Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-04
In another roll call and more of the delay
dear to the heart of the minority leader
and his cohorts.

Filibustering Resumed.
Finally, after another roll call to go
into committee of the whole. the District
bill was taken up and TIE resentment OF
the minority at the rule brought in this
morning and the rough-Shod Methods or
the republicans IN downing the fil1buSter
was demonstrated by their attitude in
committee Of the whole The first para
graph of the bill had been read, when up
popped Representative Henry of Connec-
ticut, one of the minority leaders lleuten-
ants He offered an amendment to strike
out six words in the paragraphs purely
dilatory prOpositOn-and on this motion
he first demanded division and then tel
lers, killing fifteen minutes or so and
being oUtVoted So to 81.
Then UP jumped Representative Padgett
Of Tennessee with another foolish amend
nent of the same nature. and he too de-
INA nded division and tellers. Then Rep
resentatiVe Mann of Illinois moved TO
close debate on the paragraph, in order to
shut Oft those democrats who were dis
posed to pretend TO discuss their amend
ments and after viva voce vote and
division and then tellers again, the Mann
motion was carried. 6S TO %.
Encouraged by this success in delaying
the game, more democrats got on their
feet. each one with ridiculous amend
ment properly written out and clutched
in his hand but as fast as they were sent
to the clerks desk and read. the repuo1-
can leader. Mr. Payne, or Representative
Gardner of Michigan. in charge or the
District bill. made points OF order against
them on the ground that they were
merely "dilatory' and one by one they
fell by the waySide.
Sulzer Roasts Majority.
Four pages of the bill were then read.
down to the end of the first paragraph,
and William Bill SulZer Of New York
moved TO strike out the last word. the
usual formal motion made by a member
a,fc of tlNa
amendment. Under the rules in the COM
mittee cf the whole. discussion. based on
Il motion OF this sort, must be germane
TO the paragraph itself. Mr.. SulZer start
ed out by saying that he favored the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thinking that this
was all the germanenesS necessary-and
then proceeded to roast the republican
side for passing the rule previously re-
ferred TO.
Two or three times he got so far away
from the subject matter of the paragraph
that Representative DalZell. in the chair,
on the point of order made by Repre-
sentative Vreeland of New York, called
Mr.. Sulzer down and instructed him to
proceed in order. And for few seconds
Mr.. Sulzer would proceed in order and
then get away from the subject again.
Finally, Mr.. Vreeland, having reiterated
his point of order, Mr.. Sulzer got very
indignant.
Il hope" he said. that the gentleman
from New York will quit continually
bobbing up and taking me off my feet
and just at this point the chairman an
nounced that William Bills time had
expired. He asked unanimous consent
for five minutes more and objection was
promptly made by Mr.. Vreeland. Then
up jumped Representative Bartlett of
Georgia.
Who objected?" he cried.
Il did, replied Mr.. Vreeland.
1.-The gentleman did not rise in his
place and make it, remarked Mr.. Bart
lett and Mr. Vreeland, much to his APP
parent disgust, was obliged TO stand up
and repeat his objection according to the
parliamentary form.
Murphy Seeks Information.
Further delay was caused by Mr. Muir
ply of Wisconsin, who asked Mr.. Gardner
a number of questions about the duties
of craftsman the tax collector and as
SCISSORS and several other officials OF the
District government. He wanted to know
exactly what they did and Mr. Gardner,
with some difficulty, replied. MIR. Murphy
then demanded to know exactly how
many taxpayers there are in the District
and after some hesitation MIR. Gardner
said he didn't know, but he did not think
that made any difference and that 1t was
the amount Of money taken in which
counted with the committee in appropriate
ing for the collecting force.