The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-09
CLOSING DAY Of
6IST CONGRESS
Roll Call on Permanent Tariff Bill
Taken While Gore Talks.
CAPT. ]. A.. T. HULL is DEFEATED
Owens by Fiiibustering From I a. m
Till a. M, Prevents the Admis-
sion Of Territory Of New Mex.
leo as State In Union.


Washington, d. c., March 4.-Spe.
cial: President Taft's permanent tar
III bin passed the senate at $3.50 this
morning by vote of &c to %. 1t
now goes to the house where the
amendment made by the senate will
be considered The roll call was
made while Senator Gore Democrat)
of Oklahoma was speaking. He had
just arose to offer the Canadian reel.
procity agreement as an amendment
when the vice president started the
roll call.
Senator Stone moved to reconsider
but Senator Lodge made a motion to
place Stones motion on the table,
which was carried by IS to %.
When the bill went back to the
house for consideration of the sen.
ate amendment, Fitzgerald Dem.) of
New York, started a filibuster. Dali
zell (Rep.) of Pennsylvania offered a
gag rule and Fitzgerald made his
point of no quorum.
Senators McCumber and Root today
prevented the senate from considering
the house appropriation bill provided
for an increase in number of members
of 391 to 430 which was declared dead
BY filibustering from / a. m. to 8
a. m, Owens today prevented the rat
ification of the conservative constitu-
ton for New Mexico and the admis-
sion of that territory as a state.
The defeat of eX.Congressman J. A.
' ,h1
fused the appointment to the fortifi-
cations board by President Taft who
has announced the appointment of re-
firing Senator Warne of Missouri to
the position, is laid by his friends at
the door of the national guard organ
ization of all parts of the country, be-
cause, 1t is alleged, Hull played into
the hands of the general army staff,
causing to be put through measures
favored by them, and opposed meas.
nres most favored by the guardsmen,
notably so the quarterly pay bill. The
guardsmen are said to have opposed
the appointment of Captain Hull and
to have sanctioned and favored the
appointment of the Missouri senator.
The tariff bill was abandoned in
the house following a iilibuster OF the
democrats against the amendment
added by the senate.
Senator Owens was still talking in
the senate at noon to defeat the ad-
mission of New Mexico with its con.
sentative constitution. He made a
motion later for the joint admission
of Arizona and New Mexico. 1t was
defeated by 80 to As.
The senate passed the Sundry civil
bill and gave the conference report of
the postofiice appropriation bill at
1905.
Committees from the house went
to the presidents room and informed
him that congress was ready to ad-
jOurn.
Just before adjournment President
Taft sent to the senate the nomina
ton of Senator Warner of Missouri to
be the civilian member of the fortifi-
cation board which was confirmed in
open. This is the place sought after
by Congressman Hull. /
AS a result of the failure of the
senate to vote on the Canadian reel.
procity bill it was expected at noon
today that an extra session of con-
gress would be called upon by Presi-
dent Taft.
The Sullaway pension bill was call
ed up in the senate but there was
disposition to prolong its considera-
ton and Scott (Rep) of West Vir-
ginia withdrew the bill, which ended
its chance for passage at this session.
Senator Bailey resigned as demo-
cratic leader.
Vice President Sherman named Sen.
ators Flint (Rep.) of California and
Taliferro Dem) of Florida members
of the national monetary commission.
The senate adjourned at 1918 and
the house adjourned at 12:41.
Bailey's reason for resignation from
the senate leadership was because of
the failure of the democrats in the
senate to follow his leadership in the
consideration of the adoption of the
Arizona constitution, which Bailey OPP
posed.
Shortly after Senator Bailey resign.
ed from the senate he emerged from
the democratic cloak room and was
escorted by crowd to Vice President
Sherman for a conference in which
Sherman, Bailey, Bacon and several
others took part, including Lodge,
Root and Lorimer. When Bailey left |
Sherman's room he was surrounded |
by newspaper men and asked for a !
statement, but he would make none |
The action of Senator Bailey was |
greatly regretted by his friends in |
the sending in OF his resignation was
unwise and the result OF. passion which
he would regret as soon as he cooled |
off,