The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
CONTINUES
 CONSIDERATION OF
 EMERGENCY TARIFF
Flood Gates of 0ratory Opened Wide When CIoture Petition Is Rejected By Vote of
 36 to 35
Fly HUGH w. ROBERTS Washington Bureau yhe Asa- -Heraia
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Washington February 2.Shoving aside all pending legislaticn, including 9 dozen big appropriation bills the senate today voted to continue con-. stderation of the Fordrey emergency tariff bill. Tho gates were opened wide for flood of oratory when q petition for the use of cloture In the tariff debate was voted down, ss tos Is5, mastering far less than the neces> Isary two thirds majority.
 Tn a session marked by political
 jockeying, debate consisted of Short, but heated speeches. Attempts were into pitfalls Republican leaders sought to avoid cloture, but the demo- |crats challenged that it be brought in. had then marshaled their forces, de- feating 1t promptly. Minority mem bers then sought unanimous consent agreement fixing a date for vote on the tariff only to have one of their own ranks enter objection.
 As 1t now stands the emergency tariff measure has precedence ovcr all business, except during the morning hours of sessions from 1e to 2 o'clock. There were hints thrown out however, that the end was not yet, and that de. mand for displacement of the tariff bill by appropriations measures might come at any time or that an attempt to obtain vote on the bill might be made. Both Senators Penrose of Penn- |sylvania and McCumber of North Da~ kota, republicans, have made it clear that vote must be had on the legis> lation which they claim will save the farmers of tho country from bank
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 ASK FOR AGREEMENT:
 At the outset today, MT. McCumber asked that all join in agreement to vote on the bill February 16 His motion was lost. Then the cIoturc was tried and failed. Senator Simmons, democrat, North Carolina, countered the republicahs' move with a propc sition to vote on February 1S, and MT. Penross tried to prevail ,pon his opponent to set an early date for fear of q pocket veto hx tho President. Senator Williams, dtmo0rat,S Gississip- pi however. destroyed all hope by ans nouncihg hs would object tc "any unanimous cqnsent on anything at
 Senator 1ewnsend. republican, Mich- igan. called for consideration of the rostoffice appropriation bill and there were demands for vote on the mo ticn, but with the Senate in the frame Of mipd 1t had worked itself into, the notion went down to inevitable de. feat.
 There followed an hour Of debate unusual in the Senate. Senators ogniti6n. Many wanted to make their positicn clear, both with refefence to the bill and to the cloture resolution. senator Johnston. republican. Califor- pia, launched q bitter attack on clot- ure. and assailed all who favored 1t.
 ONLY FREE SPEECH BODY
 Tt has como that this body is the only ore in the world where free speech can be had in unhridled forn.v he declared. II never have been fer cloture. for the gag, # yon please, at any time, and particularly on q ma ter or no more importance than this. e T aSn for this bill, but never Will De in. favor of inyokiHs cloture. 1t pApalixes those who speak least. It does not give anybody an oppcrtunity to exprsss his thoukhts fully. rho Congressional Record will show that have consumed as little space II any ssnatcr. sq feel have the r1ght to 1 condemn the programme xs ara ssksd to. approvs I care not what the rea- aon ie: :scyoture was tIia6 not e many ponths &go, and mo- gpod came of i{. ! IL ia wrong in prtnciple. and stanas axAinst traditicnar American Sree speech., \, x
 After the yete, Mr. Penross took up claims that The tariff htl1 would mean the failure 6f apprcprlation bills at this session He oicsd the opiaion that 'ws shaA have better hpprop- -las tioA -bills f sefse rf thepa do fail." De- isyed eenefdprn't n'tioH. he 4eclsred. ineaut fnore cSfnpIete ctHsldera ttcn ana .aSre