The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
SUBSIDY BILL HELD UP.
Senate Minority Filibusters Against
Measure.

Measure.
Filibusterlng, pure and undlsgulsed,
against the ship subsidy bill wasted
the entire session of the Senate Sun
day, and never before has the Senate
appeared TO relish dilatory tactics so
much Senator Carmack, as the di-
rector of the minority movement
against the bill, kept the members
convulsed with his sallies, and at no
time did he try to hide the fact that
his effort was a filibuster, pure and
simple. He scorned subterfuge, and
at the outset of his remarks came
into the open by addressing himself
principally to the term "hlibusterers,'
which Senator Gaiiinger only Satur-
day applied to the Democratic sena-
tors who have undertaken to defeat
the measure.
First Mr.. Carmack devoted him.
self to an Endorsement of Webster's
dictionary as an authority on orthog-
raphy and definition land said that IT
the Senate had any doubt that this
work was an authority he would
bring it in and ask that passages from
it be read at the desk
After reading Webster's definition
of ''filibusterer" with its varying uses
and synonyms, Mr.. Carmack said thai
the remark of Mr. Gallinger hau
branded him as "a marauder, pillag-
er, "a lbuccaneer, sea robber, a tree
n 9zer and pirate upon the seas. In
&St, he said, / have been accused OF
almost everything except appendicit-
is. So branded, | am to be retired
from this body and sent to my home,
for / cannot defend myself by attack
ing the character or the credibility oil
the senator from New Hampshire. /
cannot discredit him truthfully, and
therefore / cannot discredit HIM a.
ALL"
When he had spoken for about for
ty-fve minutes, with the obvious pur-
pose of killing time, Mr.. Carmack
paused, looked at his watch and re-
marked: We'll, l see l must be hur-
rying along" At this senators on
the floor shouted their amusement.
To give Mr.. Carmack rest, Mr..
Dubois asked to be permitted to read
from very interesting document on
the subject of ship subsidy, and Mr.
Spooner protested that as Mr.. Car
mack was in a great hurry to con-
clude it Gould not be fair to inter
rupt him The Tennessee senator,
however, said he was sure that any
contribution from Mr.. Dubois would
be valuable, and he should be glad to
permit it to be read and incorporated
in the body of his remarks Mr.. Du
bois then read at length, and when h.
had concluded a very technical para
graph to which few senator's paid any
attention. Mr. Carmack asked that
the last paragraph be repeated, as he
regarded it of great importance,
Laughter followed, and as Mr.. Du-
bois sat down Mr. Gallinger inter
rupted to reply, he said, to what had
been, he said, an unwarranted attack
upon him.
AT this junctrre a colloquy. occur
red between Mr. Gallinger and Mr.
Carmack over the definition of the
word filibuster, as given by different
dictionaries, and the latter charged
that Mr. Caliinger mad simply been
trying to "filibuster according to his
own definition of the word"
The filibuster was continued when
the Senate resumed its session at
$40 Sunday night. Senators Dubois
and Carmack made an appeal to Sen
ator Gallinger to withdraw the bill
but ne did not comply With the re
quest.
The debate was interrupted by the
passage of a resolution for the print
ing of a document on horses, which
rbrought out from Senator Carter the
- % 'zrk: That's a horse on the Dem
oesyztic side" This sally aroused tn,
venerable Senator Pettus of Alabama
who remarked: 1--WE accept the re
bdke from the senator from Montan;
because of his wisdom and long ex
perience, and do not fail to recollec
that he has the record for speaking
for more than twenty hours to xii
a river and harbor bill"