Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-03-06
Presiden Taft Issues Procla-
matin Calling Special Session
On April 4
BAILY RESIGNS IN PET
Canadian Reciprocity Defeat
ed in Senate Will Be Submit
ted to Democratic House

WASHINGTON, d. c., March A.
The sixty-first congress, needless OF
one Of the most important legislative
tasks set before it, came to an end
shortly after noon today and within
an hour President Taft issued proc
lamation calling the new congress to
meet in extraordinary session at noon,
April 4. At that time he will submit
for ratification, to house overWhel'
mingly democratic and senate pare
ly republican, the reciprocity agree
ment with Canada.
The bill carrying that agreement in
to effect and passed by the house, met
at the hands of the old senate today,
the death freely predicted for it. The
president, warned, If not entirely re-
conciled to the fate in store for the
measure, was at the capital to witness
the obseuuies. The bill was not al
lowed at any time to come up for SEN
ate consideration.
Democrats Get Busy.
The new Democratic ways ana
means committee of the house. which
also is to serve as the new com
mittee on committees" will meet Mon
day to take up it's labOrs. A full eau
Gus of the democratic members OF the
new house will undertake to revise at
least two or three schedules OF the
Payne-Aldrich tariff act. and there are
some who believe those bills also Will
be favorably received by the senate
the increased democratic and insurg-
ent strength of that body giving ma.
iority for the revision of the tariff
downward.
otrniA Y
traordinary excitement and uncertain
ty. Disorder marked the closing hours
of the house, when a successful flll,
buster against the tariff board Dill
became almost riotous. Johnson
of Kentucky, glaring angrily at Speak.
-er Cannon, shouted above the general
roar challenge that but for the
speakers gray hairs he would carry
the wordy disagreement to more
serious conclusion. The speaker, his
sparce gray hairs bristling, declared
with blow of the gavel that no
member need let his gray hair be a
bar to anything that he had to offer. y
The house stood up and cheered.
Owen Wins Point.
In the senate filibuster, conducted
by Owen. of Oklahoma, threatened the
final approval of four of the great ap-
preparation measures up to within a
half hour of the time set to adjourn
Owen was appealed to, but said he
had set out to talk to death the resO-
luton approving the constitution OF
New Mexico and comforting upon that
territory the last rites of statehood
The president was applied to to use
his influence, but Owen refused to see
him. He said Arizona must come IN
Jointly with New Mexico and have her
constitution approved at the same
time, or the appropriation bills would
fail.
Both filibusters accomplished their
immediate purpose. The senate dld
not approve the constitution OF New
Mexico and the house did not pass the
tariff board bill.
Bailey Resigns.
When the uncertainty as to the late
of the appropriation bills died away
and the vice presidents gavel had
fallen in adjournment of the senate,
the news came that Bailey had re-
signed. It was said he was unified
at the action of the democratic col
leagues in not following his leader
ship during the last few days. The
news caused the greatest excitement
in both senate and house. Later
Bailey, at the the request Of Governor
Colquitt, Of Texas, withdrew his resig'
nation.
The end Of the sixty-first congress
had far deeper significance than the
surface show of wrangling and dis
order in the house. 1t meant the
turning over Of control to the demo
cratic party after 16 years of republi-
can supremacy. 1t meant the stepping
down of Uncle Joe" Cannon from his
position of power at the speaker 8
desk to a more humble place in the
ranks of the minority. The terms OF
80 senators expired today, and Aldrich,
Hale, Burrows, Dephew, Carter, kean,
Scott. all commissioned officers of the
oO,d Cuord roDuh1icanS and all stall