Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-26
FILIBUSTERING BEGINS.
Congressman SuIzer Helps Use Up
Time of the House.

! IIHe OF tnc I1OuScs
Washington, March 25-When Mr. Scot
Kansas, in charge of the agricultural APP
preparation bill. today sought unanimous
| consent to limit to five hours further
debate on the bill. Sulzer. n. Y. objected.
That action forced the House to a vote
and it was agreed to confine general de-
bate to four hours instead of five
SuiZcr was on his feet with "a parlia-
mentary inquiry Speaker Cannon re-
| fused to hear the inquiry.
| SulZer persisted. contending that under
| the rules the committees should be called.
but the Speaker sharply informed him
that there was nothing before the House
to inquire about moment after
wards, however. he admitted his error
and Sulzer was recognized to state his
! proposition. In doing SO he referred to
what he called the apology of the Speak
err
He was interrupted by the Speaker,
who said: oh the gentlemen may put
it that way. The Chair would apologize
to the gentleman when the Chair is in
error as quickly as to any other gentle
man in the House.
there should be call of committees The
bill temporarily was laid aside. in Or
der that Gilett, Mass. might present a
request that the Senate amendment to
the legislative. executive and judicial APP
preparation bill he disagreed to and the
bill sent to conference. Sulzer objected
and forced the reading of all amend
ments, this procedure consuming much
time.
The House disagreed to all the amend
ments to the legislative bill and it was
sent to conference, Messrs Gillett, Mass. !:
| Brick, Ind. and Livingston. Ga, being
appointed conferees on the part of the
House.
Further commentator of the work of
| the agricultural department came from
Smith, Missouri. who strongly advocated
the encouragement of agricultural educa-
tion through experiment stations.
Humphreys, Miss. criticized the bill for
its failure to make proper provision for
the bureau of soils.
There were only three sources, he said.
| from which the national wealth was
drawn. These were the soil. the forest
and the mines. 1t was a shame, he charg-
ed, land sin against our children to
hear men in this new world talk Of worn
out SOIL The country was burning the
| candle at both ends. and he said that
Congress should leSislate to better the
conditions of those who dig the nation s
| greatness from the soil
4 plea for homesteads for farmers of
800 acres instead of 100 acres was made
by French. Idaho
Il The remainder of the session was de-
voted to brief speeches by Griggs, Ga
VINO gave notice of an amendment in
creasing by 100000 the appropriation for
the investigation of soil: by Bell. Ga
who favored government aid to public
roads: by Ellerbe, S. c.. who also favor.
ed increased appropriations for soil in
vestigation.
II General debate having become exhaust.
ed the bill was laid aside until tomorrow
when it will be read for amendment, and
at 5.13 P. NJ. the House adjourned
II Washington. March 25.-Rerresentativt
II Stanley of Kentucky addressed the House
1 today in reply to the recent political
speech of Dalzell of Pennsylvania. He
II denounced Hamilton, whom DalZell haC
| praised, as an obscure adventurer." He
said that the imperialism of Hamilton
had no semblance ito the imperialism o.
Il Roosevelt" Those two characters held
only this in common" he said, land that
is their profound contempt for the Con
stitition and an everlasting impotence
of its restraints
Il Roosevelt. he declared. was dominated
| by great honor and intoxicated by ap
rlause. while Hamilton from early boy