The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
DEMOCRATS WIN OUT
FILIBUsTER AGAINST SHIP SUBSIDY
 IS gUCCESSUL
Carmack Sings Swan Song of Wit and Repartee While General Pettus Delivers Rebuke 10 Sena-
 tor Carter.

Delivers Rebuke 10 Sena-
 tor Carter.
 Washington. March s.-Beginning at il o'clock today by far the larger part of the session of the Senate was devot- ed to a filibusteF by the Democratic Senators against ship subsidy bill as 1t passed the House and when the Sem ate adjourned a few minutes before midnight the bill was still pending, but 1t was facing the absolute certainty, of failure with the close of the Congress at noon tomorrow.
 Speeches intended for no other pur- pose than to kill time were made by Senators Carmack. Dubois. Overman. NewIands and others who frankly con- fessed their intention of defeating con- sideration of the measure. When the recess was taken at 11:40 o'clock the friends of the bill had given up all hope of securing any shipping legislation during the present session. Never before has the Senate appeared to realize so much an attempt to kill legislation by filibustering methods. Mr. Carmack as director of the minor | ity 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 filibuster pure and simple. He scorned subter- | fuge and at the outset of his remarks | came Into the open by addressing him- self principally to the term "filibus- terers" which Mir. Gallinger only yes | terday applied to the Democratic sem l ators who have undertaken to defeat | the measure
 First MT. Carmack devoted himself l to an endorsement of Websters dic- l tionary as an authority on orthography l and definition and said that if the Senate had any doubt that this work l was an authority he would bring 1t l in and ask that passages from it be 1 read at the desk.
 After reading Webster's definition of "hIibusterer" with It's varying uses | ond synonyms, MT. Carmack said that the remark of Mir. Gallinger had branded him as a ''marauder, pill lager. a buccaneer, a sea robber, a freebooter and pirate upon the seas" Tn fact. he said, 'I have been ac- cused of almost everything except ap- pendicitis. So branded, am to be re- tired from this body and sent to my home, for I cannot defend myself by attacking the character or the credi- bility of the senator from New Hamp- shire. I cannot discredit him truth fully and therefore I cannot discredit him at all."
 Carmack's Bright Wit. When he had spoken for about for l ty-five minutes with the obvious pur- | pose of killing time., MT. Carmack | marked
 Well, see I must be hurrying along" R
 At this the Senators on the floor shouted their amusement | To give Mir. Carmack rest, Mir. Du- bois asked to be permitted to read | from a very interesting document on the subject of ship subsidy, and MT. Spooner protested that as MT. Carmack | was in so great hurry to conclude, 1t would not be fair to interrupt him. The l Tennessee Senator, however, said he was sure that any contribution by MT Dubois would be valuable, and he should be glad to permit it to be read and incorporated in the body of his | remarks. MT Dubois then read at l length and when he had concluded. a very technical paragraph, to which few l Senators paid any attention, MT. Car mack asked that the last paragraph be repeated, as he regarded 1t of great importance. Laughter followed, and as Mr. Dubois sat down, MT. Gallinger interrupted to reply, he said. to what 1 he thought had been an unwarranted attack upon him
 1 At this juncture a colloquy occurred between MT. Gallinger and MT. Carmack | over the definition of the word filibus-
 
 aries. and the latter charged that MT. Galliuger had simply been trying to 'hlibuster according to his own defini- ton of the word. "
 Charging that the pending measure was for the purpose of footing the treasury MT. Carmack referred to the bill as voting a "subvention,'' and Mir McJ4auren asked the difference between "subsidy" and 'subvention.' Mir. Car mack answered, Subsidy by any other name smells as bad"
 Mir. Carter added to the spirit of levity by interrupting the reading of letters from ship builders by Mir Overman. who was giving Mir. CarmaclS respite.
 Dictionary Of Tennessee.
 "I want to know" said Mir. Carter, what, if any. dictionary Is used in Tennessee. and what, if any, standard of spelling exists, and if 1t Is uniform ly applied"
 This gave Mir. Carmack an opening which he took advantage of to taunt Senators Carter and Gallinger with be- Ing parties tc flibuster.
 "Observing that my question embar- rasses the, Senator" interjected Mir. Carter, 'inasmuch as he is probably not willing to admit that the dictionary Is unknown in that State. will withdraw the question"
 ''If the Senator wants direct answer" said MT. Carmack. Tennessee stands by the Constitution and Webster's dic- tionary."
 Just as Senator Tlllman had produced i burst of laughter during the discus sion of the amount Of steel In a ship, by asking how much "steaI there was in ship subsidy, Senator Frye of Maine took occasion to rebuke the whole pro- ceeding as uLseemly and undignified, for the Senate to hold session on the Sabbath Day, he remarked, for the sole purpose of frivolous debate for the