The Washington herald., 1917-05-15
SENATE 0. KS SPY BILL
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nection with food conservation legisla-
tion to be offered later.
The final vote was preceded by a lively
debate on an amendment offered by SEN
ator Thomas, of Colorado, authorizing
the President to suspend all boards OF
trade, chambers of commerce, stock ex-
changes, and other organizations engaged
IN or permitting speculation in food
stuffs. The amendment was tabled after
some debate. Then the tabling motion
was reconsidered on the initiative of Sen
ator LaFollette, and the debate was re-
neWed. Answering a statement by SEN
ator Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, that "the
people had been accustomed to specu.
lation In food stuffs for a long time,
Senator Thomas declared: you can't as
custom people to starvation, to living
beyond their incomes. The government
must extend its hand and close II over
the throats of the food gamblers"
In the course OF the food debate food
spectators were denounced as robbers"
and pirates" and threatened with hang
ing. Senators Lewis, of Illinois, and
Reed, Of Missouri, decried the publicity
given to the food shortage. Senator Lewis
declared the President should be empowed
to seize cornered food stuffs and distrib-
ute them at a fair price to their owners
and the consumers. Senator Reed de-
clared that the food shortage propaganda
could not have been better calculated to
create high prices 'ff 1t had been con-
ceived by the ingenuity of the devil him
self"
Finally Voted Down.
Senator Thomas amendment was
finally voted down, 40 to "a, but the
Senator gave notice that he would not
give up the fight against the food
spectators. He declared he would offer
it in another form when the opportunity
presented within few days.
Senator La Toilette tried to have the
embargo section of the espionage bill
amended to prevent its use in coercing
other nations into declaring war against
Germany When debate on the La
Toilette amendment promised to delay
passage of the bill, administration Sena-
tors threatened to go into secret execu-
tive session. This forced an immediate
roll call and the amendment was voted
down. 65 to 9.
The Senate, after the passage of the
bill. voted to insist upon its amendments
and ask the House for a conference to
adjust the points of difference over the
measure. There was every indication.
however, that censorship was dead and
buried. and that it would not be embodied
in the conference agreement
The roll call yesterday on the censor
ship follows:
Opposed to censorship-Ashurst. Bank
head, Borah. BrandeEee, Broussard,
Calder. Chamberlain. Cummins, Curtis.
Dillingham;, Fall, Fernald. France,
Frelinshuysen. Gallinger. Gore, Gronna
Harding. Harding Hardwick, johnson
California;. Jones CWashington). Kel-
logg, Kenyon, Knox. La Toilette, Lewis.
Lodge, McKeller. New. Page, Phelan
Pittman. Reed, Salisbury, Shafroth
Sherman. Shields. Smith (Arizona), Smith
CGeorgia). Smith CSouth Carolina), Smoot
Sutherland. Thomas. Townsend, Tram
NEIL Underwood, Vardaman, and Wat
son.
For ensorship-Beckham. Colt. Gull
berson, Fletcher. Gerry, Hale, Hollis
HustinE. James, Jones New Mexico),
Kendrck. King, Kirby McCumber. Nc
Leah, Martin. Myers. Nelson. Newlands
Overman, PoindeXter, Pomerene Rams
dell. Robinson. Sheppard. Simmons.
Sterling. Stone. swanson, Thompson,
Wadsworth. Walsh, Williams. and
Wolcott
Line-Up on Spy Bill.
Following was the lineup Of the Senate
on the final roll call on the espionage
bill:
TUT lne ulll-ASnuTSl, BECK
ham, Brandegee, Broussard Calder.
Chamberlain, Colt, Culberson. Cummins.
Curtis. Dillingham;, Fall Fernald, Fletch-
er. Frelinghuysen. Gallinger, Gerry. Gore,
Hale. Harding, Hardwick. Hollis. Hust-
ing. James, johnson CCalD. Jones IN. M,
Jones CWashD. Kellogg. Kcndrick, Ken
yon, King, Kirby, Knox. Lewis, Lodge,
McKeller, Mclean. Martin. Myers Mel
son. New. Newlands, Overman,' Owen,
Page. Phelan, Pittman, Poindexter, Pom
creme, Ransdell, Reed, Robinson. Sauls-
bury. Shafroth, Sheppard. Shields. Sim
mons. Smith (ArizD. Smith CGa). Smith
tMdD, Smith Is. c.. Smoot. Sterling,
Stone, Sutherland, Swanson. Thompson,
Townsend. Trammell, Underwood. War
rem. Watson. Weeks. Williams. wolcott
and Wadsworth.
Against the bill-Borah, France. Gron-
ma, LaFollette, Sherman and Vardmaan.