Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-01
CURRENCY PASSED
LaFollette and His Co-Filibus-
ters Finally Outwitted and
Measure is Agreed 10
SESSION COMES TO AN END
Notable Contest Marks Close of First
Session of Sxtieth Consress-Pres-
dent Signs Bill Shortly Before Mid
night - House Passes Buildings
Bill.

Washington, June 1.-Outwittins
Senator r. NJ La Toilette off Wiscon-
sin by trick, the senate passed the
| conference currency bill, As to %. Al
| 1850 o'clock Saturday night poth
houses adjourned and the Sixtieth con-
gress is over.
| In the defeat of La Toilette the
| longest filibuster in congressional ms
tory was broken. Senator La Fol'ette
! spoke for eighteen consecutive hours.
| and the filibuster was of IS hours dur
alton in all. La Toilette based his op-
| position against the ldrich-Vreelanq
bill on the allegation that it placed
railroad bonds on a par with other
bonds as a basis for emergency cur
| rency. This assertion Is disputed.
| Senator La Toilette voted aye on
the final vote in order that he might
move reconsideration, but his last
|
| fcated SO to 8.
The house. upon receipt of this IN
| formation from the senate, at once
| passed the public building bill by an
almost unanimous vote.
That was all there was left that con-
gress was willing to do and 1t ad-
| journed.
Currency Bill Tricked Thru.
| The Aldrich- Nreeland emergency
| currency bin was tricked thru the SEN
ate at 4:30 p. M. by tactics enureiy
| worthy OF the origin and history OF thae
dubious piece of legislation.
| The trap was set at a. m. The bait
which lulled the opposition to lethargy
seems to have been the public buildings
bill held in threatening abeyance In
the house. and the fall was sprung at
| n. M. when that lethargy gave the
watchfnl reactionaries of the senate
| the moment they had been looking for
| all day. The way 1t was done was
simply slick, and no other term accu-
rately describes 1t.
| When Senator La Toilette closed MS
! speech of eighteen hours at Z a. m.'
Senator Adrich. with that Watchtul-
| ness which has made him 50 valtapie
to the interests, grabbed the floor Wltn
/ few smooth and plausible remarks
| and proposed that when the senate
| vote on the conference report 1t Go SO
by yeas and nays and that the neces-
i sity under the rules of securing ths
! consent of fifteen senators for ron
call be dispensed with. This appar-
entity innocent proposition was accept
| ed and thereby was set the deadtaii
which ruined the tilibuster against the
bill La Toilette then went home ana
to bed. nd Senator Bill Stone OF Mis-
| souri took the floor to continue the
battle. After he had spoken about SIX
hours. during all of which time he re-
ceived the close and flattering attention
of the old foxes in the reactionary
ranks. Senator Hale made brotherly
love talk to him in which the soft soap
was laid on with WhiteWash prush.
He appealed to the senator to recog-
nize the fruitlessness of further OPP
position to the bill. and Stone, wen
pleased at the attention from HAZE,
acknowledged that he had no hope OF
defeating it.
The SURPRISING Of Stone.
Then Foraker Clipped in with the
assurance that the rules would not per-
nit Stone to continue to read from
miscellaneous authorities upon extran-
eous subjects and that he had a mind
to raise a point, of order against him
| for not speaking on the subject be-
for the senate.
Aldrich. with the eye of hawk,
apparently perceived that the psych-
illogical moment to pacify Stone had
arrived and that to permit Foraker to
irritate him would kick it all over.
He therefore moved that the senate
| take a. recess for half an hour and
this was no sooner agreed to than
Senator Scott, of West Virginia, led
Senator Stone into the republican
| cloak room. What was said to him
there can not be ascertained. but when
the senate resumed, Mr.. Stone con-
| tented himself with brief argument
| in reply to Foraker's point OF order
| proposal and then abruptly yielded the
flood to Senator Gore OF Oklahoma,
who. had announced that he wanted to
discuss the bill and did not desire to
filibuster
| Mt then became a race between the
| desires and hopes of Aldrich and MS
crowd and the return of La Toilette
to the chamber Gore spoke longer
than was expected. but he quit be-
fore La Toilette came back and When
he ceased Senator Stone made no at
tempt to regain the floor. instead
Aldrich gave the word to Vice Pres1-
dent Fairbanks and as Gore sank into
| his coat Fairbanks said:
'The clerk will call the roll.
Henry Rose Instantly began to rat
tie off the names of the senators. He
had already called five or six when