The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-10
CAN'T PASS BILL
Vice PRESIDENT NAY DECIDE
SENATE DEADLOCK
stone FLAYS REBELS

Stone FLAYS REBELS
Unable to Proceed With th, Business
ut Hand the Democrats Take u
Their Time in Denouncing Allie
Of Repubhcans-Waiting for Alb
sentees to Arrive.
Plans Of administration Democrat
to bring the government ship pur
chase bill out Of danger in the Sen
ate had not been completed, ou
champions Of the measure had no
abandoned hope that way would oe
found to recommit the bill, with def
mate instructions for its amendment
Recalcitrant Democrats fatty re
fused to yield to concessions agreed
upon by the majority in secret eau
Gus Tuesday night, and administra
ton leaders found they could not OBJ
tain enough votes to defeat the coall
ton Of Republicans and insurgen1
Democrats, who insist on sending the
bill back to committee without in
structious. This would mean death
for this session.
Instead Of pressing their plan tt
recommit with instructions, there.
fore, the party leaders contenteo
themselves with castigating in the
open the seven Democrats who over
turned the shipping program last
Monday. Senator Stone, selected fol
this undertaking, held the floor sew
eral hours, bitterly denounclng the
seYen insurgents as the "recreant
Democrats who had endeavored to
unhofse their party"
Senator Stone particularly attack
ed Senator Clarke Of Arkansas, whom
he described as the leader in the re-
volt, and Senator Camden Of Ken
tucky. He charged that Senator
Clarke had violated a caucus pledge.
The Arkansas Senator denied this,
explaining he had warned his col
leagues that he would not be bound
by any action which would deprive
him of his right to vote against the
bill.
While Senator Stone was speaking
Senators Kern, Simmons, Fletcher,
Martin and others were at work to
forestaN q vote until absent Demo
Gratis could ret-rn to Washington, or
assurances could be secured that
enough Progressive Republican sup
port could be counted on to insure .
majority.
In denouncing his seven Democrat
ic colleagues, Senator Stone charged
them with open hostility to their par
ty. He also made vigorous defence
Of the administration. asserting he
would rather follow President VIII
sons leadership than that Of "Elihu
Rcot. Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore
e. Burton, William Edgar Borah
Jacob Gallinger or any recreant al
legged Democrat who goes about witt
q dagger in his sleeve"
Referring to Senator Camden's
secret conferences with opponents
OF the shipping bill" the speaker
said there "had been doubling Thom-
ases who whispered that If the issue
were sharply drawn between the vest
cd interests and the masses OF the
people. the Senator would be most
active" Senator Camden replied
briefly, saying he was willing to leave
his legislative sluggishness to his
friends and neighbors to determine.
but that when it came to "denounc-
ing secrecy, it comes with i'll grace
from the Senator from Missouri, who
is known the world over as Gum
Shoe Bill"
Senator Hoke Smith issued a state
ment denying that he was opposed
to the shipping bill.
when the vice-president ruled
that the motion to recommit was out
Of order because call had been made
for the yeas and nays. voted
against sustaining the ruling Of the
chair he said. 'for the rules Of the
Senate evnresslv provide that mo-
ton to recommit can be made at any
time before final action in the Senate
upon bill. I have co-operated with
the Democratic caucuses in every way
to support this measure. and expect
to continue to DO SO and / earnestly
desire the legislation passed"
Champions Of the bill found them
selves lacking at least two votes to
recommit with instructions. They
admitted there was no possibility o.
picturing those votes until next Mon
day, when two absent senators are
expected to return.
Senator's who favor the new plar
pointed out that some Progressive
Republicans and some inSurgent
Democrats are pledged merely to vote
for Senator Clarke's motion to re-
commit without instructions. From
these, they believe, pledges Of sup
port could be procured for a subse,
quent motion to discharge the COM
merce committee from further con-
sideration of the bill if it failed to re
turn the measure with amendments
recommer 5ed by the caucus.
Senator .etcher, in charge Of the
bill, said Thursday night he would b.
willing to vote to recommit if assur.
ed Of enough votes to carry motor
to discharge the committed. B>
such plan, he said, the bill could h.
reintroduced in the Senate in a form
approved by the majority Democrats
Senator Fletcher said still another
plan not yet ready to be revealed was
being discussed; but that unless some
sure way out could be found, no vott
would be permitted until the absent
Democratic senators return.
Administration Democrats reform.
ed their lines and found they ha~
only 46 votes against the 4S Republt
cans waiting to send the bill back tc
the commerce committee without in
structions. Their only course was tt
stave off vote while Senator New
lands hurries back from California
and Senator Smith OF South Caro-
lima, can come from the bedside o.
his sick wife. With their votes the
Democrats figure that barring sur
prises. the contest will be even anC
the vice-president will be called upor
for the deciding vote. Administration