Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-28
URGED TO
ABANDON FEDERAL
MARINE MEASURE
Certain Leaders Would Drop
Ship Bill. Adjourn and Let
Republicans Bear Blame
Fer Defeat.
PRESIDENT Is NOT WILLING
Believes It Can Be Passed
Though There Is Opposition
In House-Consider APP
peal to People.
PRESIDENT is NOT WILLING

Washington, Ian. Embarked differ
ence of opinion owe the best course 10
pursue in relation to The ship purchase
bill and AN extra session has developed
among admipi&t ration leaders both in
Senate and cabinet quarters.
The president is being told by some
of the fnon OBJ whom he leans for po-
lltical advice that the thing to do is
aVoi IN extra session, drop the ship
purchase biz, los congress pass the APP
preparations ana quit March d. then
throw on thT republicans the RESPONSE
hll2tE fnr failure To get ship purchase
and carry The issde to the country.
Others adNis" III" president TO stick
to the tight To- DasSag" of II Dill nov.
The president SO far refuses to drop
the ship purchase bill an6 is bent OIL
its passage ,his session.
The politi1a! outlook continues to be
that the bin Will be forced through the
Senate niles The lukewarmncss of
sotne of the Senate democrats. which
has hcsn getting more pronounced foc
The last day CT two, prevents it. To-day
The democratic senators are in caucus
trying tn overhaul the bin and remove
Some of the objections which have been
urged against it.
May Not Pass House.
Serste passase of the bin does not
necessarily mean enactment This SEES
SAoi'. ''C'ttlSc t1NIe Is IluCIl democratic
opposition. RS Mell as republican. in tho
House and it is not a certainty 1t can
be forced through that body before
March 4. But ii probably will be if
the Senate fight over it is not stretched
out longer than now ppcars probable
One point, upon Which the republicans
have been basins their opposition to the
pending bjli-that the purchase of in
termed German shirs might provoke a
clash with England aud her allies-has
in a measure beer offset by Secretary
Eedtielda 81. i.oui" speech. III which
he Staf"G The go:srnment had assul-
anreS on il!at Iiuiut lie further stated
that III" government could purchase all
ships nee(iei from England. France an9
other countries. The government. ne
said. couiG h" depended upon not to
purchase SHIPS where the question of
Violating in~tc>natiuna, law niyht ba n
NuiHcG,
VIII AppeaI to Public.
Plans Of the democratic administra-
ton for laying before the country its
reasons for insisting upon the passage
Of the government ship purchase bin
turing the present session of congress-.
became lInoWD today after a long cal,i-
net meeting last night, at which the
question was thoroughly discussed.
Secretary Redtinld is to speak in the
strth and will aeNotc himself principal
~ to the shipping bill and President
wilson himself in addresses before two
large national conventions within the
next two weeks plans to discuss the
measure at length. Other steps. not
yet decided on. probably viii be taken
TO inform the neoplc concerning the bin.
After four hours debate. the Senate
caucus today rejected Senator Foko
SMITHS amendment to the shin
purchase bill 10 provide that the
government lease its ships to private
concerns instead of operating them
by a government controlled corpora
tlon. 1t likewise rejected a compro-
mise suggestion that the government
operate the ships during the European
war and lease them to private corpor-
attons thereafter.