Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-09
Routine of Daily PROCEEDINGS.

session the senate Monday, extended
it's sitting through the night and did
so without a recess, a motion to take
one Of two and a half hours being
defeated. Speeches were made dur.
ing the day on the resolution relating
to popular election Of senator's by Ray.
nor, Bacon, Percy and Jones. Senator
Crawford made the only LorimeI
speech of the daylight hours. He did
not complete his talk against the ILL
nois senator, but yielded with the un.
d%erstanding that he would resume.
The night session was forced by the
Lorimer cohorts, led by Senator Bal
ley, when the Texan failed to get
agreement upon a time for a vote.
Senator Crawford spoke all night.
The Mann bill extending the scope
and changing the name of the public
health and marine hospital service
was passed by the house. The confer
ence report on the legislative and ex-
ecutive appropriation bill was adopted.
This fixes the salary of the secretary
to the president at $500.
The resolution for the election of
United States senators by the direct
vote of the people vas defeated in
the senate Tuesday. The vote stood
81 in favor of and 80 against the
proposition, two-thirds having been
required for passage. Four additional
affirmative votes would have adopted
the resolution. The senate now has
81 members.
At the moment the resolution to
unseat William Lorimer became the
order of the day, Senator Stone, Cd,
Missouri, unlimbered an attack on the
Illinois Sitting member"
Senator owen CD, Oklahoma, was
ready to follow Stone, and Senator
Bristow (R.), Kansas, was on the pro-
gram to resume his speech of the
morning when Owen should conclude.
The senate Wednesday voted that
William Lorimer was legally elected
to his seat. Senator Beveridge's reso-
luton declaring that Mr.. Lorimer had
not been 80 elected was defeated, 46
to 40, thus deciding a case that had
been before the senate for many
months. A recess was taken at $50
until 5 o'clock, when appropriation
bills were considered.
The constitution of the state of New
Mexico was approved by the house.
The bill providing a scale of pay for
the national guard was passed as was
one providing that none Of the $780,
100000 of Panama canal bonds author
lied by the Payne tariff law should be
received as security for the issue of
circulating notes. No night session
was held.
A prolonged filibuster against the
permanent tariff board bill marked
Thursdays session of the senate. Not
until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon
was it broken. The Republicans, then
seeing that the general appropriation
bills were likely to pass yer without
action by this congress unless the ma
iority yielded, gave way and turned to
the consideration of the financial leg
islation. The tariff board bill, it was
stated, was put aside temporarily, but
there was a general belief that the
measure has met its death. In rapid
order then the senate passed the gem
eral pension bill, the diplomatic and
consular, the Notifications and the mil
itary academy bills, A recess was
taken until S:15 o'clock at night. The
sundry civil appropriation bill was re-
ported to the senate, and Senator Hale
announced that he would ask to have
it taken up Friday.
The senate Friday passed the sun
dry civil, the naval and the ~postoffice
appropriation bills. After some de-
bate the proposed increase in the rate
for magazines was stricken out and
the proposed combination Of the ap-
preparations for the star and the rural
free delivery routes was modified.
The house, though considering a
number of local bills, has been mark
ing time, waiting for the senate to.
act upon the appropriation measures.
ConfereS at night were busy on such
bills. Captain Robert q. Peary at
last won recognition from the house
for his discovery Of the north pole.
The house voted to make him a rear
admiral on the retired list.
Minister Dead, Seated on a Log.