The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-05
sIxty.FIrst Congress Has Adjourned
After One Of the Most
Spectacular cIosinss In
History.
cANNoN's LAST STAND
Senator Bailey Resigns, Speaker Is
Threatened But White Dove
Of Peace Finally Perches
in the Room.

IWhat the session accomplished
Fortification Of the Panama canal
by initial appropriation of $3,000,-
900.
Appallachlan.White mountains forest
reserve
Purchase by the government of sites
abroad for embassy, legation and con-
sular buildings.
Continuation OF the two battleships
program.
Re-codification of the judiciary laws.
A locomotive boiler inspection law.
Ratification by the senate of a new
Japanese treaty.
[some of the measures which failed.l
Canadian reciprocity.
Permanent tariff board.
Statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico
Ship subsidy.
Direct election OF senator's.
sulloway bill for general age PEN
sion for veterans. =. 4 IS % !, : es4s
The Taft Hitchco ock- -Penrose plan to-
charge magazines four cents a pound
on their advertising sections. A COM
mission to study subject was created.
Both houses failed to act on the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation re-
ports.
[Gate City Leased Wire Sereice.1
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The six
ty-tirst congress adjourned today amid
wild disorder.
republican majority in the senate.
with almost contemptuous diregard, ig-
nored President Taft's plan for reci-
pTocity with Canada, passing it on to
the tender mercies Of a democratic
honse. Amid scenes OF convulsive
confusion, the house democrats by
an eleventh hour filibuster. delivered a
sudden and unexpected death blow to
the Presidents beloved permanent
tariff board plan, in the very moment
Of it's success.
President Taft was told weeks
ago that his former friends in the
senate---the old guard that today
passed into history-would not sus-
tain him in his desire for the rednc-
uon Of custom duties. proposed in the
Canadian agreement. He drafted and
eoHpeted the call for the extra ses-
sion In advance and its issue was a
mere formality after congress closed
It's doors.
The rising tide of the non-partisan
Dack-to-the-people movement was evil
dent when Senator Owen--the tall,
unrelenting Indian from Oklahoma
raced and, single handed, defeated the
powerful interests behind an effort to
ratlfy the ultra-conservatiye legisla-
non Of New Mexico. He demanded
an equal consideration of the Arizona
legislation. which he declared was the
most progressive in the world" The
result was that neither was approved
All the democrats except three voted
with Owen. Senator Joseph w Bailey
OF Texas, the democratic floor leader
and asowed enemy of the referendum
ana recall in the Arizona constitution,
lhfurlated and chagrined at the fall
q his banner, teIegraphed to the
governor Of Texas his resignation from
the senate.
me scenes Of violence that marked
me last hours OF a continuous session
q more than a6 hours in the house
We're plenty
me members, weary; bedraggled
uhkempt, and unwashed, were in, nc
mood for foolery. and high words were
me regular order.
AZ one point in the proceedings
when Uncle joe Cannon was WELD
ing the gavel as heavily as he ever
a,a as GEAR Of the house, Johnson
'oem Ky9, angry at being refused
,ecognition, strode to the space be
iore the speakers desk. and shaking
niger at Cannon, shouted 4 wisl
sou We're a younger man"
= flush of anger overspread the
Nrlhkled face Of Uncle Joe E He
srasped the gavol nervousIy and