Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-06

impartial way in which he had pre-.
sided over the deliberations Of tha
body claiming that he had been un
fairly treated
All of the big appropriation bills f.
nally managed to squeeze through in
time to secure the approval of the
President. Eight of the bills carry
| ing more than 500, 100000 were rushet
through in the last As hours of tht
| session.
And while the House was fighting
the tariff commission bill to its death
and John 9. Cobb of Boston, as pres
ident of the National Tariff Commits
sion Association, was uttering his
verbal lamentations, the most deter
mined one-man filibuster of the seS-
sion was begun by Senator Robert L.
owen, the Indian from Oklahoma. His
jaw was set and he was fighting mad
Republicans had maneuvered to APP
prove New MeXico's constitution and
leave Arizona out in the cold because
of provisions for an initiative. refer
endum and judicial recall He Lad to
talk only an hour to defeat three or
four appropriation bills. the confer
encc reports on which had not been
presented.
Senate Republicans We're in despair.
The completion of appropriation bills
was their responsibility. Following a
haif-hour 0f as feycriSh work as the
Senate ever saw. the Oklahonan was
dissuadcd. but the price was defeat of
both the Arizona and New Mexican
constitutions for the present.
Apparently there will not be two Re
publican senators from New Mexico
til there are two Democratic senators
from Arizona. Senator Crane and Vice
President Sherman held a half-dozen
quick talks with divers senators in as
many minutes and with the aid U1
"Uncle Tom" Carter of Montana, who
once dramatically talked river and
harbar bill to death, arranged the leg
isiatiNo sacrifice.
Tcward tho end of the session. with
tie galleries packed, women and men
forced their way through tlic doorways,
and onto the floor itself. They spread
out like huge fan and filled all the
Intervening space between the last row
OF seats and the walls Some of the
more venturesome sat themselves
down in seats in the last row. 1t was
sight such as no one had never seen
| before. for tile house is very strict
about not permitting outsiders to go
! on the floor when session is in pro-
Grcss. This rush for a moment stopped
| the proceedings. but only for "a me-
| ment.
The Speaker saw the strangers,
members of Congress saw them, the
doorkeepcr and his assistants saw
them. but no one made the slightest
attempt to drive them out.
Climax followed climax at boil,
erds of the Capitol on this final Sat
hom1n, was crushed under the steam
roller operated by Vice President
sherman in the early morning during
riotous Senate scenes. But the tariff
commission bill that Senator Gore was
resisting went through on roll call as
per unanimous agreement
1t was rushed to the House. where
Democrats persisted, raised yet anoth
er legislative riot and finally forced
Republicans to abandon the measure
Bat before that was done physical Vlo
lencc seemed imminent and Repre-
sentative Ben Johnson, valiant Ken
trckian, sugge ested his Willingness Il
sny : brick at pugnacious Uncle joe.
Mr.. Cannon at once caught the lnl'
port of the threat. The old man Is
game. His usually forid face blanched
| but he lost neither his courage nor his
| readiness of retort He raised his NAL
| let-gavel as il it We're a weapon that
1 Ia. .h1t, 70 10 a nj
| and as it hung poised above his head