The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 08, 1917, Image 7
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• ASSAiLS SENATORS
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WILSON DENOUNCES HUBUS-
> A TERERS IN STATEMENT
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* FEW MEN BLOCK ACTION
TO BREAK RELATIONS
.loidrla to lie HamicJ Raxoc Treat-
id cut m Gemaajr.
WILSON’S HAND TIED i
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Provident Plans to * ItcvLsc Senate
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Kales so That Spoclal Session May
Meet Submarine Menace—Small
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Group Has Kendered Great Gov-
eminent Helpless and Contemptl-
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ble, Adding Danger to tlie Orisis.
•uad Mldom If arar baa been equal
led In tba hiatory of tha Aenata
roWjt wera atratned to ahriaklDK.
tbreatatflnit flats were abaken at tba
' rresidinn officer white tire* crowded
. 41oor and galleries looked on bfeath-
ARMED NEUTRALITY BILL NOT i~»«y »««,««»" 00 i n p* ,, ’ ,rd
without ylolmre. The chair recog-
ACTED ON BY SENATE
President Wilson Sunday.night in
formed the country in a statement
that he may be 'without power to
arm nierchaef-and tahe other
steps to meet the German submarine
/menacTe, in the absen£eL*Tf authority
from Congress. / "*
An extra session of Coftigressi the
presijdent says, may lx* required to
clothe him with authority, but it s is
useless to call one while the Senate
works under the present rules, which
permit a small minority to keep an
overwhelming majority from acting.
The president proposes, therefore,
that the special session of>4he Senate
which he has' called to meet, revise
the rules “to supply the means of
action and save the country from
disaster.“
“A little group of willful, men.’
says the .president in his statement,
“representing no opinion, but their
.own, have rendered the great govern
ment of the Tnited States helpless
and contemptible.”
The president’s statement in .full
follows: . • r
• “The terir’pstlon of the last ses-
/sion of the Sixty fourth Congress by
vcons'itutloQal limitation discloses a
ltdtuation unparalleled in the history
of any modern government. In the
tminedlate presence ’ of a crisis
fraught wi\h more subtle and far-
rearhtng posstbintie* of national dan H
ger than any other tlie government
has known wlthfn the whole hlatory
of* It*. International relations, the
f’ongresa haa been unable to act eith
er to safeguard the country or lo vin
dicate tbe elementary rights of ti«
cltltens. Mote than flve hundred fit
tbe flve hundred and tlrlrty one mem
bers of the two houses were ready
and antmns to act: the House
Complete arrungemente for • Uie
withdrawal of* American diplomats;
and consular officers from Austria-
Hungary have been made by Ambas
sador Penfleld on Instructions from
the state department. . ?
■ x It ’was learned that the ambassa
dor had been directed to take this
step, the belief at the department
being that a break in relations is in
evitable. The Spanish rgovernment
has been asked to take oyer Ameri
can interests and plans have been
bade to expedite the withdrawal of
all Americans if the break occurs.
The last report from Ambassador
Penfleld, a brief cable receivSfl' after
the instructions were sent, .suggested
a slight possibility that Austria’s re
ply to thia f government’s aide me
mo! re asking a definition of her at
titude in the submarine situation
might be favorable. No real hope HPHHHI
was raised in Washington, however,-ator Stone, Democratic Chairman of
and no change in' instructions
lowed..
Pending a reply to the ..
BILL TALKED TO DEATH
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Twelve Senators, Led by I^a Pollette
and Encouraged by Stone, Ucfu^c
to Grand Wilson’s Roquest—Mani
festo of Reventy-alx Senators Fix
Responsibility for Defeat of the
Measure.
x . Twelve senators, led by Senator
’ollette and encouraged by Sen-
U-BOATS IET 78,660 TONS ||C TUC “nVFRT An”
k IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA W IBI ' U,Lai * IUI
n!*ed Senator Hltchcoc)t, and l.a Pol-
ictte s opportunity ^ was snatched
away.
