The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

The Owen filibuster in the Senate,
which led to the resignation of Senator
Bailey and the jeOpardizing of two big
appropriation bills, began in the very
early hours yesterday morning and con-
tinued practically uninterrupted until
about o'clock in the morning.
The Oklahoma Senator is one of the
Democratic radicals-a believer in the ini-
| tiative and referendum and recaIl-and
he was determined that the conserva-
tive constitution adopted by the people
of New Mexico should not be adopted
unless the constitution drawn and ac-
cepted by the people of Arizona, which
provides among other things for the re-
call of the judiciary. should also be
| passed upon at the same time.
After the tariff commission bill had
| been passed by a vote of 56 to %. and
after the Senate had reconvened at 10
o'clock, the pressure upon Senator Owen
! from the Democratic side soon became SO
strong and the feeling so bitter that he
| compromised, and announced that if the
Senate would vote on his resolution to
admit Arizona he would surrender the
floor and end the fIibuster.
Statehood Voted Down.
to the New Mexico Statehood resolution
as an amendment. and both were voted
on at the same time. The resolution and
amendment were voted down, 10 to 90.
This means that New Mexico's admission
to the Union was in effect defeated by
one man. 1t will be impossible now for
either New Mexico or Arizona TO be ad-
mitted until the next Congress passes
upon the constitutions.
With the troublesome New Mexico res
olution out Of the way, the remaining
business of the Senate went through with
a rush, although the delay had obliged
the leaders to turn the hands of the
clock back twenty-five minutes.
Gore Registers Protest.
Senators Gallinger and Money were
thereupon appointed a committee TO noti-
fy the President in the usual formal way
that the Senate stood ready to adjourn
Senator Money, the minority leader. then
moved the usual resolution thanking
Vice President Sherman for his ''digni-
fed, impartial, and courteous services ds
presiding officer Senator Gore i'm
medateIy registered the final discordant
note of the stormy session. He recorded
a protest against the treatment which he
had received earlier in the morning. and
declared that if it had happened to any
other Senator he would feel inclined to
protest against the proposed resolution.
Referring to the retiring members, the
Vice President said:
Il cannot dismiss the thought, which
is freighted with sadness. that We shall
all never again officially meet. nor can l
refrain from expressing the belief that
not alone we, but the country the cause
of good government, of economy in eX-
penditure of public funds. of care in thd
framing of laws, feel the departure o!
Senators who have served, some of them
for half lifetime, with marked ability,
tireless industry. and patriotic devotiOra
Adjourned at 1920 p. m.
with the hope that the recess WI
bring each of you rest health. and pleas.
Nre, I bid you al revoir but not good.
by. and pronounce this session of the
Senate of the Sixty-first Congress ad-
journed without day"
1t was exactly II 30 by the Senate clock,
800 by actual time. when the Vice Presi-
dents gavel fell for the last time.
The parting scenes on the floor of the
Senate after adjournment were affecting
On the floor were fourteen Senators who
were ending their official careers in that
body. Several of them were among the
oldest in point of service and influence
in that chamber. Senator Hale, the
veteran from Maine. was plainly sad
dened by the farewell to his twenty-Odd
years of service in that body.
AIdrich Not Present.
Senator Aldrich, whose career in the
United States Senate ended at noon yester-
day. was not present to say good-by. He
surrendered the reins of leadership sew
eral weeks ago to seek restoration OF
health in Georgia. Senator AIdrich went
out yesterday with his cOlOrs still flying
as leader, but many have wondered if
they would not have trailed in the dust
if he had been obliged to confront the
tumuItuous situation in the session just
ended
Many, on the other hand, have attrib-
uted tFe confusion of the closing days to
the withdrawal of Aldrich's strong hand
and have predicted that the tangle on
reciprocity would have been Strengthened
out II his head had been directing the
Presidents fight.