The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-20
Advocates
of Ship Bill
Win Round
Force Night Session in Effort
to Obtain Early Action
Proposal to Table Milk
Bill Pending.
Argue Over Filibuster

Washington, Feb. 19.-0P)-Con-
fronted With an effort to displace
their measure, senate proponents of
the administration shipping bill
forced a night session in waging the
final stage of the fight to obtain en-
actment OF the legislation before ad-
journment of congress.
Opponents of the bill attempted to
bring about an adjournment at the
usual hour, but We're voted down, 45
TO 80. Earlier in the day they united
with supporters OF the filled.milk bilr
in an endeayor to take up that meas
llre and lay aside the shipping legis-
lation.
Senator-Jones, republican. Wash
ington, in charge Of the ship bill.
met the move with a motion to lay
on the table the proposal to take up
the filled-uilk bill, which was made
by Senator Ladd. republican. North
Dakota The motion was defeated, A
10 ~. and the Ladd proposal was left
pending before the senate.
NOnSl0ef NOte freclse.
Leaders among the forces support.
ing the shipping bill conceded that
the vote to table the motion was pre-
else and pointed out that several re-
publicans who are considered favor
able to the shipping bill, such as
Senators Mccormick, Illinois; Nichol-
son. Colorado; Sterling. South Da-
kota; Sutherland, West Virginia: Nc
Nary. Oregon; Cameron. Arizona;
Gooding. Idaho, and Stanfield, Ore
gon, voted against tabllng the Ladd
motion.
The vote on the motion to table was
followed By extended debate <during
which the shipping bill was attacked
and the filled milk bill was both at
lacked and defended. The feature OF
this debate, however. was a lengthy
interchange between Senator Under
wood, the retiring democratic leader,
and several democrats on the question
Of the propriety OF filibuster against
the shipping legislation. During this
debate, Senators Underwood and
Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska. con.
ceded that there was a filibuster
against the shipping bill. but Senator
Harrison. democrat. Mississippi. later
denied there was any real "filibuster"
and SC d thar any statement 70 the
contrary must have been a slip of the
tongue"
Principle at Stake.
-
that he was opposed TO defeat of the
shipping bill by a filibuster caused
Hitchcock to inquire how the demo
cratic leader squared his opposition 10
a filibuster now with his action in
leading the filibuster at the beginning
OF the present session. during the fill
buster against the anti-lynching bill,
That such a cosrse was justified in
that that bill violated funda-
mental principle and added:
"A great governmental principle is
now at stake. This congress Is not
soing TO vote Yes or NO on the ship
subsidy bill, but on the question Of
whether there shall be fastened on
the country a contract which was re-
pudiated at the last election"
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The additional statement was made
by Senator Hitchcock that he could
speak with freedom" as he was a
lame duck and that never was n
filibuster more iustifiable.' than
against the pending legislation.
The democratic leader proposed
that the Madden amendment making
government aid to ship operators con
tingent on annual appropriations by
congress be voted on first. adding
that IL that were adopted. although
he still would oppose the bill. its
passage would be fraught with no
danger to the country
In the midst of the debate Senator
Mckellar democrat Tennessee asked
unanimous consent for a resolution
inquiring into the liquor sales on
government ships before the order
prohibiting such sales but Senator
Calder. republican, New York. blocked
its consideration The resolution
asked for detailed information from
the shipping board regarding liquor
sales during the wet" period.