The closing moments of the ses-
aion were tense and impressive: Ten
nvlnutes before the erd Senator
Hitchcock had made M ; 5 ;»p'al
for unanimous consent for i . o *» on
the bill La“ Fnllette objected The
Nebraska senator, prefacing his clos
ing remarks with a portion of Pres
ident Wilson’s address to Congress
asking for the authority about to be
denied, solemnly sai^:
v “It Is unfortunate and deplorable
that ; twelve men in the Senate of the
U nited States have it in their power
to defeat the will of seventy-five or
eighty members by one of the most
reprehensible filibusters ever record
ed in the history’ of any civilized
coimtry.”
Senator Hitchcock paused while his
ctfoils fOi- the foreign relations cobmittee, in a| • Hit. .^oca paused w mie ni.)
! . ^ v - I words echoed through the chamber.
» aide me- ^ pnnuncp( ^ by I refluent., j a pollette stolidly glared toward*
■ .„.;n r/.- WHsqiiJgi spokesman as the most re- 1 the Nebraskan, who presently added
. fthori/ing him to arm American ships Np'one did, for the hour ,0? noon
Then* the aide metdorie was sent ace •
many
... • . j i tuui i/uiH II till vu in hi AUi«riiiian siiii'nt o
bussaXr PonnW i to meet the 0cnmin had strurk and .he StMy-four.h Con-
' . • ... gre;S was ended. •
Unyielding throughout twenty-six J liefore’the manifesto waa present-
don to ap-,f.(] many Democratic and Uepublican
the presl-j legdeys woiked unceasingly to pr**-
ucui »» v uum. humilie.Mng to the .vc*nt inevitable defeat of the bill
country ; uncompromising in a crisis{ Senators Simmons. * Pomerenc.
k and other Dem-
th'-t rount Tarnow Tarnowski the‘ uu ® lu '- *’*■ ocrais juiu«-u «>ith Hepublicr.n S* na
new Austrian ambassador who land-|^ ar ‘ Ul Collette and his sinaU-group tors I-odgo. llorah Hrandegee. Hath
bairman Stone, of
pre-ent his crodfntials to President 1 "'*" "" '"* loroiKii committee, and
asking for an exact definition of Aua- L, 1,
tria's intention because of t!ie differ- ^ u . rB ' ,f ‘
ence between American relations ;P*»' 8
with that country and those with “f' 1 '
Oermanv The state denartment re- uncompromising
cent I y notified the Austrian embassy J-’^ribed to them as -the most jHugl.es Mardwicl
•aWi tho Ious to the nation since the tivnlocrats joined will
new Austrian ambassador who land- ' * , . ^, ‘ ‘ . V .
ed at New York the dav the German t of supporters refused a majoiity o* erlaml, Smoot and ot
DroclamaTionwai received could^uH colleague an opportunity to coulI , rom ise with Cha
^ Pre Tden vote on the armed neutrality bill and | th e foreign delations
Heel in rlainui lle^trudion of
Transport and Several Others-—- .
• Gives Names of Ships I^ost.
The sinking by y-boats in the bar*
red zone of the Mediterranean of 17
vessels with an aggregate tonnage of
Tft.flKO, was announced by the Ger
man admiralty Sunday by wireless.
A. list ot the vessel* destroyed fol
lows: * .
February ti- Armed fanspert,
9,000 tons.
February 23—Transport crowded
with troops,’*6,000 tons.
February 23—Transport with car
go, 5,000 tons.
' February 24—Armed transport
with 500 colonials, artillery *pd
horses, 34,4 94 tons.
In East Few I)a*’s~-Thirteen ves
sels of nn aggregate tonnage of 25,-
166. To f tti 17 ship^ TS.660 tons.
' The 1U vessels listed abjve includ
ed the following: ,
Oceania, Italian. ith groin, from
America to Italy*, 4,2^0 tonH. t
* Uorso, British, eaulpped with con
cealed armament, with 5,000 tons
ore and' linseed.cotton from Bombay
to Hull, tons. •;*
Jhudc^nzia. Italian, with Indian
corn from Argentine to/Italy, 3,307
tons..
.-'io;!*l;ih«l* Sv. •• li'li. /itircoal from
Xorfolk, to Italy, 2,9y0 tons.
