The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-04

jIdFOTdDly OIL AI1nn AANSPCAAAOAASS. AAAS
vote was 216 to AL.
The rest of the night was spent in
listening to Representative Walsh's
minority report on the National
Security league investigation and in
calling the roll President Wilson is
expected to spend an hour or two in
his room in the senate wing today,
signing bills acted on in the closing
senate.
/ The last night of the session drew
to the capitol the greatest crowd in
! it's history, according to attaches.
Every corridor and stairway on the
three floors of the senate wing was
jammed, until nearly midnight while
galleries remained full until daylight.
While haggard. sleepy democrats
rolled from their couches to plan the
final battle republicans talked on
The filibuster began at 1:15 a. m,
with a speech by Senator Sherman.
The night was marked by bitter as
saults on President Wilson. Charges
of gross mismanagement of the coun-
try's affairs were made by LaFollette
and Sherman. Lenroot declared the
president refuses to call an extra ses-
sion at once because he fears debate
ON the lea que of nations may turn
public opinion against his league
plan.
The republican attacks were
strongly tinged with personal bitter
ness against the president. His re-
ported criticism of his opponents as
men Of '.pigmy minds" whose heads
are "kaots to keep their bodies from
nnraveling" added to his unpopular
ity. Sherman took this up in sar-
castle speech shortly after midnight
in which he referred to Wilson and
Taft as luncheon statesmen"
These distinguished men are al
ways heroes at luncheon or pink
tea," said Sherman. They will soon
be distinct class, known as the
male luncheonettes."
Dies Filibusterinu Death.
/ WASHINGTON, March A. = The
sixty-fifth congress Is dying a filibus-
/ tering death.
| Shortly after 10 o'clock today,
! Democratic Senate Leaders Martin,
Simmons and Underwood declared
I they would make no further effort to
prevent the republicans talking I'M
til the session ends at noon.
| This definitely dooms the follow
/ ing measures until an extra session
is called:
The army. navy, Indian, agricul-
ture, sundry civil and general de-
/ ficiency appropriations bills; the
800, 100000 bill to provide farm
houses for soldiers and sailors. and
the oil leasing and water power bills.
/ This was the situation laid before
President Wilson early today. but he
L.,
extra session now. -
+. There was no indication Mt 1880
o'clock that the republicans would
relax their filibuster
/ President Wilson arrived at the
capitol at 1886 a. m. and went at
once to his room to sign necessary
bills.
President Wilson signed the one
billion-dollar bill guaranteeing 10 the
farmers price of S2.26 for this sea-
-son's wheat crop as his first act aft
, er reaching the .apitol.
StrsnnIed 1T Noon.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The six
ty fifth congress died at noon today,
sfrangled by filibuster. AS the final
gayel fell in the senate on the stroke
q noone, it cut short a speech begun
st Z 80 a m. today by Senator Sherman
cf Illinois which blocked the trans
action of all business.
All ronds led to the senate end of the
capitol. for 1t was there that the fill
buster ragged all night long, and
through the final hours OF what has
teen enc of the mast tumultous sess-
sons of the American congress. 1t was
there also that President Wilson, with
q trace Of sneer in his eve ad set to
his jaw-but wearing his usual smile
at times-slsned the last minute bills