GIRLS FOUND DRUGGED;
LYNCHING AVERTED
Six Mere Children Discovered
Lying on Floor, Assault At
„ tempted on Two.
DRINKS FORCED BY MEN
Chic Mob Surrounds the Marietta Jail
Where Advertising Sketch Ar
tist and Pal Are
Confined.
Marietta, O., March 6.—Six gills
ranging in age from 12 to 16 years, ly
ing on the floor unconscious from
■drugs, upon at least two of whom at
tempts at criminal assault had been
made, caused the arrest here of Walter
W. Savage, an advertising sketch ar
tist, and his pal, Andy Coruthers, who
were nearly lynched before being locked
In jail. A crowd surrounded the jail,
but was thwarted.
Savage, has been here a week occupy
ing a window in the Dime Saving so
ciety building. He has made a spe
, cialty of getting young girls to allow
* him to make their pictures.
He had six young girls between the
ages of 12 and 14 In his room, and It
Is alleged gave them whisky, wine and
beer and administered some kind of
drug.
The police upon investigation found
ail six of the girls unconscious and ly
ing on the floor. The girls and the two
men, Coruthers having been found in
his room, were taken to the city jail.
Physicians were summoned and made
an examination of the girls, adminis
tered emetics which caused them to
vomit, and later they partly regained
consciousness. The girls claim the men
forced them to drink.
The physicians are convinced that
two of the girls are the victims of an
attempted assault, and at this time art?
tn doubt as to the others.
Under the protection of the entire po
lice force the two men were taken to
Jail. The sheriff and his deputies, as
sisted by the police force, are guarding
the prisoners.
UNWRITTEN LAW
GETS A BLACK EYE
IN WASHINGTON
"No Such Thing” Declares the
Judge, and Jury Forthwith
Finds Man Gu ilty.
Spokane, Wash., March 6—Judge Wil
liam A. Huenke, in superior court, has
ruled that the "unwritten law” cannot
receive consideration by the juries.
■'There- is no 'unwritten law' in Wash
ington.” he said in his instructions to
the twelve Jurors hearing the case of
the state against A. J. Hosticka,
charged with a statutory crime, adding,
"you ere to be guided solely by the
laws made by the legislature of this
state.”
This declaration of the futility of the
"unwritten law" as a subterfuge for
lawyers was called forth by the plea
of Attorney Lossy, representing Hos
ticka, that there is a course of life reg
ulated by the law higher than that pre
scribed by legislatures. The Jury, he
said, should consider these higher
statutes in passing opinion upon the
merits of the case.
After deliberating for less than an
hour the jury brought in a verdict of
pudty. The punishment for the crime,
optional with the judge, varies from
one year to a lifetime.
RAILROADS WERE ONLY
BLUFFING, SAYS COURT
Lincoln, Neb., March 6.—Attorney
General Thompson received a copy this
morning of the decree of the federal
supreme court in the railroad tax
cases. It is even more sweeping than
before given.
The railroads lose on every point and
there are halfi a dozen plain intima
tions given by Justice Holmes, who
wrote the decision, that the railroad
attorneys began the suits as bluffs
and when pinned down to the real
issues before the court made a sorry
showing.
The court declares that the attorneys
had no more right to drag members
of the state board of equalization into
court to quiz them how they ar
rived at their valuations of the prop
erty of roads, than to haul a Judge
from the bench to ask him why he
rendered a decision. It says in effect
that while the railroads had a long
list of grievances in their petitions
when they came to put their case to
the supreme court they abandoned
most of them and upon the remainder
failed to bring evidence to support
their contents.
, ROOSEVELT GIVES $100
FOR RUSSIAN RELIEF
Washington, D, C., March 6.—Declar
ing that Russia had been a friend to
America In the past, President Roose
velt in a letter to the Russian famine
relief committee, of New York, made
1 oday a public appeal for contributions
in behalf of the famine sufferers in that
country.
With the letter he sent his check for
J100. He hopes the people of this
country out of their abundance will
give generously. The letter is in reply
to one received from the committee
calling his attention to the urgent need
of assistance.
Contributions addressed to the sec
retary of the committee, Samuel G.
Barrows, 135 East Fifteenth street,
New York, will be properly acknowl
edged and deposited with the Morton
Trust company.