I riconnissos, Grewt. bound from
niki. to Algiers,/,!,537 tons.
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AMERICAN RIGHTS VIOLATED
K IN LACONIA AHACK
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ADMITS WARLIKE PLANS
shalT supporr to the greatest degree
possible the submarine campaign
CHINA Vo BREAK
rerminy lb iktermlned'ISill p’^Uiwi;;To | ^‘nTF/r^nUmbm of the 8cn-
t.crmanjr » determined tB« Bv *"0,^ wonJl , ,hnt thoy favored „n the subject.
of the measure.. . c -~ • After abandoning the hope the de-
The.tcxt of the manifesto follow*:, f^ted senators detemlned to Dnuke
“The maji rity of United Staten Hon^tor-1 .a UoU»*i u* pa> for-Ms coup
Senators favor*d U.e passage of th**'r)v aa<rtfl**ing the crowning fruits of
Senate bill, authorizing the president f i ^ victory During the early morn-
of. the United States to arm Amerl-! |ng hours they worked out the plan
can merchant vetbsels. a similar bill * 0 prevent him from deiftri-nug his
already having passed the House bv ( t o the Senate. The time was
a vote of 403 to 13. Under the rulesjflxrd for in o'clock Sunday morning
of the Senate, allow'ng unlimited jde | «t l4 n most of the s%nktora would be
bate. It appears to be Impte^lble to; i.ar* tn the chamber ready for ad-
(obtain a vote previous to noon. I jourpment. -
I«a Pollejte 1o*»king fresh and ea
rahinet to Hack American
tgalu-i <>«*miany.
Artbm
The (Munese cabinet decided China
should Join the .United States in
Ireaklng off relations with G*ermmny.
Thhi decision was submitted to the March 4, 1917. wfeflVI tty|p teuton nf|
debate
an end. no
— — - - - |n#l ^ expected . reunsyivania. announrea i at ne r* les would
tartlet of an> kind can be pr»*wmwm. | “ virtually unantmous! w< >uld have voted for the till had op size the m
m favtir of the opinion of the cabl-be«*n aff«»rded him Tho t flr«*t The t
A **" “■" d ,'" D ( 1 h ' r in fatur o* lb* opinion
' Th . rM.ialt In Ihi. iMl* lil# ,lco |ir*»M*OI of Ibo ropubll
^‘ o^rl. paraly.l. .I.k* „l mpport. .b, , .b.n*.
branrbM*ol l - COMiKDS TO DECLARE WAR
Th:* mabll.t \ of the Senate to «« X _
has rendered some of the most oec j
eH»ary legislation of the nesslon inf-
poseible. at a t.me when the n**ed for
to approve [Congresa expires We desire the gpr entered the chamber while Sen -
He did not
’ the fact
ready for
en started
and
Sen-
tbe
he r*. |e^ would be compelled to recog
mafl who addressed him
hair recognized Senator
twelve who went on record with tte lipchcock. hut lai Polleite interrupt-
thirteen members of the House ^
•■•ln*« .trontmb-lo PrMblont WU-j t oVlock n,,, morning b,
iotTcht recognition I
"JJ. O* h. whlrh ’ b. tptpml olber mem bet ■ of lh« mb-1 Thirteen ,*nntora declined in •lien , a take hla »enl both HIKbeork I
The Bonale ha» no rnje. b, Wblrn ^ the doelamllon. but on# of them , Kol'.ti* «ddre.**d tho ehnlr 8
h,' Jhii.h dUmtorv) Th * r»«i*ni,llon of Hie .ntlf, .«bl |Sen»tor remoae. RepubUmn. ol at'or SnoU’-try. pre.ldma, nmier
. ^ . ' fitot lm •*«ndb-(**d
>
It was most pressing and most evi
dent The bill which would have per
mined such combinations of capital
sad of organisation In the export sod
import trade of the country aa th-
circumstances of International com
petition huvn made imperative—a
bill which the bualneaa Judgment of
the whole country approved and de
manded has failed.
