Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16

affected by publicity before adl the
facts could be established.
On the final showdown 28 fepubli-
cans and Is democrats joined forces
to put through the George amend
rnent, while II democrats joined with
20 republicans, including all of the
independent group, in voting against
it. The roll call follows:
The roll call:
For the George amendment:
Republicans Bingham, Curtis, De-
neen, Edge, Fess, Gillett, Gooding,
Gould, Greene, Hale, Jones, Keyes,
Mclean, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie,
Phipps, Pine, Reed of Pennsylvania,
Robinson of Indiana, Schall, Short
ridge Smoot, Steiwer, Warren, Water
man, Watson and Willis-28.
Democrats: Bayard, Bratton, Bros
sard, Copeland, wards, Ferris,
George, Heflin, Kendrick, Mayfield,
Overman, Pittman, Ransdell, Robin
son of Arkansas, Steck, Stephens,
Thomas and TydingS- -18.
( Total 46.
Against George amendment: Repub 7
licans: Blaine, Capper, Couzens, CUT
ting, Johnson, LaFollette, McMaster,
McNary, Norbeck, Norris and Nye-11.
Democrats: Ashurst, Barkley, Black,
Dill, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Harrison,
Hawes, Hawden, McKellar, Nicely.
Reed of Missouri, Sheppard, Swanson,
Trammell, Wagner, Walsh, of Mass
achusetts, Walsh 70 Montana and
Wheeler-2O. Total 81.
Plain and at times blunt Ian
guage regarding the power lobby,
senate Investigations and the federal
trade commission was INDUCED in
today in the senate as debate on the
Walsh power resolution wore itself
toward a finish.
Five senators held the floor for as
many hours, two inveighing against
a senate investigation of the financ-
ing of public utilities corprations and
three vigorously urging the adoption
OF the resolution to that end proposed
by Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon
tana.
While there was diminution of
the running exchanges which mark
ed the first two days of the discus
sion, an occasional cross fire broke
out, during which politics skirted the
debate and then move of Gov.
Smith of New York, was brought in
incidentally with an inquiry as to
whether he did not favor state own
ership of st. Lawrence power plants.
Opening the debate, Senator Bruce,
democrat, Maryland, in his usually
vigorous style warned the senate that
if the mania for investigation kept
up there would be nothing left to
investigate but the investigators.
Turning on Senator Walsh, the
MaryIander told him he seemed to
get "the same kind of pleasure in
investigation that some men get in
intoxication."
"FIe is like a tiger that tastes
human blood and then becomes a
maneater for the rest of his life,
Bruce said, while the Montanan
smiled at him from across the cham
ber
Breaking into the debate, Senator
Dill of Washington, another demo-
crat, said he could not say whether
Bruce had expected to be taken
lobby here and that no one had
made any improper proposal to him.
"The lobby that has been here for
weeks does not go about lobbying in
any such crude fashion," Dill de-
clared. "This lobby is much more
subtle. 1t has numerous and diverse
ways of getting its Influence into the
minds of senators. OF course, no one
is going to try to purchase the vote
of United States senator"
Speaking in favor of the George
amendment, Senator Copeland, dem
ocrat, New York, started to call the
roll of the names OF members of the
federal trade commission and ask
senators from the same states as the
commissioners to speak as to their
qualifications.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, one OF
the independent republican group.
described this as making "a sort OF