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

grace which was not incompatible
with public service.
There were two prolonged demon.
STATIONS during s1ondell's speech
and a third one when Miss Rankin
rose to reply.
81 am sorry to leave you before
the women of this nation are enfran-
chised." Miss Rankin said With
you, who are to be members of the
sixty-sixth congress, leave the
greatest trust, the enfranchise ment
of women"
Doorkeepers handed out admission
cards as souvenirs and with grand
rush to the senate and house restau-
rants on, everybody but few weary
members too worn out to eat, forgot
all about the sixty-ffth congress.
Among those who called for a few
minutes chat with the president be-
fore he left the capitol were Chair
man Hurley. shipping board; Sher-
man Whipple, Boston attorney; JUS
tice Brandeis, Representatives Hefiin
and Small.
/ About 200 capitol employees and
newspaper men clasped his hands
and babe him goodbye. The presi-
dent also took leave of his cabinet.
All Night Filibuster.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Senate
republicans today carried into the
closing hours of the sixty-hfth con-
gress their defiance of democratic de
mand for passage of appropriation
bills.
After an all night filibuster, Sena-
tor Sherman announced shortly after
eight o'clock that unless he dropped
dead the general deficiency bill
carrying s75O,000, 900 for the railroads
would not pass. If Sherman and
other republicans carry out this
/ threat it means that not only will all
pending appropriation bills now fail,
but several important nominations
Enacted upon. These include A. Nit.
chell Palmer for attorney general !;
John Shelton Williams as comp
troller of the currency. and General
Robert D. Noble as brigadier gen
Ieral in the medical corps.
Democratic leaders mustered their
weary forces just after dawn to dis
cuss means of breaking the filibuster
so that the railroad administration 8
insistent pleas for money might be
answered Director General Hines
had informed congress that much of
the $750,000.0O0 will be urgently
needed not later than May.
The all night filibuster was a final
republican attempt to force President
Wilson to change his mind about de-
laying the extra session until after
his return from France. Senator
, Martin, appropriation committee
chairman, was so emphatic in his de-
nland that the republicans let the
| deficiency bill pass that the republf-
cans decided this measure might
prove better means of forcing the
extra session Immediately than the
Victory loan bill.
When Speaker Champ Clark of the
house learned of the senate situation,
The said that unless the railroad ap.
preparation is approved today an
extra session must be called tomor-
row. This is imperative, Clark de-
clared, If financial disaster is to be
averted.
At this hour 70 a. m) it seems a
physical certainty that every measure
excepting the loan bill asked by
President Wilson-wili be left un-
passed when the session ends at
noon. These measures are:
The army. navy and other depart
mental appropriation bills;
The oil leasing and water power
measures;
The sundry civil bill providing for
retention of the federal employment
service, and
The Lane 100000 GOO homestead
bill
While the senate watched the fill
buster. the house passed resolution
urging the peace conference to act