• The opposition of one or two aen-
ators baa made It impossible to Ip-
crenke the membership of the Inter*
state Commerce Commission or to
glvn It the altered organizntion nec
essary for IU efficiency. The consec
ration hill, which should have re-
I muted for immediate use the mineral
resources which are still locked up
in tkn public lands, now that their
lelease it more imperatively neces
sary than ever, and the bill^which
would have made the unused water
power of the country immediately
available for industry, have . both
failed, though they have been under
consideration throughout the sos-
\\ ll*« n Will VH Piece War \V lh«»wt
t ’ongress.
son tht authority Lc naked frum Cun- ^
gress In the crisis, were:
Republicans Clapp of Mlnne«u.ti, 1
Cummins of lown. Gronna of North
Imkota. Kenyon of lown. In Pollettr
of Wisconvln. Norrla of Nebraska.
Works of California -7.
Itemocrats -Kirby of Arlrin«a«.
O'Gorman of New
“At i
said, "when f aiouthl
President \Yil»on has no indentl.m
ol taking action that would nrlng il,ane of Oregon
war with Germany unless Congress York. Stone of Missouri. Vardanian
in summoned In extra session This of Mlselaelppl •
was communicated to Sentte leaders | Associated with them In oppoal-
by representatives of the president, tlon to the armed neutrality bill were
who takes the position that If no ex
traordinary crisis arises It will not
be necessary to call an extra session
before latf in the spring and then
only to pass any appropriation bills
which may fail at the present i
• hTm f °mhn 't#*! h sJaTnst H^^lTouse potnt of ordfr lhml 11 W|U ® ot 1 ,>fop
H ° | rr InquitT under the Henate rules
naawMIrala nlsdlrt of Califo J U Follette a voice began to rise
U b Commt 6f do r * r « '' h * •hod**. • «b»t
ion .W^od.10. n*,l> of M.bo^oL 11*1- °°' nt « t rd * r ,b *
Igesen of North Nakota. Umbergh of The Arkanana senator Insisted on
remedy The only remedy ta that Minnesota. Nelsen of Wisconsin. ;*<*<*resting the chair again and Ln
tha rulaa of tha Senate shall be so (Stafford of Wisconsin. Wilson of ll-|Po!lette moved out Into the center
altered It cna act. Tha country may
be relied on to draw the moral 1
believv that the Senate can b# relied
on to supply the means of action
and nave tbe country from dlnanter **
At the same time thq president au
thorized the further, statement that
shat rendered the situation even
more grave than it had: been suppos
ed that it was. was the discovery
that, while the president under his
was told that when th# vftr# pre»i
dritt left tha chair ha had left a list
.wMh the names of two senators upon
it who might b« recognised before I
could be recognised They warn Hen
a'ors Owen and Hitchcock. I recall
that sometimes these lists are dism-
gat tied Uy presiding officers and I
would Ilka to know If I am to be rec
«.gnized “ Ha mada thla statement
as a preliminary Inquiry and Anna-
tor lioblnaon Immediately made a
Gcnnufeiv AsWuovvIcxI^ch Intention of
• Seeking Alliance.
Foreign Secretary Ziuimerraann
v as nuked by a htaff member the
Overseas News agenry • about the
English report that n German plot
hail beep revealed ti K**t Mexico to
Hare war against the United States
an ! to sesare Japan’s aid ag*iin*t the
United States ' •
Aermtxry Zlmmerm.inn answerei up
’You understand that it is im|*osi«t-
l*le for ne to dUcuss the facts of this
fewaled | lot Just at tills nioment
and UD«ler* these * ircum* tatu es 1.
therefore, ntav be allowed to limit
my answer to^what Is said in tfle
bneitsh reports, which cortatnty are
not Inspired by sympathy with Ger-
AMY*' The .English report express-1 in their belief
ly states that Germany expected and
wUIhhI to remain on trim* of friend
ship with the United States, but that
ee had prepared measures of defensi*
in rase the United Htates d«N Ijred
war against Germany I fell to see
how such a plot* is Inspired by un
friendliness on our part It would
n can nothing but that we sould use
means universally admitted in war.
