Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-19
RIVER AND HARBOR
BILL KEEPS SENATE
At WORK ALL NIGHT
Squad of Officials Sent Out in
Taxicabs to Arrest Absent
Members
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Washington, Sept 19.-The day aneI
night fight on the river and haro9'
bill in the Senate showed signs OF
break to-day with victory for the ~
clustering Republicans when it beca1e
known that President Wilson fav0ed
abandoning the bill and substitupg
a new resolution to appropriate -
O00 900 to S15,000,00 to continue nly
those projects under way. The nsl-
nal bill proposed $50, 100000.
Officials said the President b4eved
the bill should be abandoned p its
present form because governmaz rev.
enues already falling because 81 the
European war, must be supplm ented
by a war tax. The economy ueasure
will extend all along the lW, even
Increases in salaries to otficisS Will be
abandoned.
Through a dreary session the Sem
ate to-day dragged its weay way in
an effort to break the stI5born fill
buster against the river nd harbor
bill conducted by Burton and
Kenyon and other oppornts OF the
measure. 1t was a red-qed, bedrag-
gled Senate that sat in Flemn silence
and listened to intermini5Ie criticisms
of the measure to-day. lor the Senate
was suffering from thteffects of an
aIl-night session. Derleratic leaders
of the Senate, ably suBprted in point
of numbers. had brouEiE 10 pear every
parliamentary check hey could md
. in an effort to breal fhe continuous
flow of river and hsgor lntormauon
impaired by SenatorBurton. Match
ing parliamentary Hrategy, Senator
Rurton held the foc and spoke some
times to an almoe4 empty chamber
and whenever he sould to a full at
tendance brought N a carefully engi-
neered demand fGsA quorum.
Sayera1 times ~ squad of deputy
ergeants-at-ar1us bearing writs of
arrest started oa in taXicabs to bring
in the absent members. Senator
Lewis. the Den9erauc whip, was the
first brought in G1e was hurried from |
his bed at the Army and Navy Club |
at a. m. by tdeputy after the latter
had threatenA club attendants with |
arrest becauspf their alleged refusal |
to permit thtsenator to be disturbed. |
Senator SmA of Maryland, was To-
Gated at a tehter by the sergeant-at- |
arms and nrried to the chamber. |
Senator Waks, of Massachusetts, re- |
ported to he Senate chamber after |
a quorum Ahd been secured that he |
had been crested and had promised |
the sergeaf -at-arms to hurry to the |
Senate in1fder to avoid being brought |
in by the@m.
anrce Nine Roll Calls
Atorther Senator Burton and his |
aids, Snators Kenyon and Smoot, |
forced nine roll calls before dawn !
dimmafhe light in the Senate cham |
her last as day broke the Demo-
Gratis eFced Senator Burton from the |
floor = the contention that he had |
alresx made two speeches on the |
pendng bill in a single legislative day, |
the init fixed by rule. Senator Bur- |
sspwever Immediately presented a |
MD to send the bill back to COM
nv and began the first of his |
aIfd two speeches on the motion.
brtly after 6 o'clock a. M. when |
stor Burton had occupied the floor
y than twelve hours, Senator Ken
relieved him and Immediately |
teeded in forcing a roll call on a /
ht of no quorum. During the long |
1T to get senators to the chamber |
hator Ransdell proposed that the |
tgeant- t-at-arms be directed to re-
hest the attendance of all senator's |
hw out of the city, as earlier orders |
lad applied only to those in Washing |
Jon. The order was agreed to after |
Senator Kenyon made an unsuccessful |
to secure an amendment eX- |
senators engaged in political |
When he quit talking SEN |
ator Burton left the chamber to get !
some sleep.
Senator Smith Refuses
the senator's returned from their |
homes, a deputy sergeant-at-arms re- !
ported the only absentee who had re- !
fused to obey the order for attendance |
was William Alden Smith. of Michi- |
gan. When awakened at his home by |
the officer SenaIor Smith declared he |
would not resVond because he had |
learned that a quorum was present |
and his presenke was not imperative. |
on motion of Senator Simmons four |
additional assistant sergeants- -at-arms |
were appointed and directed to again |
scour the cit! for senators who had !
responded toI calls during the night |
but had agin disappeared. Ma
tority Leadet Kern returned after !
brief rest ard Senator Luke Lea, of !
Tennessee, tJok up the task of presid-
ing officer.
Senator Rurton, refreshed by one |
hours sleephnd some coffee and eggs,
which he declared he had to fight |
for in the tenate restaurant, returned |
to the chamber. About the same time |
Senator Smith arrived and made his |
peace withthe sergeant-at-arms.