The Washington times., 1923-02-25
Test Shows As to SO for Bill,
Three Democrats Favoring,
Nine Republicans Against It
ENDS ACTION THIS SESSION
Final Death Blow TO Be Dealt
TomorroW-Senator Jones
Bars Motion to Recomnit nit
By WINDER r. HARRIS,
Universal Service.

! Universal Service.
Inability of the majority i'm the
Senate to function against an
organized minority was confessed
yesterday when Administration
leaders in charge of the ship sub
sidy bill accepted defeat at the
hands Of the filibuster which has
held the legislative machinery at
q standstill since last Monday.
PARTY LINES DRAWN.
Two consecutive test votes again
showed comfortable margin in ia
vor of the legislation to build up
an adequate merchant marine. The
vote each time was as to SO. Three
Democrats voted with 43 Republi-
cans for action. Twenty-nine Demo
Gratis and 8 Republicans formed
the opposition.
But the power of the minority
to continue the talkfest up to adj
journment of the present Con-
the subsidy bill Is laid aside gives
the obstructionists control Of the
situation.
Senator Jones, in charge Of the
bill, acknowledged the futility OF
prolonging the fight, and decided
to call 1t off to save other inpor-
tant measures on the calendar.
Formal surrender, however, was
deferred to tomorrow, because the
opposing factions could not agree
on the parliamentary weapon that
should be Used in striking the ac-
tual death blow. When this dis
agreement developed further consid-
GRAFTON of the bill by unanimous
consent was put over until tOn1or.
row, with a motion to recommit 1t
to the Commerce Committee pend.
ing.
This motion, made by Senator
Robinson, acting Democratic leader,
win be voted upon at o'clock to-
morrow and probably will be voted
| down. Then the subsidy will be
displaced by some other measure,
probably the filled milk bill
Senator Jones announced while he
was opposed to sending the subsidy
back to. the committee, he would
support motion to displace it with
the filled milk bin after the adoption
of his motion to take up the ship
| legislation. Technically it had not
been before the Senate since the con-
ference rep6rt on the army bin was
acted upon Wednesday night.
It was agreed on all sides that
displacement of the subsidy with
any other bill would mark the end
of the shipping legislation for the
present Congress.
The lineup on the two test votes
was as follows:
LINEUP OF SENATORS.
Republicans for Jones motion:
Ball, Delaware; Brandegee, Connec.
ticut; Bursum, New Mexico; Calder,
New York; Cameron, New Mexico;
Cummins, Iowa; Curtis, Kansas;
Dillingham;. Vermont; Ernst, Ken.
lucky; Fernald, Maine; Frelinghuy-
sen, New Jersey; Gooding. Idaho:
Hale, Maine; Harreld. Oklahoma;
Johnson. California; Jones, WASH
ingtOn; Kellogg, Minnesota; Reyes,
New Hampshire; Lenroot, Wiscon-
sin; Lodge, Massachusetts,: McCum-
Der, North Dakota; Mckinley, I'LL.
nois; Mclean, Connecticut; Moses,
New Hampshire; Nelson. Minnesota;
New, Indiana: Oddie. Nevada; Page,
Vermont; Pepper. Pennsylvania;
Phipps, Colorado: Poindexter, Wash
ington; Reed, Pennsylvania; Short
Spencer, Missouri; Sterling, South
Dakota; Sutherland, West Virginia;
Townsend, Michigan: Wadsworth,
New York; Warren, Wyoming: Wat.
son, Indiana; Weller. Maryland, and
Willis, Ohio.
Total, 43.
Democrats for Jones' motion:
Broussard, Louisiana; Pomerene,
Ohio. and Ransdell, Louisiana.
Total, 8.
Grand total, AZ.
Republicans voting against Jones'
motion: Borah, Idaho; Brookhart,
Iowa; Capper, Kansas; Couzens,
Michigan; Ladd, North Dakota; La
Toilette, Wisconsin; McNary, Oregon;
Norris. Nebraska, and Stanfield,
Oregon.
Total-9. 4.
Democrats against Jones' motion:
Ashurst, Arizona; Bayard, Della
ware; Caraway, Arkansas; Culber-
son, Texas; Dial, South Carolina:
Fletcher, Florida; George, Georgia;
Glass, Virginia; Harris, Georgia;
Harrison. Mississippi; Helm, Ala
bama; Hitchcock, Nebraska; Jones,
New Mexico; Kendrick, wyoming;
King, Utah; Mcclellan, Tennessee;
Myers, Montana; Overman, North
Carolina; Pittman, Nevada; Robin
son, Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas;
Shields. Tennessee; Smith, South
Carolina; Stanley, Kentucky: Swan
son. Virginia; Trammel, Florida;
Walsh, Massachusetts,: Walsh. Mon