MAY YET KILL OFF
THE SUNDAY THEATER
Des Moines, la., March 6—It was sup
posed here that the Sunday theater bill
was dead because of an adverse com
mittee report. It was declared by Rev,
Mr. Nye, member of the ministerial
committee, this morning that a minor
ity report will be presented favoring
the bill, which is stringent, and it la
believed the bill will then pass. Back
ets ot the bill will lobby like mad thl»
week.
FRISCANS, THOUSANDS
STRONG, CLEAN CITY
■ San Francisco. Cal., March 6.—At
the sound of a bugle 20,000 with picks,
ishovels and brooms and 3,^00 teams
•began to clean up the dirt and debris
fin the streets.
The entire city was covered, but
jspecial attention was given to the
'burned district. When night fell
great improvement in the appearance
:of the burned district was noticed, an
imany tons of dirt had been removed.
It was the result of volunteer labor
and men of all profession and oc. u
.'pations, participated. The women oi
tne city aided by providing the me?
jwith food at designated quarters.
WHITE HOUsFrOOM
UNDER QUARANTINE
Washington, D. C„ March 6.—Presi
dent Roosevelt’s young son, Archie
has diphtheria, but it is said that he
is not seriously ill. The patient has
been isolated In the southeast room ol
the White House and a strict quaran
tine is being maintained.
FOUR IOWAnToN THE
WRECKED DAKOTA SAFE
Des Moines. la., March *5.—Fred
Cloud, consul to China, and wife, and
Dr. Nelle Noble and A. E. Noble, all of
Des Moines, were on the steamer Da
kota wrecked in Japanese waters. All
are safe.
CUTS BAG WITH
$5,000 FROM LADY’S
WRIST AND ESCAPES
British Artist’s Wife Robbed
While Visiting New York
Cathedral.
New York, March 6.—When visiting
St. Patrick's cathedral, Mrs. Herbert
Allom, of London, wife of the promi
nent artist and decorator, was robbed
of a gold wrist bag containing about
$5,000 in jewelry and cash. So clever
was the thief that Mrs. Allom was in
clined to believe that she had lost the
article until it was shown that the
chains which had held the bag had
been cut by pliers.
WIFE, BEATEN,
ORDERED BY COURT
TO WHIP MATE
Kansas City Husband Whining,
Pleads for Mercy and Wo
man Grants It.
Kansas City, Mo., March 6.—"Get a
whip. Let this woman whip the man
who beat her. That is the only way to
make these brutes who beat their wives
feel what they have done.”
Judge Kyle made this order In police
court after Mrs. Elmer Ogle had told
a story of brutal abuse on the part
of her husband.
Lieutenant Snow, the court bailiff,
secured a whip and handed it to the
woman. Spectators in the court room
straightened up, eager to see a man
given a good thrashing. The order of
the judge was without precedent in lo
cal courts, and the audience crowded
about to see the woman pay her hus
band in the same kind of treatment she
had received.
"Don't whip me,” whined Ogle. “I’ll
promise to do better in the future. I
love you better than any person in the
world. Don’t whip me, please.”
The woman took the whip and raised
her arm, but her face twitched with
pain.
”1 can't do it,” she cried. “My arms
are so sore from the beating he gave
me that I can’t do it just yet. They're
covered with black and blue marks
and so sore I can hardly raise my hand.
Send him to ihe workhouse, judge.”
Ogle was fined $100, which meant
nine months on the rock pile. He was
taken to the workhouse.
SPANISH QUEEN
WILL HAVE TWINS,
IS THE REPORT
Vexed Legal and Political
Question Would Then Be
Raised as to Succession.
Madrid, March 6.—Court circles are
agitated by reports tnai the indica
tions are the queen probably will have
twins.
Should this happen it would raise an
interesting legal, medical and political
question, besides being unique in royal
history.
This would be especially true in case
the twins be girls and the only children
of the kin".
Such troubles as those of Carllst
times are hardly likely, but disputes
would be almost certain, because, not
withstanding Spanish law declares that
the first born twin is the older, and,
therefore, has the right to succession,
an old Spanish order reversed this and
modern medical opinion supports the
older law, declaring that the older
child in case of twins is the last one
to be born.
