The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-04

I0HFU0yg WttU0at agteys
For fully q minute absolute. siience
fell over the hall. Then from the
Democratic cloakroom came the TO
bust voice of tom" Helm. OF Ala
bama, singing the first strains OF my
Country, It's OF Thee" and with one
accord the house and galleries arose
and Joined In the hymn
Wives OF the members and their
friends filed into the aisles. An I'M
promptu farewell party followed. with
laughter that covered deep emotion
In many cases.
President Taft's permanent tarifi
board bill was passed by the. senate
at $3.50 today by vote OF 90 to 20,
and will now become a law as II has
been approved by the house.
The roll was called while Gore
(Dem., Okla.) was speaking. He had
tried to offer an amendment. but
Vice-President Sherman sent the
steam roller over him In spite OF the
appeal of Democratic leaders. Gore
it is understood. wished TO offer the
Canadian reciprocity agreemer. az
an amendment. He continued to speak
though declared out of order. and his
voice confiicted with that OF the clerk
Gore apologixed for interfering with
the unanimous agreement to vote al
$3.50.
Senator Bailey (Dem., Tex.) de
clined to vote. serving notice that ne
believed the roll was Improperly
called while Gore was appealing FOL
recognition. Stone (Dem.. MOI moved
to reconsider the vote. but a motion
by Lodge (Rep.. Mass.) to table the
Stone motion was adopted. Sc to ~
After considerable wrangling recess
until 10 o'clock was taken.
BY alibustering from l q. m. until
o'clock, Senator Owen (Dem., Okla.)
today prevented the ratification OF the
conservative constitution OF New
Mexico and the admission OF the ter
ritory as q state.
Senator McCumber (Rep.. N. d. and
Root (Rep., N. W early today pre-
vented the senate from considering
the house apportionment bill. provid
ing for an increase OF membership
from 391 to 430. II was declared Gead
When the last day of the Sixty-Firs'
congress dawned, both houses hat
been in session almost continuousl,
since Friday morning, the only breaks
being brief recesses. Formal ad
jonrnment and re-convening wal
gone through at a. m, TO establish
the Legislative day" OF March
fourth.
Some parliamentarians alleged tina
by the adjournment the retiring sen
ators legislated themselves out OF OF
fee, as their terms expired at 1:
o'clock midnight, March 3, but LITTLE
attention was paid to the matter.
Senator Beveridge (Rep., Ind)
though some OF the leaders believed
he was at that moment an ex-senator
opened the debate on the permanent
tariff board at 8 q. m. II was Bev
eridge's last speech in the senate, ant
Il was on one OF his favorite topics.
The roll call on the passage OF tn,
tariff board bill was:
Affirmative.
Beveridge. (Repn.. Ind; Borah
(Repn., Idaho; Bourne, (Repn.. Ore.
Bradley, (Repn.. Ky): Brandegee
(Repn.. Conn.,; Briggs. (Repn.. n
J.H Bristow, Repn., Kas.); Brown
(Repn., Neb); Burkett, (Repn., Neb.
Burnham, (Repn., N. HI; Burton
(Repn.. Ohio); Carter. (Repn., Mont.
Chamberlain, (Dem., Ore); ClapI
(Repn.. Mimi; Clark. (Repn.. Wyo)
Clark, (Dem., Ark; Crane. (Repn
Mass.); Crawford. (Repn., 8. d.; Gu
lom. (Repn.. Ills); Cummins. tRepn
Ia); Curtis, (Repn., KasD: Dick
(Repn., Ohio); Dillingham;, (Repn
VT; Dupont. (Repn., DELI: Flint
(Repn., Cali; Gallinger. (Repn., VT
Gamble. (Repn., s. d.: Gronna
(Repn.. N. d.; Guggenheim. (Repn
Colo); Hale (Repn., Maine); Jones
(Repn., Wash.); Kean, (Repn., N. j.
I.afollette. (Repn.. Wis.,; Lodge
(Repn., Mass); Lorimer. (Repn.. Ill.,
McCumber, (Repn., N. d.; Nelson
(Repn.. MIMI; Newlands, Dem
Nev): Nixon. (Repn., New; Oliver
(Repn.. Pa; owen, (Dem., Okla)
Page, (Repn.. VT; Penrose. (Repr
Pal; Perkins. (Repn.. Cali; Piles
I Repn., (Repn.. WASH; Richardson
(Repn., DELI; Root, (Repn., N. "
Scott. (Repn. w. Va; Smith. (Repn
Mich.); Smith. (Repn.. UTAH; SutheI
ihuu, thcpu., CtauDs ihOthtohs tiCih
La); Warner. (Repn., Mo-; Warren
| (Repn.. Wyo); Wetmore. (Repn., 4
-; Young, (Repn., Iowa..
Negative.
Bankhead. Dem, Ala); Bulkeley
(Repn., Conn.,; Culberson, (Dem
Tex); Davis. (Dem.. Ark; Fletcher
(Dem., Fla); Frazier, Dem., TenJ
Hepburn, (Repn.. Idaho); Johnston
(Dem.. Ala; Martin, (Dem., Val
Money, (Dem., Miss.); Overmar
(Dem.. N. CO.; Paynter. Dem., Ky)
Percy, (Dem., Miss); Rayner. (Dem
Md; Simmons. (Dem.. N. Co.; Smith
(Dem., Md; Smith, (Dem., y. CO.
Stone, (Dem., MOI; Swanson, (Dcm
Va; Taliaferro, (Dem., Fla); Taylo
| (Dem., Tenn.); Tillman. Dem.,
Co.; Watson. (Dem., w. Val.
The remaining twelve senators III
net ',te
Dixon (Rep., MONT, and Burrow
| (Rep, Mich), later explained to tn