Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-18
Action Follows an Avalanche
of Protests Which Practi-
calIy Buried Congress.
HOURS WERE SPENT IN
STORMY DEBATE ON RULE
Fuel Administrators Action Is
Termed National Calamity"
and industrial Paralysis"
CONSIDERED DISCOUR EOU
Senator Hitchcock Declares No Rem
edy Presents Itself, Except
Appeal to President.
CONSIDERED DIsCoURTE EoU s
IBy Assoctsted rrcs.l

NASH1NGTOE. January ia wave
ct Indignant pro:es. against the gov
ernmcrt's drastic fuel restriction order
which swept over Congress to-day cuI-
minated in the adopticn hy tho senate
tonight, 80 20 -. OF resolution re-
Gues.:nG Gvc-day suspension OF The
order Efforts TO Get n vote on sim
ilsr resolution in the House were
blocked by objection.
Hours were spent in stormy de-
bate in both Senate and House. mem
bers Yehemcntly charactc-.Zins The fuel
administrators step as ertai.!nS ''ua
,:cnal calamity" and "induG;rial pa
ra!ys:s." Partisan lncs we're larscl.
diarcEardsd. particularly n the Senate.
ard when il became apparent that the
order va sein. into effect IN spite
rf ,ae senate request. plans were laid
submitting AN appeal directly 10 Pres
.ocr; Wilson to-riorrow.
Issuance OF the orders to-nish. wa )
great discourteSy TO the Senate" said
senator Hitchcock, author OF the rceo-
!@t!o" adopted. "bu, | DO not sec how
Congress can now act 10 suspend their
oncra,!on | hardly see what further
sep can be taken by Congress. cxccD:
hr appeal TO the President. in time 10
ENfF bHt.4 ttCEJkiCli
Suspension or repeal OF tina, par, Of
the Lever food control law. under which
fUc! A6riinistracor Gartrld acted. Wa.
enc 0. tho proposals considered BY mem
hers OF Congress to-day Senator Hitch
cock said. ard might he brought up
,o-morro". although the necessary hill
~ resolution hardly could be passed
b. hc.h houses III time 10 nave any
cnect.
Congress flooded br tcicsrams or
rro;cs; from business interests. gave
over practically the entire day 20 the
subject. Resolutions requesting post
roHcmcnt were introduced in the som
ate b. Mr.. H.tChcock. q Democrat. md
Republican Leader Ga!inscr. and in ;hc
House b. acting Republican Lcsdc.
Giilctt.
]: Was : o'clock aud juzt abou, the
timc the fuel admlnist-4 tors formal
c-6er Wa nad- ruhi,u ,.,at The Sca-
80 aho7'ed 'hr lli,chcovi resolution:
Resolved, rhst tho ;Icl adnjnists',.
,o' ct the un.tcd S,a;ca hc. aud ~
10 hcrchy. requested TO GcIa. Tor Gyc
days the order auspcm1jNS tas opera
zion of Industrial p'amts IN portions
ot the unltoG states, ga orocr that pro-
ioct- may rc hcarI, iuvcs,iS S,;iou made
I'd information prc.cHtcj
uOW SENATOR'S VOTED
on UI7CHoo,l> HILI.
ri@ voto on tho Hitchcock resolution
!oiior.:
For rcaolution: Dem ocrats - ia ni,lcad.
Eeciha:n, Gerry. Gore. llitchvock. Me
ke'!ar. Martin, Oven. romcrcnc. Reed,
';aulshur?. Sh.clds smith. ieorSi.. !;
Smith. Maryland; Smith. south caro-
,ina; stone. Swanson. Thomas. Tilpar.
Underwood Na:tlan,;,n aud Wolcott
Total Democrats. 20
Republicans - Bfar!cscc. calder,
Cumnrins. Curtis. .crnali. rrclin.-
hnyscn, GaliinScr. Hale. Harding. John
son. Cal; jones Wash; Kellogg Knox.
McCumhcr. NcLcsn. NcNary. Nelson.
Ncw. Norris. Po;ndcxtcr. sherman.
Smoot. Sterling, %uthcrian nd Townso end
Vadsvorth. Watson ANA Weeks Total
Republicans, IS. Total fog the rcso!u =
ion. so.
Against the resolution; Democrats
Aahrrat, Chainbcr'ain. i'ctyhcr, Hard
wick. Johnson. ScG:h Dakota. Iouc3.
New Mexico: lirhy. Lewis. M!er.. l'llc-
Ian. rittn,au, rauadcii. Robinson, SSha
troth Sheppard and Simmons Total
tcme crat. 10
Republican, Enrsh- Gtcnna ard La
roric;tc. rcta', Republicans. :" Total
against The rcaolu:iou 10.
MOUSE rAII.s TO ,oyE
on GILtI;rT UESOI.iTTON
In ~ li"uac. after SHARP toha;c. a
yoie on Eerrc.o Gilictt.; rcao-
luton WAS prevented BY refusal OF
REPRESENTATIVE COS. OF in'.G nd. rca.o-
crat, to give unanimous consent FOR
IT.. confederation.
action in tic Senate WAS delayed
lors enough for pr. c;arleld to he sum
moncd to Tic capitol and questioned by
tic senate Manufactures subcommit
tcc inyc8tiEating the fuel shortage.
senator Reed. tho chairman. report cd
thut ho was not satisfied with the cx-
rianation.
Renewal with probable increased in
tonsity or congressional criticism to-
morrow is anticipates, although after
failing 10 secure action on his rcsolu-
ton by the House. Representative Gill
lctt said 1t was CLOSED incident"
leaders IN the movement for war
council 10 control and direct general
war policies OF the government think
the situation insurcs favorable action
on their proposals.
Senators Lewis, Simmons and Jones.
OF New. Mexico. In the Senate. and
Representative ratncv. in thc House,
defense Of tho administration. They
all admitted that the order entailed So
Continued on Third Pago.)