SPANISH ANARCHISTS
DENIED RIGHT OF JURY
Madrid, March 6.—The government
has taken an Important step in connec
tion with the trials of persons charged
with the commission or complicity in
bomb outrages and other similar crimes
of an anarchistic nature.
As the juries are nearly always In
fluenced by fear of the accused and so
acquit them, the government has is
sued a decree ordaining that in the
provinces of Gerona and Barcelona
•such cases shall no longer he tried by
,a jury, but by a bench of three magis
I itrates.
SENATE KILLED THE
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
Closing Hours of the Fifty
Ninth Congress Were
Very Tame.
Washington, D. <March 6.—With
a new record for large appropriations
and far reaching legislation, the Fif
ty-ninth congress was brought to a
close shortly after noon Monday. The
last few hours were tame by compari
son with what had been expected.
Long before noon Senator Gallinger’s
tight for the passage of the ship sub
sidy bill had been abandoned and his
filibuster against it conducted by Sen
ator Carmack being no longer neces
sary, he surrendered the floor, much
to the disappointment of the galleries.
Extreme fatigue, due to continued
night sessions in the house during
the last week, had a dampening effect
upon many congressmen and the usual
excessive "last day enthusiasm" was
confined to less than half the mem
bers.
President Roosevelt with his cabinet,
White House staff and a number of
guests occupied the president's room in
the senate wing. Seated at a big table
in the center of the room he signed
bills as they were enrolled and pre
sented to him. On account of the dis
patch with which business has been
condueted during the past week there
were only forty bills to be signed to
day.
The president was at the capitol for
more than an hour. He devoted most
of the time to visiting with his cabinet,
both the retiring and incoming mem
bers being present, and in presenting
them to personal friends of the senate
and house.
Retiring senators were received and
nrllRnut ovoonlion (VlD mpuitl Dill Plf
pressed regret that these lawmakers
were to leave the service of the coun
try. Especially warm was his reception
to Senator Spooner, who Sunday an
nounced his voluntary retirement.
LA FOLLETTE SERVICE BILL
PASSES BOTH HOUSES
Washington, D. C., March 6.—Con
ferees on the part of the senate and
house reported an agreement on the
bill limiting the hours of labor for
railway employes, the portion affect
ing the telegraph operators being as
■“-'■ows:
“That no operator, train dispatcher
or other employe who, by the use of
telegraph or telephone dispatches re
ports, transmits, receives or delivers
orders pertaining to or affecting tritin
movements, shall be required or per
mitted to be on duty for a longer period
than nine hoursinanytwenty-four-hour
period in all towers, offices, places and
stations continuously operated night
and day, nor for a longer period than
thirteen hours in all towers, offices,
places and stations operated only dur
ing the day time except in case of
emergency, when the employes named
in this proviso may be permitted to re
main on duty for four additional hours
in the twenty-four-hour period for not
exceeding three consecutive days in
any week.
“Provided, further, that the Inter
state Commerce commission may, after
a full hearing in a particular case and
for good cause shown, extend the
period within which a common carrier
shall comply with the provisions of this
proviso as to such cases.”
Later the senate and house agreed
to the conference report.
LABOR FORCES ASK
PROBE BY CONGRESS
Washington, D. C., March 6.—Organ
ized labor has asked congress to insti
tute an investigation into all of the
facts and circumstances attending the
arrest in Colorado of Charles H. Moyer,
William D. Haywood and George P.
Pettibone, officers of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, and their deportation
to Idaho to stand trial on charges of
complicity in the killing of ex-Gov
ernor Stuenenberg. To that end Sen
ator Carmack Introduced a petition
signed by hundreds of workingmen and
citizens, and also had printed in the rec
ord the dissenting opinion of Associate
Justice McKenna to the opinion of the
supreme court of the United States
that the court could not inquire into
the circumstances surrounding the al
leged kidnaping of the three men. Sen
ator Heyburn secured an order for the
printing of the minority opinion of the
court.
SURPLUS, NOT DEFICIT,
HEAR THE LAWMAKERS
Washington, March 6.—Mr. Tawney,
chairman of the committee on appro
priations, announced in the house to
day that instead of facing a deficit in
the treasury at the close of thq fiscal
year of 1908, as seemed imminent at
one time, there would be a surplus of
$20,000,000 at that time. The total ap
propriations made at the present ses
sion of congress, he said, aggregated
apparently $919,949,000. Mr. Allison,
chairman of the senate committee on
appropriations, also made a statement
to the senate along the line of Tawney'a
presentation.
