The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-04

washington, June 3.-The first session
of the Sixtieth congress adjourned sine
die at 11:50 o'clock Saturday night.
Senator LaFollette's filibuster On the
currency bill in the Senate falling be-
cause Of lack Of support. the Senate
late Saturday afternoon adopted the
conference report, agreeing upon the
A~ldrichized Vreeland bill by a vote of
4S to so.
President Roosevelt Saturday night
signed all the bills placed before him,
including the currency bill. the public
building, the general deficiency and the
government employees liability bill.
End Comes Suddenly.
The end of the hlibuster in the Senate
came with a s~uddenness that was al
most startling. When Senator Gore,
who followed Senator Stone, concluded.
after having spoken for two hours, 1t
was the opinion among those who were
not In the confidence Of the leaders that
the end of the fight was still a long
way off, and even the leaders were not
certain that II was not. 1t was Rener-
ally understood that Senator Stone
would attempt to resume his speech
and that Senator LaFollette also would
make a determined fight to regain the
floor.
AS Senator Gore resumed his seat,
Vice President Fairbanks promptly
stated that the question was the adop-
ton Of h conference report n that
under the orders Of the Senate. preyi-
ously adopted, a e and nay vote
was made by the vice president In a
m~atter-ofsfact way. but It meant the
final touch to the most important legts-
lation OF the session. E#"
When the vote had been announced
and a lively skirmish between Senator
LaFollette and Senator Aldrich over re-
consideration had been settled, Senator
Hepburn was given the floor, and ex-
planned his reasons for voting against
the bill.
Finish In House.
The house resolution to adjourn was
agreed to by a vote of 126 to 70. The
speaker appointed Messrs. Payne Of
New York. Hepburn of Iowa, and
Williams of Mississippi, as the commit
tee to report to the president. At 9:55
p. m. the committee appointed by the
speaker to join q like committee Of the
senate and wait upon the president and
Inform him hat congress was ready to
adjourn. reported that 1t had performed
that duty and that the president said
ne had no further communication to
make. a.I".
Upon the motion to adjourn Mr.. WILL
Jams of Mississippi objected amid
laughter, anu VII EuJhS ClldISeu LH6
form of his request to a motion to adopt
the resolution under suspension of the
rules.
Upon MI. Payne's motion. Mr.. Will
Iiams, leading his 1libuster forces to-
ward the last ditch, demanded the ayes
and nays. The calling of the roll clio
tied, of course a solid support from
the republican side, but OF the demo-
cratic side there were affirmative as
well as negative votes.
Having concluded its labors for the
session the House adopted a resolu-
ton to adjourn sine lie at ten min
utes before midnight. The news thai
the currency bill had passed the Sem
ate quickly reached the House and
evoked great applause. From that time
on business moved with a rapidity that
signiied q speedy termination Of the
session. The conference report on the
public buildings bill, which has been
held up pending action On the currency
question, was quickly brought out and
agreed to. h action was Immediately
followed by the adoption Of the con-
ference report on the general defc-
iency bill, thus clearing the decks of all
important pending legislation.
Other measures put through were:
Authorizing the Issuance Of guns
and ammunition to the Memorial uni
versity at Mason City, Ia, n proVid-
ing for compensation Of government
employees for injuries received while
in the performance of their duties.
Several pension bills also were passed.