In case the United States declared
mt.
"The most important part of tbe
illeged pl«»t Is Its condition and
form" tTbe version of the Zim
mermann statement cabled from
! ondon rends In thla Mnfeme “tha
most Important part of the alleged
plot la its conditional form "I
* Tha whole plot’ falla flat to the
ground in raae the Untied rttal4»s does
not declare war agalnat na And if
we realty., as the report alleges, ron
sldered tbe |x»slblltty of hostile acta
against United Atatea. then we really
had renaona to do ao
Hions of both (’ongrcHses an*! have : K », nera i constitutional pow* rs could
been twice passed by the House of
Representatives. •
“The approprlationa for the army
have failed, along with the appro
priations for the civil establishment
of the government, th*' appropria
tions for the Military Aoadbmjr at
Wept Point, ami the general defici
ency bill. It has proved impossible
li n0 l» 9 aisle and down Into tha wall bafora
Democrat#— Decker of Mlaaourl. ; dark # desk •
Shackleford of Misaouri. Sherwood i Tha almost deserted Senate cham
Of Ohio 3 jber quickly bwgan to Ml. Democrpts.
Socialist lAindon of New York--* ouny of them warned of the koup
j » | about to be sprung, hurried in with
The seventy-six senator* who sign-, confident smiles to enjoy tha specta-
ed the manifest were: ,cle of seeing a filibuster pitted
Democrats—Ashurst. Bankhead, against a filibuster . lax . PollaUa,
Beckham. Broussard. Bryan. Cham- quickly sensing the situation, raised
herlain, Chilton. Fletcher. Hardwick.. hlx 'olee almost to a shriek, and
Hitchcock. Hollis. Hughes. Hunting, dtak his forefinger menacingly at
do much of whet he had asged the'jiimeH, Johnson, South Dakota: , Senator Saulsbury, shouted:
Congrovs to empower him tp do. it | Kern. I.ea, Lewis. Martin. Virginia;; “I will continue on this floor untlj
Jersey; Myers, New- I complete my statem* nt unless
Owen, Phelan. Pitt-. aontebody carries me off'the floor.
had been found that there were cer- Martlne. New J
tain* >1*1 statute* us yHsUnrep*'i c<l lands. Overman.
erahl^
wh f ch may raise insuperable praHl
cal obstacles ‘ and may nullify his
power.
* The old law referred to by the
president was adopted by C-mgre .*
to extend the powers of the shipping j in 1M9 ffnd referred to the resist-
hoard to meet the" special needs of
the new ^situation into which our
commerce has been forced or to in
crease the gold reserve of our na
tional banking system to meet the
unusual circumstances of the exist
ing financial situation.
I '*lt would nof cure the difficulty
to call the Sixty-fifth Congress in ex
traordinary session. The paralysis
of the Senate would remain. The_
purpose and the spirit of action are
not lacking now. The Congress is
more definitely united.in thought and
purpose at thip moment, I venture to
say, than it has x been within .the
memory-of any man now iit its mem
bership. X * .
“There Is not only the most united
patriotic purpose, but the objects
members have in view are perfect 1>
clear and definite. Its majority is
powerless, helplessVy In,the niidst of
a crisis of extraordinary. peril, when
only definite and decided action can t
make the nation safe or shield it
from war its'df.by the aggression of
others, action is impossible. ..
“Although, as a mat ter of fact. t he
nation and the representatives of-f he
nation stand back of the executive
with unprecedented unatiiniity anc
spirit. «-the impression made abroad
m'lllj of course, be that it lit not so
and that other governments may act
as they please without fea^ that this
government can do anything at all.
We can not. explain The explana
lion la incredible.
“The Senate of the United
la the only legislative body*!# the
world which caw not art whan 4U ma
jority la ready for action A little
groat Of wtifal mm. rwnnentinc no
ance . of. American merchantmen 1
nga f nst the ftllftcks of privafeers and
pirates, but excluded from vessels
which might be so attacked “a pilblfc
armed vessel of a nation in amity
with the United'States.” Technical
ly Germany is not at war with the
United States, and submarines are
“public armed vessels” of Germany.
