The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-13
HOUSE LEADERS
PLAN REFUSED
lie Wants Substitute OF Sena=
tor Gore Combined With
That of Senator Weeks
KTTCHIN IS OPPOSED TO BILL
Measure Rejected by President
Would Terminate Activities
of Government in Shipping
Business Two Years After
Close of European War.
KTTCHIN is OPPOSED TO BILL

WASHINGTON, T9b. 12-President
Wilson today rejected the proposed
compromise ship purchase bill drafted
yesterday by Democratic house lead
ers. The president flatIy refused to
agree to proposed amendment ter
minating the activities of the govern
ment in the shipping business two
years after the close of the European
war. He put forward a counter prop
osition which was taken up at con-
ferences at the capitol.
The presidents counter proposition
was that the house combine Senator
Cores substitute for the administra-
tion bill with bill by Senator Weeks,
which has already passed the {, nate,
proposing a line OF naval anXilarieS
to be used for passengers and freight
in emergencies at the discretion of
the secretary of the navy. 1t was
stated that the president would not
accept any amendment to destroy the
permanent character of the project
Democrats who had been working
at both ends of the capitol to get the
bill in form acceptable to both senate
and house before March 4 were con
fident il could be passed if the amend
ment making it a temporary measure
were attached. The counter proposal
advanced by the president threw the
whole proposition again into the re-
gion of uncertainty.
Representative Kitchin, house Dem
ocratic leaderelect, Ceciared he would
not vote for the bill in the form pro
posed. but that he had no doubt it
could pass the house. The Democrats
who favored the temporary amend
ment feared a resumption of the Re
publican filibuster were it not at
tached.
With the White House proposal as
a new basis, further negotiations went
forward
With a view to ending the de-
termined filibuster against the admin
istratiOn ship purchase bill, the Dem
ocratic leaders were ready when the
senate met today to attempt TO force
cloture rule limiting debate. They
did not expect to accomplish this
without struggle waich might last
several days.
Meantime plans were going forward
for the passage through the house
of the Gore bill with an amendment
that would terminate the government
activities in the shipping business two
years after the close of the European
war. This is the compromise pro-
posal tentatively agreed upon by the
house leaders in order to bring the
bill from the deadlock which has
blocked its passage in the senate and
to avert an extra session of congress-
While house conferences have de-
veloped, house administration leaders
say that President Wilson is still de-
u ermined to press the shipping bill
Eeven if it means an extra session
Some house leaders, however. have
told the president taay they believed
an extra session could not pass the
bill as it would fail to get a majority
in the new congress. Despite the an
nOunced position of the president
the house leaders, it is said, anxious
the compromise bill before the senate
and give the president an opportunit
to accept it if the pending bill fails
of passage.
Senator Reed tried 10 secure vote
on shis resolution for a final vote on
the bill on February 10. His action
came as complete surprise and a
long wrangle followed
Twice during the debate roll calls
on motions resulted in tie, 46 to 46
and each time Vice President Mar
shall broke the deadlock voting with
the administration forces He sus-
tanned Senator Lodges point of order
however, that Senator Reeds proposal
was debatable. Senator Norris then
moved TO amend Senator Reeds mo-
tion by adding his proposed cloture
rule that no senator should speak