The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-08

the authority in the crisis were:
! Republicans Clapp, Minnesota
Cummins, Iowa; Gronna, North Da
kota; Kenyon, Iowa; LaFollette, Wis
consin; Norris, Nebraska; Works
California;.
Democrats-Kirby, Arkansas; Lane,
Oregon, O'Gorman, New York; Stone
Missouri Vardaman, Mississippi-5.,
70 Senators Sign Manifesto.
The 76 Senators who signed the
manifesto we're:
Democrats - Ashurst, Bankhead,
Beckham, Broussard, Eryan, Cham
berlain, Chiffon, Fletcher, Hardwick,
Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes, Husting,
James, Johnson, South Dakota; Kern,
Lea. Lee, Lewis, Martin, Virginia;
MARITIME, New Jersey; Myers, New
! lands, Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pitt
| man, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed, Rob-
| inson, Salisbury, Shafroth, Sheppard,
| Shields, Simmons, Smith, Georgia;
| Smith. Maryland; Smith, South Caro-
lima; Swanson, Thomas, Thompson,
Tillman, Underwood Walsh and Will
liams.
Republicans-Bora Brady, Bran
degee, Catron, Clark, Colt, Curtis,
Dillingham;, Dupont, Fall, Fernald
Harding. Jones, Lodge, McCumber,
Mclean, Nelson, Oliver, Page, Poin-
dexter. Sherman, Smith, Michigan;
Smoot, Sterling. Sutherland, Town
send, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson
and Weeks.
Of the seven Senators not record
ed, three, Gallinger and Golf, Repub-
licans, and Gore, Democrat, were
absent on account of sickness. Sen
ators Lippitt, Republican, and John
son, of Maine, and Smith of Arizona,
Democrats, were absent from the city.
Senator Culberson, Democrat, did not
reach the Senate in time to be record
ed.
Dramatic Close.
Hours before the end. Senators who
fought throughout the night to break
down the filibuster conceived a way
to thwart LaFollette's plans to &C.
cupy the center of the legislative
stage at the climax of the bitter fight
It's execution brought the session to
dramatic end, with LaFollette fight
ing for a chance to deliver a speech
on which he had worked many days.
He saw friends of the doomed legis-
lation inf1ict the death blow he plan
ned.
Instead of LaFollette, Senator
Hitchcock, leader of the majority in
favor of the bill, talked out the wan
ing hours of the session. He timed
his opportunity to the minute Sen
ator LaFollette entered the Senate
chamber shortly after 9 o'clock in the
morning, prepared to take the center
of the stage for the last act of the
tragedy. When the moment he had
chosen arrived. he addressed the chair,
but Senator Hitchcock prevented his
recognition.
The forensic struggle which en-
sued seldom if ever had been equalled
in the history of the Senate. Voices
were strained to shrieking, and
threatening fists were shaken at the
presiding officer while the crowded |
floor and galleries looked on breath
lessly. But the incident soon passed |
W1IuOuL V1O10uCS. Inc chair rGCOR- |
nized Senator Hitchcock and LaFol- |
lette's opportunity was snatched away. |
Tense Moments.
The closing moments of the session |
were tense and Impressive, Ten minu- |
tes before the end, Senator Hitchcock |
had made his last appeal for unani- |
nous consent for a vote ON the bill |
objected. The Nebraska |
Senator, prefacing his closing remarks
with portion of President Wilson's |
address to Congress asking for the |
about to be denied, solemnly
said:
cit is unfortunate and deplorable
that II men in the Senate of the
United States have it in their power to
defeat the will of Is or 80 members
by one of the most reprehensible fill [
busters ever recorded in the history
Of any civilized country"
Senator Hitchcock paused while
his words echoed through the cham
Der. LaFollette stolidly glared to-
ward the Nebraskan, who presently |
added that perhaps he should apol-
ogize for the violence Of his words.
"You are perfectly SAFE" LaFol-
cite returned without rising from his
chair. mo one can answer YOU"
No one did, for the hour of noon
lad struck, and the Sixty-fourth Con
sress was ended.