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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
5
Washington June 1 The first session of the Sixtieth Congress ends at midnight after Lafollette Stone and Gore’s filibuster against the emergency currency bill collapses amid rule interpretations and cloture moves. Roosevelt and cabinet members were present as adjournment sine die is declared.
A long list of residents and visitors were noted in Elkhart this Sunday through Monday including Frank Skeer in Chicago, Lorne Griffin in Kalamazoo, J T Moore of South Bend, J C Ross bound for Portland, and many others visiting or traveling to nearby cities such as Detroit, Chicago, Goshen, and Warsaw. Notable events include births, hospital visits, and local social calls among families and businesses, with remarks on a few professional trips.
After Labollette spoke for eighteen hours and others added long stints, the Senate ended the filibuster on the currency bill. A roll call resolved the measure with Republicans aiding the Democrats, as Lafollette briefly shifted to yes before the motion to reconsider failed. Quorum questions dominated portions of the showdown.
Washington June 1. Analysis follows the senate filibuster and rule changes in the closing session. Burkett of Nebraska sums up two key shifts: the chair can count a quorum and will not declare no quorum until after intervening business, with debate postponed.
Washington June 1 In a lively close to the house Republicans paraded with a Cannon lithograph while Democrats hoisted Bryan, sparking a playful clash and a chorus of popular tunes. The senate then moved through key measures including the currency bill and adjournment actions.
Vice President and Mrs Charles W Fairbanks have left Washington for Indianapolis. They will remain at their home there indefinitely.
Columbus June 1 reports that under the commodity clause the Hocking Valley Railway has divested from Sunday Creek Coal and no longer holds coal interests in the Hocking Valley or West Virginia fields. Ownership now rests with the Central Trust Company of New York.
A concert in Queen's Hall under the Society of American Women aided a fund to send girls from the United States to English universities for post graduate study modeled on the Cecil Rhodes scholarship. Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid attended among the notable guests.
Mrs Rossiter of Marion Street suffers asthma while Co B Frank shows favorable condition. L M Smalley is up and around. Miss Bessie Mountjoy is seriously ill with pleurisy. Joshua Carpenter has regained ability to be out after weeks. Wiley LaRue's son underwent adenoid removal and Enos Swartz the longtime drayman is paralyzed and taken to Clark Hospital. Sunday.
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