The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-03
Made One Mistake and Long
Distance Takers Were
Asleep at Home
WILL VOTE ON TARIFF BOARD
BILL SATURDAY At $50 O'CLOCK
All Night Session of the Senate Gam.
to an End at O'clock and Session
This Morning Had Morning After
Appearance.

washington, March 3.-Order was
brought out of chaos at 3:O5 O'Clock
this morning when the senate. after
listening to many hours of filibuster-
ing, reached an agreement that at
S:5o o'clock Saturday morning a vote
"ouyld be taken on the bill to create
permanent tariff board. What had
Deen supposed to be the death knell
Tor this measure had been sounded
several hours before. The senate at
o'clock this morning adjourned un-
til 10 o'clock today.
unfamiliarity with the rules of the
house on the part Of the men who
were engineering the obstructive tac-
tics was responsible for the crumblinx
OF the opposition. Senator Stone, con-
tdent of his ability to hold the floor
for the night, had permitted the CO.
terie of long distance takers, who
We're to spell him, to go to their
homes. Learning that fact, Senator
Beveridge invoked rule 10" to take
Senator Stone from the floor. Under
this rule no senator shall speak
more than twice upon any one sub
ject in debate on the same day with
out leave of the senate"
Senator Stone had spoken early In
the day on the tariff board bill, He
spoke again at the night session. Dur
Ing his latter speech he moved to
proceed with the sundry civil bill,
which motion under the rules of the
senate had the effect Of taking him
from the floor pending the disposition
OF that motion. The motion was de-
feated at once and upon his attempt
Ing to resume his speech Senator
Beveridge raised point Of order
that Mr.. Stone already had spoken
twice and Vice President Sherman
sustained him. -"
The senate met at 10 o'clock today
with but twenty members present
after the late session last night. After
a part of the journal had been read,
the further reading was dispensed
with and the sundry civil oil was
taken up.
Senator Stone gave notice that upon
the completion of the consideration
of the sundry civil bill he would move
to take up the Mccall bill to carry
into effect the terms of the Canadian
reciprocity agreement. He had previ-
ously failed to obtain unanimous con-
sent to take up the reciprocity meas
ure at this time.
After the reading of the sundry
civil bills 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 how long
time would be required to complete
its consideration. MIR. Hale replied
that it was hoped to finish it by noon.
Mr.. Stone said, II ask unanimous
consent that at that time a vote be
taken on the bill known as the Ca
madam reciprocity bill" "Oh! Oh;
Ha! Ha," laughed Mr.. Hale.
Most of the senators smiled over
the suggestion. Mr.. Hale did not re-
cover from his surprise in time to
make a formal objection until after
Senator Gronna of North Dakota had
performed that formality. Then"
said Mr.. Stone, the captain of the fill
clustering band. Il give notice that
shall move the consideration of the
reciprocity bill"
And l shall move that we take up
the naval appropriation BILL" said
Senator Perkins, in charge of that
measure.
Senator Stone did not make good
his threat to move vote on the re-
ciprocity bill. He said later that he
felt that his motion would be over
defeated and that Canada
would misconstrue the action as in
dicating hostility to the reciprocity
At 1:45 the senate passed the naval
bill and resumed the
of the postofflce bill.