Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-03
Ship Bill Is to Be Made
Agreeable to Progress
sive Republicans
TO MEET DEFLECTIONS
No Leases to Private Corpora
tons for Longer Period
Than IL Months.

Washington. D. c., Feb. 3-Closely
guarded plans of senate administra-
tion democrats for saving the ship
bill developed today as leaving bolt
ing democrats out of the reckoning en-
tirely and making the bill agreeable TO
enough progressive republicans to
overcome reflections.
The plan finally agreed upon was to
move an amendment TO a motion 10
recommit, instructing the commerce
committee to return the bill with
amendments providing the govern
ment should not lease ships to pri-
vate corporations for a period longer
than u months and that no ships of
belligerents should be bought which
would disturb the neutrality OF the
United States.
Seven democrats who voted with
the republicans Monday and placed
the shipping Oill in its present posi-
tion were characterized by Stone as
seven conspirators."
O'Gorman and Vardaman demand
ed that Stone be called to order IT,
impugning the motives Of senator's
Stone apologized and proceeded.
Warning that the senate majority
might invoke cloture rule to sup
press continued obstructive tactics
employed against the government
ship purchase bill was given the re-
publicans today by Senator Stone,
chairman of the foreign relations
committee. With this threat. the sen
ator coupled a vigorous defense of
President Wilson. replying particular
Iy to critics of the presidents Jack
son day speech at Indianapolis.
we must pass this ship bill with
out much further delay he said as
he concluded The public interest
and welfare demand this at our hands
I have grown weary beyond endur-
ance of this astounding nonsense with
which we are daily harassed-the non
sense Of senators invoking the techni-
cal letter of rules TO Justify the most
reprehensible violation OF their spirit
Il have been always opposed TO clo-
ture in the senate, but bad as ! think
worse The unrestrained domination
Of the majority even by a small min
ority. cohesive. unrel lenting and de-
termined to stop the wheels Of leg
islation, might endanger the safety ot
the nation ! close with this admo'
milton that if the necessity for cio-
ttre rule is forced, IT may be reported.
and If II is reported it viii be passed.
The chamber of commerce Of the
United States began its third annual
today. President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan were on the pro
gram for addresses at the afternoon
session In its report a special com
mittee on uniform food and drug reg
llation recommended enactment of a
federal poison law, uniform state mar
.otic and drug sanitation laws. federal
cold storage law, and uniform ad-
gertising law prohibiting false and
fraudulent advertising of foods and
irugs. Secretary Bryan made a plea
or support of the administration ship
,ill and ratification OF the Colombian
reaty
Endorsement Of the ship purchase
iii and rural credit legislation was
,iven TO the president today by repre-
entatives OF the National Grange. Ma
ionai Dairy association Farmers M
lance and National Rural Credits
eague, who called at the white house.
London Press Backs Wilson.
London. Feb 3.-Raids by subma.
ines on British commerce might
make a United States merchant ma
me valuable to Great Britain as a
means of supplying food IN the opin-
On of the Daily News. which prints an
ditorial iustifying President Wilson's
ttitude on the ship purchase bill be-
ore congress.