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S SENATORS I I BLOCKED LEGISLATION REPUBLICANS Filibuster Led by La Follette DE DEMOCRATS Clapp Minnesota Republican and Stone Democrat Demo Demo- Kirby Arkansas Arkan Arkan- Oregon Oro- Oro sas Lane ta Cummins Iowa Io To- wa La Ira Follette crat erat Kills Kell 1 S A Ad Armed d N Neutrality eutra Ie Ity Bill Bell 1 gon OGorman O'Gorman Nebraska Wisconsin Works Norris Passed P a se d By B Y Lower L ower House H Special Spec Spec- S pee pee- New Missouri York Vardaman Varda- Varda Stone California ial Session Will Be Necessary man man Mississippi Twelve Twe senators led by br Senator La Fo Follette e e and encouraged by ly Sena Sean Senator Senator tor tot Stone Slone Democratic chairman of or orthe the tiie foreign relations committee In a fili filibuster uster denounced by President Wilsons Wilson's spokesmen as the most reprehensible rep rep- sible in the fhe history of any civil civilized nation defied the tho will of an over- over majority in Congress up to the tho last minute March 4 and denied to the president a law authorizing him to arm American merchant ships to meet the meet the German submarine men len ace Unyielding lug throughout twenty-six twenty hours of continuous session to appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals that their defiance of the president president president dent would be humiliating ng to the country uncompromising ing in a crisis described to them as the tho most serious serious serious seri seri- ous to the nation since the civil war La Follette and his small smaIl group of supporters refused a majority of their colleagues and opportunity to vote on the armed neutrality bill and it died with the Sixty-fourth Sixty Congress at noon To fix responsibility before the country 76 senators senators 30 30 Republicans and 46 Democrats signed a manifesto manifesto manifesto mani mani- festo proclaiming to the world that they Ca favored passage passage of the tho meas meas- ure Throttled by Minority This declaration embodied in the record of oC the Senate referred to the fact that the House Thursday night had passed a similar bill by a vote of to 13 and also recited that the Senate rule permitting unlimited unlimited ted debate gave a small op- op to throttle the will of the majority Thirteen sen senators tors declined to sign the declaration but Senator Penrose Republican Republican-of of Pennsylvania announced ed cd that he would have voted for or the thel h bill I had had opportunity been afforded him The twelve who went on record rec rec-I rec ord with with the the Ahe thirteen members of or orthe the House against granting to President President dent lent Wilson the authority he asked from Crom Congress In the crisis were Associated with them in opposition opposition tion fon to the armed neutrality bill were vere the following representatives who voted noted against tine th the House bill bUl Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- e day lay night Republicans Republicans Benedict Benedict a a aCary Gary Cary Wisconsin Cooper Wisconsin Wiscon in sin Davis Minnesota Helgesen North Dakota Lindberg Minnesota Nelson Wisconsin Stafford Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin Wilson Illinois 9 Democrats Decker Missouri Sherwood Ohio Shackleford Missouri ri i i 35 3 3 Socialist Socialist London London New York 1 The six seventy-six senators who signed the manifesto were D Democrats Ashurst Ashurst Bankhead Beekham Bryan Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham Cham- Chilton Hardwick Hitchcock Holli Hom Hughes Husting James Johnson S. 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D Kern Lea Lee Lewis Martin Virginia Martine Mar- Mar Martine Martine tine New Jersey Myers Newlands Newland Overman Owen Phelan Pittman Pomerene Ransdell Reed Robinson Saulsbury Shephard Shields Simmons Smith Georgia Smith Maryland Smith South Carolina Swanson Thomas Thoplas Thompson Thomp Thomp- son Tillman Underwood Walsh and Williams 46 4 Republicans Borah Brady Brandegee Catron Clark Colt Curis Curtis Cur Cur- is Dillingham Du Pont Fall Fernald ernald Harding Jones Lodge McCumber McCumber Mc- Mc Cumber umber McLean Nelson Oliver Page Poindexter Sherman Smith Michigan Smoot Sterling Sutherland Sutherland erland rland Townsend Wadsworth Warren Waren War War- rent ren en Watson and Weeks 30 Republicans Republicans Republicans-Clapp Clapp Minnesota Cummins Iowa Gronna North Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota aota Kenyon Iowa La Follette Wisconsin Norris Nebraska Works California Democrats Kirby Democrats Kirby Arkansas A Ark r k a an n s sa a s a Lane ane Oregon OGorman O'Gorman New York Stone Missouri Vardaman sippi Of the seven senators not recorded three Gallinger and Got Goff Republicans cans ans and Gore Democrat were abent ab ab- absent sent ent on account of sickness Senators Senators Sena Sena- I ab-I tors ors Lippit Republican and Johnson I of or f Maine and Smith of Arizona Democrats we were re absent from the I city ity Senator Culberson Democrat did lid not reach the Senate in time to toe be e recorded I i Hours before the end senators who ought fought throughout the night to break the own lown the filibuster conceived a way to o thwart La Follette's well-executed well plans Tans lans to occupy the center of oC the legislative legislative leg leg- dative stage at the climax of oC the bitter itter fight Its execution execution brought the he session to a dramatic end with withLa withLa witha La a Follette fighting vainly for lor a I chance to deliver a speech on which whirl ho he had worked many days He saw friends of the doomed legislation Inflict tho the death blow which he planned Instead of La Follette Senator Hitchcock leader of he the majority In it favor of the bill blU talked out the wanIng waning wan wan- Ing lag hours of or the session Timing his hi opportunity to the tho minute Senator Senate La Follette entered the Senate chamber chamber cham chain ber her shortly after niter 9 o'clock that mornIng morn morn- mornIng Ing lag prepared to take the center of the stage for the tho last act of the tragedy When tho the moment he had chosen arrived arrived ar ar- rived he addressed the chair but bul Senator Hitchcock prevented his rec rec- The forensic lc struggle which ensued ensued en en- I sued rued seldom if ever over had been equaled In n the history of the Senate Voices were strained to shrieking threatening threatening threat threat- ening ning fists were shaken at the presiding presiding pre pre- siding iding officer while the crowded floor and tad galleries looked on breathless breathless- ly y But Dut the soon Boon passed without violence The chair recognized recognized sized Senator Hitchcock and La Folette's Follette's Follette's Fol- Fol lettes lette's opportunity was snatched away sway Ten minutes before the end Senator Hitchcock had made his last appeal for or unanimous consent for tor a vote on the he bill blU La Follette objected The Nebraska senator prefacing his closing closing clos clos- ing ng remarks with a portion of ot President President Prest- Prest dent tent Wilsons Wilson's address to Co Congress ress asking for Cor the authority rity about to be denied solemnly said It is unfortunate and deplorable that hat twelve men in the Senate of the United Jolted States have it In their power to o defeat the will of oC seventy flue or eighty members by one of the m most t reprehensible filibusters ever recorded record record- ed d in the history of of- of any civilized country Senator paused while his words cords echoed through the chamber La a Follette stolidly glared toward the who 10 presently added that perhaps he should apologize for the viol violence nce of his words I You are safe safe-La Fol Fol- Folette Follette ette lette tie returned without rising from his ils is chair No one can can answer you No one did did for the hour of noon I lad ad ad struck and the Sixty-fourth Sixty Congress Con- Con gress ress was ended I l |