The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01

after the beginning of the recess, but they were not so prompt in returning [ and the hour for reconvening, which was II o'clock, was rapidly approach ing when they began to make their ap- pearance on the floor and in their com mittee rooms.
 For the most part they looked sur prisingly fresh considering the ordeal through which they passed, but some confessed to great fatigue
 When the Senate resumed the session of Monday at II a. m. about 50 senators were in their places. and others were drifting in rapidly Senator Bristow, acting relief for Senator Crawford the leading filibuster against the Lorimer resolution, was recognized by the vice president, but immediately yielded to Senator Beveridge, who wanted to know 1 if the continuance of ne legislative daY of Monday past the hour of 12 o'clock noon would vitiate the special order for the direct vote on senators. The chair l held it would Chairman Nelson then moved that an adjournment of Mondays session was taken, it to meet at u:50 o'clock today This was agreed to-
 At 11:50 the new legislative day began in the usual way with prayer by the chaplain and the reading of the journal. II was 12:1o o'clock when the journal was completed. 9< | By direction of the chair the point resolution providing for the election of senators by the people as amended by the Sutherland proviso giving the federal 1 government supervisory control over the senatorial elections was placed before the Senate. The ayes and noes were ordered on the resolution.
 When the resolution was declared lost. 1 there was no demonstration of any sort. | From the democratic side of the floor there was several modulated calls of | good good"
 Senator Lorimer arose unexpectedly and the entire Senate was at attention, while those in the galleries craned their necks to see the senator from Illinois. | In supstantiation of his assertion that Governor Deneen had undertaken to or ganize the Illinois legislature in 1909 Sen aror Lorimer presented to the Senate tel egeams from Speaker Shurteleff, Repre- sentative Brownback and J. W. Ford. The telegrams were sent in refutation of the contention of Senator Crawford in the Senate yesterday that the governor lad been msrepresented by the Illinois , senator. MT. Lorimer took the floor as soon as his case was laid before the , Senate and read the messages.
 The morning business disposed of, Sen ' ator Stone registered strong protest , against the action of Senator Brandegee , in the chair last night in putting to a vote the motion of Senator Bailey that when d vote was reached on the Lorimer { resolution it should be taken by the ayes | and noes.
 Senator Stone spoke for more than two and one-half hours. During the greater part of the time not more than half dozen senators were in their places. As soon as MT. Stone concluded Senator Young of Iowa took the floor and spoke against the reciprocity agreement. 'The Canadian reciprocity bill is free trade in masquerade" declared Senator Young, speaking in opposition to the measure In the standpoint of the farm CT. He declared the farmer should not be blamed for the high cost of living. "This so-called reciprocity agreement practically confers citizenship upon Can ada" said Senator Young, and he Is not even asked to take off his hat while the oath is administered"
 Young Cracks Jokes
 Senator Young interposed his prepared | remarks with a number of stories and quips, and soon the chamber was filled and the senators were forgetting much of the bitterness of last night in gales of laughter.
 Senator Young referred to the speech of Senator Bourne of Oregon last night as- sailing President Taft and claiming he had tried to coerce senators and repre- sentatives through political patronage.
 My friend from Oregon said Senator Young, "declalmed against the great pol1t- ical boss and proclaimed the death of po- litical liberty. He did not say just when his death was to occur. l want to tell him that we have today the greatest po- litcal liberty in this country since the landing of Columbus.
 why. MT President, we have 57 diff ferent varieties of republicans alone and the turns are not all in yet. The democratic varieties will be discovered after the new Congress meets.
 Upon the conclusion of his speech which frequently evoked laughter, Sen afor Young gave way to Senator Gronna, who made his maiden speech.
 "The farmers" said Mir. Gronna who are asked to share their markets with the Canadian farmers will derive no benefit from this agreement. It opens no new markets to them, and it reduces the duties on practically nothing that they buy" T.
 MT Gronna said the name "reciproc- ity'' was misleading
 "When Canada demanded the opening of our markets to her farm products" he said, "she knew, and we ought to have known, that she was giving very little in return for what she was get ting"
 Upon the conclusion of MT. Gronna's S | speech MT. Hale objected to any session tonight and started rapid fire of sug- gestions and objections that ultimately resulted in an agreement to vote tomor- row at 1:30 o'clock on the Lorimer case; 10 hold no session tonight and to make the permanent tariff board bill the un- | finished business of the Senate. The ayes and nays were taken on the tariff board resulting in a vote of 53 to 21 in it's favor. Adjournment until Il o'clock to- I