Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
5UNDRY CIVIL BILL
PASSES SENATE
THIS AFTERNOON
After AIl-Night Session Will
Rush Many Important
Measures.
RECIPROCITY BILL
Is NOT CALLED UP
Tariff Board to Be Voted Upon
Tomorrow Morning
at $50.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The SUI
dry civil bill was passed by the Senate
at 1850 p. m.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock with but
twenty members present, after the late
session last night. After a part Of the
journal had beer read further reading
was dispensed with and the sundry civil
bill was taken up.
The Senate defeated by a vote of 43
to 40 an amendment to the sundry
civil bill, offered by Senator C1lherson,
providing that. the tariff bureau must
report to Congress by the first Monday
in December, 1911, or iron and steel,
cotton and cotton manufactures and
wool and wooden manufactures.
The Senate agreed to the House pro-
vision of 5000. 900 in the sundry civil
bill for beginning the work of fortifying
the Panama canal. Senator Burton
moved to strike out the paragraph, but
the motion was defeated on q viva voce
vote.
Amendments Adopted.
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 max
ing the amoun available only for the
fiscal yea 1912.
An amendment making conditional
appropriations for the permanent tariff
board. in the event of its establish
ment by law, was offered by Senate
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 cotton
manufactures and the wool and wooden
schedules. On a yea and nay vote 1t
was defeated, 40 to 43. The insurgent
Republicans voted with tie Democrats
In favor of the amendment.
Senator Stone did not make good his
threat to move a vote on the re-
ciprocity bill. He said later priva' ely
that he felt that his motion would be
overwhelmingly DEF. ated and that
Canada would misconstrue the acton
as Indicating hostility to the RECIPROCITY
proposition.
To Vote Tomorrow at $3.50.
Order out of chaos was wrought at
3:05 o'clock this morning, wnen the
Senate, after listening to many hours
of flibustering. reached an agreement
that at $50 o'clock Saturday morning
a vote would be taken on the bill to
create a permanent tariff board.
Unfamiliarity with the rules OF the
Senate. on the part of the men who
were engineering the obstructive al
tics, was responsible for the crumbling
of the opposition. Senator Stone hal
permitted the coterie OF iong-distance
| takers, who were to spell him today,
to go to their homes. Learning that
fact, Senator Beverage invoked rule
nineteen to take Senator Stone from
the floor. Under this rule no senator
shall speak more than twice pon any
one subject in debate on the same day
without leave of the Senate"
Mr.. Sherman sustained the point OF
order, which deprived Mr. Stone of the
floor.
At 2 o'clock Mr.. Stone was compelled
to take his seat. Senator Overman es-
, sayed to fill his shoes, but was not
equipped for a long speech and ar hour
later the agreement was made liking the
time for a vote. An adjournment was
therefore ordered until 10 O'Clock today.
Stone Enters Protest.
Considerable bitterness was exhibited
by Democratic 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 tariif board bill. The vice-presi-
lent 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. re-
peating the charge. then sat down.
Senator Carter. of Montana. proposed
that a time be fixed On Saturday for a
vote on the tariff board bill, so that all
of today and tonight could be devoted
to the consideration of appropriation
bills and bills on the calendar.
The naval bill took more time than