The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-03
DETAILS OF THE SESSION.
Politics Being Played During Last Hours
OF sixty first Congress.

WASHINGTON. March 2.-The death
knell OF the bill creating n permanent
tariff board of five members was sound
ed late this afternoon in the session OF
the senate. The Democrats had con-
Quoted what they believed to be a sue
cessful nllbustcr against 1t. although they
strenuously protested that their tactics
should not be so considered.
Senator after senator on the Demo-
cratic side arose TO speak. There was
nothing but talk and more OF 1t in sight
and from the leisurely way the seaa-
tors were going about their remarks the
proceedings might easily have been mis-
;nlsen for the dull days of December
rather than as coming within forty hours
Of :he constitutional time for adjourn
mcnt.
The regular or stand pat senators,
board bill to the ''progressLves' and had
agreed that tho bill creating the tariff
board should remain the unfinished busl-
ness as long as there seemed chance
OF passing II. began to realize they were
backing what appeared TO be lost
cause.
The Democrats had been insisting In
the afternoon that they would be glad
to cooperate 10 pass the appropriation
bills. but that IL these bills were 20 be
held back for the tariff board measure
they still had some very important
speeches 10 make.
owen Would Not Consent.
Senator Owen OF Oklahoma. however.
mcnt. He said he would do all in his
power 10 force an extra session and de-
sired several of the more important ap-
preparation bills TO go into that session
1t was t:55 p. m. when the attempt to
force the tariff board bill TO vote
was abandoned. Mr.. McCumber called
UP the pension appropriation bill. This
had the effect Of laying aside the tariff
board bill Indefinitely.
The Democrats offered no objection to
the pension bill carrying si55, 100000 un-
a.
Sulloway general service pension bill IN
the appropriation measure as rider. The
Sulloway bill would add about 500 ooo, 600
to the annual roll and would grant PEN
sions indiscriminately to all veterans OF
the civil war who had served ninety days
and had reached the age Of 81
Senator Lodge saw trouble coming and
made a point Of order on the amend
ment. declaring 1t TO be an attempt to
put general legislation on an approDria-
ton bill. While the point was pending
Senator Curtis pleaded for the amend
ment.
Vice President Sherman sustained the
point of order and the regular approprla-
ton bill was then passed.
Following the disposition Of the pen
sion bill. the senate took up and quickly
fortiflcation bill carrying 50 900, 000 It
had required just fifteen minutes to get
these three supply measures out OF the
way
This was too rapid work to suit the
plans OF Senator Owen. and when the mill
itary academy appropriation bill carry
ing 1900 900 was taken up he began
another filibuster. He first insisted that
he would not consent to have dispensed
tho first formal reading OF the BILL COW
ering thirtyfour pages. Several senators.
both Democratic and Republican. gath
cred about his desk and pleaded with him
not to stand In the way OF the supply
bills
Il want to force an extra session" he
told them. This congress has no moral
right TO pass these measures.
While the senator was engaged IN eX-