Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-04
DEFEAT ATTEMPT TO
BRING UP RECIPROCITY
SENATOR STONE SEEKS UNANl-
NOUS CONSENT TO HAVE THIS
MEASURE CALLED, BUT ONLY
MAKES SENATE cHUckLE.

Washington, d. c., March 3.-Having
reached decision to vote Saturday
morning on the tariff board measure,
thus bringing an end to the fllibuster-
Ing tactics, the senate this morning
started in with a rush and passed two
Of the big appropriation bills, the sun
dry civil bill and the naval appropria-
tion bill. Consideration Ia now being
given to the postoffice appropriation
measure, with a promise Of early COM
pletion, and when this Is out OF the
way nothing will remain In the way
of big supply measures but the general
deficiency bill. The desks will be
cleared today for action on the tariR
board measure and adjournment, as 1t
is now definitely settled that the re-
ciprocity question will not be consider
ed until the extra session.
DiIatory Tactics At Opening.
When the senate met at 10 o'clock
this morning there were but twenty
members present after the late
session Of last night. After part OF
the Journal had been read further
reading was dispensed with and the
sundry civil bill was taken UP.
An even score of weary-eyed SEN
ators faced Vice-President Sherman
when at 10 o'clock he called the SEN
ate together. Adjournment had been
taken at four o'clock this morning.
Among those present were Senators
Hale and Stone. They greeted each
other pleasantly and engaged in
brief chat before beginning the days
work Mr.. Hale was anxious to begin
the consideration Of the great sundry
civil bill and to this end sought to
have the formal reading Of yesterdays
journal dispensed with.
II object" said the leader Of yester-
days filibuster. Mr.. Hale appealed to
him, apparently in vain.
Stone Draws opposltion's chuckies.
After the reading OF the sundry civil
bill had proceeded about forty minutes
Mr.. Stone requested an agreement to
consider the Canadian reciprocity
bill. Noting the clerks rapid reading
of the sundry civil bill the Missouri
senator asked the chairman OF the
committee on appropriations how long
a time would be required to complete
Its reading and when Mr.. Hale re-
piled that he hoped to do so by noon.
Mr.. Stone said:
81 ask unanimous consent that at
that time vote be taken on the bill
known as the Canadian reciprocity
bill"
"Oh, oh, ha, ha," responded Mr..
Hale, apparently amused, sleepy as
were ell Of the senators, most OF them
chuckled over the incident. Mr.. Hale
did not recover his surprise in time to
make formal objection until after Sen
ator Gronna of North Dakota, rising on
the extreme right, had performed that
formality.
"Then," said Mr.. Stone, the captain
OF the filibustering band. II give notice
that / shall move the consideration Of
the reciprocity BILL
"And shall move that we take UP
the naval bill" said Senator Perkins,
In charge Of that measure.
Senator Stone did not make good
his threat to move vote on the reci-
procity bill. He said later privately
that he felt that his motion would be
overwhelmingly defeated and that
Canada would misconstrue the action
as indicating Hostility to the reciproci-
ty proposition.
Appropriation Bills Amended.
The senate agreed to the house pro-
vision Of $3,00O,000 In the sundry civil
bill for beginning the work OF forti-
flying the Panama canal. The senate
adopted an amendment offered by
Senator Culberson, cutting down the
house appropriation Of $4,000 to con-
tinue the work Of the temporary tar
if board to 100000 and making the
amount available only for the fiscal
year 1912.
An amendment making conditional
appropriations for the permanent tariff
board in the event of its establish
ment by law, was offered by Senator
Cummins and adopted.
The consideration of the naval bill
occupied Just fifty-flye minutes and it
was passed at 1:45 p. M. when the
senate resumed consideration OF the
postofFice bill With this latter meas
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