Evening star., 1927-02-23
SENATE STRUGGLES
OVER BOULDER DAM
BILL FOR 20 HOURS
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Senator Dill already had arrived.
"Mr. Edge is not at home" resumed
the sergeant-at-arms. Mr.. Ernst says
he waited too long to be called and
has gone to bed Mr.. Ferris says he
is tired out and can not come. Mr..
Fletcher will come. Mr.. George is ILL.,
Mr.. Glass will come. Mr.. Goff has
gone to bed with a bad cold.
MIR. Gooding is in bed, but says,
All right, I'll come right over Mr..
Gould has gone to bed. Mr.. Harris is
sick Mr.. Harrison is not at home.
Mr.. Halves reported that he was in
bed, but says he will be here.
Keyes Thought 1t Over.
MIR. Hefiin is reported as being i'll
and cannot come. Mr.. Keyes is in
bed, but says he will think it over"
This brought a burst of laughter.
II think he is serious about that,
and that he is considering coming" ;"
protested the Sergeant-at-armS.
Then he resumed his report, indicat-
ing that quite an epidemic had over
taken Senators since the early eve
ming. Those reported i'll included King
Of Utah, Watson of Indiana and
Swanson of Virginia. The report
from Mclean of Connecticut was
that the person answering the tele-
phone refused to deliver the officers
message.
When the Senate had heard all the
sergeant-at-arms had to say on these
subjects, it decided 10 resort to its
power of arrest over absenteeS, but
it did so only with indifferent success.
Again the Senate loafed while the
writs were being prepared. AT am.
the sergeant alarms reported that
the order of the Senate is being car
ried out as rapidly as possible, which
is not very rapidly"
Gooding First Arrested"
Gooding of Utah was the first
ARRESTED" Senator to show, stalking
in at 10 minutes past 2. He was fol-
lowed 10 minutes later by the vener-
able Ferris of Michigan. Then came
Reed of Missouri, head of the cam
palgn funds committee and custodian
extra ordinary of divers writs and sub
poenas for summoning recalcitrants
before the bar of the Senate. Stalk
ing to his desk, the fiery Missourian
said:
Il wish to understand whether or
not / am under arrest. If l am. l
want to purge myself Of contempt.
That was d poser for Senator Robin
son OF Indiana, one of the new Sena-
tors, who was presiding.
Still the MisSourian glared, while
there We're hasty consultations be-
tween the presiding officer and the
clerk These resulted in the an
nouncement that "the Senator from
Missouri is not under arrest"
A quorum eventually was obtained,
and Senator Ashurst resumed his
speech, but almost before he had
warmed to his subject his audience
had faded away. Some Senators
sought maps on couches just outside
the chamber, but most of them went
home and took ample precautions
against further annoyance by deputies
of the sergeant-at-arms. A roll call
at 4:50 am. showed but % present.
and it took until after 8 o'clock to
round up the necessary 48.
The forty seventh to arrive was
Warren of Wyoming, the patriarch of
the Senate, who strobe calmly in grin
ming at his sleepy colleagues. The
forty-eighth was Willis of Ohio.
Filibuster Is Resumed.
When the quorum was announced,
another opponent of the Boulder Can
yon bill, Phipps of Colorado, who had
stuck faithfully through the long
watches of the night. took the floor
and the filibuSter WIS on again.
The 64-year-old Colorado Senator
alternated between speaking and
reading, and seemed in good form de-
spite the loss of sleep. He talked to
almost empty seats, though many
nearby couches were occupied with
doing Senators.
Vice President Dawes, the cham
pion of an nti-flibuster rule, entered
the chamber at 1880 am. and ascend
ed the dais. He grinned broadly AS he
, took up the gavel he had surrendered
early last evening.
Soon after II o'clock King of Utah
suggested the absence Of a quorum,
but a leisurely call by the clerk
showed 40 Senators either responding
to their names or reported engaged in
| important business in committee
rooms. Several manifestly had made
! quick recoveries from the indisposi-
tions which kept them away during
| the night. They included Watson,
, George, Hefiin and Swanson.
With the announcement that a
| quorum again was present. Senator
| Kendrick of Wyoming began an ad-
dress on the Importance of the
| Boulder Canyon Dam legislation to the
States in the. upper Colorado Basin.