The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-17
KILLS SHIP BILL
SENATE HAS TO give Up EFFORT
TO'PASS BILL
HOUSE HAS new Plan

HOUSE HAS new PLAN
President Wilson Still Remains De
termined to Force Passage OF
Measure, Extra Session Seems Nee.
essary-House Leaders Plan to
Work Bill in as Amendment
Republicans and Democratic insur-
gents fighting the ship bill, with the
aid of Senators Norris and Kenyon,
Progressive Republicans, who have
supported the measure, forced the
Senate to adjourn Wednesday night
after the longest continuous session
in it's history. Debate had lasted
ffty-four hours and eleven minutes.
Adjournment came on a motion
made by Senator O'Gorman, carried
4S to As, after Senator Norris, de-
ploring the filibuster, had proclaimed
mis- conclusion that opponents of the
bill could flibuster it to death.
II am not finding fault with sena-
tors" he said, "for doing what under
| the rules they have perfect right
to do. But these flibusters are in
creasing. It is unfortunate that we
| can not decide any great issue with
out test of physical strength. t is
relic Of barbarism.
1--WE stay here night after night, y
he said, land are dragged OFT Of our
| beds to answer roll call when there
are three or four senators in the
| chamber. It is ludicrous, it is foolish.
| This food of talk has no object but
to kill time, and kill the members.
You know and know and God knows
that with about one-half of the mem
bers of the Senate determined to con-
tinue this filibuster they can abso-
lutely prevent a vote on this bill until
after March A."
Though disappointed over the loss
Of support from the Progressive Re
publ:cans, administration leaders
from the Senate would not admit the
| cause was lost. Anticipating break
| in the Senate, President Wilson had
conferred throughout the day with
those leaders on plans to get the bill
| before the House and such course
may be taken, though Senate Rerub-
licans insist their fight will continue
until the end Of the session, no mat
ter what the administration forces
may accomplish in the House.
A compromise proposal designed
to extricate the administration ship
purchase bill from the deadlock that
has blocked it's passage in the Sen
ate, and to avert an extra session was
| put forward Thursday night by House
| Democrats through Representative
Ketchin Of North Carolina, chosen
majority leader Of the next House.
The new plan, which proses the
passage of the shipping bill as a tenn
porary emergency measure, vas oe-
veloped at conferences on the House
side of the capitol while the Senate
marked time with both opponents
and supporters of the measure sparr-
| ing for advantage. An adjournment
of the Senate advanced the plans OF
the Democratic leaders to force clo-
ture rule that would end the deter
mined filibuster.
| AS announced by Representative
Ktichin the compromise contemplates
the passage through the House next
week Of the bill suggested by Senator
| Gorce with an amendment that
would terminate the government S
activities in the shipping business
two years after the close of the Euro
pean war. Despite President Will
sons announced determination to
stand by the Senate bill in its present
form, Representative Kitchin said,
House leaders, anxious to avoid an
extra session, proposed to put this
measure before the Senate, and give
the president an opportunity to ac-
cept it in the event of the failure OF
the pending bill.
The desire Of both Republicans and
Democrats to avoid an extra session,
Representative Kitchin said, prob
ably would give the proposed plan
sufficient support to get it through
before March 4.
! Representative Kitchin, Majority
Leader Underwood, Representative
Adamson and other House leaders
after comforting with President Will
son, at the White House Thursday
returned to the capitol with the as
surance that despite the gloomy out
look in the Senate, the president was
| still determined to press the snip pur-
chase bill even to the point Of call
ing an extra session. The House
leaders told the president that they
believed that an eXtr- session would
prove futile, because the ship bill
would fail to get a majority in the
next House.
In the Senate the day again was
| devoted to speeches and to informal
conferences after numerous notices
had been given Of cloture rule tc
limit debate. Senator Lee OF Ten
nessee late in the day gave notice OF
an amendment to the rules to pro-
vide for fixing time for a vote on
any pending bill whenever the Sen
| ate should sustain a declaration thai
obstructive tactics were being EN-,
ployed. Senator Norris, who gave
notice several days ago of rule tc
| limit debate on a bill to three hours
for each senator, had his amendment
referred to the committee On rules
which will meet tomorrow.
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