...The president’s statement follow
ed a conference at the \Yhit.e House
b<.'twe*if>Mr. AVilson, Sepmary Me-
Adoo. Postmaster General Burleson,
Uol K. M. House, Vance (\ McCor-
mJck. chairman of. the Deraocvatic
national committee. *and < Secretary
Tumulty.
ft will be noted that the president
referred to the opposition group .as #
containing eleven senators^ whereas
thirteen who liad opportunity to do
«o failed to sign the manifesto. Sen
ator Per.rose did not sign, but saijl
he would have ^oted for the armojl
ncutraii.ty bfll had opportunity been
afforded^ It was assumed that the
president had eliminated also Sena
tor Stone IP his li-t. because Stone
announced fie opp* sod the bill, but
did not oppose b vote
man. Ton erene. Hansdall. Reed. Rob- and I would like to see the man do
inson. Saulsbury, Shaffroth, Shep- it.’’ }
pard. Shields. Summons, ‘ Smith. Before La Folletta could conclude
Georgia: Smith, Maryland; Smith, tbe sentence Senator Robipson leap-
.’Soilth (’arolin ; Sw anson. Thomas, ed to i.is feet and st.imp.M! down
Thompson. Tillman. Underwood, aicle on th** Democratic side* shoul-
Walsh rfnd WilHams— 4 6. > ing demands that* his point of order
Republicans—Borah, Brady, Bran- be sustained and that Ea Foll^tte be'
de, gee. Catron. Clark. Colt. Curtis, forced to his seat.
Dillingham. Dupotrt. Fall, Fernald,! Senator Saulsbury promptly sus-
Harding, • Jones, l.bdgo, McCumber, Malned the point of order and j.a Fol-
Mcl pan. Nelson,* Oliver, Page, Poin- lette as promptly appealed from his
TWO AMERICANS LOST
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Wafthtagton Regards Torpedoiag a#
liner as a Direct Contravention eg
Principles for Which Thla Oownlry
Haa Stood—-Ship Attacked With
out Warning—Good Fortune Surra
Many. ;
The sinking of the CunaH?- T
conia by # German Bubraara. -» *
stated offlf? ^’y* Tu^aday t'' con- »-
Au.d d cut v.oUtion ot Ameri
can riglits.
Conclusive official 'information at
the state department shows that two
American women lost their -lives,
that if four other Americans among
the. passengers and the 'l4 among the
crew uere saved, it was only by good
fortune, atulJhat the.vessel wan’sunk
without warning in direct defiance of
all the principles for which the" Unit
ed Htates has stood.
Consul Frost*# geport* ffom the
survivors 4how that th*» vessel waa
struck by a first torpedo without
worning at 10.30 Sunday night 150
miles *.ff Fastnet. The eng.ne was
stopped as the ship Hated tn star
board, wireless calls were flashed
broadcast and six rockets were sent
up. Thirteen boats with passenger*
and crew gdC away in a heavy sea.
. About 20 minutes after the firwt
torpedo, the reports add. and while
some of the borts were sttll nearby,
a second tnrp«-do was driven Into the
.vessel, which sank three-quartera of
an hour after the original attack.
The small boats with survivor*
pitched shout during the long hoars
of the night until rescue ships < ame
During this time the two Amert-
*t*o women. Mrs Mary K Hoy sad
MUs K’liab* th Hoy of Chicago died
of exposure and were burled at sea.
There were several other deaths, sot
of Xni4*rlcaa«
ft eras stated officially tbit no
other facts si
eminent ofl
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“Of coarse.” was the reply
are yoa you have set been
nixed at all." He then declared bis
objection again “I still desire to be
heard.” he added.
‘The senator haa bden beard.’* la I
terjeried fteaator Smith of GeoraU
bat Mr La Folletta dissented
7Did the senator from Georgia any
that waa not true?" naked tbe Wis
consin senator vising again from his
seat
“Yes."
“The senator from Georgia states
a falsehood when he says that. * lot
Follette rf Joined •
Senator Smith rose to his feet but
smiled sod later thV two exchanged
opinions to the same effect, but in a
different and milder language.
