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Show SENATE VETOES SIE1IS RULE Upper House Refuses to Abide by Decision of Chair on Pairing. BEVERIDGE ASKS ABOUT TOBACCO COUPON PREMIUM Hoosicr Wanfs to Know What Has Beome of Bill to Stop Such Gifts. WASHINGTON. Dee. 19. By a vote of .17 to 17. tho senate ngaln emphatically announced Its determination to resist all efforts to alter its rules In any way-looking way-looking to tho establishment of cloture in that body. Tho question arose ovcr the ruling made last Saturday by Vice President Sherman, holding that an announcement of a pair by a senator In an aye and nay vote Is sufficient to justify tho chair In including him to make u quorum. The point was raised early In tho day over the approval of the journal of Saturday's proceedings. proceed-ings. In connection with votes on amendments amend-ments to the omnibus claims hill, a vote was taken on an appeal by Senator Hale from a decision by the chair similar to that of Saturday. All the 17 votes In favor of sustaining the chair woro cast by Republicans. Of the "7 voles against tho chair, "0 woro cast by Republicans and 17 by the Democrats. Hayburu Makos Point. In tho roll call tho point was made by Mr. Heybiirn that only by unanimous consent con-sent could a oenator be excused from voting, oven In observance of it jUlr. and after tho roll call wus concluded Sonators Dillingham and Martin were compelled to rise and ask to Iks excused because of pairs. No objection was nirulo. The senate passed a few minor bills and adopted the houso resolution agreeing agree-ing to adjourn on Wednesday for the Christmas recess, reconvening January 5. Tho house early In tho session fell into a parliamentary wrangle which dovelopcd when tho bill to codify tho postal laws was taken up. The measure was still under consideration when tho houso adjourned. ad-journed. Senator Bcvcrldgo today asked members mem-bers of tho senate fiscal committor whether they Intondcd to report the bill designed to prevent the tobacco manufacturers manu-facturers from' using tho premium coupon system lor tho purpose of crushing out competition. Ho said ho Intended to compel action on tho bill, which passed the senate as a. part of the Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill. Mr. Bcvorldgo discussed lhe use of coupons and asserted thai by such moans the American Tobacco company had been enabled to crush out competition In a similar manner amounting to a. "scandal." "scan-dal." The Indian appropriation bill, carrying Continued on Page Ten. VICE-PRESIDENT IS OVEIIILMSEITE Knyjier Kxpecls lo Got Through : Measure Trovidiiig lor Popular Vo(c. ii Continued from Pago One. Itoni.s apsreKalluc: ?i'.-15. iT,t. vnn reported report-ed to the unalo today. Tho total ropre-tfontH ropre-tfontH .'I'ln-i Inereapo of JOSi.l'l'.'i oer ih amount of the hill aa It wan panned by the houfe. Of.thlM Ineruaso .ViOO.OOO Ih to earry out the awards to the loyal 1'n-ekn in .n-.-ordHiKo with an asrccinent mndo with thai tribe In 1001. The onestlon of rccoinniondlnp; a eon-slltutloiuil eon-slltutloiuil aniendinont lo provide for the olei lloii of t'nlted Slaten xoikiHm'm by dl-reel dl-reel ol- of llm pcoph wjih made a Kpe. elal oid-r of tlm senalo Judlolary i-oninilt-toe today for tho Ural un:cllng after the holiday icceaE. Noinlnaiions for elreuil Judi;e lo np-jIv np-jIv tin- now roiniure. eourl llkewlso went uviii. It Ik xaid Hint no elm tees had tce;i illeI agnlnst any of Ibo men named. Senator I'ayiier slated today that the dlsouimlon of reolullon to provide for the olei tion of HenatOiT by dlret oto de eloped that Ibeio would be aol nnn-e than four votes In the eoiituilltoe against r'M'orlliiK II lo the senate. IN- doi-lared the resolution would piuH the eoininlllee and the cnn(-. |