Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-10
WRANGE GOES
ON IN SENATE
SUNDRY BILL IS FORCED TO THE
FRONT AND PAsSED-cAR-
RIEs $142,7o2o94.
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS CUT
Effort to Bring Up Reciprocity Meas
ure Meets With Merry "Ha-Ha."
-Fiiibustering Resumed After
All-Night Session.

Washington, March 4.-The sundry
j. civil bill was passed by the senate.
The senate agreed to the house provi-
sion of 100000 in the sundry civil
bill for beginning the work of fortify-
ing the Panama canal.
Senator Burton moved to strike out
the paragraph, but the motion was
defeated on viva vOce vote.
The senate adopted an amendment
offered by Senator Culberson cutting
down the house appropriation of $780,
900 to continue the work Of the tenn
porary tariff board to 100000 and
Mnaking the amount available only for
the fiscal year 1912. AS it came from
the house the appropriation was to
continue available until 1913. Sena-
tor Culberson denounced this as a
usurpation of the functions of the six
ty-secOnd congress.
An amendment making conditional
appropriation for the permanent tariff
board in the event of it's establish
menit by law was offered by Senator
Cummins and adopted.
|. Senator Culberson offered an amend
ment directing the tariff board to re-
port to congress not later than the
first Monday in December, 1911, on
the iron and steel, the cotton and cot
ton manufactures and the wool and
wool manufactures schedule. BY
yea and nay vote it was defeated, 40
to 43. The insurgent Republicans
voted with the Democrats in favor OF
the amendment.
naval appropriation bill and resumed
consideration of the postoffice bill.
Grind Is Resumed Early.
An even score Of weary-eyed sena-
tors faced Vice-President Sherman
when at 10 o'clock he called the SEN
ate together. Adjournment had been
taken at o'clock.
Among those present were Senators
Hale and Stone. They greeted each
other pleasantly and engaged in
brief chat before beginning the days
work. Mr. Hale was anxious to begin
the consideration of the great sundry
civil bill and to this end sought to
have the formal reading of the Jour-
nal dispensed with.
81 object" said the leader of the
filibuster. Mr. Hale appealed to him.
but apparently in vain.
won't the senator let US get this
Formally out Of the way SO we can
70 on with the appropriation" he
pleaded. II have no objection ex-
cept that l think we should have a
quorum before we proceed with the
appropriations" responded the Mis-
souri, senator. LET the journal read
ing go on for the present"
A few minutes later he relented and
the further reading was dispensed
with. Immediately the reading Of the
sundry civil bill was begun. 1t proved
a formidable document of 236 pages
and carrying $142.702,094.
do you think you are going to get
all the appropriation bills through"
Mr.. Hale was asked.
1--WE shall II they do not filibuster,"
he said, but at this stage of the pro-
eding one senator could easily pre-
vent such success. There are four
bills yet to be passed by the senate.
They are the sundry civil. the post
office, the naval and the general de-
ficiency. They are the largest and
Amost important Of the supply meas
,,res and to get them through we shall
he compelled to have an unobstructed
right of way"
Mr.. Stone was questioned along diff
ferent lines. "Is 1t all over?" he was
asked.
zone cannot well stand in the way
of the appropriation bills" he replied.
"but there is still much to do to fin
ish."
"How about the agreement reached