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Show PUllflT I FIGHTJENEWED I Both Sides Well Prepared to I Continue Long Siege in United States Senate. H , 'H DEMOCRATS ARE ALERT 1 ihHI Measure Entirely Ignored by H Republicans and Running Fire of Talk Kept Up. H i Washington, Feb. 1 When the sen- BK ate met early today to resume consld- BB eration of the government ship pur- 1MB chase bill, the truce in the historic K legislative contest over the measure H9 was declared off and Democratic and HE Republican senators alike, rofreshed M after a recess of 34 hours, wereready HH to continue the right anew. HE Preparations for continuing the IBB siege were apparent at the outset, flg Both sides arranged for relays of W& speakers throughout the day and Bag night and tomorrow. The senate as- B sembled at 10 o'clock, but so many HEr senators were late, it was more than HS half an hour before a quorum was PES present. hB "We propose to keep the senate in HK continuous session, "declared Major- BB ity Leader Kern, Senator Stone from the Democratic Hffi side announced he had proposed to BBj give the Republicans some enlighten- Bm ment tomorrow if he could find an op- pbrtunlty, "to wedge in on the Re- BBI publican speeches." JSj Prospects of a cloture rule. If the BE relentless opposition of Republicans Bg should continue were being discussed B& in Democratic circles. Bf When Senator Smith of Michigan Bk! resumed his speech, Senator Walsh Bft challenged his statement that there B3 were 500 000 unemployed men in New B York City. ! "In the last election," said Senator B& Walsh, "the total vote in the city for governor was 481,000 odd so the sen- BEs a tor means to say that there are more K unemployed men in the city of New Bkj York than there are voters" . Senator Smith insisted his figures mm included aliens, unnaturalized citi zens and tramps from other states By as well as citizens of the city. He Bt declared there were 160,000 unern- .Employed .Em-ployed in Chicago. H The White House got tangible evi- K dence of the activity of the Democrats W when a request arrived for permission K to install cots In the president's room H for Democratic senators to keep near the chamber day and night for a roll R-call. R-call. The president readily agreed. B' Senators Sherman, Weeks, Page and m others kept a running fire of questions H with the Michigan senator, relating to B business conditions and the shipping B bill was entirely ignored In the argu-ment. argu-ment. k Senator Fletcher in charge of the K bill declared: Be "We are prepared to stay here un- K til we force a vote on this bill." E |
