The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
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resolution introduced by Mr.. foraker
was adopted calling on the Secretary of
War for the names of all former SOL
diers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, dis
charged without honor on account of the
Brownsville ARRAY, who have applied for
re-enlistment. Beyond forcing roll calls
on the approval of the journal and on
adjournment the Democrats of the House
offered no obstruction to the orderly
transaction of business Being suspen-
sion day, several important bills were
put through by practically unanimous
vote. Among these was the Sterling en-
ployers' liability bill, only ole vote be-
ing recorded against it, that Of Mr.. Little
field of Maine,
As an aftermath of the passage of the
army appropriation bill Senator Hale,
chairman of the committee on naval af
fairs, Tuesday warned against increases
of the military establishment. saying they
were inviting a deficit. He moved the
reconsideration of the vote by which the
army bill was passed and his motion was
then laid on the table at his request Sem
ator Burkett characterized the proceeding
as one of bad faith. The Senate passed
the Notifications appropriation bill carry
ing an aggregate CT So, 106, 1S7. As a
mark of respect to the memory OF the late
Representative Brick the Senate adjourn
ed until Thursday. The whole of the ses-
sion of the House was devoted to the con-
sideration of the District of Columbia APP
preparation bill. Two amendments were
adopted, one providing for 75-cent gas for
all district establishments and the other
requiring that all outside doors to public
school buildings shall open outward. An
effort to secure the incorporation of a
child labor provision failed. The bill was
passed
The Senate was not in session Wednes-
day. Wednesdays session of the House
will go down as one of the stormiest in
its history. The sum total of the days
proceedings was the adoption of several
additional rules to check further the
Democratic filibuster and the passing of
the two resolutions introduced by Speaker
Cannon calling on the Department of JUS
tice and the Commerce and Labor Depart
ment for certain information regarding
the so-called paper trust. There were
nine roll calls during the day, five of them
on the new rules. The Democrats ex-
hausted their resources before they were
made to feel that the Republicans by
sheer force of numbers had them beaten
at every point. The debate brought all
the leaders of the House to the front. The
Democrats were again charged with max
ing the special rules necessary by reason
of their flibuster, while the Democrats
~, al 1o.r% ,C1.
the majority TO enact legislation.
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The employers liability bill recently
passed by the House was on Thursday
passed by the Senate without amendment,
so that it is ready to 60 to the President
for his approval The Senate adjourned
until Monday. Three times in the House
the Democrats caught the Republicans
mapping and forced them to produce a
quorum. On one other occasion vote by
tellers disclosed the absence of a quorum,
but Speaker Cannon peremptorily applied
the Reed rule and declared quorum to
be present. Both the army and the forth
fications appropriation bills were sent to
conference: the Senate bin to increase the
efficiency of the revenue cutter service
was. with Democratic help, passed, and
the bill to promote the safe transportation
in interstate commerce of explosives was
considered The Democrats prevented the
Indian appropriation bill and caused it to
be sent back to conference.
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The Senate was not in session Friday.
Instead of interminable roll calls and
al, - of
parliamentary law in the House, there
was an orderly session devoted almost en-
tirely to the consideration of the naval
appropriation bill. Chairman Foss of ILL
nois and Mr.. Padgett of Tennessee made
exhaustive speeches justifying the action
of the committee in reporting what they
characterized as a conservative naval pro-
gram for the next fiscal year. Messrs.
Favrot of Louisiana and McKinlay and
Knowland. California. pleaded for navy
of such size as to be capable of uphold
ing at all times the honor of the country
at home and abroad, while Mr.. Bartholdt
of Missouri advocated halt in naval in
crease and the substitution Tor it of arbi-
tration in matters of international dis
putes. Consideration of the bill had not
Deen CODcluutu Wutn the IAOusC tOoh
recess until IL 80 Saturday
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The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. Debate on the naval appropriation
bill in the House resolved itself into a
discussion of the possibilities of a war
between the United States and Japan.
Mr.. Hob.on of Alabama pleaded for four
battle ships instead of two for the next
fiscal year. A war between the yellow
and the white races he regarded as inev-
liable. and he asserted that Japan's pres
ent military activity was with view to
the supremacy of the Pacific, and as a
natural consequence there would be a
clash at arms with the United States. On
the other hand. Mr.. Burton, Ohio, and
w. w. Kitchin, North Carolina, disputed
that contention, each of them avowing
that the clash would not come. but that
the United States should remain in the
forefront of modern civilization as the ex-
ponent of peace.