Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-03-07
Democrats VIII Prevent tho Pas
cage Of Ship Subsidy Bill
In the Senate.
A SUNDAY FILIBuS1ER
During Both Day and Night eeesion
speectmaklng Went on-ofeF TO
read Passages From
Dictionary.

Uo6hu OhLuhuby WbS OOheAAuOt
throughout the session Sunday ant
assumed q humorous vein. Under the
direction Of Senator Carmack muct
to the enjoyment Of the crowded gal
leries. The speakers on the subsidy
bill were interrupted frequently 10 per
NIT the passage Of minor bills, the adop
ton Of conference reports and the
transaction Of other business inciden'
tai to the closing hours Of the session
During the day and night the con
ference reports on the pension and
general deficiency bills were agreed
TO and there was a long discussion OF
the report Of the LaFollette railway
employees bill which was sent back to
conference. A report was afterwards
agreed upon by the conferees but the
report had not ben acted on when at
11:40 the Senate took a recess until
$3.50 o'clock Monday.
The conference report on the sundry
civil bill was agreed to at the least
minute. but the ship subsidy bill had
not been acted on.
Speeches intended for no other pur-
pose than to kill time were made oy
Senators Carmack, Dubois, Newlands
and Others who frankly confessed their
intention Of defeating consideration OF
the, 70 them, Objectionable measure.
When the recess was taken at 11:40
the friends Of the bill had given up all
hope OF securing any shipping legis-
l0tion during the present session,
Never before has the senate appear
ed to relish so much an attempt to
kill legislation by f1lbustering meth
ode. Mr.. Carmack, director Of the mi
nortty movement against the bill, at
20 time tried to hide the fact that his
effort was filibuster pure and simple
He came into the open by addressing
h!mt elf principally to the term Fill
busterers." which Mr.. Gallinger only
Saturday applied TO the democratic
senators who have undertaken TO de-
feat the measure
First Mr.. Carmach devoted himself
70 an endorsement on WeOSCers dlc-
tionary as an authority on orthogra-
ply and definition and said II the SEN
ate had any doubt that this work was
an authority he would bring II and
q
zen .nat p"sS'soS Aion IL No teS'u a'
me uSsA'
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. rinDu0eotOr' WIN l'S VARYING
uses anu synonyms' MAJ Carmach saiu
mat tns remarA Q. MI ualnnser nao
oranueo MS az A maTauoee. q pn-
aSel' Duccaneef' a sea ropoer'
.reeoooser. anu q pirate upon tne
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iccuseo on almost everything exoept
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Weh' l see l must De nurryng
long "A. TINS tne SENATORS Oh tne
ioOr Snou.eu 'neii amusement
10 give MT CarmacK rest Mr.
'u6ois asked 10 De permitted 10 read
rom a very interesting document on
he SUBJECT OF snip subsidy and MI
pooner protested tnat as MT Carmack
'as In so great a hurry to conclude
would not be fair to Interrupt him.
ne tennessee senator however, SAD
9 was sure mat any contribution
rom MI. DuDols would De valuable
nd he should Dc glad to permit 1t
be read and Incorporated In the
ody OF MS remarks. Mr.. DUBOIS then
cad at length and when ne had con-
luded a very technical paragraph to
'hicn few senators paid any attention'
Tr Carmank asked that the last nara /