The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-04
Senator LafoIlette Holds the
Long Wind Record.
EMERGENCY BILL PASSED
Congress Failed To Respond 60 Pres
idcnt's request 20 Pass the Anti
Injunction BiIl-postaI Savings
Ranks Biil Was Favorabiy Re
ported, hut Was Not Passed--The
Johnson Boom a Faiinre-Much
Sentiment for Roosevelt TO Run
Again.
Special TO The Caucasian.

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Washington, ID. c., June Con
gress adjourned on Saturday even
ing at near midnight. after severa
days filibuster in the Senate over
the emergency currency bill. Sena.
tor La Toilette, who led the filibus.
ter. failed in his object, as 1T was
clear he would from the beginning
but he has achieved the reputation
of being the longest time talker In
the record of the Senate. He held
the floor continuously for nineteen
hours, exceeding by several hours
the long record speech of Senator AL
len, of Nebraska.
Congress failed to respond to the
Presidents request TO pass the anti
injunction bill before adjourning,
but did pass the employers liability
bill. which was also strongly urged
by the President, along with this
emergency currency bill, about the
efficacy of which there is much diff
ference OF opinion.
The postal savings bank bill,
which unquestionably would have
been a more effective measure for
preventing the congestion of money
and for breaking corners in the
money market, and, therefore, pre-
venting panics, was favorably re-
ported, but was not passed.
Nearly all of the Congressman and
Senator'S have hurried out of town
to get home and look after their
campaigns and to get ready to at
tend the national convention.
The strong revival of the talk to
have Roosevelt serve another term
has caused him to issue another
statement, Or rather write another
letter, with the request that his
name shall not be presented or con-
sidered at the Chicago convention;
but in spite of this third appeal on
the part of the President, it is no.
ticeable that the demand that he
subordinate his own views to the
wishes of the people has not lesen-
ed. The way the matter now looks
is this; that if enough delegates
will vote for Taft on the first bal
lot to nominate him, of course the
Presidents name will not be sprung.
but if he shall fail of enough votes
on the first ballot, then it seems
certain that the convention will
stand firm for Roosevelt.
One prominent Republican, in dis
cussing the Presidents position,
said today that he did not think
that the President had a right to
refuse the call of the people If it
was their judgment that he ought
to serve again, and, besides, that
his nomination was best for the
success of the party and the welfare
of the country. Besides, he said,
why shall the people be forced to
try to find somebody else whom it
is hoped will do nearly as well as
Roosevelt has been doing?
The efforts to create a boom for
Johnson of Minnesota or to organize
an effective opposition against
Bryan in the Democratic party has
been disappointment to those who
have undertaken it. 1t now seems
certain that Bryan will be nomin-
ated, with votes to spare, and if he
is, and if the Democratic par
ty does not do the wrong thing
at the right time, which, however,
it is in the habit of doing, there is
every prospect of lively campaign.