Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
Yesterdays Tactics Resumed
by the Leaders.
JOURNAL is AGAIN READ
Long Debate en- Bill to Alter Sol
d,ers' Record.
CORRESPONDENCE BROUGHT UP
Senator Fulton Finally Obtains the
Floor and Those ION Guard
Relax Their Vigilance.

The senatorial cloak rooms We're ioer-
ally provided with palm leaf fans To-Day
and many senator's brought them iato
the chamber and welded them vigorously.
Vice President Fairbanks was supplied
with a particularly large one and kept
II going he sat patiently SUBMITTING
to a full reading of yesterdays journal,
which was again insisted upon. The dila-
tory proceeding that has prevailed TOT
several DAYS the chief object OF which
has been to prevent the passage OF nilis
which do not meet the approval OF the
leaders was continued.
Senator Platt was in attendance In
time to hear the morning prayer OF the
chaplain. and occasionally conversed In
animated style with other senators.
The first move to dispense with the.
reading Of the journal was made by Sena-
tor Fulton In the interests of the omnibus
ella inns bill but Senator kean was prompt
in ohiecting to that motion
The importance of the reading OF the
journal" said tie New Jersey senator.
facetiously. was discovered yesterday
when an error was found in citing the
number of statute that was repeated.
The clerk proceeded with his oreary
task
AS echoes of the previous day Senator
Beverage appealed for consideration OF
the bill to compensate government en-
| ployes for injuries received In the service
and Senator Newlands followed with
| similar plea for the measure to create an
inland waterways commission. Both Sc
| cured an opportunity to speak by adj
dressing their remarks TO the approval
| of the journal"
Senator GallinRer reminded Mr.. Eever-
| idge Of the interest Of many senator's In
his bill. but insisted that. as far as pos
sthle. he proposed seeing it perfected be-
| fore its passage.
a good deal of Impotence was shown
| by Senator Fulton with every dlatory
move as he sat behind a pile Of books and
manuscript in readiness TO make a speech
| in reply TO Senator Teller. who recently
| spoke at length on states rights.
Reports Read in Full.
No objection was made when Senator
Briggs called up a bill to remove a charge
of desertion and insistence was made by
Senator Culberson that the reports In the
case be read in full The democratic
senator was playing in the hands of those
who were pursuing dlatory tactics. but he
declared he thought the reports were es-
sential in such case.
When the reading OF the journal had
been finished Mr.. Beverage anu Mr.. New
lands fingered iE their places watching
for an opportunity to promote their IA.
vored bills.
The debate on a bill to remove charge
of desertion was very pleasing TO senator's
in charges Of the flibuster. because It
consumed time on a comparatively unims
portant measure. BY some strange coin>
cidence an unusual interest was developed
among democrats in this measure.
Mr. Culberson saw in the bill an Interior
purpose on the part OF the soldier to SO.
cure a pension and obtained the rereading
of some Of the correspondence IN the
case.
After annihilating half an hour by talk
ing about the bill Senator Teller asked
immediate consideration for resolution
opening the accounts OF postnasters be-
tween 1854 and 1874 for read1ustment.
Mr.. Fulton Speaks.
Mr. Fulton declared that what he had
to say would be as appropriate to that
resolution as to any other. and began
what he said, would be "a sort OF omnibus
speech" He addressed his remarks to
the proposition that the proposed law to
compensate employees OF the government
for injuries received in the service was
not in vocation OF any provision OF the
| Constitution. 1t having been claimed that
judicial power would be lodged IN the
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor by per-
hitting him to determine questions con-
nected with the adjudication of Gains
arising under such an act
AS Mr. Fulton got under way with his
constitutional argument the managers OF
the tilibrIster hreathsd easier and retired
to the cloakrooms. corporaIs guard OK
senators lema lining 10 listen TO Mi. Full
ton argument
Over Seventy Members Absent.
Representative Burke. acting whip OF
the republicans of the House, has sent
a letter TO every republican member urs-
ing him to remain in Washington and be
prepared To attend meetings of the House
when the currency question shall come up.
An investigation made by the sergeant
at arms of the House shows that OF the
3ol voting members $40 members Of botn
parties now in the city. OF these
la, are republicans and l3H democrats