Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-25
Republicans Charged Open ly With Attempting Shield
 Munitions Makers.
AGREEMENT FOR A
 VOTE WEDNESDAY
Republican Senators May Defeat Pre-. pHredEeSS Plans by Their Attempt to Force President to Call
 Extra Session.

Washington. Feb 24.-One of the most spectacular filibusters the capi- tai has seen in years kept the senate m session until midnight tonight, and was broken down only when the Re- publican leaders directing it had se- cured from the Democratic leaders pledges that the administration bill would not be urged to vote until Wednesday.
 The Democrats, facing what they declared was a Republican attempt to break down the administration pro- gram and force an extra session of congress after March 4, had threat ened to keep the senate in continuous session over Sunday, if that was found necessary, to secure the passage of the revenue measure
 Blame MunitiOn Makers.
 Openly charged by the Democrats with seeking to defeat the excess prof. it's tax provision of the revenue meas ure, at the behest of intuition manu- facturers, the senate Republicans to- day dropped all disguises and stub- bornly filibustered against the bill.
 The smouldering row broke into flame late in the afternoon, when pas sages between Democrats and Repub- licans turned into sensational de- bate on the relations between Ger many and the United States, which reached it's climax when Senator Falls, Republican, introduced a res- oution to authorize the president to use the armed forces of the United States to protect American rights on the seas.
 It is such q resolution as President Wilson is expected to ask of congress some time before it's adjournment, but it's introduction at this time by Re- publican senator, while the admin stration is forming it's course. came as complete surprise. It further complicates and embarrasses an al- ready much-mixed situation
 The Republicans. resentful of what they construe as President Wilson's wish not to have congress on his hands in an international crisis, were said to be ready to force an extra ses- sion, in order that nothing might be done by the president without the house and senate being in session.
 Williams Talks Plainly.
 After Senator Poindexter, Republi- can, had been talking five hours to- day, Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi aroused the ire of the Re- publicans by charging that they had received orders from the munitions of the country to de- feat the revenue bill.
 Senator Williams said the munitions manufacturers had been large con- tributors to the Republican campaign fund, and would be hard hit by the excess profits feature of the revenue measure. He said he believed he was within his parliamentary rights when he joined those facts together.
 What does the party in power, or the president, want of power that 1t has not already?' asked Senator 
 "It wants congress to do business. to provide the revenues necessary for the government. It wants congress to stand bonafide behind the president, while he faces grave international was the reply.
 Senator Williams says the danger lies in the interpretation put on the American attitude, in Germany. by those who rule that empire. and the feeling there that Americans are not united in their stand against foreign aggression.