The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 13, 1917, Page THREE, Image 3
SEX ATE CHANGES Kl LES
TO CHECK FILIBUSTERS
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-Alter nunurea ieai>? ui .uanuvu i<i>b
Methods, 1'pper House Adopts Ke
gulation to Prevent "Handful of
WilfuU Men'' to iialk .Expressed
Will of Majority?New Flan Goes
Through With but Three Dissent
ing Votes, All Factions Uniting to
Its Support?Some Hard Words
Mark Debate Which Precedes Ac
tion of Upper House.
Washington, March 8.?After more
than 100 years under rules permit
ting debate limited only Dy cue
physical endurance of senators and
the provisions of the constitution, the
senate tonight, by a vote of 76 to 3,
put power in the hands of two-thirds
of its members in the future to limit
discussion and to say when a vote
.shall be taken on a pending measure.
Never while the amendment is in
the senate rule book can a "little
group of wilful men," as President
JvVilson called those he held respon
sible for the defeat of the armed neu
tmiitv hill nr^vftnt a vote on a bill
"before the senate if two-thirds of
their colleagues will otherwise. The
organized filibuster as recognized In
the senate is dead.
Action came unexpectedly arier six
hours debate on the new rule drafted
*>y a bi-partisan committee. Although
both Democrats and Republicans had
approved the change in caucus and
Senator Martin, the majority floor
]eader? had given notice that the
senate wouid be kept in continuous
session until a vote was taken nearly
every one looked for a mufch longer
discussion.
Senators La Foliet<e and Gronna,
two of those who opposed the armed
neutrality bill, and Senator Sherman,
who favored it, cast the negative
votes. Senators Cummins, Kenyon,
Kirby, Lane, iNorris, Stone and
Vardaman, who were against the
armed neutrality bill, voted for the
amendment. Colleagues of most of
the senators absent announced that if
they had been preseDt they would
iiave supported it.
The exact use of the rules will not
"become apparent until it is enforced
but it probably can not be success
fully used to prevent the spectacular
one-man filibusters by which senators
have talked bills pending in the clos
ing hours of a session to a legisla
tive grave. Such filibusters probably
can not be prevented unless they are
foreseen but an organized affair which
vo TOnnn#>d two davs or more
ahead of a session's end can be dis
posed of easily.
In brief, the new rul$ provides
that on petition of 16 senatbrs to close
debate on a pending measure the sen
ate by a two-thirds vote on the fol
lowing day bnt one may limit debate
thereafter to one hour to each sena
tor. It includes provisions to pre
vent dilatory tactics and the introduc
tion after cloture is ordered of amend
ments not germane to the pending
Trill.
Not Same as House Rule.
"" "rxnni/yra -arhn faVOrftd the
.Tiau v acuaiui a
change do not look upon it as ^
cloture rule such as prevails in the
liouse of representatives, where the
rules committee with a majority be
hind it can set the limits upon speech
and the hour for a vote. Others who
fear that the action tonight merely
forecasts a more drastic change in
the future, declared it was but the
entering wedge and that the days of
the senate as the only legislative body
in the world wnere mere can uui uc
full and free discussion are numbered.
The debate today started peacefully
"but before it had continued long ir.
"branched into discussion on the arm
?d neutrality bill and the president s
statement about the 12 men he held
responsible for a failure to get a Tote
upon it. There were some bitter
criticisms of the president and of Jthe
newspapers. Senator Cummins de
clared that any man in the senate or
out, if "high or low," who said he
attempted or conspired to prevent a
vote on the bill "deliberately falsifies." j
Senator Townsend said the presi-j
Kent's statement was unjust, unfor
tunate and in his opinion unconsti- j
tutional, as an attack upon a coordl- j
nate branch of the government. j
Senator Norris announced that he
favored cloture rule, but was opposed
and would still be opposed to the
armed neutrality bill unless modified.
He asserted the side of those who op- j
posed that measure had never reach
ed the people.
Senator Smoot said if the president
would call a special session of con
gress and the friends of the armed
neutrality bill would not take all
the time, the measure could be passed
in three days after it reached the
senate floor.
May Speak Late.
The last speaker was Senator La
Follette, the central figure of the fill- j
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' buster. He said he would not dis
j cuss his position on the neutrality
j bill now but might have sometnmg to
! say about it later.
i Pointing out that some of the most
I important appropriations bills, inclua
I ing the navy and array measures, had
J been presented to the senate only a
! short time before March 4, he asked:
"We they 80 long coming to the
| senate because it was undesirable that
j they be discussed here?" The army
j bill was presented, he said, with a
j provision never bef ">re dared to be J
preeented to an American congress?
J with universal conscription or univer- j
sal military training embodied in it.
"You pile up legislation of that
sort," he continued, "and then 48 or
50 hours before the end of the ses
j sion you bring in a bill that trenches
j on the constitutional authority of
I congress and demand that debate
' shall be made to conform. With this j
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1 sort to a ruie ana an iron nana icuu
! on this body from outside, with a
! congress that has reduced itself in a \
little less than three years to little J
less than a rubber stamp, do you j
liot think this sort of cloture would:
be pretty effective?" The senator^
read extracts from The Congressional j
Record of previous debates on cloture:
showing how many famous sena- j
tors had opposed it.
i "I have no apology to make for!
my action in trying to defeat thej
' armed neutrality bill." said Senator!
| Gronna. "I was opposed to that bill j
| and am now, and if it were'before the!
