Evening star., 1915-01-22
Action of Republicans in Con-
ference Believed to Have
Dissipated All Hope.
Determined TO OPPOSE
SHIPPING BILL TO LAST
Inevitable Result, It Is Thought.
Will Mean Delayed Action on Ap'
preparation Measures.

Hope OF averting an extra session o.
Congress is believed to have been dis
s,pated by last evenings conference OF
renpb,,can senators, resulting in deter
rination to oppose the shipping bill
to the last extremity.
Such a course will inevitably result
Il is thought. In preventing action OF
all the appropriation bills before this
Congress expires by constitutional lim-
ltation, March 4. thus necesstating the
assembling of the new Congress in the
spring.
Only the Presidents recession from
his insistence upon the shipping legis-
lation will suffice to avert the result
it is declared. As Congress has sew
eral times had example of the Presi-
dents tenacity of purpose. statesmen
on thu hill are not looking with con-
ndence to a backdown on this bill.
Some of the democratic senator's are
quite in sympathy with his determine
tior. holding that 1t Is now or never
with the shipping bill. When the new
Congress comes in. with the democratic
ma iority in the House cut to 35. they
look for stiffened opposition to all the
adr,inistrat;ons Legislative policies in
the lower House.
Would Push Party Bills.
Such influential senators as Hoke
Smith of Georgia favor going ahead
with the shipping bill and the proposed
rural credits measure. letting the ap-
preparation bills go over to an extra
session, pointing out that the money
will not be needed before June 80 next
anyhow. They think there are worse
things than an extra session, one OF
them being abandonment of legislation
which the administration considers es-
sentia1.
Sentiment in Congress in favor of the
rural credits bill is stimulated by
knowledge that the republicans are
planning to seize upon TINS new ioea
as republican political capital for the
next campaign.
II is well known that Myron T. Her-
rick will make rural credits an I'M
portant feature of his campaign Tor
the presidential nomination. Senator
Borah. indeed, has already "beaten MIN
TO it," dwelling strongly upon II, as ne
did in his speech in the Senate tne
other day, which by many was con-
strued as the opening gun IN MS own
presidential campaign
senator Borah taunted the democrats
With having failed to put through such
a measure 1t was observed tina. rev
days thereafter caucus OF denocratlG
senators ~c
credits at once -, =
While each political party favors the
,episIation it is realized that 3dvan-
rage will accrue to the party Whlch
enacts it, and the democrats are anx-
ious to avert further criticisms upon
the charge of non-ac.ion
Encountefing Strong Opposition.
The shipping bill is encountering
strong head winds and choppy sea.
and has already been amended in DEM
ocratic caucus SO that IT has a decided
list to port and is somewhat down by
the head President Wilson has told
his callers that he does not object to
amendment of his bill so long as the
change does not go to the essentials of
the proposition. Some Of the democrats
are after the e 5sentials.
Here is another feature of the ANXIETY
of some of the democratic senators to
rush the Administrations legislation
through at this session: The Tammany
delegation in Congress is getting its
war paint on, in anticipation of an ex-
ira session.
In the new Congress it is admitted
that Tammany democrats will hold a
strong position of vantage in the
House, by reason of the close margin
of majority. There isn't the slightest
doubt in the mind of any one that Tam
many democrats are preparing to push
their advantage to the utmost.
They will have t. be reckoned with,
IL is said. and they are known to feel
that there "is something coming to
Them and that in very liberal meas
ure, too