Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-12
FIRE OPENED ON
ADMIN|STR RATION
MARINE BILL BY
SENATE ENEMIES
Jones Calls Up the Measure
But His Opening State
nlent in Its Behalf Is De-
Iayed by Foes
ARKANSAS SENATOR
LEADS THE ATTACK
Candidates Who Supported
1t in the Fall Campaign
Went Down to Defeat
Robinson Asserts

Washington, Dec. 11.-The adj
nninistration shipping bill was taxi
en- UP today by the senate and was
subjected Immediately to a bap-
tism of fire at the hands Of demo-
cratic opponents.
Chairman Jones Of the COM
lnerce committee, which reported
the bill Saturday after making sew
eral changes in the house draft,
called up The measure. His OPEN
ing statement in behalf of the leg
islation, however, went over until
4, tomorrow, because Of the time con-
sumed by the democrats in several
attacks on the measure and by the
reading of the entire bill and both
majority and minority reports in
compliance with a demand made
by Senator Fletcher OF Florida,
ranking democratic member OF the
commerce committee.
Democrats Start Attack
The democrats started their at
tack as soon as Chairman Jones
made his first move in the legis-
lauve struggle which is expected
10 occupy the senate for weeks
Senator Jones proposed first that
the senate proceed to immediate
consideration of the bill but OBJ
lection from the democratic side
blocked this move until after the
regular calendar had been disposed
of. The commerce committee
chairman next suggested that the
senate, beginning tomorrow, meet
an hour earlier, but withdrew the
proposal in the face OF objections
from several democratic senators
and Chairman Norris of the agri-
culture committee, that this would
interfere with committee activities.
Republican supporters of the bill
q rather expected an attempt by the
!, democrats to prevent the taking up
OF the bill, but the motion was
carried without dissent upon viva
-syoce vote. The next move by Sem
ator Jones--a proposal that the
senate, on quitting work today, re-
cess instead OF adjourn to expedite
consideration of the bill--however,
was used by three democratic
members as q vehicle of attack on
tho administration policy with re-
spect to the measure and on the
legislation itself. The proposal
later was ruled out OF order by
Senator McNary, republican, OF
Oregon, who was presiding, on a
point raised by Senator Harrison,
democrat OF Mississip. !.
Robinson Opens Fight
Senator Robinson Of Arkansas
led off in the attack with q rriti-
clsm of the administrations course
in postponing house action until
after tho election on what he de-
scribed as "concededly unpopular
legislation'' and then in bringing
pressure to,bear TO hasten enact
ment of the legislation "before the
members of congress have had q
chance to reflect on the expression
OF the people at the polls in No
Yember."
The ship bill, Senator Robinson
said, entered into the fall campaign
/, in more than fifty congressional
I Districts and il every case, he as
serted the candidate supporting
the legislation went down to de-
feat.
Senator Harrison, in arguing this
point of order, denied that he OF
any other democratic senator pro-
posed to filibuster against the bill
He criticised the action Of the adj
ministration in calling the special
session at which t: house passed
the shipping bill and at which, he
said, the senate had done "just
four things"
One was a very extraordinary
proposition, he continued, "and one
which the American people vel
coined, namely, the swearing in oi
a woman for the first time in the
history of the American congress
as a senator from the state ol
Georgia"
Resignation of Newberry
Another was equally welcomed
by the American people and wat
more welcomed by senators on the
other side OF the aisle (the repub'
lican side), and that was the res
ignation of Mr.. Newbepry.
"The other two propositions thai
came before the congress were
matters that We're not offered II
good faith. and were. attempted II
order to obtain co1ored votes
throughout the country-the Dyei
anti-lynching bin. which all sen
ators on the Other side knew was
dead at the moment it was born
and the Liberian loan proposition
during consideration of which We
saw senator's on the other side, like
the king of France with forty thou
sand men. march up the hill ant
then march down again. BY vote
furnished by the republican ma
jority the loan bill was sem bacl
10 the sleep that knows no awak