman from Indiana
If he was chargeable In this direction
he said the President must be equally
censurable because he had appointed the
Keep Commission to investigate conditions
in the departments.
Prince Starts the Fun.
Mr.. Prince of Illinois endeavored to get
up the bill aboishing the rank in the
army of lieutenant general. A motion
to adjourn was voted down, and the
point of no quorum being raised, the
doors were locked and the roll called
on the motion TO consider the bill. After
some delay caused in securing a quorum
the speaker announced the vote to be
14O in favor of taking up the bill, 50
against and q present.
Mr. Grosvenor, as soon as the bill was
read, tried to get the floor to offer an
amendment. Mr. Prince, who was enti-
tied to the floor after moving the pre-
vous question. yielded one minute to Mr.
Grosvenor in which to offer his amend
ment. 1t provided that The office should
not be abolished until October ~ next,
which, he said. would permit of the pro-
motion of both General Corbin and Gen
eral Macarthur.
Mr. Williams opposed this demand.
which. on a rising vote, was defeated, 10
to 100.
Mr.. Grosvenor at once made the point
that no quorum was present. whereupon
the roll was called on the amendment.
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