The sun., 1919-03-02
THREATTOQUIT
SENATE MADE
BY SHERMAN
Storms and Rages When
Colleagues Vote Against
Filibuster.
LODGE Is WITH MAJORITY
Needed Vote Is Obtained for
Suffrage Bill-Big Naval
Measure Is Dead.
LODGE Is WITH MAJORITY
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wAsHrNoroN, March Republicans
Of the Senate conferred for an hour
and a half this evening to try to agree
on q programme for the last few days
Of the session After stormy meet
ing, which came perilously near to
5eopardizing ths chances OF Repub-
leans organizing the next Senate. it
was voted. Is to IL, not to conduct an
organized nght against the bill to au-
thor1ze the issuance of $1,000, 900, 900
in notes to help finance the Govern
ment
Senator Lodge (Mass.), the Repub-
lican leader. and many Of the cooler
heads urged strongly that there be no
flibuster against the bill. They were
wiling that lights be made to amend
the measure, but said 1t would be short
sighted to give the President a chance
to blame the Republicans for any
financial calamity incident to failure
70 get the bond bill through.
On the other hand, there were Sem
ators who declared strongly and posi-
lively for fighting. They pointed out
that II the President failed to call a
special session TO have the bond bill
passed. providing 1t was blocked at
this one, the blame for anything that
happened properly could be put upon
Mr.. Wilson. o.. sy .-a- -.-->------
Could Lay Blame to Wilson.
With the enormous amount OF re-
construction legislation still awaiting
Congress action as we'll as ordinary rou-
tine supply bills for the Government
which are nevertheless absolutely es-
rential, they declared 1t could be made
plain to the country that any financial
cainnity which might occur was entirely
due to the President failing to call Con-
rress in an extraordinary session imme-
diately in order solely to postpone MS
long al possible the almost daily criti-
cisms to which he and his course have
been and may be expected to be sub
.ected.
Senator Lodge and others, though.
were afraid of the effect Of blocking the
note bill. Others were so extreme and
30 anxious to call Wilson's blum
they firmly believe the President would
not have the courage to wreck the
finances OF the country to crafty a per-
eonal wish and prevent criticism OF him
self and his actions abroad-that they
wanted to filibuster against the note is
sue bill and everything else.
As a matter OF fact good many
measures are dead and buried so far
as this Congress Is concerned. The
naval appropriation bill carrying the
camoufage building programme to be
Used as 4 club in trying to compel Great
Britain TO agree 20 Limitation Of ma
tional armaments is gone by the board.
Naval Bill a Dead Issue.
The Senate and House conterees on
this bill were in session to-day Re-
publican members, when the conference
ended. said the bill was dead issue.
They will not put into the hands OF
the President the power to say whether
a programme for building sixteen capi-
tul ships shall be started. The next
Congress with a Republican majority
certainly will do no such thlng' they
added.
The naddest man in The Senate to-
night was Senator Sherman (lL). He
LEFT the Republican conference white
with rage when he saw that majority
sentiment was against the party con-
Quoting an organized filibuster against
the note issue authorization and every
thing else.
"if you won't hght." he declared,
his voice actually shaking with rage
there will be an empty seat In the
hack
II Senator Sherman carries this threat
through II would mean cutting the ex'
tremely narrow Republican majority ir
the next Senate to the very bone, where
the least slip out OF line by any one
Senator would put control In the handi
of the Democrats, AS elected the nex'
Senate stands 40 to ~. II Sherman
stays home the Republican majority will
be cut to one.
some Bills VIII he Blocked.
There is not much opposition to let
ting the general deficiency bin or thu
sundry civil bill go through this Con
gress However. in the uncertain tenn
per OF some Republican Senators som'
rnea II not all. will be prevented
from going through. In a nutshell. thu
situation now Is this:
The Republican party will not flibus
ter; II will try TO amend tho bond au
thorization bill SO that the Secretary o.
the Treasury will not have the broad
suthority over the proposed note issues
embodied in the bill, including the righ
20 fx interest rates; II will not MI
buster against the general deficiency biz
which carries the new revolving fund o
$3.50 .0o0. 900 for tho Railroad Admins
tration. however, few Republican
senators acting Independently may blocl
t;ie whole programme.
Senator la Toilette CWis.) DID carr!
through a successful one man fiiibuste