Arizona republican., 1918-05-04
SENATE WILL VOTE
 ON SED|T|ON BILL
 THIS AFTERNOON
Republican A. p. Leased WireI

WASHINGTON, May 3.-An agree ment to vote at o'clock tomorrow on the conference report on the sedi- tiOn bill. penalizing disloyal acts and utterances, was reached late today by the senate after another day of attack on features alleged to limit freedom of speech and extending the postmas- ter generals mail censorship powers.
 Criticism of the measure was con- tinued by several senators, led by Sen- ator sherman of Illinois, republican, who again assailed administration of ficials, including Attorney General Gregory and Secretary Baker The Illi- nois senator charged the attorney gen. eral with lacking vigor in prosecut- ing and with removing a Tennessee district attorney who was proceeding under the enemy alien law against Major E. H. Stahlman, publisher of the Nashville Banner
 Attacks Censorship Clause
 Senator Norris of Nebraska also at- tackled the censorship clause and an- nounced that he would move for it's elimination. He said the power pro- posed for the postmaster general to withhold mail which he believes would violate the espionage laws is too great to give any man.
 The censorship provision was de- tended by Senator King of Utah, one of it's authors, and by Senator Me Cumber of North Dakota, republican. The latter declared that the legisla- tion will not harm loyal Americans, but IS needed to curb disloyalists.
 Charges Power Too Great Attacking the clause which would permit the postmaster general to de- eide what is unmailable matter, Sen ator Norris, republican, of Nebraska. declared that the power conferred was too great for any one man. What a power this would be in the hands of an interruptions man in a political campaign" said Senator Norris. He could raise a slush fund that would make the Liberty loan look like thirty cents."
 Senator King, democrat, of Utah, re- piled that the provision would give the postmaster general no greater power than he had in peace time to stop fraudulent schemes.
 Laws Cover |. w. w. Case 1 Senator Sherman, republican. of Illi- nois, said laws already existed to punish such men as w. D. Haywood, the ]. w. w. leader, and A. c. Town | ley, head of the Non- Partisan League. l kJtudtOl IAttu Ol -hlSSOQll, tt l interrupted to say he offered no de- | fense of ToWnley, but that the latter | had denied before the senate military committee that he had made state ments attributed to him in the news papers. Senator Sherman read state ment signed by seventeen citizens of North Dakota, who declared Townley had said that American autocracy dragged us into the war that we did not want"
 Goes After Secretary Baker
 Attacking Secretary Baker for an alleged statement in an address at Jersey City. some months ago, that George Washington's soldiers stole ev- erything they could lay their hands on,' Senator Sherman demanded to know how we could 'blame the Hay woods and the Townfeys when they de- liver diatribes against soldiers living when the speech of the secretary o1 war was of the soldiers dead"
 Senator Fall. republican of New Mexico, said the bills provisions pro- hibiting the scurrilous remarks against the American uniform would have subjected Secretary Baker to prosecu- ton. He favored the bill he said, tc stop such criticism.