The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-04
KEEN ENJOYMENT
IN F|[|BUSTER|NG
Senate Has Lively Time While
Minority Members Talk to
Kill Subsidy.
SHARP PERSONAL CLASHES
ADD TO THE INTEREST
Senator's Carmack. Dubois, Hale
and Frye Principal Figures
in the Comedy.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March D.,
Never before has the Senate appeared
10 relish so much an attempt to kill
legislation by ilibusterng methods Mr..
Carmack. director of the minority move
ment against the bill, at no time tried
TO hide the fact that his effort was a
6libuster pure and simple. He came into
the open by addressing himself princi-
pallv to the term 'Ffilibusters, which
Mr.. Gallinger only yesterday applied
to the Democratic Senators who have
understaken TO defeat the measure
First, Mr.. Carrlack devoted himself
10 an endorsement of Webster s die
tlonary as an authority on orthography
and definition, and said If 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
''hlibuster, with its varying uses and
synonyms, Mr., Carmack said that the
remark of Mr.. Gallinger had branded
! him as ga marauder. a pillager. buc
cancer, sea robber, freebooter and
pirate npon the seas, - in fact, he
said, 81 have been accused Of about
almost everything except appendicitis
SO branded, / am to be retired from
this body and sent TO my home, for
! cannot defend myself by attacking the
character or the credibility of the SEN
ator from New Hampshire. l cannot
discredit him truthfully, and therefore
cannot discredit him at all
How He Hurried On
When he had spoken for about forty.
hve minutes, with the obvious purpose
of killing time, Mr. Carmack looked at
his watch and remarked;
''Well, | see | must be hurryine
along At this the Senators on the
floor shouted their amusement.
To give Mr. Carmack rest Mr. Du
bois asked to be permitted to read from
a very interesting document on the sub.
lect of ship subsidy. and Mr.. Spooner
protested that as Mr.. Carmack was in
so great hurry to conclude it would
not be fair TO interrupt him The Ten
nessee Senator, however. said he was
sure that any contribution from Mr.
Dubois would be valuable and he should
pe glad 10 permit it to be read and
| incorporated in the body of his remarks
| Mr.. Dubois then read at length and
when he had concluded a very technical
paragraph to which few Senators paid
any attention., Mr.. Carmack asked that
the last paragraph be repeated, as he
regarded it of great importance.
Laughter followed, and as Mr.. Dubois
sat down Nh Gallinger interrupted to
reply, be said to what he thought had
been an unwarranted attack upon him.
At this juucture a colloquy occurred
between Mr.. Gallinger and Mr.. Car
! mack over the definition of the word
,..filibuster,' as given by different die
! tionaries. and the latter charged that
! Mr., Gallinger had simply been trying
to - 'ilibuster according to his own def
| milton Of the word -
For Looting the Treasury.
Charging that the pending measure
was for the purpose of ''looting the
treasury Mr.. Carmacl5 referred to the
| bill as voting "subvention, aud Mr..
McLaurin asked the difference between
subsidy and subvention, - Mr.
Carmack answered:
Subsidy by any other name smells
as bad -
Mr.. Carter added 10 the spirit of
lerIty by interruptlng the reading Of
letters from shipbuiders by Mr.. Over
man, who was giving Mr. Carmack
respite
81 want to know, said Mr. Carter,
what. If any, dictionary is used in
Tennessee and that. if any, standard OF
spelling exists, and if it is uniformly
applied ,
This gave Mr.. Carmack an opening,
which he took advantage of, to taunt
Senators Carter and Gallinger with be-
! ing parties TO hlibuster.
Observing that my question embar-
rasses the Senator interiected Mr..
Carter, ''inas smuch as he probably is
not willing to admit that the diction-
sry is unknown in that State, / will
withdraw the question.
IF the Senator wants direct an
swer;' said Mr.. Carmack, "Tennessee
stands by the constitution and Web
! ster s 6jctjnnary -
Frye Grows Angry.
After Senator Tillmsn had asked how
much "steal'' there was in ship sub
sidv Senator Frye of Maine rebuked
tho whole proceeding as undignihed.
For the Senate to hold session on the
Sabbath day. he remarked for the sole
purpose of frivolous debate for the
amusement of the galleries was about
the most unseemly proceeding be had
ever witnessed. While he spoke Mr.
| Frye turned so ms TO face Senator Car
mack. who was seated. He at once
arose and replied:
.If the Senator refers to me. will
! say that | am not responsible to MIN
! for my conduct. and [ shall conduct
| myself according TO my own notions OF
! propriety. If the Senator from Maine
! does not like my manner. he has my
permission to leave the chamber and
90 where he can attend church, II he
would prefer
"I would much rather be in church, -
retortesl Mr.. Frye.
off the Senator wishes to take a
! recess until tomorrow I shall not inters
| fere with it. " suggested Mr. Carmack.
'EThe Senator knows cannot was
the reply.
s'Well," (" continued Mr.. Carmack,
s'the Senator is evidently much more
concerned about the defeat OF this bill
than ANYTHING else. Mr., Carmack
| then. declined TO yield further to MrI