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Show STONE ATTACKS DEMOCRATS WHO BOLTED PARTY Missourian Fills the Breach While Party Leaders Worlc Like Trojans to Prevent Vote on Clarke Motion. Shipping Bill is Still Upon Rocks. Washington, Feb. 3. Plans of administration ad-ministration Democrat!) to save the goo nment ship purchnso bill went n wry today In tho sennto, but champions cham-pions of tho measure had not abandoned aban-doned hope of success In an effort to recommit tho bill, with dcllnlto Instructions for Its nmendmont. Tho rovoltlng Democrats flatly ro-fused ro-fused to accept tho concessions of tho majority, agreed upon In tho secret se-cret caucus last night, and tho majority ma-jority leaders discovered early in the day that thoy could not muster enough votes for their program to dofcat tho coalition of Ilopubllcans and Insurgent Democrats, seeking to send tho bill to commltteo without Instructions In-structions to bo pigeonholed for tho cession. Then tho party leaders determined de-termined to hold off tho voto nnd agreed in tlio meantlmo to openly castlgato tho seven Democrats who overturned tho shipping bl.l piogram lust Monday. Castigates Colleagues Senator Stona of Missouri was so- letted for this task and ho ucllvered 11 long speech on tho floor of the senate, bitterly arraigning tlio "ro-creant "ro-creant Democrats who had endeavored endeavor-ed to unhorse tholr party." Ho particularly par-ticularly attacked Senator Clarko of Aikansas, whom ho descrlood as tho leador in tho revolt, nnd Senator Camden of Kentucky, dee.arlng thoy had entered Into a secret agreement with tho Republicans. Ho charged that Senator Clarke had violated a caucus pledgo, a charge which the Arkansas senator denied in a vigorous vigor-ous Bpecch, explaining that ho had wurned IiIb col.engues that lie would not bo bound to any action which would doprlvo him of his right to voto against the ship purchase bill. Senator Camden oIbo replied, declaring declar-ing he was willing to let his constituents constit-uents pass upon his record, and adding add-ing that a donunslatlon of secrecy camo "with ill graco from the senator from Missouri who Is known the world over as "Gum-shoo Hi 1." Count Upon Norrls., Whllo Senator Stono was speaking, Senators Kern, Simmons, Flotcher, Martin and others wero working Uko Trojans to provent a voto bolng takon tak-on until somo absent Democrats could return to Washington or until assurances- of enough progressive Republican Repub-lican support could bo procured to lnsuro temporary victory, oven tho victory might not bo effectlvo In averting another filibuster from tho Republican sldo. In their estlmato of tho situation tonight tho Domocrats wore counting upon Senator Norris to voto for their amondment to tho recommitment motion. mo-tion. Senator Kenyon, whoso support sup-port thoy had hoped for, will not bo with thorn, nor will any of tho seven Insurgent Democrats. Senator La Follotto Is regarded ns certain, how-over, how-over, to voto with tho Demoeratlo majority. Tomorrow Senator James Hamilton Lowls of Illinois, who has been absent bocauso of Illness , nnd Senator Smith of South Carolina may return Leaders Are Hopeful With thoso votes tho leaders nro hopeful that tho bill may bo recommitted recom-mitted with Instructions for Its return re-turn within fortyolght hours with amendments to limit to ono year tho term for which tho government under un-der the proposed law might leaso ships to prlvnto corporations, and to prohibit purchase of ships which may menaco tho neutrality of the country. Republican senators admitted tonight to-night that Sonator Norrls might voto for recommitment with instructions, instruc-tions, but they agreed to an adjournment adjourn-ment without attempting to forco a night session, hopeful that Senator Penroso might bo ablo to reach Washington tomorrow to add ono moro to their sldo of tho vote, should It bo reached. With Senator Ponroso h6ro, thoy felt confldont that thoy could recommit tho bill without in-struttlons. in-struttlons. Will Continue Attack In nny ovent, tho Republican lenders lend-ers Insist thnt tho bill cannot rench a voto at this session. Should tho effort ef-fort to amond the bill and return It ulthln fortyolght hours succeed, thoy declaro tho Republican attack will bo resumed and hopt up until tho mcasuro either Is withdrawn or Is killed by tho adjournment of congress, con-gress, March 4. "Wo nro through caucusing," said 1 Scnntor Kern, tho majority leader to night, "nnd nxpect to make progress tomorrow. Tho shipping bill is not dead, by nny means." In denouncing his Democratic cot-leagues, cot-leagues, Senator Stono held tho senators sen-ators through tho lunch hour and attracted scores of members of the houso, who crowded In tho roar or tho room. Ho charged the seven members with open hostility to tholr party nnd declared that thoy had Joined nn unholy alllanco with the enemy. Tho Missouri senator a:so mado a vigorous defense ol Presiaent Wilson and tho administration, asserting as-serting that ho would rathor follow his leadership than that of "Ellhu Root, Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore E. Uurton, William Edgar Uorah, Jacob Ja-cob Galllngor, or nny recreant alleged alleg-ed Democrat who goes about with n dagger In his sleeve." Plea For Cloture Senator Thomas of Colorado mado a pica for a cloturo rulo in tho sen-ato sen-ato and nssertcd that without a change In the rules tho sonato would continue to bo bound and shackled by filibusters. Just before adjournment Sonator White presented a telegram from tho Alabama legislature announcing tho adoption of a resolution by that body urging passage of tho ship bill. Senator Sen-ator Uankhead of Alabama was ono of tho seven Democrats who Joined tho Republicans. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia tonight to-night Issued a statement donylng that ho was opposed to 'tho bill. "When tho vlco .president ruled that tho motion mo-tion to recommit wus out of order besauso a call was made for tho yeas and nays," ho said, "I voted against sustaining tho ruling of tho chnlr, for tho rules of the senato ox-press'.y ox-press'.y provldo thnt a motion to ro-commit ro-commit can bo mado at any tlmo beforo final action In tho senato upon a bill. I havo cooporatod with tho Democratic caucus In every way to support this mcasuro and I expect to continue to do so, and I earnestly doslro the legislation passed." |