The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-18
German TROOPS in DcnHy Of Ostend Reach North Sec

more than $500, custom house with
drawals or, entries, so cents each
Marine and fire insurance policies. 81;
cooperative End mutual fire insYr-
auce exempted, Passage tickets sold
not exceeding $40, 81; not exceeding
500. So: tickets less than $40 exempted.
Power of attorney. 10 cents; protests
OF notes, etc., 25 cents; parlor-car seuts
and berths, ! cent.
Maximum estimate of Internal rev.
enuc, sl0f,000,000; estimate based OH
statements in possible slump In beer
production. S92.p0o.000.
SENATE DEFEATS PLANS
FOR COTTON RELIEF
The cotton relief amendment pro-
posed by the Senators from the cot
ton States was defeated by vote OF
40 to 81.
The appointment provided for an issue
Of $3.50, 100000 Of thrse,-ye 4 per cent
government bonds I'm denominations of
$40, $50, $50 and 500. to be used to
purchase, from producers, 100000
bales OF cotton at not more than 10
cents pound
Those who voted for the amendment
were; Republicans-Borah, Clapp and
Jones. Democrats--Clarke. Arkansas;
culberson, Fletcher, Lane, Lea, Tennes-
see; MARITIME, Myers, Overman Shep-
pard Shields, Simmons: Smith, Georgia:
Smith, South cnroltnai Thornton, Var
daman, White anu williams. Progress
sive-Poindexter.
Twenty-one Democrats voted against
1t; they were: Ashurst, Camden. Hitoh-
cock, Hughes, James, Johnson, Kern,
Lewis, Lee, Maryland :/NIartin, o'Gor-
man. Pomerenc. Salisbury, Shafroth,
shively, Stone, Swanson. Thomas,
Thompson, Walsh and West.
I An amendment proposing a $500, o00.-
600 bond Issue to be used by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury in stabilizing the
price OF grain during the European
war, proposed by Senator AIcCumber,
was voted down.
The amendment of Senator overmnn,
appropriating $65,968.5ss to pay to
the Southern States the amount COL
lected as n tux on cotton after the
Civil War. was defeated. II to A. The
amendment would have repaid the cot
ton tax on tho condition that the States
loan 1t TO cotton producers, on their
product.
Tense hours In the Senate followed
the announced determination of South
ern Senator'S to hold up action on the
war revenue bill, shortd the cotton
amendments be defeated Administra-
ton leaders. and even President Will
son, were notified OF the situation
Postmaster General Burleson went to
the Capitol to work against the amend
ment. After the cotton amendments
had been defeated, however, Senator
Hoke Smith, OF Georgia, declaring that
"the Senate has defeated Il measure
vastly more important than tho war
revenue BILL" moved TO lay that meas
ure on the table. Senator Bryan, or
Florida, made the point of order that
the Senate had agreed yesterday to
bring about final disposition OF the bill
tonight.
VicePresident Marshall suera lfed
this point OF order. Senator Vardaii,an,
of mississippi, then moved that the
Senate indefinitely postpone action on
the war revenue bill. This motion was
held to be withip the spirit OF the unan-
imous consent fesnlhtion.
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS "a
,ARRAIGNS COLLEAGUES
; The rollIcall was about to be taken
when Senator John Sharp Williams, OF
mississippi, himself champion of the
} cotton bond amendment. arose and ar
raigned his colleagues. From u position
in front of the Democratic seats he
faced the Southern Senator's and de-
clared that responsibility for the well
fare of the entire country would rest
upon them IL their efforts should sue
coed. Senators Clarke, of Arkansas
and Vardaman, of mississippi. strongly
defended their positions, Senator Var
daman declared he wished to do moth
4 ing to starve the Treasury, "but IL the
United States Is going to lay the heavy
hand of taxation on people grooming
with property 1t can't lay 1t upon my
people with my consent"
Senator Clarke said he believed the
government should discharge It's obli-
cations, and one of them was to the cot
ton farmers OF the South. Senator
stone. OF Missouri, appealed to what
he termed the "recalcitrant Democrats"
who, he asserted, had agreed in party
conference to vote for the war revenue
bill.
IF the recalcitrant Democrats" said
Senator Stone" are going to repudiate
the action of the Democratic conference
and undertake 10 defeat measure
which they were pledged to support,
and shall succeed in their effort we
shall stay hero until something else
Is done to relieve tho abnormal and
unexpected pressure upon the Treasury.
lThis Democratic House and Senate would
be recrcant to Its duty If this motion
should BIO adopted, and we should go
homo whipped by coterie OF recaici-
trants who would hold the Democratic
party up to contempt and bring the
Democratic administration, glorious in
achievement up to this hour, into Sc
! rious embarrassment Take your own
course, gentlemen, but an overwhelm-
Ing number of your colleagues will
stand by their guns. and not run away.
and leave the administration. for which
wo are responsible in an emergency"
POMlsItENE CRITICIzEs
4 DEMOCRATIC SENATOR'S
Senator Pomerene criticized some OF
the Democratic Senators for referring
to their effort as one of sectional In
terest, and asked what the legislatures
! of the cotton Safes and the banks had
done to aid them. He read a letter
| from D. Southern banker to other bank
ers, urging them to absolutely shut
down on any more loans; now Is the
time for calling in and not putting out"
| ITO call such a man Shylock is to
libey Shylock," Senator Pomercne de-
clared
| An amendment proposed by Sena-
tor PoindeXter which would have sub
hstituted an increased income tax for
the tax on telegraph and telephone
messages and on freight was laid on
the table.