Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
BUSY SCENES ATTEND LAST HOURS OF SIXTY-FIRS

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rage being perpetrated in the dying hours
of the Congress.
| And the sooner you realize this, he
said to the republican side the sooner
You can proceed to the dispatch OF the
| public business.
| Mr.. Tawney said that never before in
| his eighteen years of service in the
| House had he seen the minority trying to
defeat a. supply bill because it antic-
| pated action on some other bill later.
! He declared that the democrats could
not avoid the responsibility if the extra
| session should be caused by the failure
of the supply measure.
! Voted With Republicans
On the motion to suspend the rules
and send the bill to conference at least
half of the democrats present voted with
the republicans. AS they arose they
were greeted with loud applause from
the republican side.
The filibustcrers were not able to mus
call, and the Sundry civil bill was sent
to conference under suspension of the
rules. Whereupon the Garner filibuster
blew up with a loud report.
Immediately thereafter the naval ap-
preparation BILL by unanimous consent
was sent to conference. The smashing
of the obstruction tactics seemed to put
everybody in good humor. and the
next hour was utilized in recognizing
individual members to ask unanimous
consent for action upon bills of local
interest to their districts.
Mr.. Hobson of Alabama secHrei the
passage Of the bill providing that COM
missioned officers Of the Navy and Marine
Corps on the retired list whose rank
has been or shall hereafter be advanced
by operation Of or in accordance with
law shall be entitled to and shall receive
commissions in accordance with such ad
vanced rank.
Representative J. Fred Talbot OF Mary
bill he was pushing. 1t was bill! to give
increased rank to NJ. II. Plunkette.
constituent, who is on the retired list of
the navy. The beneficiary had been an
assistant engineer in the United States
Navy. had been captured and languished
in Confederate prison until he lost his
health.
He helped to lick ME and my folks
said Mr.. Talbot, but he is a worthy
soldier and | want to do this thing for
him..
Representative Mann of Illinois opposed
the bill, but Mr.. Talbott's frank and
homely appeal won a two-thirds vote
and it was pessed. In order to facilitate
it's enactment. Mr.. Talbot asked unani-
nous consent to substitute for the House
bill the bill which had already passed
the Senate. Mr.. Mann was inclined to
object but Mr.. Talbot had blarneyed
him into acquiescence, when Representa-
tive Campbell of Kansas interposed his
objection and Mr.. Talbot was crest
fallen.
Gaines Makes a Tariff Speech.
Representative Gaines of West Virginia,
an extremely lame duck, created a diver
sion with a tariff speech. He displayed a
belt of blue serge cloth made by the
American Wooden Company, which he
said he wanted to present to Minority
Leader Clark, and chopped he would wear
it when he is making one of his free
trade speeches" The point of Mr.. Gaines
contention was that the cloth is sold
wholesale at $1.4SL per yard, and that
when it reaches the consumer through the
tailor it costs from $40 to 500 In the suit.
He was questioned by other members as
to whether the same cloth was cheaper
before the passage of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law, but he cOntended that it was
higher then.
The post office appropriation bill came
over from the Senate about this time and
Representative Weeks of Massachusetts,
chairman of the House post Office COM
mttee. asked to have it sent to confer
ence. He was questioned by several MEM
bers as to the character of the Senate
amendments. and the bill was then sent
to conference.
An omnibus pension bill with Senate
amendments was brought In and the
amendments were concurred in. which
marked the final passage Of the bill.
Repre- sentative Nye Of Minnesota. one
Of the popular orators Of the republican
side, was called upon by his colleagues
to make a speech. 1t was IL O'Clock by
that time and business was at a standstill
while the weary members of the various
conference committees were at work try
ing TO compose the differences between
the houses on the great supply bills.
Entertained the Crowds.
The galleries were packed and jammed
with visitors, who crowded the aisIes and
blocked the doors, with the waiting list
extending far down the corridors The
House presented large membership on
both sides of the chamber, as Mr. Nye
proceeded to make a Chautauqua address
upon the signs of the times. He was
warmly applauded. and then Representa-
tive Tom Heflin of Alabama was invited
to address the House from the dem
ocratic side.
Mr.. Hefiin entertained the House with
an attack on the ''robber tariff inter-
SperSed with quotations from the poets
and anecdotes from Uncle Remus." He
enthused his democratic colleagues to
such an extent that some one let out an
old-fashioned rebel yell OF the sort seldom
swered by a defiant shout from the repub-
lican side. Whereupon the author OF the
democratic whoop of triumph retired to
the cloakroom. and organized a chorus
that spoiled Mr.. Hef1in's perorati by
singing the "Suwanee River"
Gen. Refers Farewell.
Representative Cox of Ohio secured the
floor and called upon the venerable Gen.
Ksifer former Speaker of the House,
who today retires to private life for the
second time, to make farewell speech
AS the distinguished Ohioan, who still
wears the ''clawhammer'' coat of fifty
years ago. took the floor, the House paid
him the compliment to rise and greet
him with a full-throated shout OF APP
plause Gen. kefer said that even it
he has lived more than three quarters OF
a century he didn't intend Ito say good
bye to anybody" He spoke feelingly of
his association with his colleagues, and
declared that his only regret at not being
q member of the next Congress was that
he would miss his friends on both sides
of the chamber Gen. Keifer paid warm
! tribute to the pioneers who came from
the east to settle in Ohio and the states
still farther west.
Il leave you tomorrow. concluded Gen.
keifer. Il have no reason to believe I
will ever join YOU in Congress again.
will feel only good will for you: l am not
soured on the world and will be glad to
meet you anywhere as our paths may
cross in life.
Prolonged applause greeted the vener-