♦—
BURTON’S RIVER-HARBOR
COMMISSION IS APPROVED
Washington, D. C., March 6.—Repre
sentative Burton, chairman of lha
house committee on rivers and harbors,
offered a bill for the creation of a per
manent commission to make an inves
tigation into river and harbor Improve
ments. It was reported favorably from
his committee. Representative Burton
has made something of a canvass of
sentiment in the two houses and thera
Is every reason to believe that the
measure will be favorably acted upon
by the two houses.
ALDRICK CURRENCY
BILL PASES HOUSE
Washington. March 8.—The house passed
the Aldrich currency bill, 180 to 70, the re
publicans lining up wllh a few exception!
for the measure, the democrats being just
as solid against it. The bill authorizes ihe
issuance of $10 gold certificates to the end
that the $10 greenback may be broken up
into $1. $2 and $8 bills, for which there is
a great demand. It also authorizes the
deposit of customs receipts in nations,
banks as Internal revenue receipts now
are deposited. It raises from $3,000,000 tc
$9,000,000 the amount of national bank cir
culation that may be retired In any one
month.
CHAMP CLARK’S POSTAGE
BILL AWAITS SIGNATURE
Washington, March 6.—Representa
tive Champ Clark's postage bill has
passed both houses of congress and Is
up to the president for his approval. It
passed the house some days ago and
the senate passed It last night with
out amendment. The bill permits ths
transportation and delivery of a letter
bearing 10 cents’ worth of ordinary
stamps in addition to the regular post
age on the letter the same as If it bore
a regulation special delivery stamp.
BOOSE PUSSES
THE SHIP SUBSIDY
BIEL 155 TO 144
Victory Came Only After a Bat
tle Royal Between Oppos
ing Forces.
FOUR LINES SUBSIDIZED
Forty-One Republicans Voted With
Democrats on the Last Ballot—
Annual Subsidy Will Amount
to Millions.
Washington, D. C., March 4.—The
House Friday passed the ship subsidy
i bill by a vote of 155 to 144.
It has been years since the house
was the scene of so royal a battle be
tween the two great parties. The bill
was passed, but not until after It had
been once defeated, and this fact In
Itself shows how close the alignment
I was.
When the first vote disclosed a ma
jority against the measure the demo
crats and their republican allies made
the house ring with their cheers. There
were several roll calls before the final
favorable result was secured.
The vote on the Llttauer substitute
was defeated on the first vote, 154 to
161.
The democrats could not retain their
i lead, however, for on a vote to lay
I on the table a motion to reconsider
the opponents of the ship subsidy were
! defeated, 156 to 159, and the vote to
reconsider the first vote was adopted,
164 to 154.
Immediately after the first ballot
desertions began, and on the final vote
to pass the bill as amended the work
done by the republican leaders during
the battle was made manifest. The
bill was passed, 155 to 144.
Forty-Ono in “Last Ditch.”
The following republicans voted
I with the democrats in opposition:
Burton of Ohio, Campbell of Kansas,
Chapman of Illinois, Cooper of Wisconsin,
Darragh of Michigan, Davidson of Wis
consin. Davis of Minnesota, Fordney of
Michigan, Footer of Vermont, Fulkerson
of Missouri, Gllham of Indiana, Graff of
Illinois, Gronna of North Dakota, Hamil
ton of Michigan, Hinshaw of Nebraska,
Holiday of Indiana, Jenkins of Wisconsin,
Kinkaid of Nebraska, Knopf of Illinois, C.
B. Landis of Indiana, Fred Landis of In
diana, Lawrence of Massachusetts, Lou
den of Illinois, McCarthy of Nebraska,
McGavln of Illinois, McKinney of Illinois,
Mann of Illinois, Marshall of North Da
kota, Miller of Kansas, Mouser of Ohio,
Murdock of Kansas, Nelson of Wisconsin,
Perkins of New York, Stafford of Wis
consin, Stoenerson of Minnesota, Stevens
of Minnesota, Volstead of Minnesota, Web
ber of Ohio, Weems of Ohio, Wilson of
Illinois, and Woodyard of Virginia.
