Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-04
AFTER ALL NIGHT SESSION SEN
ATE AGREED At a O'CLOCK TO
TAKE ROLL CALL ON MEASURE
SATURDAY MORNING.
STONE PROVED TO
BE POOR GENERAL
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TAKEN
FROM FLOOR DURING FILI1Us-
TER BY INVOKING RULE; AP-
PREPARATIONS TAKEN UP.

washington, d. c., March 3.-Order
out of chaos was brought at 3:Oo
o'clock this morning when the senate
after listening to many hours OF fill
clustering. reached an agreement that
at $3.50 o'clock Saturday morning
vote will be taken on the bill to create
a permanent tariff board. 1t was like
snatching a brand from the burning
when friends of the measure ac-
ccmplished that result. What has
been supposed to be the death knell
for this measure had been sounded
several hours before. The senate at
4 O'Clock adjourned until 10 o'clock. &
Unfamiliarity with, the rules of the
senate on the part Of men who were
engineering the obstructive tactics,
was responsible for the crumbling OF
the opposition Senator Stone, con-
fident of his ability to hold the floor
for the night, had permitted the cot
erie of long distance takers, who were
to spell him today, to go to their
homes. Learning that fact, Senator
Breyeridge invoked rule nineteen" to
take Senator Stone from the floor. IN
der this rule no senator shall speak
more than twice upon any one subject
In debate on the same day without
leave Of the senate"
Senator Stone outgeneraled.
Senator Stone had spoken early in
the day on the tariff board bill. He
spoke again at the night session.
During his latter speech he moved to
proceed with the sundry civil bill,
which motion under the rules Of the
senate, had the effect Of taking him
from the floor pending the disposition
Of that motion. The motion was de-
feated and at once upon his attempt
ing to resume his speech, Senator
Beveridge made the point Of order that
Mr.. Stone already had spoken twice.
Vice-President Sherman was inclined
not to provoke Stone and at once asked
Mr.. Stone If he had spoken twice. MI.
Stone declared he had not remember
ed. Thereupon the vice-president
called upon the official stenographer
and it was found that the notes veri-
fed Mr.. Beveridge's point. Mr.. Sher-
man sustained the point of order,
which deprived Mr.. Stone OF the floor
It was just o'clock when Mr.. Stone
was compelled to take his seat. Sen.
ator Overman essayed to I'll his shoes
but was not equipped for a long speech
and an hour later the agreement was
made fixing the time for vote.
At the request of several senator's,
the agreement included the taking up
of the naval appropriation bill, but
after that had been up for little less
than one hour, Mr.. Stone forced an ad.
journment. He made point of no quo.
rum and as so many senators had gone
home after getting the tariff board bill
out of the way, it was impossible to
muster enough senators to remain in
session.
Bitterness in Night Session.
Considerable bitterness was exhibit
ed among the senators when Mr.. Stone
was taken from the floor. The Missouri
senator himself protested loudly that
the record Of his previous speeches
should be read SO that the senate might
Judge whether he had exhausted his
right under the rules to speak on the
tariff board bill.
The vice president declined to read
these speeches and called Mr.. Stone to
order when he declared the ruling Of
the chair to be arbitrary and unjust.
Mr.. Stone, repeating the charge, then
sat down. Senator Overman protested
against the word of the stenographer
being taken against the word Of SEN
ator. Mr.. Sherman said that the word
Of the senator had not been given, that
when called upon to say whether he
had spoken twice that day, the sena-
tor had declared he could not recall
having done so. Mr. Sherman said his
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