Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
President Definitely Rejects
Compromise Measure Pro-
posed by Representative
Kitchen,
SENATE BATTLE OVER
CL0TURE RULE is ON
Republicans Resist All Efforts
to Make American Lords
Work in More BuSineSSlike
Manner.

tsY MORNING JovRssL SPECIAL LEASED wlHt1
Washington, Feb. ~. - The fight
over the government ship purchase
bill was shifted today from the SEN
ate to the house. In the senate the
measure, blocked by determined re-
publican opposition. was displaced as
the unfinished business and cloture
rule designated TO forcibly terminate
the filibuster was taken up.
Administration forces began work
on a compromise bill to be passed
through the house Leaders on that
side of the capitol, however, were far
from confident that the proposed
compromise would unite the divided
senate democrats or win support
from republicans. They declared the
administration did not coneede
enough in the proposed compromise
to secure its passage.
Fight on Cloture Rule.
The cloture rule presented In the
senate met the same republican III
buster that had blocked the shipping
bill. and tonight a conference OF the
democrats of the senate was called
for tomorrow to consider the advisa-
bility of continuing the fight for thS
cloture proposal. or of abandoning y
and returning to "a direct contest LOT
the shipping bill.
| The new bill in the house was de-
veloped after Postmaster General
Burleson went to the capitol and detl-
niteiy rejected the compromise mea-
sure advanced by Representative Kit
chin, Of North Carolina. The kitchin
proposal contemplated making the
shipping bill purely temporary
| emergency measure and would nave
takon the government out of the
shipping business two years after inc
termination of the European war. MT
Ktchin declared that conferences hao
assured the passage of this measure
through both branches of congress.
Presidents Proposal.
The administration counter-propo'
sal as it was being framed tonight
would organize a shipping board witt
an appropriation Of $40. 100000 to en-
gage in shipping for period endlnl
two years after the termination of th'
war. Then the ships would be turned
over to the secretary of the navy t'
be leased or operated in the merehan
service in his discretion. This plai
to place the government permanent!
J in the shipping business was the pom
insisted upon by the administration
It is also the provision against whlct
the senate republican filibusler i
chiefly aimed.
Representative Kitchin and othe
house leaders said tonight that viii
this provision in the measure 1t woui'
be impossible to force 1t through TN
senate in this congress.
House To Act Promptly.
The administration proposal whicl
+ embraces the Weeks bill for the or
ganization Of merchant marine ma
val auxiliary, the Gore compromis
shipping bill and amendments proba
, bly, would be brought into the hous
, next week. IT is expected that the ma
J val affairs committee Will report tn
Weeks bill which has already passe
q the senate and that a special rul
will then be brought in clearing th
way for the passage of the measur
with the administration amendments
| This course would place the compro
mise before the senate as hous
, amendment to Il bill already passed.
. Representative Kitohin said tongh
!, that he had no hope of the admins
: tration compromise passing the sen
ate.
. 1T may have moral effect upo
the senate and the country he ad
q ded. "and may strengthen the admir-
istration support in the senate"
Naval Mail Lines.
:, The Weeks bill to be retained in h
proposed composite measure woul
provide for the establishment 4
: Omitted states navy mail lines b'
! tween the United states and sout
America and between the Unite
states and countries of Europe"
would authorize the secretary OF II
navy to employ available naval vesse
I, at his discretion IN general ma
i freight and passenger business. FL
the operation of these naval auxilia
% les civilians as well as any naval off
GERS who might be available would
employed.
President Wilson definitely Al
d proved Of the plan to have ships a
. CURED under the bill pass from Il
70 control Of the secretary of the ma
:, two years after the conclusion Of Il
=, ! European war, at "A conference I
q night with Chairman Padgett Of q
house naval affairs committee al
Representative Webb. The entire 81
uation was carefully canvassed, al
,e the proposal mapped out at the car
re L,tol earlier In the day received q
,g sanction Of the president. 1t was sa
We after the conference that Preside
"A Wilson was still hopeful that an ext