Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-08
(Bv Morning Jomn.l Special Leased VI

/ Ienrose, republican member of tho
Iriotnre committe Hnnounced, was to
provide that ne endrr vt shall ho
/ offered to agaiv vhich th,
cloture is to H. -hforctd after the
cloture has been vota' w the senate
That would prevent any fforts to of
fer substitute after the c.oture had
been ordered and was regarded as
important by all the consorees.
Not Continuing Body.
Senator Walsh on the floor of the
senate argued that the senate wa,
not n continuing body. that zach new
| senate was a separate entity and that
| 1t therefore should enact it's own
rules without regard to existing rules
of procedure.
The people" Senator Walsh said.
are evidently resol,&d to take upon
themselves the Durden of providing
and maintaining naval and military
establishment greater thaD ever here
tofore borne in time of PEI ce. A gen.
uine alarm pervades the country lest
some enemy may in the near future
attack us. Imagine the time at hand
and the foe bearing down upon US
The, crisis involves the very life of tho
nation. The occasion brooks no de-
lay Action -. immediate action
by congress is imperative. It iA
scarcely conceivable that war shouif
be precipitated or be impending with
out an appeal from tho president for
some hurried action by congress.
Few Men Bar Way.
Such an appeal comes to this body.
II finds a ready response except
from a small coterie of sena-
tors who spell each other on
thn hh
ders at the gates Of our cities and tho
republic has had its death blow They
may be honest but misguided peace.
at-any-price men who refuse to be-
lieve that war is Inevitable and con-
tinue to hope that the awful horror
Of armed conflict may be ayerted by
further peaceful overtures.
"Multitudes of sagacious men be-
lieved in 1851 that the south would
not fight, and others that the north
would never resort to arms to pre-
serve the union. II is not incon-
ceivable that the obstructionists, fill
busterers. may he actuated by trail
torous sentiments. The revolution
had its Arnold.
Refers to History.
II trust | offend no sensibilities In
referring to the fact that in 1851 ten
or more members of this body were
expelled for treason. A vice pres-
dent of the United States. who for
four years presided over the senate.
was indicted and tried for treason.
and a senator, charged with him for
this capital offense, escaped expulsion
by but one vote tn senate had al.
inady at that early cay expelled one
az it's members for peTidious nego-
tiatons with tae oNenies of his coun.
try. We are Ii worn to bear true
faith and allegiNusr In the United
States, a neCdless oath Unless it bs
that some of us may CUurcivably re-
Guire the aid OF hea.eu a. keep us
true.
POut5 to Dangcr.
That say ,ou, uar the senate
~: ke a rule under which it may be
h | at bay by treach,gy until for
eEn foe shall have prevailed over
snpine nation? repeat, rule of
% senate, the eject of which is or
may be TO deprive it of the power
under any cirCuulstlnces, Of bringing
bate to close is volt
II am not one IF thCso who, being
baked by some Law, would ruthlessiy
sweep it aside & N'taiu this end.
Reverence for la0 Is the cure founda-
ton upon which rovernrl'n mt and so
Ciety alike rest. r in our conduct II
= not inCulcated, acre shall we look
to find It exhibit | 81. 4 vote with
a clear console ibat W Violate no
law in fixing Z tim p, yhich DEBATE
on any subject befors ...,s h9dy shall
close"
After Senator Walsh had concluded
the senate adjourned until noor,
Thursday.
Disloyalty Retuked.
The republicans named Senators
warren, Smoot, Brandegee, Borab.
PoindeXter, Fall, Weeks. Harding amt
Wadsworth to constitute their steer
ing committee for the session. Sena
tors Cummius and Gronna. two OF
those who opposed the armed neu-
trality bill, were members of the COM
mittee last year and the report was
current tonight that the caucus failed
to re-elect them as a rebuke. Re-
publican leaders, however, denied
this.
There also was talk at the capitol
Of a movement to prevent senator
Stone from retaining chairmanship
of the foreign relations committee.
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Bone Dry Favored by Nebraska.
3 Lincoln, Neb,, March THE bone
dry" prohi hitthn hill nassed the lower