Arizona republican., 1917-06-01
NJ CENSORSHIP
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 AT THIS TIME
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WASHINGTON, May 31.-The ad- ministration'S fight for a war censor ship on newspapers was lost in con- gress today, at least for the present, when the house refused by a vote of 1S4 to IA to accept even the modified censorship section written into the es- pionage bill in conference. The senate already is on record as opposed to censorship and leaders in congress do not expect any further administration effort to enact one in the immediate future.
 The test in the house came on mo- tion to recommit the espionage bill with instructions that the censorship regulation be eliminated. Despite a determined attempt of democratic managers to line up the party strength behind President Wilson's demand for censorship 37 democratic representa- tives joined the republicans voting for the motion. Eleven republicans, dis regarding their party's caucus decision voted in the negative.
 | COnferees for the house will report their instructions back to the senate conferees tomorrow and the bill shOrn i of the censorship provision probably will be reported to both senate and house within a few days and finally accepted. It carries important modifi- cations of the spy laws and authoriZa- tion for the president to lay embargoes 1 in time of war.
 No comment on the outcome in the house was forthcoming from the White House.
 In the house debates today oppo- nents of the censorship argued that a
 restriction such as the conferees pro- .l l.,f1 -isrl1t 0ff frnc press. A voluntary censorship under which the country's newspapers were l now working was pointed to as dem- onstrating the patriotism of editors and as proving that no legal restric- | tions are needed.
 l Among the democrats who spoke and voted against the censorship reso- lution was Representative Gard of 1 Ohio, author of the oringinal house censorship amendment
 Leading the fight for the conference proposal were Chairman Webb and | Representative Carlin. Representative
 Graham of Pennsylvania, a republican member of the committee, led the op. position.
 MT. Webb argued that some papers
 before war was over undoubtedly would
 publish news regarding national de
 1enSe, WnlCn WOuIO De uSeIul to al
 enemy, and that some legitimate step:
 would have to be taken against them
 The democrats voting with the re
 publicans to recommit the bill were
 Ashbrook, Ohio; Bell, Georgia; Bor
 land, Missouri; Brand, Georgia; Brod
 beck, Pennsylvania; Burnett, Alaba
 ma; Church California; Claypool
 Ohio; Connolly, Kansas; Crosser
 Ohio; Dill, Washington; DominjcB
 South Carolina; Evans, Montana; Gal
 lagher, Illinois; Gard and Gordon
 Ohio; Hamill, New Jersey Hilliard
 Colorado; Huddleston, Alabama
 Humphreys, Mississippi; Heating, Col
 orado; Kelly, Pennsylvania; Larsen
 Georgia; Maher, New York; Olney
 Massachusetts; Overmeyer Ohio Overstreet, Georgia; Rouse, Kentucky
 Skelly, New Jersey; Sherwood, Ohio Sisson, Mississippi; Slayden, Texas Charles B. Smith, New York; Thomp
 son, Oklahoma; Vandyke, Minnesota Vinson, Georgia; White, Ohio. Republicans voting against the mo ton to recommit were:
 Dyer Missouri; Elston, California
 Fuller, Massachusetts; Griest, Penn sylvania; James. Michigan; King, Il linois; Little, Kansas; Moores, Indi ana; Morgan, Oklahoma; Parker, Ne7 Jersey; Nolstead, Minnesota.