Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

there was a demand from Senator
Reed Of Missouri as TO whether these
We're the credentials signed by former
Gov. Pinchot or whether they were
some new credentials. Gov. Pinchot,
in signing Wares credentials last
January, shortly before he left Office.
signed them with reservation that
Ware appears" to have been elected
and at the same time sent to Vice
President Dawes letter charging cor
ruption in the nomination and cleo
ton of Mr.. Ware.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania said
that the credentials he was Offering
had been signed by Gov. Fisher, who
succeeded Pinchot, and that the ere
dentials asserted without equivoca-
ton that Ware had been elected.
Missouri Senator Objects.
Immediately there were motions by
Senator Reed of Missouri to reject,
and later to refer the credentials to
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons, including the credentials which
had been signed by Gov. Pinchot.
Senator George of Georgia ~offered
substitute by which the credentials
signed by both governors and the let
ter written to Vice President Dawes
by Gov. Pinchot would be referred to
the privileges and elections commit
tee, with instructions to that rom.
mittee to report whether they should
be received by the Senate.
Senator Reed of Missouri, after fur
thur wrangling. offered a new motion
that both sets Of the credentials should
be referred to the committee on cleo.
tons.
Senator Reed of PENNSYLVANIA insist.
ed that the credentials he had offered
signed by Gov. Fisher were in regu.
lar order and that they did not m
reality conflict with those signed by
Gov Pinchot. Credentials signed by
the governor of Pennsylvania and
stamped with the great seal Of the
State of Pennsylvania, he said, were
being treated with no more respect by
the Senate than If they had been d
paper signed by a justice of the peace
Edge Takes Up Burden
Senator Edge of New Jersey took
up the burden of holding the floor
for the filibusterers at o'clock this
morning, holding the floor for more
than two hours
The scene in the Senate resembled
in one. particular the streets of Wash
ington after Armistice day The floor
was strewn with scraps of paper,
white paper, pink paper. depending
upon what the impatient Senators
had laid hands on during the long
hours of the night. None of the jani-
tors had been able to clean up"
A dash of color was added to the
Senate chamber last night when Sena.
tor Hef1in of Alabama stretched him
self out for snooZe on one of the
long leather-covered seats in the rear
of the chamber. A joker, doubtless a
Senator, persuaded one of the pages
to drape the recumbent form of the
Alabaman with a brilliant, scarlet
portiere. There he lay asleep, as some
Of his colleagues suggested, clad like
cardinal. Senators and occupants
of the gallery laughed and smiled at
the picture. Finally an official of the
Senate removed the drapery carefully,
so as not to awaken the sleeping
Senator.
About $50 am. Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania submitted unanimous.
consent agreement proposing that the
Reed resolution be laid aside tempo
rarily while the public buildings bill,
the second deficiency bin and the alien
property bill We're considered and dis.
posed Of. Seven hours was the time
given to act finally on those measures.
Objection by Norris.
! Prompt objection was made by Sen.
atcr Norris Of Nebraska. Such an
agreement; he said. would make more
certain the defeat of the Reed reso-
| luton and also would clap gag rule
on the consideration of very impor'
tant measures.
| The Nebraska Senator said in EN-
! Il. no
| Pennsylvania and his .filibusterers
wished to continue their flibuster
against the Reed resolution, they
would have to assume the RESPONSE
bility for the failure of this important
| legislation.
| Senator Norris made a plea for the
passage of his resolution for con-
stitutionai amendment doing away
with short sessions of Congress and
providing for sessions beginning each
| January and running until the bust
ness was concluded. Three times, he
said, his resolution has passed the
| Senate, and even now is awaiting &C
ton by the House. A handful OF
| leaders of the House. he said. had pre-
vented action on it.
Notice was served by Senator Walsh
! of Massachusetts, at this juncture that
/ he would object to any unanimous
consent agreement which did not con.
! template the passage Of the Reed reso.
! luton.
The Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr..
Reed, said Senator Walsh, apparently
! puts paltry dollars ahead of corrup.
! ton in elections.
Reed Motion Lost.
/ When Senator Edge yielded the floor
soon after o'clock Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania moved that the Senate
proceed to the consideration Of Me