Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-02-21
DOINCS OF CONGRESS-
What Our National I,aw--takers Are
Doing Prom Day to Day
T:libpstsy l.. the Senate.

The snldch deVelepm> ut oil full
fedged flibuster resulted In the Sen
ate when an attempt was mate t'
1orce the adoption Of t!ss cosifere,. "t
agreement on the immIgs stioH bill
Tins report carries Isovisieti %
tended to aid III the settlcI&@sht OF the
Acknowledgements probSm- ant
speedy action was decided b~ ADM l.
istration Senators.
Expressing sympathy with shif
object, yet regarding the report mith
suspicion on other points. Mcss,sS
Bacon and Tillman first endeavorct
to have action delayed that they
might study the report. When this
was refused the iilibuster began. Mr..
Beacon held the floor for two hours
and half. Mr.. Tillman remarked
that he was preparing to make a TO-
dav fight on the floor against the re-
port, because he objected To beinr
1un over as with an automobile. Mr..
Bacon objected that the report
changed existing law in respects
which he believed, on hurried eXami-
nation. would deprive Southern
States from obtaining even the meag-
re labor supply from abroad which
was available under the present inn
migration laws.
a truce was declared ut the su~-
gcstion of Senator Spooner. and the
report Will AGAIN come up for con
sldcration. Administration Senators
interested in the adoption of the re-
port were alarmed by apparent De-
mocratic hostilities.
Disclaim Party Policy.
All of the Democratic leaders when
questioned as to their attitude dis
claimed the adoption of party pol
Icy in regard To the report and the
Senators making the objection insist
ed that they We're actuated wholly
by resentment of what they thought
was an attempt to force Immediate
action. They said that their state
ments that they had not had an on
portunity to examine the report were
sincere, and that there were no ul-
terror motives involved. Senator
Blackburn. chairman Of the Demo-
cratic steering committee, was in the
Brownsville hearing when the report
was called up. He said there had
been no discussion of the report and
that he felt sure that there was no
disposition to ilibuster against it be-
yond carrying it over.
Senators Bacon and Tillman made
similar statements. They agreed that
the restriction of immigration pro-
vided in what is familiarly known as
the ''Japanesc coolie clause is of
great importace. They would not
say what their attitude would be. nor
whether they favored a party confer
ence concerning it. 1t was made
plain however, that they would con-
slider the report over night and then,
if the question proved to be one on
which 1T was advisable to hold Il con
ference the party will be called to
gether.
The Smoot Case Again.
The session was begun with an ex-
tended address by Senator Knox, Of
Pennsylvania In defense of the right
Of Reed Smoot to his seat as Senator
from Utah. Mr. Knox received from
his colleagues may congratulations
on his speech.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was taken up for consideration.
The credentials of Robert l.. Tay-
lor elected to the Senate from Ten
nesscc, were presented by Senator
Carmack, whom he succeeds
Naval Bill in The House.
The Eaval appropriation bib occu-
pied The entire time Of The House.
The single remaining section - that
increasing the naval establishment.
1t was allowed 10 90 over, when it
Is expected an effort will be made to
reduce the number OF battleships pro-
vided for in the bill.
in connection with tine restrictions
put upon the power Of the Secretary
OF the Navy to order repairs upon
Il vessel, Il provision was inserted re
quirin% that none Of the restrictions
shall be constructed to interfere with
the repairs Of vessels damaged i'm
foreign waters o. on the high seas
when necessary to enable them to get
home. The bill was still under con
sideration when the House adjourn
ed.
Increase Of The Navy.
The proceedings Of the House on
the naval appropriation bill were de
voted largely to the consideration of
the question of the increase of the
navy, with especitl reference to the
necessity of two battleships of the
Dreadnaught type. The effort to re-
duce the number was defeated after
long debate. The proceedings were
opened by a motion made by Mr..
Burton, of Ohio, to eliminate one Of
the big vessels, and he made a speech
in support of his motion in which he
took occasion to contrast the Ameri-
can navy with the japanese navy to
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