The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
WASHINGTON, May so.-At 4:

WASHINGTON, May 3o-At 4:3o
today the senate adopted the report
of the conferees of the two houses
of congress on the Aldrich-V -Vreeland
emergency currency bill by the de-
cisive vote of As to y, and thus was
taken the last congressional step
necessary toward the enactment of
emergency currency legislation, the
legislation toward which congress has
directed its principal effort since it
convened last December.
The result came Unexpectedly soon,
but not until the senate had been worn
out by a hlibuster which. while not
largely supported. made up in inten-
sity what it lacked in numbers
The obstructive tactics were begun
by Senator La Toilette republican, of
Wisconsin when the report was taken
up by the senate yesterday and after
being prosecuted by him all night the
hlibuster was continued today by SEN
ator Stone tdemocraD of Missouri and
Senator Gore CdemocraD of Okla
homa-
La Toilette broke the record as
long distance speaker, Stone held the
floor for six hours and half almost
without interruption. and Gore spoke
for something more than two hours.
It looked for a time as though the
hlibusters might be able te continue
their tactics well into if not through
the mig and during the afternoon
CONSERVATION was created in the SEN
ate by the report, this time well
authenticated. that Senator Jefferson
Davis was on his way to Washington
and would be prepared TO assist the
hlibuster with a two days speech pro-
vided the objectors could hold out un-
I'll Monday morning.
AS many of the senators had been
IN their seats almbst continuously
since II O'Clock Friday the prospect Of
the continuation of the performance.
dfsagreeable as it was in itself, added
much TO the unpleasant aspect of the
case Accordingly there was general
relief when at 1870 D. m a sugges-
tion for recess was received by the
republican leaders from the democratic
side.
PUT PRESSURE ON STONE
The fact soon developed after the
recess was entered upon that the party
friends of Stone had been consulting
among themselves and had reached the
conclusion that il given an opportunity
they could dissuade him from further
persistence in his course of obstruc-
tion, and when, after reconvening at ,
o'clock, he retired from the floor 1t ap-
peared as If he had been induced to
permanently surrender He was fol-
lowed by Gore, the blind senator from
Oklahoma, and that gentleman had
proceeded for about two hours when
Stone returned TO the senate chamber
and created some dismay by stating
that he nad determined to resume his
address as soon as Gore should con-
clude. He, however. afforded the re-
publicans their anxiously- sought op-
portunity when he again retired from
the chamber a few minutes before
Gore had finished speaking and was
absent when that auspicious moment
arrived. Some democratic senators
had expressed the intention to speak,
ing briefly on the merits of the bill,
but the holding OF the subject before
the senate for any further time had in
it such possibilities in the way of con-
tinuation of the hlibuster that in the
interest Of speedy disposal of the meas
ure and early final adjournment Of con-
gress they were persuaded to change
their minds and forego the intention Of
expressing their views.
The end of the hlibuster came with
con,s,u~S m, page "a. Middle CoIumr I