Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-09
No Further Compromise Re-
garded Possible and Fight.
May Continue Until End of
Session, March 4,
SENATOR JONES BEGINS
RECORD BREAKING SPEECH
Big Supply Bills May Not Pass
and Threat of Extra Session
Is Intimated by President
Wilson,


Washington, Feb. S.-Administra-
ton forces of the senate succeeded
late today In forcing the republicans
and insurgent democrats back to the
defensive in the fight over the gov
eminent ship purchase bill.
Accepting the inevitable, leaders
of the opposition at once renewed
their declaration of unrelenting war
on the bill, TO be continued If ncces-
sary until adjournment on March 4.
and general debate was resumed in
another protracted session which
showed no signs of abatement at
late hour tonight.
Begin Long Speeches.
When the night session was assur-
ed Senator Jones of Washington,
who had been preparing for such an
emergency for more than week.
took the floor and launched into a
speech designed 20 extend through
out the night. senator Jones declared
he would talk until March 4, If il was
physically possible and necessary in
order to accomplish the defeat of the
bill
Few senators on either side re-
manned in the chamber after o'clock,
leaders of both parties leaving guards
TO call for relnforcements If neces-
gary. Scores of senators made prepa-
rations to spend the night in commit
tee rooms adjacent to the senate
chamber.
Democrats Have One Majority.
Republicans and democratic insur-
gents had to renew the debate when
Senator Fletcher offered a motion to
recommit the bill with instructions
to the committee to report 1t with
amendments forthwith. When he
sought to get a vote on this motion
an effort was made by the opposition
TO take a recess until tomorrow. This
motion was lost by vote of 1S to AZ,
with Senator Kenyon the only absen-
tee. Senator La Toilette voted against
the recess, while Senators Clarke,
Camden, Bankhead Hardwick. Var
daman, Hitchcock and O'Gorman. the
seven democratic revolters stood sol
idly with the republican minority,
Unable to recess or adjourn, the re-
position again took up the task OF
talking the bill TO death.
No Compromise on Bill
Democratic champions of the bill
asserted emphatically tonight that
the bill would not he Withdrawn and
that the great appropriation bills
would be left untouched should the
opposition insist upon preventing a
vote ON the pending measure. The
president intimated TO White House
callers during the day that there was
no thought of yielding to enemies OF
the proposed legislation. Such a sit
uation, it was generally conceded, was
almost certain to lead to an extra SEES
sion of congress. The only way to
obyiate this, it was suggested, prob
ably would be for the senate to adopt
some form of cloture to force vote
on the ship bill. but even the admin
istration leaders deemed this to be
very unlikely.
Discusses Everything.
Every phase of the country's po-
littcal and business situation was dis
cussed by senator Jones as the night
grew on. He took up the presidents
indianapolis speech and declared
that week ago last Friday when
the senate was in session all night on
the bill, the order had gone out from
the captain of the team at the
White House to pass this shipping
bill that night
The senator insisted that the fill
buster, which he admitted the re-
publieans We're now conducting, had
been started by the democrats In
thelr refusal to permit consideration
of any other legislation than the
shipping bill for several weeks. Now,
he said, they were trying to put the
measure through by brute force, but