The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-03-06
VICTORY LOAN
BILL PASSES
Senate approves Seven Billion
Dollar Measure After Brief
Filibuster.
WILSON CARRIES HIS POINT.
Employees Are Sent TO Rouse Many
Statesmen From Their Beds and
Bring Them to the Capitol.
EARLY Session Move Lost
WILSON CARRIES HIS POINT.

Washington senate passed
the bill authorizing the government to
issue notes aggregatIng S7,00o,0o,Ooo'
but senators had TO stay up all night
4 TO do It. The final vote on the meas
ure, came shortly after O o'clock a. M.
The Republican fillbuster feared by
\ all Democrats and good many Re
( publicans did not assume serious pro
portions. Some senators talked what
seemed to be overlong, but their talks
/ were really about the bill Every ut.
\ tempt to amend the bill as drawn In
I the Ways and Means Committee and
passed by the house failed
| The votes were merely the informal
| kind. not roll call votes, because ii was
/ 50 evident that the administration ma
chine was in working order and that
roll call votes would only delay final
+ passage OF the measure,
When the weary, bedraggled, red
eyed senator's went home in the cold
gray dawn they managed to get the
first real rest they have had for quite
while. The senate met Sunday, but
only TO hear eulogies, and no public
business whatever was transacted.
Passage by the senate Of the "Vlc-
tory Loan" bill, authorizing sale by
the treasury of S7,0O0,0O0 900 of new
short term notes and SlO0O,000,OO0
for advances by the War Finance Cor
poration In extending American for
eign commerce, came after a bitter
controversy, threatened Republican
filbuster, which completely collapsed,
and tedious all-night session.
A weary group OF senator's, who
had remained through n night of
speeches and delays in securing a quo
rum, witnessed final action on the bill.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin.
Republican, made the principal speech
on the bin, holding the senate floor
from / O'Clock until after 4.
He had expected to speak only an
hour, and discaimed intending OBJ
struction
When the Wisconsin senator CON
cluded Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vanIa, Republican, sought to force an
adjournment without action on the
bill. A quorum was lacking but the
administration leaders had the ser
geant-at-arms round up absentces,
and after a quorum was secured at g
O'Clock the bill was promptly put
through.
Several senators were brought from
their homes after 4 40 O'clock Few
of those remaining through the night
session stayed in the chamber, sleep
ing, dressed, on lounges in lobbies or
committee rooms or outstretched on
touches in the senate chamber
Many spectators remained in the
galleries until late hour, and small
group, including several women
stayed until adjournment
While Senator La Toilette was
speaking, Senator Sherman of Hi
nOis, Republican. who was among the
most active of the Republicans urging
d fiibuster, canvassed the situation.
lie said he found only four other Re-
publicans willing to cooperate in n
filibuster, so the attempt was abAn-
doned.
Passage of the Loan bill without a
record vote and In the identical form
in which II came from the house def
initely marked the course Of future
legislation.
1t gave assurance that President
Wilson would not find 1t necessary. to
change his plan Of deferring call OF
the new Congress until after his re-
turn from France, probably in June.
Most Republicans favored an ear
Her extra session, but after Republi-
can senator's at conference failed to
reach any decision as to the advisable
iH Of obstructing the Loan bill no
party filibuster was undertaken.