'senate I should talk against it and j
; should vote against it."
When Senator Smith of Georgia!
'said the change in rules would be j
I useful to prevent occurrences such j
j as that of the past week. (Senator
j Stone remarked:
I "If our action results in the senate j
! being able to do same business, then
I the occurrences of the last week hare
not been <in vain."
A resolution was prepared by Sen
; ator McLean of Connecticut request
: ing the president to call a special
j session of congress March 20 because
"important measures vital to the
| honor and safety of the nation re
j quire immediate attention." He was
1 unable to introduce It today because i
1 of the rules fight, but may bring it
! up tomorrow.
Winded Creatures.
\ "Is your wife trying to make a so
I cial butterfly of you?"
j "No," replied Mr. Crumox. "I:
don't stand any chance of being a1
winged creature of airy grace. If'
you want to classify me you'll have'
to get away from the insects and try!
birds. I'm the goose that lays the
golden eggs."
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After that long drive or tedious
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O.YE
WHAT A LIBRARY
MEASS TO A TOWN
By \oble Foster Hoercrson, President,
Hogreon Brothers, Builders.
Every town no matter how small
sliould have a public library. Such a
building symbolizes the recognition by
a community of its mental hunger, its
jintelleotual aspirations, its longing
MAMSOX MEMORIAL LIBRi
I
j A Building Which Proclaims the La
| Attractive Because of its Dignitj
i
of thought, as a church edifice ex
presses the same qualities in terms
of moral and splrtual need. It is a
great unifying force for better things.
As a mere building it gives new
tone, character and stability to a
town. It suggests growth, perman
ence, and a spirit of progress, a reatt
? Q rpai n^ed of its people
should be met in a broad, public
spirited way. The library in site,
surroundings, material -and construc
tion, should be the best, the finest
best, the people can provide. The
building should not be cramped and
hedged in, but free and clear on all
four sides, as if proclaiming in its
own freedom of breathing space the
larger mental freedom it offers to all.
The library should be, within and
without, a thing of beauty. It should
in its exterior attract dv us uiftiuij,
simplicity, solidity and fineness. It
should by graceful touches in treat
ment be made kindly looking and in
viting the passer-by to rest, to mer.tal
refreshening and inspiration. Its ar
MEXICO CITY AND BERLIN
IX RADIO COMMUNICATION
Powerful Wireless TelegTaph Plant
Reported Semi-Offieially to be
in Operation.
Washington, March 8.?Information
hoC rparhf^d the government from a
semi-official source that through the
perfection of a powerful wireless tele
graph plant in Mexico City direct
communication between the Mexican
capital and Germany has been estab
lished. >'442
Officials realize that if confirmed
this news is of great importance and
an investifiation has been ordered.
Through connection by Mexico City
with the land telegraphs leading into
the United States, Germany would be
able to obtain complete exemption
from the censorship imposed upon its
+ r> k-,t tVio AmpripA/n Gov
C'OILi ill U J I.UU
ernment at the wireless stations at
Sayville and Tuckerton and by the
British and French governments in
their control of the Atlantic cables.
Far reaching possibilities thus
would be opened for the violation of
American neutrality or even for men
acing the national safety in the criti
cal situation existing. Sea raider3
and submarines might be directed and
full information concerning the de
parture of ships from American ports
furnished. German agents in this
country might keep in close touch
with Berlin and in case of war even
more serious results might foHow.
"i1 ? AffllAlQl Ortlirf p<3 in.
i4 rom uin5cuii"Uiii.vj.ai uvma
formation has reached Washington
that secret meetings are being held
by Germans in Vera Cruz and In Mon
terey to determine upon uniform ac
tion by Germans in Mexico in the
event of war between the Unitod
States and Germany.
COUNT ZEPPELIN
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11 AS rAjSWfclJ A WAX
Inrentor of Great Airship Dies of I?
Flamation of Lnngs.
London. March 8.?Count Zeppelin
is dead, according to a dispatch from
Berlin, received by Reuters Tele
gram company. According to a Ber
lin xeiusraiii u aiiBumicu uj "vuiv. ^
Amsterdam correspondent, Count
Zeppelin died this forenoon at Char
lotteburg. near Berlin, from inflama
tion of the lungs.
