Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16

surcs were planned, both from among the
members and from the outside, for ID.
Clarence tiibbony of Philadelphia and
Wayne B Wheeler Of Washington were
here to speak on different phases Of the
prohibition amendment, while Senator
Mitchell and some Of his Democratic
colleagues had announced their purpose
of attacking features Of the Defence bill,
and, while there was no desire to make
any effort to prevent this onslaught, the
Republicans felt secure in their under
standing among themselves.
PROGRAM SHATTERED
Therefore the business day started at
IL Is with the belief, on the part Of the
Republicans. that instead Of going home
in the evening without accomplishing
anything, they would have cleaned up the
calendar, AS far rs the governors recon-
mendations were concerned. But their
hopes were rudely shattered.
notwithstanding the fact that neither
Of the two bills had been reported out Of
committee all Of the morning session was
given over to the speech of Mr. Glib
bony and Mr. Wheeler brief reply This
brought the session M 10 i245 and
recess was taken for lunch, 30 beng
fixed as the hour for reconvening. The
intention was to return after lunch and
! act on both bills, the understanding being
! that they would be reported favorably 10y
| the committees to which they had been
| referred.
Instead of rcconvenlng at 80, the
appointed time, ii was 3 30 when the body
| was called To order for the afternoon
session During the recess the Republi-
cans held another caucus, when Senators
| Barnard and Frazier, according TO report,
| asked that the Defence bill 90 over until
| Monday As il would have been futile
| to have refused the request II was granted
| As a matter of fact, the bill was still
| resting peacefully IN the archives Of the
| revised statutes committee, Of which
| President Pro femporc Barnard Is chair
/ man. the other members being Meqsrs
| Frazier. Hart and tIollctt, in addition II
| MIR Webb the absent member, and. Is
| nothing could be done until the committee
| had reported the bill, and rs the Dem
| ocrats were not IN u hurry to get Il ont,
| IT would have been useless to have at
| tempted to form the issue IN the face Of
| the ovrrW hclmlng opposition. - the
I lig was ~ for the day Nothing was
| r,nc with the hill and II still is ia com
mlttoe with no assurancc that II viii
| come out at anv specified tune. hough
| President Pro icmpore Barnard when
| asked about the outlook Al the close ri
/ the session s44d he nclIcved sd The bfs'-
| ness would ilnisAed 50 thpl both houses
| cin adjourn Tuesday afternoon ot next
week, provided there are Developments
| which he docs not Gow anticipate. lie
| saws II Is probable however bat several
| inls IN addition ~ The two now pending
| which are based on the c8ll. viii to takru
| NJ hut he docs not look for much warm
I II VI f.vf.tfrttse,
W4Y ,uE<p pFFENoa I'LL
| It seems hkcly now hat the Defence bill
| will be amended hcforc il Is passed. blythe
| senate The lti-vear minimum contained
| thereon for the cnnscr.ption If children
appears to He III" nosf obnoxious fea-
| tirc. while the general trend of the con-
| scrlption clause seems % be objection
/ able particularly TO some of The Demo
| Gratis
| While senators Barnard and Frazier
would not admit when spoken 10 after
| the session that they were responsible
| for the delay ii considering the Defence
| bill both SAID there Werc features pf II
| that we're Objectionable and Il had 5ccn
! put over at the request 0i some of the
| senators who wanted more time for con
| sideratlon. in view oi the protests that
| had been made
While there Is no combination between
!, the Democrats and MrssrS Barnard and
! Frazer, Il i moi Improbable that thci-
| combined efforts WIl result in amend
mcnt~ 70 the bill whicb. viii neces-itate
| further action by thr House. he con-
| clIrrcnce 0f the focal branch IN the changes
! being necessary before the hlil couid 70
/ 10 the governor for his Endorsement
This /, the first parrv break n either
/ house from the administration program
| where II could he of ~ extent 81 infiuence
i nc action.
pEoHIBfrIoN VOTE DELAYED
/ \, tae request Of one 0l IT'S friends
I in the senate v nose LOYALTY to the mea-
/ sure i not questioned. ne resolution
/ ratliyIng the prohibition amendment to
/ the Federal c~,~Nution winch ya- ,ched-
/ uled Tor action ia the senate Yesterday
afternoon went over Iutll Monday morn
ing at q clock. being nade the special
i order for that hour 1t was reported
! favorablv by the temperance committee
/ and. on motion ol Mr. Frazier. was gwen
! third reading B1 agreement, however
/ following a joint conference 81 Re
| publican and Democratic members. It
| got no further After Il had been read
| however, Senator CiurInley offered m
| amendment, providing that the ame9d-
ment should not become operative until
/ after II has been submitted 70 ii state
/ vide referendum vote II the general
! election next fall he stipulation being
/ that II should Immediately become ef-
/ fcctivc il The majority vote cs.>t ~ that
time Is IN the Affirmative
Immediately after the resolution and
amendment had been gotten before the
senate, by agreement between McssrS.
Frazier and Gornley both were made he
special order for next Monday morning
i at II clock
j Before this decision was reached how
/ ever, there was some jockcylng. I'M
/ mediatclv after the Original resolution
i had been read, senator OornleS made
j a motion that the Senate adjourn until
Monday The motion was defeated by
the following vote
Yeas Nessrs GurmicN ljollctf Jo-
scph. Mitchell. Murphy and Wharton 1.
Z NAYS MesSrs Brown Frazier, Hiek-
! man, Hoffccker, Long Newton, Pooi.
+ Walker and Barnard 9.
Not voting MIR Hart
The vote to make the resolution and
amendment the special order fer Il o'clock
Monday morning was rs follows
\ caS Mcssrs Frazier. Gormley Harc,
llolctt. Joseph Long. Mitchell. Murphy,