The evening world., 1919-04-15
DEMOCRATS WIN
ON FILIBUSTER IN
THE STATE SENATE
Prevent Passage of Adjourn
ment Resolution Which
Would Kill Legislation.

.-t-ual 'r.m sar toro.pnudcu, OF rns
trsHng WurldD
ALBANY. April IA Democratic
hubustcr which began last night at
10 o'cloc, ami lustcd until 100 o'clock
this afternoon blocked the plans Of
Republican Senators to XIII the
doughbag inquiry and number Of
very important bills through final ad-
journment next Saturday.
The fllbustcr ended this afternoon
when the senate sustained the mutipn
of Minority Leader Foley TO postpone
until to- morrow consideration OF tho
resolution Of Majority Leader walters
TO adjourn finally next Saturday. The
vote was &c 10 %. Senator walters
served notice that he would inn
mcliatcly cali w the resolution at the
next session.
Majority leader Walters discovered
M last nights session of the senate
that there were three Democrats alb
sent. Lynch. Sutherland and Miller.
Even with the aid of their four Re
publican nsurpcnt allies. the D,mo-
Gratis could not prevent the passage
OF the adjournment resolution. Tho
only way 10 defer "A vote on the rcso-
luton was TO talk the resolution TO
death.
The moment Walters moved that
the resolution for adjournment be
voted on Minority Leader Foley began
lining up his oratorical forces. His
plan was TO keep the Democratic
Senators speaking until the three
missing Senators could be brought
here as fast as train or automobile
would carry them.
1 Lynch, who lives on staten Island.
was the first to arrive. lie entered
/ Albany on "A train that delivers milk
] TO the good people OF this place.
| Sutherland, who is short and stocky,
! was seen hurrying up the State street
/ Hill toward the Capitol just at tho
break OF day.
Milior was dragged away from a
jewish observance in order that ho
might thwart the designing Repub-
Leans. There were no early morning
trains at tho time he was ready to
leave New York city. 80 he hired an
automobile after an unsuccessful a.
tempt to locate one of his aviator
friends.
Senator Bowling was one OF tho
N In A L.
sent one OF the pages for a history OF
the Roman Empire. Taking advan.
tage Of the Senate rule which gives q
member the right to debate a qucs,
lion for six hours Senator DOwllnp
read long, more or less interesting
chapters about the way Senators iT
those daya blocked unholy designs ~
adjournment.
In those days there were 900 Sen
atOrR instead OF about half n hun,
dred," sad bowling And such Sen
ators, gentlemen In the bcginnini
r they were all patricians. Later on
, plobians managed TO sneak in. ever
as now, gentlemen. II was Caesar
, you know, who increased the term O
[ Roman Senator to a lifetime. Jus
thlnl, of election time, And thcT
was ltomulus, good old Romulus"----
Who was that guy Romulus? 4?
asked an up state senator.
7 Don't interrupt me with chldis
questions" replied Senator Dowling.
II was thus that the time KILN
reading and talking proceeded a
, night, until Senator Miller, covcrc
with dust, made his way into IN
Senate Chamber Twenty six Sen
, ators who stand against adjournmen
were then present while twenty. iiy
t ha al ~ h, k1
Jority.
Before the four Republican Ser
ators, Thompson. Fowler. DaycnpoI
and Graves, turned ,nsurgent IN
vote was twcnty-nine Republican
and twenty-five Democrats. q
measures favored by the four Ropuh
lican Insurgents the Democrats con
troll the Senate by ono vote.
Aside from their attempt to kin NJ
tho dOughhdg Investigation the RI
publiCans also want TO prevent n
passage of the Health lnsuranc
Eight Hour Day for Women an
Womcn's Minimum Wage Bills, all
which have passed the Senate an
are now buried in the Rules Commi
tee Of the House, over which Speak
Sweet holds complete control
Speaker Sweet declares that irr,
spoctiVc Of what the senate haH 4,
Cidcd TO do, the Assembly viii ccal
doing business next Saturday.
order TO conform to the ConstitutIo
there viii be enough members
h'nd every day or so to meet ar
move for recess. This Is the meth,
rcsortcd to by the Republicans
their desire to put an end to $500 0
slush FUND invcstiga tions and to n
minister the quietus to legislati
they are opposed TO-,
St,onO,OO0 Grain Elevator for q
Wanus Hay Canal.