Evening star., 1927-02-23

Again the Senate quickly emptied. but
the galleries began to fill rapidly. Dur
ing the early hours there had been
but one spectator in the public gal
lery, Mrs. Johnson, wife of the Cali
fornia Senator. who stayed through.
out the night.
The Senate met yesterday at II
o'clock, and as it proceeded today
without stop, one of the longest ses.
sions of the body, if not the longest,
was in prospect.
1t was the first time that warrants
were ordered for the arrest of absent
ees since 1915. when a filibuster was
conducted against the merchant ma
rine bill. Records do not show, how
ever, that any actual arrests were
made then, and the action last night
was merely in the form of notice to
Senators that warrants had been is
sued to compel their attendance
The two long intermissions occa-
stoned by the hunt for absentees left
the Senate helpless to do business, and
frequent facetious suggestions gained
only feeble laughter as Senators
shifted restlessly on the couches in
the clOakrooms.
Senator Norris, Republican, Ne
braska, suggested that the Marines
be brought back from Nicaragua to
aid in the search for absentees and
Senator Blease, Democrat, South
Carolina, moved that the prohibition
forces of Gen. Andrews bo employed
in the chase.
Goff Asks About Shifts.
Senator Goff Republican. West Vir-
ginia. who arrived at 2:30 am. in
quired if the Senate did not have day
and night shifts as other working or
ganizations. Senator Neely, Demo
crat, of the same State, demanded to
know finally If Senators were resist
ing arrest.
Vice President Dawes, who has
been leading a fight against the prac-
tice of allowing one Senator to hold
up legislation by a filibuster, was
obviously amused at the proceeding,
but he retired shortly after the dinner
hour yesterday, and several Presi-
dents pro tempore We're seen in his
chair as the night wore on.
That many of the Senators called
from their beds retired to the cloak
room lounges to resume their slumberS
was indicated when Senator Neely,
answering the 5 am. roll call, appear
ed in the chamber wearing his over
coat with collar turned up around
the neck ana closely Duttoned. lie
kept it thus with obvious intent
Many attempts were made to stop
the proceedings by a recess, and each
although defeated, found Senator Cur
tbs, the Republican leader, and Sena-
tor Robinson, the Democratic leader,
voting for the motions to quit
Shortly before 6 am. proponents
of the dam bill We're caught mapping
and on a rising vote a recess was or
dered. Senator Johnson, however, de
manded roll call, and the recess mo-
ton was rejected with four votes to
spare
Pages Caught i'm Jam.
AS the sun rose over the great dome
of the Capitol the sergeant-at-arms
was still scouting through the corri-
doris and cloakrooms for absentees,
who had difficulty finding resting
places because of a practical monopoly
on the couches by bleary-eyed page
boys. The youths, all under L. years
of age. had spent their first night out
in harness.
Those who had remained in the SEN
ate chamber in the long night vigil.
during which the sergeant-at-arms
sought vainlY to bring absentees to
their desks, suffered good naturedly
the joking remarks of their bright-eyed
colleagues who stolled leisurely in one
by one with a good night Of sleep be-
hind
There was considerable merriment
as the late arrivals professed tnnO-
cence OF the night session.