Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-02

! uecLafe truce, to take stock of the new situation and when Senator noon tomorrow there was no opposi- tion.
 Democratic Caucus Today. Tonight administration leaders call eu . democratic caucus for tomorrow morning, when an effort will be made 1 10 win pack recalcitrant members of . the party. An attempt also will be made to bring aid from several pro- ! 2reSSiNe republicans by amending the l plll to meet their objections Senator ] Norris. Kenyon, La Toilette and Sen atcf FoIndexter- progressives, are the object of democratic hopes Situation Precarious For Democrats. Some of the party leaders. however. expressed fears tonight that to win tnlS support from the opposition would reulre concessions which would cost them more ot their own strength and the situation generally was admitted 10 be most precarious for the demo cratic programme.
 As the roll was called on the mo- tlon to sustain the chairs ruling on the Clarke motion, the atrnospheTe of the senate was tense. When all the democrats who had been known not TO be enthusiastic for the bill voted m the negative, it was clear that the tide in the long legislative struggle had turned
 Democrats Who Votsd With Repub.
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 The democrats, who voted win re- pebl1cans against the ruling of the chair were: BankheRd OF AIahar.oa Camden, Kentucky, Clarke, Arkansss IIardWlck, Georgia; Bryan, Florida: Hitchcock, Nebraska: O'Gor7uan. New York; Smith Of Georgia and Varda- man of Mississippi.
 As soon as the record OF this vote had been cleared, Senator Stone was recognized. The chamber was in con fusion as the MissouTian, who has stood by the bill through the bitter struggle of the last two weeks. sur- Neyed the assemblase for a, moment. With a gesture toward his own side of the aisle, Senator Stone said:
 Tn order that democrats rnay have a conference and that the republicans and their allies may hold a confer ence, l move that the senate do now adjourn
 Party Lines Disreez-ded.
 The motion was immediately put and there was a loud chorus of noes" Cl e. rO:i C5-ii the motion to Cd Iourn was lost by a vote of 49 to S6. Sen ator Stone then moved that Senator Clarke's motion to re-conlmit be laid on the table and this, too, was lost by a vote of A to z2, seven democrats NpNAA&G " tA-A AIlS 1SylD1CZ1S ana sen ator LaFollette aGgning himself with the den0cratic minority. Democrats who opposed the motion to table were l3anlzhead, Camden. Clarke, Hardwick, Hitchcock, OGormsn and Vardaman. These seven, it subsequently, developed, had conferred early in the day and determined to break the deadlock, with Q vieE further to material revision of the measure revision of the measure or entirely sidstrac2dng it, at least so far as the present session is concern ed.
 Senator Reed Arrsians Deserters.
 This brought the motion to re-corl- ! init sQuar5ly hafore the senate when Senator Reed of Missouri was recos- EazsAa9 sTlC proceeded to arraign his col leagues wno had reFoited and repub- ! iirans who had oppose the bill, as sup porters of the shipping trust, which ha sought to plunder the shippers of - America For nearly an hour Senate Reed, who throughout the administra ton had bsen nearly always opposed its purposes, defended the ship pur- chase bill.
 T congratulate the hoary old s1 trust monopoly" Senator Reed decla ed, Ion the fact that it appears St to possess in this day and age enou2 Visor to invade the democratic side of