Fifty-two republicans voted with the
democrats on the first roll call. On
the vote of Mr. Williams to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table, fifty
republicans voted with the democrats.
On the vote to adopt the substitute
there were forty-three republican "In
surgents,” and on its final passage
there were forty-one.
Four Lines Are Subsidized.
Only four steamship lines are to be
subsidized under the measure In the
form finally agreed upon, and all of
these are to sail for South American
ports. One of the lines will be from
the Atlantic coast to Brazil, a second
from the Atlantic coast to Argentina,
the third between the Gulf of Mexico
and Brazil. The fourth line will be
from the Pacific coast to Panama, Pe
ru and Chill.
The annual subsidy for each of these
lines is to be $300,000 for a monthly
. mail service or $600,000 for a fortntght
' ly service, except the Argentine line,
which is to have $400,000 for a monthly
] service or $800,000 for a fortnightly
service.
No American cities are named as
ports from which any of the lines are
to start, and It is so worded that the
line on the Pacific to South America
can touch at any number of ports in
: me unilt’U oiuitra. j. lie buiiic ia uuc
1 of the Atlantic lines.
Must Build New Ships.
The bill provides that vessels profit
ing by the subvention must have a
| speed of not less than 16 knots. It
has been repeatedly stated on the floor
of the house that no ships now en
gaged in the South American trade can
make any such speed.
I When the bill was taken up the
■ amendment presented by Mr. Townsend
: striking out the steamship line from
Pacific coast ports to Hawaii, Japan
and the Philippines was pending.
Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, opened
the debate and favored the bill, con
tending that the position of the United
States in the western hemisphere en
titles it to bear mail service. He said
I that the visit of Secretary Hoot to
I South America has had an educational
I effect upon the people of this country
I arid that It had shown that we can cul
1 tivate the acquaintance of the people
of South America and make them our
i friends. "We do not want to rule them
: by the big stick—we want to rule them
by the peaceable ties of trade,” he
said.
Townsend Amendment Adopted.
Mr. Townsend spoke in support of
his amendment and it was adopted, 134
to 100.
Following upon his advantage, Mr.
Townsend moved to strike out the line
from Puget sound to the Orient, and
that motion also prevailed, 130 to 105.
Then the line to Australia went out,
129 to 111.
An amendment by Mr. Fordney, of
Michigan, reducing the subsidy for the
line to Buenos Ayres, from $400,000 to
$266,000 was lost, 114 to 140.
Mr. Humphrey, of Washington,
| moved that the line from the Gulf of
j Mexico to the Isthmus of Panama be
; stricken out. He said he wanted to
1 see if "It was a question of geography."
i An amendment by Mr. Sulzer requir
ing ships to stop at Mexican Pacific
ports, which developed the fact that
several members of the house do not
know the names of Mexican ports, was
next offered.
Interest Becomes Intense.
By this time the interest in the bill
was Intense. The galleries were crowd
ed and the leaders on both sides of the
chamber were rallying their forces for
the final battle.
It was near 3 o'clock and there was
still pending Mr. Fordney's amend
I ment substituting a tonnage tax meas
! ure. The advocates of the Littauer bill
| did not desire to vote on that proposl
I tlon and they began to filibuster by
j forcing a vote on the Sulzer amend
ment. which wag overwhelmingly de
feated.
Tellers were demanded by Mr. Llt
tauer to kill time notwithstanding a
chorus of "noea" that went up from
the democrats. When the count was
finally taken there was found to be
barely one vote for the proposition.
The vote was slow In the extreme
and the democrats became highly Indig
nant. Mr Sulzer rose to have the vote
by tellers abandoned, but Mr. Currier,
of New Hampshire. In the chair, held
that their vote could not he Interrupt
ed and the farce was continued until 3
o’clock arrived, when the regular or
der was demanded.
First Vote Unfavorable.
The bill was then reported from the
committee of the whole to the house,
and much to the chagrin of the sup
porters of the Llttauer bill Speaker
Cannon held that there must still be a
vote on the Fordney substitute. The
result was unfavorable to that meas
ure and a ballot on the Llttauer bill
was Immediately announced.
The ayes and nays were orderod,
and the vote as announced showed the
bill defeated. Ayes, 164; nays, 161.