The even tenor of txlk was resum
ed by Senator Hitchcock while Sena
tor I^a Follette and Senator Norris.
Ills chief lieutenant In the tight. *al
and watched. At 11.43. with only
seventeen minutes for the session re
maining,, Mr. Hitchcock again pro
pped a unanimous consent agree
ment for a vote at 11.43 o’clock.
• ! object,” said l.a Follette, rising
to In'* f»*et and smiling Tbv r*d!
ur.s Palled under the rules and SS
•enii’ors a^vVwered The clerk read
the proposed agreement as the rules
re tufted:
.0bleat/’ said the Wlaconsln sen-
itor. agatji bowing^and smiling.
A minute iater be objected to Sen-
la
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Haar
11 lb
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h Hay
Smobt! Sterling.. Sutherland, TodTls- moved to table ]dx FolleUe’s appeal
dexter, Sherman, Smith, Michigan; ruling. Senator Robinson quickly -»tor l!it*l.cock retaining the floor
longer because he contended b ist-
n^ss had intervened 1 —the calling of
a quorum— and that having already
spoken twice'on the subject ini one
legislative' -day, the rules rettgired
him to yield the floor.
Senator Robinson, then presiding-,
quickly’r.uled that there had been no
such intervening business. Before it
iit11 tn a rulings* motion was carried
end, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson
and Weeks—3 0. ^ j
Of the seven senators not record
ed three, Gal Unger qnd Goff, Repub
licans and Gore. Democrat, were ab
sent., on Account of sickness. Sona-|
tors I inpitt, Repuhlican, and John
son,.of Milne, and Smith, of Ari^jjna,
IVveoertits^ were ^bAetit from the
cf.v 1 . Senator (’ulberson,. Democrat.
and there the coup against La Fol-
lett.e was clinched. . *
“The ayes and noes,” shouted Sen
ator Aslnfrst. His name Heads the
list and always starts the roll call.
“AsJiurst,” called the clerk, while
La Follette frantically appealed for
the recognition whijeh l.e- sa’w was
doomed/ *
A.shurst responded/with a roaring
di i not reaclf the Semite in time to “c>e.”
The motion carried, .*>2 to IT*. .»
Th us beaten In his plait to talk the
be recorded. . \ "
)l/0iirS before the end senators
who fought throughout the night to bill to death, I a Follette was forced
break down the filibuster, fomeiwd to sit and hear Senatoi 1 Hitchcock
a way to thwart l.a Folletto’s well discuss the measure until Congres^
la*d plans to occupy the center of expired. .
th<* ’cvislation stage at tlie dimaX of Restive under the restraint, ll.e
the hi Her Jlght. Ua execOtion brought Wisconsin senator drummed on hla
the p.*'x>d*>n to a.diama > ic enrf wirtr d*jSkujfhowed nn unlit cigar and in-
La FoBett? fighting vainly for a U*rrupted frequently with statements
chance to deliver a speech, on which about his constitutional rights. At
The Senate hks been called by the i he had worked many days. He saw least three times, however, when a
nrerddent to meet in special session. |the f-iends of the *tn*m*s4 leglsJaMpn unanimous consent agreement . was
in'Tc’ ; ofdance with the custom of, inflict the d«th blow wTftFfi he plan-(proposed for a vote before noon he
living ms at the begin-|ped. # ‘ ^objected. ; He appealed unavailingly
nlng of ea< h. administration to Install | Instead of l*a Follette, Senator to Senator Hltcheock to give him an
the Vice-president and confirm nouii-, Hitchcock, garter of the majority in opportunity to be heard,
nations * •’ ' 4avoc of the bill, talked out tbe wan- Shortly alter ! 1 o'clock Senator
There has been much discussion of ing tfours of the session. Timing Hitchcock proposed am agreement for
late of conTiaulnC Of# acsslon this' hit oppor«unity to the m'nute. Sena- a yitfe on # the Hor.se bill at. I I .19
time to consider cheating the Senate ••!or I*a Follette entered the Senate Senator Stone said he objected to
rules • A pemsfent fight h«« been chamber shortly after 9 o'clock 9uu . the bill but not fo voting on It.
