The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-14
On Own Motion Bill for Rein. statement of Negro Troops Goes Over to Next
 Session.
BULKELEY STILL WORKING
Forakcr Saw Defeat Under Present Conditions, But Says Presidents Threat Had Nothing to
 Do With It.

Washington, May l3,-An effort to get the senate to agree upon time to vote at this session on ,his bill for the reinstatement of negro soldiers of the Twenty-ffth regiment was made in the senate to-day by Mir. Foraker, but Mir. Warren objected, saying that Senator Lodge was absent owing to illness in his family, and desired to speak on the Brownsville affair. Mir. Warren said he also wished to speak and had not had an opportunity to prepare speech In view of these difficulties, Mir. Foraker said he would move to take the bill up on Wednes- day, December l6 next, and make it tho special order for that date.
 Mir. Culberson said the minority would prefer having the matter de- termined at this session, and moved that the Foraker bill be voted on next Saturday, but Mir Foraker moved to lay this motion on the table and by a vote of 42 to 27 itAwas carried. All the votes to lay on the table were cast by republican senators.
 E Mir Foraker's motion to take up the Brownsville matter Wednesday. De- tIcembcr 16 next, was adopted by vote f'of 62 to 6.
 Senator Foraker explained hi; coursc by giving out the following Abatement:
 "The reason for postponing action Ion the Brownsville bill until next De. sNcember is that at this time 1t was i'm. .kpossible to get vote, even if could fiyet the bill before the senate. while hext December, 1t was the understand &Eng arrived at. every republican in tho
 9enate will be under obligation to hell Ane get the bill before the senate anc ~oetween insisting upon action now ant
 ostponing action until then is, there Wore, that at this time the probabili IeE'les were that I would not get any le4 hing, while at that time l shall a al east get vote, and have great con .sdence that the measure will pass | ree D. the men will have a relief that veil art sstore them to all their rights. More SCI yer, there will not be loss to them oI tns nybody else by the delay. So far al tr was personally concerned. the presi Vents announcement that he woplc unfsto my bill if congress passed 1t, anc ovs,fuse to enforce 1t if we should pas tn over his veto, had nothing to q, TeSith my action, Such announcement nure becoming common, and whil oabubtless they still affect the action O Wine people, I do not pay any atten tnFpn to them. What l am concerne, dopout in this matter Is to get ful sad real restoration of these men L
 1il their rights. and l do not intend t
 How anything personal to myself {
 sAnd In the way of accomplishing tha Eject"
 S-y ssJust before the senate adjourned fo efe day Senator Bulkeley gave notlc fat next Monday he would ask tn
 ahate to take up the Warner bil y sthorizing the president to restore t .A A,ty such members of the battalio
 negro soldiers implicated in tn Townsville affray as he believes t
 five been guiltless. His notice cam
 th the statement that he was ex
 i,ted to get action on the matter a
 l present session of congress. Hi Ysition. manifestly, is impossible, i } s1w of the vote of the senate to-da,