The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-03

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The sen
ate resumed consideration of the bill
10 create permanent tariff board at
1890 clock this morning. Until that
hour the night session was occupied
with the postoffice appropriation bill.
laid aside in an uncompleted state
shortly after midnight.
a contest was started immediately
between Senator Hale. who wanted the
senate to proceed with the naval bill.
and Senator Beveridge, who pressed for
consideration Of the unfinished bust
ness of the tariff board measure. 1t
required roll call to decide the issue
in favor of Senator Beveridge. the sen.
ate declining to proceed with the naval
bill by a vote Of 26 to 81.
During the day the senate passed
the pensions, diplomatic and consular,
Notifications and military academy
bills, although there was every ipdica-
tion the Democrats were seeking to de-
lay action on the supply measures.
Republicans came to the conclusion
reluctantly that the Democrats were
in earnest in their filibuster against
supply measures, After considering
the situation some of the senate lead
ers became of the opinion the admins
tration might be led into political
pitfall if appropriation measures were
forced into an extraordinary session by
reason of obstructive tactics by the
Democrats,
f, Party Leaders Disturbed.
So many messages from business men
have poured in upon Republican leaders
urging them TO beseech President Taft
not to call an extra session that the
party leaders became disturbed about
the future of the party,
MANY of the commercial interests in
sisted that Canadian reciprocity was not
worth what it would cost the party.
These communications, or at least many
of them. were taken TO the White House
and President Taft let it be known that
he likewise had been bombarded by
messages of similar import.
According TO the best information,
President Taft has not wavered in the
determine tion to call an extra session.
but has made it clear that he would
assemble congress some time between
March Is and 90 if the senate failed
to act upon the Canadian agreement.
II was said that if any of the appro-
priatiou bills failed he would call con-
gress together Immediately after March
a. allowing practically no interval be-
tween the expiration of the SlNty-flrst
congress and the conveniDg of the Six
tysecond. Undoubtedly the failure of
an appropriation measure would relieve
the administration of considerable en-
barra assment. 1t would then be realized
on every side that an extra session
could not be avoided and in political
circles the Republicans unquestionably
would attempt to lay the responsibility
upon the Democrats.
Gossip on Floor of Senate.
Much interesting senate gossip was
circulated on the floor during the dis
cus&ion Of the postoffice bill. 1t was
patent 10 everybody that the filibuster
against the bill, participated in by Sen
ntors Owen. Stone, Bankbead and 9th
ers, Was not resorted to out of any real
objection TO the measure.
Many leaders who gossped about the
situation made no secret of the fact
that on one side of the chamber Sen
ator Beveridge was being hazed by the
h Democrats and the old guard Repub.
licans, and Senator Bailey on the other
was being punished for the part he
played in the agreement by which a
time was fixed TO vote on the LorimeI
case and the tariff board measure was
made the unfinished business,
incidentally the minority leadership
of the senate which will be laid down
by Senator Money when he retires or
EdtuluaEs was the STAKE 1Or "nlcn Int
Democrats played. The Stone faction
IA II was said, was determined that Sen
ator Bailey should not be contender
IN that contest if they could help it.
With the postoffice appropriation
bill unfinished and containing man,
Items that will lead to spirited debate
unless dropped by the committee, witt
the naval bill pending, wdth the grea
sundry bill already reported and tht
4 general deficiency bill almost ready K
Il report, formidable programme still
confronts the senate,
Only Few Hours Remain
No further work on appropriation
II measures will be done until later toda'
when only about twenty y-four hours wil
remain for the winding up Of congress
There are conference reports on impor
a rant measures waiting 10 be acted upol
and at Is evident that no chance remain
TOT the enactment Of the tariff boar
a blll unless the Democrats may be IN
duced to withdraw their objections.
III The house also droned on monott
N nously IN night session, The only busi
81 ness before it was the adoption of th
III conference reports and the considers
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