waged for year* for some form of 'day morning prepared to take the “I object non and will object
i I ii i til epUMHnr to It hts dwtn-1 center of the stage When lb* mo —* “ * ^
died In apt'# of tbe yvimtnttmtto jipit bn bfll.
to grant S**nator Hitchcock the right
to continue. By that time less than
five minutes remained of the'life of
the Congress and Senatpr Robinson,
still presiding, interrupting Senator
Hitchcock on the stroke of twelve to
declare the Senate a<ijourned sine
ijlie;
. While tlie armed neutrality bill
.WAh going to ita~4«aU* UreKidem- Wil
son, forewarned of its doom, waa in
his ropm off the Senate charrt-
fier-signEng bills and waiting to take
the ogth of offibe for his. second
term Many seriators hastened to
shake his hand and assure him of
their loyalty after adjournment.
Senator La Follette'left the cham
ber Imm^iately and went to hU of-
fi^r. As Ad If he had any statement
to make ne only said: * .
. “No, but I have a great speech un
delivered. erhtch I propose to deliver
throaghout the country.'’ -
A
milted the ac
son he* said
him to bettev
Both Whit
peri meat offi
the ensner m
The president
for nnthorlty
vent Just sari
meat when t!
Ing over the
Naval offir
fart that the
nt night. Il
roaditioB of ■
t«fore that t
hy dar
waters '
Bight
Il In aubn
charge elect r
night end It
that the bon
!«aeo*la waa
In thie oper
came along
The follow
sal Frost at (
o’clock Mond
Tuesday nt I
*Twe Am
dead from ai
at s«w from
Mery E Hoy
of Chicago
F M. Glhboai
F E. Hnnla. wifa of Col. Harris. V.
8. A...Fort DaPont. Arthur F Kir
by. upper New York Bute, end Fath
er Warning of 8t Joeeph’e eemlaarjr*
Baltimore. -
'"l*nconie torpedoedNprlthoat want
ing 10.30 p. m . February IS. 10#
miles neat of Faatnet. Overcoat,
heavy swells not breaking, fair
breexe,
"laronla carried 4.7 gun iorfaiblw
at night. Second torpedo 20 mto-
ute« after first Thirteen boata got
away of which number eight wltli
Hoy ladies was lost. Wlrelefm hart
been sent out. Boats picked up by
admiralty pi.trol 4 a. m., Fehruanr
eottoB foodstuff* and noB-
exp!os|re munitions. Apparcntlp
e*ght deaths out of 235 on bonnt.
Two hundred and sixty crew and TS
passeqgers^ including many women
mud children.
“Ship sank in about 4r> mini:ten
fTom time of first torpedo. -Had fired
x rockpts which were aeeif> by ad
miralty patrol. Wierless "also used
up to lust -moment. Boats sextiered
two or three miles in swells 12 feet
high. Burred flares were picked up
»* itim between 3 and 4 February
second dispatch ..from Consul
Frost, timed 8.30 o’clock Tuesday .
morning, says: “Deaths Mrs. and
Miss Hoy pa reported now positively
confirmed. , Cedric B. I vat of Xewvj.
York, probably American* is appar
ently lost..’' v
“Total survivors landed, here 267.
Lahded nt Ban try, 14. Total on
hoard 29 4. missing 13, of whom five
drowned end eight, including Hoy
ladles; died of exposure and burled at
sea. Six hospital cases, none belicr-
ed grave. First torpedo struck abaft
engine, steamer going 17 to IS
knots, engine stopped and ship turn-
ed listing to Starboard, so that moat
boats got off that side. Twenty
utes taler w hen in*>Bt boats were clear
submarine fired second torpedo*
striking engine port side."
AGREEMENT WITH CUBANS -
t'ncle Sam Guarantee* Fair Flurflnm
*. • •
in IsUnd.
Uomm mder R. R Halknap. reprw-
sentlng the.. American govern!
has signed an agreement with thw
Cuban leaders of the revolutionary
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