Mr. Llttauer moved to reconsider.
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, the mi
nority leaded, moved to lay the motion
on the table.
Then the republican leaders deter
mined lo undo the former action and
pass the bill If possible. The motion
to lay on the table was defented, 166
to 163. The republicans had Won vic
tory In the very Jaws of defeat.
Again the ayes and nays were
called, this time on the motion of Mr.
Llttauer to reconsider the first vote,
and the house decided to reconsider by
a vote of 164 to 164.
Mr. Llttauer then moved that the
substitute to the senate bill be agreed
to, and the substitute was adopted, 165
to 160. The third reading of the bill
was authorized, 161 to 161, and then
on Its final passage there were: Ayes,
156; nays, 144.
Mr. Williams realized that It would
be useless to continue the contest, and
the motion to reconsider and the mo
tion to lay on the table were per
functorily agreed to.
CASHIER WHO STOLE
A HALF MILLION CAUGHT
Portland, Ore., March 4.—"It was my
wild desire for more money—more
money. 1 can’t tell whatever became ot
It."
In these words does William F. Walk
er, ex-cashler of the New Urltaln,
Conn., bank, who stole at least half a
million dollars and for whom the police
all over the country have been on the
alert, tersely tells the story of hU
downfall.
Walker was caught In the little town
WILLIAM F. WALKER.
of Ontario, this Btate, and will be ex
tradited to Connecticut If he refuses to
go of his own accord, which It Is not
believed he will do.
Beyond the words quoted, Walker Is
noncommunlcatlve. The law is look
ing for a "woman In the case."
Money’s Use a Mystery.
New Britain, Conn., March 4.—The
news that William F. Walker, ex-cash
ler of the New Britain Savings bank,
has been caught on the Pacific coast Is
received here with satisfaction, al
though no one knows whether any of
the money he is charged with stealing
will ever be recovered.
Merchants, farmers, laborers, pro
fessional men and women, wage earn
ers, whose funds were diverted, It Is
alleged by the cashier's manipulations,
join In expressing joy that Walker has
been apprehended.
The Oregon dispatches speak of a
possible woman In the case, but no one
here knows of any. Walker posed as
a religious man, always attended
church and was thoroughly respected.
His family life Is believed to have been
pleasant.
BUCKETSHOPS LOSE IN
MINNESOTA DECISION
Minneapolis, Minn., March 4.—Prop
erty rights in grain quotations on the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce
were strengthened by a decision of the
state supreme court today In the case
of the chamoer against J. E. Wells.
The latter has no seat on the ex
change, but It was claimed the right to
use quotations on the ground of the
chamber’s property rights In them was
extinguished by the fact they were
posted In public places and thereby
become public property. The court In
overruling the contention gives the
chamber the upper hand In the fight
now pending against several bucket
shops.
DIVORCE WITNESS
HURRIES TO ALTAR,
DIVORCEE ATTENDS
Released From Matrimony She
Acts as Maid of Honor for
Her Friend.
St. Louis, March 4.—Thirty minutes
after she had concluded her testimony
in the Robbins divorce case, which was
an outgrowth of the shooting of Lee
Robbins by Frank Raker, Miss Flor
ence Collins, IS years old, was married
to Roland S. Rutledge.
Mrs. Lee Robbins, who was granted a
divorce with restoration of her maiden
name, acted as matron of honor.
WILL TALK SHIP
TO DEATH
Never Before Has the Senate
Appeared to Relish the
Killing of Legislation.
CARMACK DOING STUNT
He at No Time Tried to Hide the
Fact That His Efforts Were
a Filibuster, Pure and
Simple.
Washington, D. C., March 5.—The
filibuster against the ship subsidy bill
which began Saturday was continued
throughout the session Sunday and as
sumed a humorous vein under the di
rection of Senator Carmack, much to
the enjoyment of the crowded galleries.
The speakers on the subsidy bill were
Interrupted frequently to permit the
passage of minor bills, the adoption on
conference reports and the transaction
pf other business Incidental to the clos
ing hours of the session.
During the day and night the confer
ence reports on the pension and general
deficiency bills were agreed to, and
there was a long discussion of the re
port on the LaFollette railway em
ployes bill, which was sent back to
conference. A report was afterwards
agreed upon by the conferees, but the
report had not been acted on when at
11:40 o'clock the senate took a recess
until 9:30 o’clock Monday morning.
