The Omaha guide., 1935-05-04

Lonegran, Murphy, Norris, Pitt
man, Thomas and Walsh, express
sing regret that they vo ed for adj.
iournment (Which would have
been construed as victory for fill
busters against the Costigan-Wag-
ner bill. Should not a bill to end
horrible crime like lynching be a
least ovted on" and expressing
hone that on Saturday they would
either vote "agains' adjournment
or arrange pair against adjourn
ment if you cannot be present.
A telegram of similar import
was sent 10 those northern sena-
tors who were absent at the time
the vote was being taken and ur-
ging them to be present to the
close Of the session or 10 pair
with someone for the bill.
The absent senator's from Nor
thern and Border states were:
Ashurst, Arizona; Bone, Washing
ION; Borah, Idaho; Dickinson, Ia,
Guffey, Pennsylvania; Hastings,
Delaware; Hayden, Arizona;
Johnson, California; Keyes, New
Hampshire; Maloney, Connect
cut; Norbeck, South Dakota;
Pope, Idaho; Townsend, Della
ware; Truman, Missouri and
Wheeler of Montana.
The N. A. A. G. P. sent out a
broadcast 10 its branches and
sympathizers of the anti-lynching
bill to flood these senators and
those who voted for adjournment
with kilograms urging them to
vote for the bill.
Those senators who vo. ed
against adjournment and are thus
on record as favoring the bill are:
Austin, Vernon F.; Bachman, Ten
nessee; Barbour, New Jersey;
Burnley, Ohio; Burke, Nebraska;
Capper, Kansas, Carey, Wyom-
ing; Clark, Missouri; Copeland,
New York, Costigan, Colorado
Donahey, Ohio; Frazier, North
Dakota; Gibson, Vermont; Hale,
Name; LaFollette, Wisconsin;
Lewis, Illinois; Logan, Kentucky;
McCarran, Nevada; McGill, Kan
sas; McNary, Oregon; Me calf,
Rhode Island; Minton, Indiana;
Moore, New Jersey; Murray,
Montana; Nicely, West Virginia
Nye, North Dakota; O'Mahoney,
Wyoming; Schall, Minnesota ;
Schwellenbach, Wash, Shipstead,
Minnesota Steiwer, Oregon; Van
denberg, Michigan; Van Nuys,
Indiana White of Maine.
Some senators like Robert F..
Wagner Of New York who were
unavoidably absent were pail-i
for the recess and against adj
journment.
An.i-Lynching Bill Fight.
The Senate and the crowded
galleries were held spellbound on
Wednesday and Thursday after
noon last week when Senator Ed
ward P. Costigan of Colorado and
then Senator Robert F. Wagner
spoke urging the passage of the
federal anti-lynching bill bearing
their names. They riddled with
facts and ridiculed the familiar
contentious of the opponents Of
an anti3tnching law that the
states could control lynching;
that the bill was a threat to
labor; that it was unconstitutional,
labor, that it was unconstitutional,
anyhow and so a law against it
was unnecessary.
Senator Black of Alabama rails
ed the anti-labor issue on Wednes-
day only to be brilliantly refuted
by Senator Costigan. On Thurs
day after Senator Wagner's
speech, Senator Tom Connally
took up the sword for the south
and talked at great length about
the constitution and states rights.
Connally was twitted by Senator
Clark of Missouri for bringing up
the Constitution. The Missouri
senator expressed mock surprise
that sit is only when such a meas
ure as this, having to do with a
subject such as lynching is sub
mitted that the Constitution, long
in retirement, is trotted out, it's
front reprinted its joints mended
and put in the forefront of the
action"
The debate between Connally
and Clark was one Of the high
| spots Of the long Thursday SEES
sion. Senators Glass Of Virginia.
Borah of Idaho and Bailey OF
North Carolina ruhed to Con
nalys aid when the going became
heavy.
Senator Warren K. Barbour
threw the Senate into IN uproa1
near the close of the Thursday
session when he pointed out that
those who contended loudest for
State rights came from the