Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-20
EmphaticalIy Resents Attempt
OF Vice Prest. Sherman to
Establish CIoture.
REPUBLICAN VOTE DIVIDEND
Seventeen Were for Sustaining Him,
Twenty Against Him, as We're
The Democrats.

Washington. Dec. l9.-By vote Of
2; to IL tho senate again emphaticaliy
announced It's determination to resist
Nil efforts to alter its rules In any way'
boxing to the establishment of cloture
II that body.
sThe question arose over the ruling
haEnc last Saturday by Vice President
sherinan, holding that an announce
hnent of n pair by n senator in an aye
iny nay vote is sufficient to justify
Ole chair In including him to make y
Quorum. The point was raised early
II the day over the approval of ths
n,urnal of Saturdays proceedings.
In connection with votes on amend
sas taken on an appeal by Senator
Siaie from a decision by the chair
similar to that of Saturday.
All the II votes In favor of sustaining
Eie chair were cast by Republicans.
y Of the 81 votes against the chair, 20
Srre cast by Republicans and II by
the Democrats.
y HEYBrRN'S POINT OF ORDER.
In the roll call the point was made by
sIr Icyburyl's that only by unanimous
NOm voting. even In observance of 4
pair and after the roll call was con-
GUIDED Senators Dillingham; and Mar
lin wero compelled to rise and ask to
Sc excused because of pairs. No obicc-
Eon was made.
srhe senate passed a few minor bills
ard adopted the house resolution agree
pignto adjourn on Wednesday for the
christmas recess, reconveninS Jan. 5.
. y in ha saGlipn foil
INTO IL parliamentary wrangle which de-
rtloped when the bill to codify the
Iostal laws was taken up. The measure
vas still under consideration when tho
house adjourned.
{ Senator Bcvcridge today asked mem
bers OF the senate fiscal committee
whether they Intended to report the bill
designed to prevent the tobacco manu-
features from using the premium
crushing out competition, Hc said he
Intended to compel action on the bin.
mich passed the senate rs II part OF
Tile Payne Adrich tariff bill.
! Mr. Beyeridge discussed the use of
coupons and asserted that by such
means tho American Tobacco company
bad been enabled to crush out COM
petition in n similar manner amounting
10 Il scandal"
Ing items aggrcgating sS,2!5.4S0. was re-
ported to the senate today. The total
represents net increase of s9ST.9aj
Dyer the amount OF the. bill as 1t was
passed by the house. or this increase
100000 is TO carry out tile awards to
the loyal Greeks III accordance with an
agreement made with that tribe in 1901
The question Of recommending n con-
stitutional amendment to provide for
fhn plprfinn n ITnitan CtpfaG
BY direct vote Of the people was made
I special order of the senate judiciary
committee today for the first meeting
after the holiday recess.
Nominations for circuit judges to
Supply the new commerce court like
wise went over It Is said that no
charges had been filed against any of
the men named.
Senator Rayncr stated today that the
discussion of resolutions to provide for
election of senators by direct vote
developed that there would be not more
than four votes In the committee
against reporting it to the senate. II"
declared the resolution would pass tho
committee and the senate.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS
Tho reading was begun in the honse
today of n blu for the revision and
This provides for II practical rcclassi-
ilcation of the postal service and for
the appointment of n director general
of posts. The latter would be per-
manent government official subject 10
dismissal for cause only, and would be
the practical manager of the entire
postoffce department.
This would not dispense with the
cabinet position of general,
and the latter would be the real head
OF the department, giving his attention,
however, almost entirely to the broad
Questions of policy t#
rather slow progress was made with
the reading of the bill. which is a long
one, because some OF the members We're
anxious to have taken up n pension bill
providing pensions for Civil and MeXi-
can wa, veterans more than 62 years
Old Every parliamentary way these
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