The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-04
CAUSED MUCH AMUSEMENT.
Brilliant Retiring Senator Led Fill
buster Against the Bill.

the senate appeared to relish so much
an attempt to kill legislation by fiiibus-
tering methods. Mr.. Carmack, director
of the minority movement against the
bill, at no time tried to hide the fact
that his effort was a filibuster pure and
simple. He came into the open by adj
dressing himself principally to the term
'filibusters,' which Mr.. Gallinger only
yesterday applied to the Democratic SEN
ators who have undertaken to defeat the
measure
First Mr.. Carmack devoted himself to
an Endorsement of Webster's dictionary
as an authority on photography and defi-
milton and said if the senate had any
douDt that this work was an authority he
would bring it in and ask that passages
from it be read at the desk.
Description of FiIibuster.
After reading Webster's definition of
''filibuster," with its varying uses and
synonyms, Mr.. Carmack said that the re-
mark of Mr.. Gallinger had branded him
as "a marauder, pillager, buccaneer,
a sea robber- a free booter and pirate
upon the seas" in fact, he said. Il have
been accused Of almost everything except
appendicitis. So branded, am to be re-
tired from this body and sent to my
lone, for / cannot defend myself by at
lacking the character or the credibiiity
of the senator from New Hampshire.
cannot discredit him truthfully and there
fore cannot discredit him at ALL"
When he had spoken for about forty
five minutes with the obvious purpose
of killing time, Mr.. Carmack looked al
his watch and remarked:
We'll. see must be hurrying along. -
At this time the senators on the floor
shouted their amusement.
Dubois Assisted.
To give Mr. Carmack a rest Mr. Du-
bois asked to be permitted to read from
sraf1,
ject of ship subsidy, and Mr.. Spooner
protested that as Mr.. Carmack was in so
great a hurry to conclude it would not be
fair to interrupt him The Tennessee
senstor, 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.. Dubois then
read at length, and when he had conciud-
ed a very technical paragraph to which
few senators paid any attention. Mr.. Car
mack asked that the last paragraph be
repeated. as he regarded it of great i'm
p0rtance. Laughter followed, and as Mr.
Dubois sat down, Mr.. Gallinger inter-
rupted to reply, he said. to what he
thought had been as unwarTanted attack
upon him
At this tuncture a coiloquy occurred
between Mr.. Gallinger and Mr.. Carmack
over the definition of the word filibuster
as given by different dictionaries, and
the latter charged that Mr.. Gallinger
had simply been trying to 'filibuster ac-
cording to his own definition of the
word
Charging that the pending measure was
for the purpose Of footing the treasury, -
Mr.. Carmack referred to the bill as vot-
ing a '.subvention." and Mr.. McLaurin
asked the difference between subsidy
and ''subvention" Mr.. Carmack an
swered:
Subsidy by any other name smells as
bad"
Mr.. Carter added TO the spirit of ievlty
by interrupting the reading of letters
from ship builders by Mr.. Overman, who
was giving Mr.. Carmack a respite
want to 6,ctonor said MT {, Garter It
nessee. and that. If any. standard of
spelling exists, and if it is uniformly ap-
piled"
This gave Mr.. Carmack an opening
which he took advantage of to taunt Sem
ators Carter and Galiinger with being
parties to a filibuster-
observing that my question embar-
raises the senator" interjected Mr. Car
ter, ''inasmuch asihe probably is not will
ing to admit that the dictionary is I'M
question
IF the senator wants a direct answer. .
said Mr.. Carmack. Tennessee stands by
the constitution and Webster's diction-
ary."
After Senator Tillnan had asked how
much @tsteal" there was in ship subsidy,
Senator Frye of Maine rebuked the whole
proceeding as undsgnified- For the SEN
ate to hold session On the Sabbath day
he remarked, for the sole purpose of friv-
olous debate for the amusement of the
galleries, was about the most unseemly
proceeding he had ever witnessed. While
he spoke Mr.. Frye turned so as to face
Senator Carmaek, who was seated. He
at once arose and replied:
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