The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-03
BACK TO WORK.
But Twenty Members of the
United States Senate
In Their Places When That
Body Is Called to Order.
RENEWS FILIBUSTER.
Stone, of Missouri, Again En-
cages in DilatOry Tactics.
He Is Finally Persuaded to Let
Business Go On.
RENEWS FILIBUSTER.

If yveary-eyed senators faced Vice Pres
ident Sherman when at 10 o'clock ne
called the senate together. Adjournment
had been taken at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. Among those present were Sena-
tors Hale and Stone. They greeted each
other pleasantly, Mr.. Hale was anxious
to begin the consideration of the great
sundry civil bill and to this end sought
to have the formal reading OF yester-
days journal dispensed with
Il object" said the leader of yester-
days hlibuster, Mr.. Hale appealed to
him but apparently in vain.
Wont the senator let US get this
formality out of the way so we can
go on with the appropriations? ne
pleaded.
"I have no objection except that 1
think we should have a quorum Defore
we proceed with the appropriations
responded the Missouri senator.
Let the journal reading go on for the
present" A few minutes later he re-
Tented, withdrew his objections and the
further reading was dispensed with.
Immediately the reading of the sunory
civil bill was begun. 1t proved a 1or-
rnidable document of 2S6 pages and car
rying $142 7O2O94.
do you think you are going 10 get
all the appropriation bills through;
Mr. Hale was asked.
Hale Is Hopeful.
1--WE will if they do not filibuster," he
said. but at this stage of the proceed
ing one senator could easily prevent
such success. There are four bills yet
to he passed by the senate. They are
the sundry civil, the postofhce, the
naval and the general deficiency. They
are the largest and most important OF
the supply measures and to get them
through we must nave an uhooSII uCIoN
right of way
Mr. stone was questioned along diff
ferent lines. as it all overY he was
asked. -+.
zone cannot well stand in the way Of
the appropriation bills" he replied, but
there is still much to do to get
through"
"How about the agreement reached
early this morning to vote on the tarlfr
board bill tomorrow at S:302"
"Wen, you see man cannot go on
forever. But the bill was so amended
that it will be necessary for the mouse
to act on it again and the boys over
there ought to be able to take care OF
it if they don't want it"
Senator Beveridge also was among
the early arrivals. He was hopeful over
the prospect for the tariff bill and was
complacent under the felicltatlons OF
liamentary tactics in getting the vote
agreement.
stone Changes His Mind.
Canadian reciprocity sentiment in the |
senate was not subjected to test to-
day. 1t was thought Senator Stone
might precipitate a vote that would
disclose the attitude of the body. Early
in the forenoon he had said he would
move to take up consideration of the
Mccall bill to carry into effect the pro-
visions of the agreement with Canada.
The passage of the sundry civil bill. he
said would be followed by such a mo-
ton from him. The sundry civil bill
passed but the Missouri senator did not
mention reciprocity.
In private conversation the senator
said: Il spoke somewhat impulsively in
the senate but upon second thought
concluded that it would not = wise to
make that motion. l had learned that
there would be a motion from the Re-
publican side to lay my motion on the
table to further the appropriation bills.
The vote on the motion to table would
have been construed as a vote against
reciprocity.
Il felt that as a friend of the meas
ure 1 could not afford to place it at
such a disadvantage and therefore have
decided to not enter the motion at all
at least not at a time that would af-
feet appropriation bills. 1 should be es-
peciaIly concerned about creating
misapprehension in Canada
Mr.. Stones change of purpose is
regarded as aiding materially in clear
ing the way for appropriation bills
The confidence in the propassage of
the appropriation bills did not extend
to the reciprocity bill. Even the best
friends of that measure conceded that
its position was hopeless.
Money for Tariff Board.
The senate agreed to the house pro-
vision of $3,000,000 in the sundry
civil bill for beginning the work of
fortifying the Panama canal. The
senate adopted an amendment offered
bv Senator Culberson cutting down the
house appropriation of 100000 to
continue the work of the temporary
tariff board to 100000 and making
the amount available only for the
fiscal year 1912.
An amendment making conditional
appropriations for the permanent tar
If board in the event of its establish
ment by law was offered by Senator
Cummins and adopted. Senator CtuI-
berson offered an amendment direct
ing the tariff board to report to con
greSS not later than the first Monday
in December, 1911, on the iron and
steel, the cotton and cotton manufac-
turers and the wool and wooden sched-
ules.
It was defeated 40 to 43. The in
surgent Republicans voted with the
Democrats in favor of the amendment
The last possibility that Robert p.
Pearv would receive at this session of
congress, congressional recognition of
his attainment of the North PoIe
vanished today when Senator Perkins
by a point of order blocked the at
tempt of Senator Crane to have
Peary's promotion provided for bv an
amendment to the naval appropria-
tion bill 10
At 1:45 p. m. the senate passed the
naval appropriation bill and resumed