The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
GET SHIP BILL
FOR TEMPORARY BURIAL
Agreement Is Not to Report 1t Back to the Senate Before
February 27-Extra Session
Improbable.

WAsHiNGToN. teb iS.-The ship pu-.
chase bill was sent 10 conference conn
mittee OF the two houses OF Congress
late this afternoon by unanimous vote.
II is generally considered that the ship
bill Is dead.
h plan carried out 70 IN lire with
what was predicted in TIE STR this
morning Tho bill was sent to confer
cree as the result Of an agreement
between tho friends and opponents %
the bill. with IN understanding that II
Is not 10 be reported back TO the SEN
ate before saturday. February %.
Involved in the agreement also is a
compromise between the friends and
the opponents OF the river and harDor
bill. That bill. which carries nearly
500. 100000 In tho aggregate for river
and harbor Improvement work. Is 10
be cut down to meet The actual neces-
sites Of continuing maintenance work
and many projects will be eliminated.
The medsur IL to i've made satisfactory
TO Senator Burton. who had threatened
to hlibGster against II this session.
The Republicans generally agreed not
20 obstruCt the consideration OF appro-
p~riatioG bills and II II expected that as
the result OF the agreement all the sup
ply bills will DE passed ard there will
he no necessity for ar extra seS-
sion Of Congress iumediately after
March !
Whether an extra session vii be
called later in the spring or ulnmer
will depend on the condition Of the rev.
enues ana on the i~nternatIonol situation.
The President and a majority Of his
advisers in Congress share the view OF
Speaker Clark hat an extra sess on
OF Congress would drag along until nlid-
summer or later and keep the country
disturbed and result IN disaster 20 tho
Democratic party.
While the shipping bin is nov re-
garded as n corpse, IL ma be reported
back to the Senate from the conference
committee under the terms of the agree
ment on February %. which would DO
four and one-haif days before Tie en-
piration of the Congress. Tn OPP
ponents OF the bill feel certain tina, they
can prevent adoption OF a conference
report In that brief tine. IL one IL made.
but they do not cXnec, that the con-
ference will reach an agreement and
make a report.
Senator Bankhead moved to-day 10
amend the motion to send the bill to
conference by proposing 10 instruct tie
conferees 10 adopt an amendment per
mittirg ships owned and operated hy
Nv llilflll ullifT 'nt dFt 10 par
ticipate in the coastwise trade.
Senator Fletcher Immediately moved
10 able this motion. but the motion to
table was lost by a vote Of - 70 i3.
This stirred Senator Stone to make an
other violent attack on the Democratic
Senators who were not following the
lead OF the Administration.
senator Bryan OF FLORIDA and other
Senators who had voted against tabling
senator Bankhead's motion sharply re-
sented Mr.. stones speech.
Hut when the vote came on the
adoption Of Senator Baukhead's amend
ment many Democrats who had voted
FOR II got back into line and their
votes with the votes of most of the
regular Republicans. who stood by
coastwlse shipping. defeated the Bank
head amendment 50 TO 80.
Senator Hitchcock then offered an
amendment To prohibit the shipment OF
arms and munitions Of war to the bel
liserents. This was lost by a vote
OF 81 70 3e.
Senator Oiorman proposed an amend
ment providing that no detained bell
~ligerent ships should be purchased un-
der the act. This was lost by "A vote
OF ~ 10 80.