Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-18
HOUSE BLOCKS MOVE
Business Interests Flood With
TeleGrams; Repeal Of the
Lever Bill Talked.
INDIGNANT SPEECHES MADE
Lenroot Declares First Battle
Is Lost to Germany on
American Soil.

WASHlNGTON. Jan. IA wave
OF Indignant protest against the gov
ernments drastic fuel restriction or
der which SWEPT over congroas today
eliminated In the adoption by the sen
ate tonight 90 20 ~. OF rcSolhtlon
requesting fiye-day suspension or
the orders. Efforts TO get vote on|
a similar resolution In the house were
blocked by objection
Hours were spent IN stormy debate
In both senate and house, Partisan
lines were largely disrcgarded, par
ticulariy In the senate, and when II
became apparent Tint the order was
going into effect In spite OF the senate
request plans were laid for submitting
an appeal directly to President wilson
tomorrow.
Repeal OF law Proposed.
Suspension or repeal OF that part OF
the Lever faQd control law under
which Fuel Administrator Garfield
acted was one Of the proposals consid-
cred by members OF congress today.
Senator Hitchcock said. and might DO
brought up tomorrow altho the nee
essary bill or resolution hardly could
| be passed 10y both houses In time To
have any effect
Congress, flooded ny telrRrams OF
puoiest from business interests, gave
otsh practically the entire day 20 the
subject Resolutions repuesting post
ponement were introduced In the SEN
ute by Mr.. Hitchcock, a Democrat. and
Republican Leader Gnllinger and In
the house by Acting Republican,
Leader Gillet To-.
Resolution Passed.
II was O'Clock and Just about the
time the fuel administrators formal
order WAS made public when the SEN
ate adopted the Hitchcock resolution.
The resolution adopted by the SEN
ate, so to 49, follows
"Resolvcd. THAT the fuel admins
traitor of the United states be, and he
Ia hereby requested 10 delay for fiee
days the order suspendlng tho opcr-
alton Of Industrial rlants In portions
OF the United states. in order that
\ protests may be heard. investigation
and Information presented"
In the house after sharp debate n
vote on Representative Gillets fcsolu
ton was prevented by refusal OF Rep
resentntive COX of Indiana CDemocrnD
TO give unanimous consent for It's con
sidcratiOn
! Garfield Summoned.
Action IN the senate was delayed
long enough for Dr. Garfield 10 bo
summoned to the capital and ques
| tiunrd by the senate manufacturers
subcommittee investigating the fuel
shortage. Senator Reed, tho chair
man. reported that he WAS not satls-
fled with the explanation,
Renewal with probible Increased
| intensity Of congressional criticism to-
morrow TX anticipated. nltho after
failing TO secure action on his rosolu-
ton by the house, Representative Gil
let said n was "a closed incident"
Aid tn War Council
Leaders In the movement for war
council 20 contror and direct general
war policies OF the government think
the situation lnsures favorable action
on their proposals
Senators Lewis, simmons and Jones
! OF New Mexico In the senate and Rep
resentntVe Rainey IN the house were
among the principal speakers In de-
fense OF the administration. They all
admitted that the order entailod Cert
~ consequences. but opposed hosfy
action In disturbing orders under au-
thority granted by congress, having
the approval Of the president and pre-
sumLbly essential
Represen,ative 20 irnot. Wisconsin
Repubiican). in raaly TO Mr.. Rainey.
said the country wng "stunR and that
~ this order IN necessary now u II
due TO absolute inco npetency on the
part of someone during the past few
months"
"iost IGrst Battle"
'If II is necessary" Mr. L'nroot
added "thcn We have 1ow on Ameri-
cnn soil lost the first battle against
GermRny"
lie inslsted that the country was
entitled 10 know why this order waA
issued and why every essential
was not first shut down.
I'VE could shut down every suloou
enst Of the MisslAiippl river" he said
} without any loss. and that, " neccs-
ltGry. every brewery anj every luxury
producing concern could be shut
down"
Representative McFadden. pennsyl.
vana CRepublicanl, said that if the
/ kaiser had sought 10 bring about a
coup u could not have been better ar.
ranged than the Garfield order
SeDnfor Cfoup's CuppcH