Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-26
FULL CREW BILL
PASSES IN FIGHT
Notable Filibuster Fails to
Stop Much Discussed Piece
of Legislation

A three-hour filibuster marked by
mentary fighting seen on Capitol Hill
for many a day failed to stop the
passage of the Senate bill to suspend
operation of the full crew law dur
ing the war in the House of Rep
resentatives and II passed by 113 to
81 at 1880 o'clock this morning. 1t
vas one of the biggest fights in
years.
Messers, Campbell, Butler and
| Black, Dauphin. led the filibuster,
hut were outgeneraled by Mr., Flynn.
Elk. who got the bill finally on the
| Speakers desk. There were numer-
Gus points of orders raised. seven or
eight roll calls and several attempts
to adjourn.
The bill was No. 6S on the Houses
| huge third reading calendar and
| after n motion to suspend rules to
allow II to be taken up had been
passed II was bowled cut on point
o. order which was in turn nullified
| by suspending another rule.
A number of speeches were made
and others were frustrated by call
for the previous question.
, The vote was 113 to 81 and eight
members asked leave either to file
reasons or speeches they had pre-
| pared,
Mr.. Ramsey's resolution to take
uI the bill out of order was imme-
diately attacked by Mr.. Black, Dau-
! phin, who denounced the bill as the
notorious special privilege full crew
till." He read a letter from Samuel
Gompers and declared there was no
emergency and that the railroad
men were against tho bill. He
moved to table the resolution, but
was ruled out on a point of order.
MIR. Maurer, Berks. said he was op-
posed to considering any Senate bills
until the upper house cleared up
House bills.
Mr.. Swartz. Dauphin, in urging
the Ramsey motion, said the coun-
try was in the midst of a crisis and
that the young men who would go
into the trenches would work four
teen to twenty hours a day and that
to support them capital and labor
should work hand in hand even If
X was necessary to work fifteen or
twenty hours.
Mr.. Phillips, Clearffeld. opposed
the resolution and said there should
be no special orders or special priv
ilege and that the House should
stick TO the regular calendar. Mr.
Fowler. Lackawanna. also assailed
the resolution, saying that if the
sponsors of the resolution were fair
they would make special orders for
the compensation amendments.
The full crew law was declared
uneconomic and unscientific by Mr.
Spangler. York.
The previous question was called
and while the Speaker was calling
the names of men who seconded it
Mr.. Ehrhardt, Lackawanna, called
for the orders of the day at 10
O'Clock, the hour for adjournment
The Speaker did not recognize him
and went on calling names. Mr..
Ehrhardt did not press his call and
Mr.. Black took ii up, but as II was
then two minutes after the hour the
Speaker ruled him too late.
Mr.. Howarth. Allegheny, then
moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr..
Wickman. Allegheny.
The vote on the motion to suspend
the rule to allow the bill to be taken
up at once was 81 to 90. The bill
vas then laid before the House when
Mr.. Campbell. Butler. raised the
point of order that the suspension of
the rule did not carry with it an
other rule which did not provide
for third reading bills on Monday
but reversed himself and sustained
the point
Mr.. Swartz. DauphiR. objected to
the Speakers last ruling, but Welded
TO Mr.. Flynn, Elk. who moved to
suspend the rule which would pre-
vent a bill being taken up on third
reading on Monday nights. Mr..
| Campbell objected again and when
the Speaker ruled that all proceed
ings under the Ramsey resolution
were ended and held Mr.. sFlynns
motion in order. Mr.. Campbell ap-
pealed to the House.
The filibuster had by this time at