Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-19
A HOUSE F|L|bUSTER
WILL Be HISTORIC
FIGHT OVER WAR CLAIMS
BILL.
II Was Still Raging Furiously After
Midnight.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-What prom
| Uses to go down in congressional history
as the famous filibuster against the
amnibus claims bill begun at 10
yesterday morning. and is still being
engaged in late tonight.
All day and through the evening
parliamentary proceedings ranged from
acrimonious debate, with sharp col
Ioquies to what amounted to comic
opera
quent roll calls. search for absent
members. 20 produce a quorum. fiery
speeches in which the warning finger
was pointed to the next national cleo
ton. jibes and burlesque queries of the
chair.
At midnight the general debate on
the claims bill was still in progress.
Speaker Cannon was absent during the
evening and Mr.. Oimstead OF Pennsyl-
vania occupied the chair.
The fight, for the opponents resent
ed IL being called a filibuster. was con-
Quoted single handed by Mr. Mann Of
Illinois. who is counted as one Of
Speaker Cannon's chief lieutenants.
while Mr.. Prime of Illinois. chairman Of
the claims committee who reported the
bill, and Mr.. Sims of Tennessee
Clayton of Alabama. Carlin of Vir-
ginia and other democrats solidly
backed by the party voted for the
~ he
seriste carried s2.352.941 including
sea-. $50 for the French spoliation
claims. But the claims committee re-
Ported the bill to the house without
tie French spoliation features.
The spectre of these French spolia-
ton claims which the republican
leaders feared would be tackled on the
bill in final conference between the
two houses at so late a day session
that the house might act on the con-
florence report without opportunity TO
ysie against the French claims sep
arately caused the clash.
The democratic leaders conjured
other motives and saw efforts to
fierce an extra session so as to en-
barrass the democratic party by
plunging il into the throes of tariff
revision before it had time to prepare
for the work, while the republicans
claimed that the cutting off of the
spol;ation feature was the purpose of
the filibuster.
Mr.. Mann denied that the tactics
we're 6ilatory and reprimanded the
do mocrats who absented themselves
al the previous session. In the gen
erai debate Mr. Alexander OF Mis-
souri, suggested: Lets quit talking
and get to a vote" and Mr.. Camp
bell OF Texas attacked the bill. The
house was in an uproar and as the
debate ran along after midnight there
we're many speeches. some fiery ana
some hooted and laughed at. Messrs
sherman and Cannon and several
members arrived shortly after mid
night.
The debate on the omnibus claims
bin. after two days filibuster, was
in progress in the house at O'Clock
this morning with speeches being
made by both sides. Many members
were doing in the cloak rooms and
Hobbies. About 100 spectators fingered
In the galleries to witness any I'M
usual proceedings.
Al 9:15 the house had practically
killed the senate bill by adopting a
motion by Mr.. Mann TO strike out
an after the enacting clause of that
bin. which had provided for the
French spoliation claims. The adop-
ton of this motion had the effect OF
eliminating the measure as a senate
bill. II left ii as a house bill WITH
out any provision for the spoiiation
claims, which was the direct target
for the filibuster
The republicans were jubilant over
what is regarded as shrewd trick
by Mr. Mann. The reading OF the
house bill was then proceeded with.