The Washington times., 1914-09-19
PLAN NIGHT SESSION.

! They plan another night session.
| Senator iiurton. backed by Senator
| Kenyon and others, conducted a sue
cessfnl filibuster throughout last
night. and the obstructive tactics are
I still going On.
| Senators today are worn out. sleepy.
| and in bad temper. Some had no
| sleep. while others had been dragged
\ from their beds or from chairs or
| CoucheS in their offices or the cloak
| rooms TO make W quorums. Repeat
| ed quorum calls sent the Sergeant-at-
| arms and his deputies sCurrying over
| Washington to drag in weary states
men.
Senator Burton took the floor last
| night al 800. He held the floor from
| then on to sos this morning.
In that period rolls calls and other in
Iterruptlons consumed four hours and
thirty minutes.
Kenyon relieved Senator Burton, who
hurried away for an hours sleep and
breakfast.
At $40 this morning there was a quo
| rum call, and Senator Burton resumed
the floor He presented an amendment
for the first section, which was really
| a substitute for the bill. After a wran-
gle. this substitute was read. consum-
ing nearly all the rest of the forenoon.
senator Simmons and other champions
of the pork barrel emphasized their
determination to force the bill to a vote.
Supporters of the bill are angered at
the filibuster. Many Senators are ap-
prehensive over the political effects of
insistence on the mea asure. 1t is be-
lieved that if the bill is forced through
the Senate the House conferees will
turn it down.
About noon the Senate agreed to pro-
ceed with the consideration of the bill
and amendments.
Senator Luke Lea, advocate of the
bill. said he hoped the Senate would
remain in continuous session until the
bill was passed.
The all-night flibuster was the first
continuous night session since the JUS
tiicati resolution last spring when
the Mexican situation was before the
Senate.
How Dry Am"
Senator John Sharp Williams. whist
| ling How Dry / Am" while Senator
| MARITIME, of New Jersey smugsled
'stimulants'' out on the floor with
which to revive Senator Burton after
| his all-inght talk were amusing Incl
| dents of the filibuster about five o'clock
| this morning.
The determined effort to wear out
Burton and his friends was best illus
trated just after Burton gave up the
| floor this morning. He was attempt
ing to get over to his office for a nap
| when arrested by a deputy sergeant at
arms and hailed before the Senate to
help constitute a quorum. He had en-
joyed one little nap. however. in the
Presidents room during one of the
quorum calls last night. After a short
| nap this morning he went to the Senate
restaurant for breakfast. where it ap-
peared to the worn-out Ohioan that
even the walters had entered into a
conspiracy to prevent him from getting
any such contrabands of war as food
or comfort.
Shrewd Parliamentary Fight.
Shrewd parliamentary tactics marked
Burton's all-night fight 1t was abso-
lutely necessary. in order for him to
hold the floor, to be frequently relieved
by quorum calls or some other inter-
ruption. Under the rules OF the Senate
however, a quorum may not be called
for unless some business, other than
speaking has intervened since the last
quorum call. Burton avoided this by
making motions from time to time to
recOmmit the bill, or to amend it. which
constituting new business. at once per-
| mittcd n quorum call. Aye and no votes
were demanded by Burton and his
| friends on every question presented, but
| by large show of force the Democrats
were able TO prevent this request from
! being sanctioned by the chair.
Warrants served by deputy sergeants-
alarms dragged many Senators from
comfortable beds OF wee hours this
| morning. A number Of Senators, includ-
ing Weeks of Massachusetts. were drag
Ced from their beds twice during the
light, the first time a little after mid