THE HERALD. ANb NEWS. OSCE
YEAR FOR ONLY $1-50. *
I chitecture should oe of the best, 110
J matter "how simple the building, for ;
it should in its appearance express
I its consciousness of the glory and :
' privilege of its mission. Within it ;
i should be bright, cheery, calm and i
restful, finished in quiet tones, and i
uv, A.Kairc that toll nf rnmfort so
V\ itu VV^? * ? A. - |
' that one may forget one's body in the
joy of reading.
i ia real library is not a mere room
' with rows and rows of book-lined
| shelves, mere books gathered hurried
I RY, MADISON CONNECTICUT.
rser Mental Freedom it Offers to AIL
r, Simplicity, Solidity and Fineness.
fy and carelessly from various
sources; it is a place where only the
. best can enter. It is a room where
! the greatest genuiseo ana thinkers of
' the ages, past and present, come into
your presence and talk confidentially
: and inspiringly with you at your word
i Arvmmond. fVioro io nn fPWTVP no
I aloofness, nothing but fine, frank
| companionship in the world of let
| ters.
The library should be a town's best
j investment, paying the largest divi
! dends in education, character, cul
| ture. development. It should be a
civic and social centre with rooms
for lectures, music, debates, discus
sion. a vital factor in the life of the
, community, not a building set apart
! for occasional use as a source of in
formation or a means of distraction.
It should be a constant inspiration.
! What it means to a town is nmueu
only by what the people determine it
shall mean.
, RAYMOND, the Registered Durock
j Jersey boar is now ready for service
'J at the home of J. W. Henderson. See
me or phone 106.
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PLAN TO OVERCOME 11
LOSSES BY U-BOATS
Tbonsand Vessels of Thousand Tons 1
Each (oald be Built for $100,
000,000.
Xew York. March S.?A plan where
by cargo tonnage can be created In
this country "faster than Germany u
can sink it," has been devised by F. c
Huntington Clark, an American en- t<
ai'turums tu ctii axiiiuuxieeuiyui ^
here tonight before a joint session of f<
the Automobile Club of America, the $
Aero Club of America and the Motor
boat Club of America. S
The new type of vessel, it was said, a
could be built in great numbers quick- a
ly at small cost and by men of little
skill. Er.ch vessel would be mastles9. ?
smokeless and of diminutive size and
would have such low visibility as com- J]
pared with the great steel ships now ^
afioat, that it could be seen by a sub
marine at barely more than a third ;
of the distance at which the 10,000- "
ton steamship notsr i3 detected. | ^
In addition, it was asserted, the new a
craft, propelled entirely by motor,' 0
would offer a smaller mark, would be
more easily manoeuvered in event of
an encounter and because of its small t(
draft of from eleven to thirteen feet, 2
torpedoes that ordinarily would sink ,
the larger vessel of steel construction [
would "pass idly beneath it."
It was estimated that a thousand
vessels at 1,000 tons each could be b
built at a cost of $100,000,000 in a 0
year. These boats would be 185 feet
over all with thirty-six foot beam. I
Mr. Clark's plan is to utilize an
of the coastal wooden ship yardg -v
which now have a capacity of 250,000 c
tons a year. To enlarge these plants, t:
it was asserted, would require nothing;
more than the clearing of additional j
beach or bank, the laying down of:
more cheap wooden ways and the set-:
ting up of additional lumber planing J
and sawing machinery.
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The Reily-Taylor Go
He Smiles?
when 1
cup of
Instant P(
This wholesome f
cheers without demc
after-price of nervou
because it contains
the harmful elemei
and coffee.
V
r "There's a
^ Sold by Grocers
i?LPi>'G THE GRAIN
CKOP TO "COME BACK*
op Dressings Being: Urged More Tklf
Year Than Ever to Overcome Win
ter Damage and Losses by Heary
Rains.
Agricultural authorities seem to be
rging this year, especially the appll
ation of top dressings of fertilizer
o help the winter damaged grain
rops and to supply some of the plant
:>od that the heavy rains have wash.
d out.
In a statement sent o:it by the Farm
ervice Bureau. Prof. J. X. Harper,
well known Southern agricultural
uthority says;
"It always pays tc top dress grain,
specially oats. This year there has
een a wet winter and the nitrogen
as been washed out of the soli,
rrains that survived the severe win
?r are in need of assistance in get
ing a good start. Therefore, if max
aum crops are to be expected, top
ressings should be applied at once.
I)o not wait until Easter" says this
uthority. "That is too late. Ftar
ats and -wheat we would recommend
fertilizer analyzing 8 per cent phos
horic acid, 6 per cent ammonia, this
d be applied at the rate of 200 to
00 pounds per acre broadcast.**
The Prose Period.
"Here's a postal card from my hus
and,'' remarked Mrs. uouson. m a
ut of town, you know."
"What does he say?" asked Mrs.
hibwaite.
'"Am well. Home Tuesday.' Four
rords! And when that man was
ourting me he used to write me poe
ry by the yard.'*
The Difference.
"I heard you had a case of lock
aw. Didn't you suffer terribly?"
"No. indeed. I don't remember a
ime when I enjoyed myself more."
"Why, I thought it was something
.wful.''
"Not when your wife has it."
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(or two) of good, old
anne? The aroma will tickle
nose; the taste will tickle
palate; the price will please
purse; and all will live hap
iver after. Luzianne tastes
le way down. If it doesn't
better and go twice as far
iv other coffee at the price,
your money back. NOW
t a can of Luzianne and
; it do what we say. Do that,
for profit-sharing catalog.
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mpany, New Orleans
ne sees a
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