The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31
.FILIBUSTER OF NO AVAIL Senate Agrees on the Currency Bill. ALL DEMOCRATS AGAINST IT
 ----s----- Stone of Missouri Held Morning
 Session.
 - spoks several Hour. Amid elss. of Hss Celiessues--FinsI Vote on
 Report was ss
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Washington, May so.---At 4.S0 osclnck today the senate adopted the report ef the Confefees Of the two houses cf Congress on the Aldrseh- yreelAnd emergency bsll by kfs decisive vote e& 43 to go anl thus was taken the last Congressional step necessary toward the enactment of emergency currency which congress has directed its prAn- cipal eftoFt since 1t convened last De- cefnher.
 All of the Affirmative votes wore east by Republieana, but Senators BoFah. Bourne and Hepburn Republicans. vot- ed with the Democrats against the bl1l Senator LaFoilette voted in the aftlruaa- tive for the purpose of moving q re~ confederation of the vote which he at tempted to do immediately after tie Fe- suit was announced, but was met with opposition.
 Tha motion to reconsider the vote by which the conference report was adopted was laid on the table by ( vote of 45 to IT.
 The result came unexpectedly soon. but not until the senate had been well worn out by a n1lbusfer which. while not largely supported. made up in in tenAIty what it lacked in the numbers The cbstruoftve tactics were begun by Senator La Toilette. republican, of Wisconsin, when the report was taken up by fife senate yesterday and, being prosecuted by him all last night. was continued today by Senator Stone, democrat. Of Missouri aul Senator Cora democrat of Oklahofnc.
 Mir La Toilette broke the record as a 1onR distance speaker; Mr. Stone held the fIcor for six hours aSid half, in the morning without Interruption and MT. Gore spoke for somefhin8
 
 Tt looked for time He # the hlibue- ters misht De able 10 conttnps their tactics well into if not through the nfeht and during the afternoon some consternation was cren2ed in the eestt ats by the Tsners. fhia tiluq wait aus thkntlcafeds 4ikat S&nRtnr @eM DaN9e wAs4 on haa way so WzAhinEkon and would be prepare to assiat the nli- bugtexing with two days speeehs propfdsa the ch3ectora could hold out until Monday morning.
 Many ok the senators had been in thsir seats almost continuously since II o'clock Friday and thers was a Genef- al ralleE when at l:a0 ?. ua- su8See- tion for q recess was received by the republican leaders from the democratic
 stone and Gore.
 After reconvening at o'clock BIT. stone retired from the floor. ap- peared as if he had been induced to nerr1A nentiys surrender. He waa fol- lowed by Mir Gore, the blind senator from Oklahoma and that gentleman had proceeded for about two hours when Mir Stone returned tc the senate chamber ana announced that he would resume his address as soon az Aar. Gore should conclude. He however, again retired from the chamber few minutes before Mir. Gore hal nnished speaking and was absent when that auspicious moment arrived: Some democratic senators had expressed the intention of speaking briefly os the merits of the bill but the holding of tha subject before the senate for any further time held ir it such possibilt- ties ,n the way of the continuation of the fiiibuster- that in the interest of the speedy disposal of the measure ana the early final adjournment of congress they were persuaded 60 change tnelr minds and forego the intention tAs intentton of expressing their views.
 But he was not. allowed tc make the notion. As soon as the Vice. President had announced the result Of sAe vote [ Senators Aldrichs and La Toilette de- ma ndea recognftion. The former was recornized and moved to reconsider the vote by which the report had been adopted . recognition, and made the point or or der that Senator Aldrich was out or or der when he made his motion, Fms point was not sustained by the char, and Senator Foraker then moved 70 Iay Senator gAldrich's motion on the ta- bia. Senator La Toilette appealed from n . | 6ecision of the chair on his point or order. but on motion of Senator For l sIsar thie appeal was laid on the table bv a vote of 53 to 9.
 refore this vote was taken, senator "a Folistte had been recognized by tna crowds. in the galleries and they vIgorouely applauded him.
 senator Foraker then renewed hls notion to lay on the table the motion -fo reconsider the vote by which the conference' report was adopted ana this T-aa agreed to, A5 to IT.
 Aside from the fact that the nnal vote on a most important measure Was rsached, the proceedings on the cur rency bflf were almost totally devoid lof popular tltersst
 Senator Stone, who occupied the noor