The sun., 1917-03-05
La Toilette and Stone Held
Primarily to Blame
for Dcbacle.
O'GORMAN IS IN LIST
OF OBSTRUCTIONISTS
Seven Republicans and Five
Democrats Comprise
Pacifist Group.
7G MEMBERS SIGN
ROUND ROBIN PROTEST
Hitchcock DenOunces Fill
buster as Worst in Civil
lized History.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Paciflsm,
bold and blatant. beat the Presidents
armed neutrality measure in the Sem
ate to-day in the closing hours Of tho
Sixty fourth Congress.
Defiant to the last, deaf to all ap-
peals from their fellow Senators to
stand for the country's honor. the little
group Of twelve Senators. led by La
Toilette and encouraged by Chairman
Stone Of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. who declined to sign the mani
festo supporting the President. suc-
ceeded by their tactics in preventing
the bfll reaching a vote. and Il died
at noon to-day with the fall of the
gavei announcing the Senates ad-
journment sine die.
To fix responsibility before the coun-
try. seventy-six Senators. thirty Repub-
licans and forty-six Democrats. signed
the manifesto proclaiming to the world
that they favored passage Of the meas
ure.
This declaration, embodied in the
record Of the Senate. referred to the fact
that the House Thursday nigh, had
passed a similar hill by a vote Of lo3 to
13 and also reclted that the Senate rule
permitting unlimited debate gave a
small minority opportunity TO throttle
the will of the majority
Thirteen Senators declined to sign the
, declaration. but one Of them, Senator
, Penrose. Republican. Of Pennsylvania.
announced that he would have voted for
the bill had opportunity been afforded
him.
Senate eOhsfructionists.
The twelve who went on record with
the thirteen members Of the House
against granting to the President the
/ authority he asked from Congress n
| the crisis we're:
Republicans - Clapp. Minnesota.
7 Cumnns, Iowa: Gronna, North Da-
, kota Kenyon, Iowa La Toilette. Wis
! consin; Norris. Nebraska Works.
California;.
Democrats--Kirby. Arkansas Lane.
oregon OGorman, New York: Stone,
Missouri: Vardaman. Mississipp'--5.
Associated with them in opposition to
the armed neutrality bill were the fol-
lowing Representatives who voted against
the House bill Thursday night:
Republicans - Benedict. California:
Cary, Wisconsin; Cooper. Wisconsin:
Davis. Minnesota; Helgesen. North
Dako,l; Lindbergh. Minnesota; Mel
son, W lSCOnSln. StdHOTu, w IsSOHsIN
Wilson, lllinois--9.
Democr Missouri:
Schackieford Missouri Sherwood.
Ohio-3.
Socallst-London.N New York.,
Signerx Of ManifeatO.
The seventy-six Senators who signed
the manifesto we're:
Democrats Ashurst Bankhead.
Beckham, Broussard, Bryan, Chamber
lain, Chiffon. Fletcher, Hardwick.
Hitchcock. Hollis. Hughes. Husting,
James, Johnson, s, y. 4: Kern. Lea. Lee.
Lewis. Martin. Va. MARITIME. \, j.;
Meyers. Newlands. Overinan. Owen,
Phelan. Pittman. Pomerene. Ransdell,
Reed, Robinson. salisbury. Shafroth.
Sheppard, Shields, Simmons. Smith,
Ga Smith. Md. Smith. s. c.; Swan
son. Thomas. Thompson. T!llmar.
Underwood, Walsh and Williams--46.
Republicans--Borah. Brady. Brande-
gee. CatrOn, Clark Colt. Curtis. Dill
lingham du Pont. FALL Fernald. Hard
ing, Jones. Lodge. McCumber. Mclean.
Nelson, Oliver. Page. Poindexter, Sher-
man. Smith, Mich. Smoot Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend. Wadsworth,
Warren. Watson and Weeks-30.
or the seven Senators not recorded,
three. C;allinger and Goff. Republicans.
and Gore, democrat. We're absent on
account OF illness. Senators Lippitt of
Rhode Island, Republican. and johnson
of Maine and Smith Of Arizona. DEM
ocrats, were absent from the city. SEN
ator Culberson. Democrat, did not reach
the Senate IN time to be recorded
The terms Of Clapp. Works and
O'Gorman expired to-day.
sruator Kenyon Explains.
Senator Kenyon said tonight that his
name was not attached to the mani
festo because he had refused to sign ex-
cent with the reservation that either the
stone or Cummins amendments should
20 through. His position. he said, was
: the same as that taken By Senat tors
,Jores and Townsend. "These Senator's -
: he explained. did sign the manifesto
, but they wrote after their names that 1,
! was with such a reservation"
! Senator Kenyon asserted that he was
, not In the flibuster and neither was
, senator Cummins. II would have voted
for the bill 30 amended" he added, ''oI
, for the House bill" Senator Kenyor
= said there was 70 be a separate column
for the signatures OF those who made
l such reservations. but this plan did no,
: come to anything.
Some Of the other Senators who did
I not sign were insistent that they were
4 not in the filibustsr. but merely had re-
! fused to approve the bill which the ma.
1 jority was seeking to pass. It wa,
0 stated by one Of these Senators to-nigh,
Continued on Second PG0s.