Show 0 mm b it filibuster FILI BOSTER I 1 A N 9 N U Ws W 4 f senators N refuse to support the bill merely to I 1 I 1 I 1 secure settlement of japanese I 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 1 i 4 trouble on the coast I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 t I 1 washington feb 14 friction developed in the senate today over the conference report on the immigration bill senator dillingham in charge of the report was importuned importuner by senator bacon to allow the matter to gp over until tomorrow mr dillingham expressed a willingness to do this provided unanimous consent couie be had that a vote be taken on it before adjournment tomorrow mr air tillman objected to fixing a tim time e for for th the vote saying that he did not want to be put in a corner after he had read the report and by tomorrow he thought that a time to vote might be fixed mr dillingham changed his request to vote saturday before adjournment but this arrangement was blocked by mr tillman immediate consideration of the report was then pressed by mr dillingham 1 well mr air president declared mr I 1 tillman 1 I have been in the senate twelve years and I 1 have never seen anything gained by an effort to dragoon the senate and even the people who are not willing to fight and no not spoiling for a fight can be very easily aroused and driven into an attitude of hostility mr tillman made a point of order against what is known as the passport regulation regu ladon the provision Is considered to be in the interest of adjusting the california japanese problem and mr air tillman declared the matter presented in the amendment was extraneous trane ous to any matter within the jurisdiction is of the conference committee senator lodge opposed opposed mr tillmans point of order that a point of order would lie ile to the amendment was contended bv by senator culberson but he bell believed eved the matter should be sub submitted t to the senate for Us its vote I 1 the vice president dent however ruled that the point of order was not well isaken taken and overruled the point of order the vice iric president later mod modified d the ruling it simply tha that the point was cue clie on which he coula not property proper prope rj jy y rue but that the senate must decide the psalter by its vot upon the thel conference report bacon sees danger mr bacon pointed out what he r regarded the grave danger of the proposition position announced by mr lodge ath with only limitation to a conference was it confined itself to the general subject when ear each AL hou house e had bad passed different bills mr bacon indicated that he should later reab io the senate the entire enair lengthy conference report a as he w wa a 3 not got permitted tx to read elsewhere there Is he declared an att attempt empt to destroy the of securing any immigrants 11 does the senator refer to the fu further restrictions against the importation jot of contract laborers asked mr air lodge we all know answered mr air ba con what hag has brought this report t to the senate we know that a condition of affairs which in no manner relates to the injustices to which I 1 am referring has attracted the afteu tion of the whole country and that there la Is an atlue situation which it Is proposed to relieve by bringing in this report and if the report were limited to that so far as I 1 am concerned c on I 1 would have nothing to say in order to meet the case of emergency on the pacific coast a is 12 brought in which does not simply relate to the matter but covers the entire field and opportunity Is taken to enact rule which will do great injustice to certain parts part f of thi tah country and to make this acute situation the means of inducing senators to vote for a report containing this injustice 1 I 1 I 1 senator lodge explains in order that itie th senator genito r ma may y hoi hol misrepresent sent the conference corr committee r nit interrupted Interrupt eil mr lodge 1 I desire to say ay that this report without th clause relating to passports was complete several days ago ahil would have been presented to the senate without any many reference to that douse clause mr bacon damn replied it waa was a fact thai tha opportunity to induce votes tor for tho tha report was wat being tal taken talen en advantage of it Is not necessary he ht said that it should he be on this bill and not ne cessare ces sary tb that at senators should do a great reat injustice to another section 0 the country to protect the pacific coast it Is important that the pacific coast should be protected aal we nye of the south have ever stood here her to co operate for its protection mr air bacon damn then turned his attention to the scarcity of cotton mill labor in the south and read at length a 11 report from froni the department 0 of f commerce and aind labor regarding the situation which he construed arto to indicate a desire of the department to aid in meeting the need tor for labor ready to talk a week while mr air bacon was senator tillman marked with slips of paper certain passages in a pile of books he hadon had 00 his desk during a 1 pause by mr bacon mr beyeridge Beverl dge asked it he had concluded oh rib ifo wis I 1 mr dr bacon bacons reply the senator very much mistakes tho the scope of my remark 11 16 1 I am just getting ready to talk tor for a week or ten days interjected Inter jetted ur ir tillman when I 1 get so little justice at the hands bands of senators as not to be permitted even to read a bill b ill I 1 am ara prepared to fight I 1 object to hay har ing a matter brought in here and rud over us etke an automobile senator spooner came I 1 lo 10 0 the relief 0 o of the situation at this point saying it lt was evident that senators were at a disadvantage not having time to read the report 1 I appeal lapreal to the senator he said turning to mn dillingham to let the matter go over until tomorrow mr dillingham saying that he be recognized the situation consented and the report went over two and a half hours having been 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