I The conference report on the Bundry
civil appropriation bill was agreed to
[at the last minute, but the ship sub
siLlvr V. 41V li n .1 n a4 1\aam a a4 a/V iivwvn
Mix Levity and Bitterneee.
Never before has the senate appeared
to relish so much an attempt to kill
legislation by filibustering methods.
Senator Carmack, director of the min
ority movement, agalnBt the bill, at no
time tried to hide the fact that his
effort was a filibuster pure and simple.
jHe came Into the open by addressing
himself principally to the term ’'flllbus
Tercrs," which Senator Oalllnger had
applied to the democratic senators who
.have undertaken to defeat the meas
ure.
| First Senator Carmack devoted him-,
self to an Indorsement of Webster’s'
.'dictionary as an authority on orthog
raphy and definition and said if the
senate had any doubt that this work
Iwas an authority he would bring it la
and ask that passages from it be read
from the desks.
When he had spoken for about forty
five minutes with the obvious purpose
of killing time, Senator Carmack looked
at his watch and remarked:
"Well I see X must be hurrying
along."
At this the senators on the floor
shouted their amusement.
Questions Southern Orthography.
Senator Carter added to the spirit
of levity by Interrupting the reading
of letters from ship builders by Sen
ator Overman, who was giving Sen
ator Carmack a respite.
"I want to know,” said Senator
Carter, "what, If any, dictionary la
used In Tennessee, and what, If any,
standard of spelling exists and if it ia
uniformly, applied?"
This gave Senator Carmack an
opening to which he took advantage of:
to taunt Senators Carter and Qal
llnger with being parties to a filibus
ter.
“Observing that my question em
barrasses the senator," interjected
Senator Carter, "Inasmuch as ho
probably Is not willing to admit that
the dictionary Is unknown In that
state. I will withdraw the question.”
"If the senator wants a direct an
swer,” said Senator Carmack. "Ten
nessee stands by the constitution and
Webster's dictionary."
"how much steal?” there was In the
ship subsidy Senator Frye rebuked the
whole proceeding as unseemly and un
dignified. For the senate to hold a
session on the Sabbath day for the sole
purpose of frivolous debate for the
amusement of the galleries was about
the most unseemly proceeding he had
ever witnessed. While he spoke Sen
ator Frye turned so as to face Sen
ator Carmack, who was seated. He at
once arose and replied:
“If the senator refers to me I will say
that I ain not responsible to him for
my conduct, and I shall conduct myself
according to my own notions of pro
priety. If the senator from Maine does
not like my manner he has my permis
sion to leave the chamber and go
where he can attend church, If he
would prefer.”
"I would much rather be In church,”
retorted Senator Frye.
"If the senator wishes to take a re
cess until tomorrow morning I shall not
interfere with It, suggested Senator
Carmack.
“The senator knows I cannot,” wa»
the reply.
"Well,” continued Mr. Carmack, "the
senator is evidently much more con
cerned about the defeat of this bill than
anything else.”
Senator Carmack then declined to
yield further to Senator Frye, although
the latter attempted to Interrupt.
Peace Is Restored.
Shortly after this the Incident wa»
closed by the restoration of amity.
Senator Carmack expressed regret
that the Incident had occurred. He had
spoken, he said, on the impulse of the
moment and withdrew what had been,
said.
Senator Frye, too. expressed the same
sentiment, and explained that he had
not meant to address the senator from
Tennessee personally.
At 5:30 o’clock p. m. the senate took
a recess until 8:30 o'clock.
Kept Up at Night Session.
The filibuster was continued when
the senate resumed its session at 8:30
o'clock last night. Senators Dubois and
Carmack made r.n appeal to Senator
Gallinger to withdraw the bill, but ha
did not comply.
The debate was Interrupted by tha
passage of a resolution for the pre
senting of a document on horses, which
brought out front Senator Carmack the
remark" "That's a horse on the demo
cratic side."
This sally aroused the venerable Sen
ator Pettus. of Alabama, who re
marked: "We accept the rebuke from
the senator front Montana because of
his wisdom and long experience and
we do r.ot fall to recollect that he has
the record for speaking for more than
twenty hours to kill a river and harbor
bill."
