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Show SENATOTSMflOT TALKSFORHOURS Still Speaking Against Ship r Purchase Bill at End of J Eleventh Hour. y WAS NOT YET TIRED H Sutherland Enters Senate Pre- iflH pared to Make Long Legal il Argument Other HB Speakers Arrive. BH Washington, Jan. 30. After more IMBW than thirty hours' continuous session, ) I1SBB the senate. Just after 4 p. m. today. l&HH again interrupted the spectacular 1 foBB fight over the administration ship bill EnHl with a recess from midnight until 10 ' HSU a m , Monday IjBBH Washington. Jan. 30 Senate Demo- fS wffm crat.s and Republicans were arrayed iSijHI today in the final stages of a spec- a- 'Kufl tacular contest over the admlnlstra- ly ! tion ship bill. Not since the celebrated th 'SBj fight on the Cannon rules had such io IflBfl a fight been seen In the halls of con- l's IHH press al gHH After an all night session In which t mPm Senator Smoot had led the Republi- it. IHjgBl can filibuster by speaking continu- et fsBS onsly for eleven hours and thirty-five ie HNS minutes and the Democratic parlta- -e BaBBI mentarv sharps kept a vigil In vain ;o HH for an opportunity to drop the gavel t&wE and order a roll call, fresh Republi- y meSH can forces trooped Into the chambe . JH early tnday and Senator Sutherland ,t took up the fight 1189 Senators of both parties, called from e ids&B beds and banquets had held the bal- n ISnm tie line all night, two little armies k fgjfjfl uniformed in full dress suits - iEK Through the long hours while Sen- (j KrSmj ator Smoot held the floor without p tatMM signs of fatigue until the daylight t W&i came streaming down through the EfflP glass top of the senate chamber, the 9 i&n reserves of both sides snatched naps j ISPS In the cloakroom on sofas in the Wwm chamber or at their desks, B An array of drnoping-eyed senators. VPs with rum oled clothing and crumpled Maa! linen held their lines until fresh . Wffi' forces relieved them. Just before With Senator Smoot gave way to his cal- K&jj league, Mr. Sutherland, he forced a j Ikj- roll call It disclosed a quorum and ( it was evident that the Republican . reserves were prepared to carry their fight through another all night ses- I I sion if necessary and that the Demo- 4H crats were holding a majority either , In the chamber or within call of thf J f hells for the first opportunity to take a vote. , The slightest relaxation, or a parlia , mentary slip on the part of the Re- 4H publicans might have given the Democrats their eagerly hoped for op- I portunitv of dropping the gavel Votes Ready to Pass Bill. j The claimed to have the votes I ready to pass the bill. The Republicans Republi-cans said they intended, by all means at their command, to prevent that It was a battle of endurance and Senator Kern, the Democratic floor leader, declared that the session would be continued throughout the day and f U that a decision would be reached tin evening as to holding another night j session. Senator Sutherland contended that JH so tar no filibuster had been carried H on against the bill, but he added, In j his judgment any parliamentarv power the Republicans might exert to pre- vent its passage would be of Immeasurable Im-measurable value to the country 1 , Washington, Jan. 30. At 9 o'clock J Senator Smoot had finished his elev- j enth hour f continuous speaking and 8 was declining offers of Republican at- rivals for a rest. His colleague. Sen ator Sutherland, entered the chamber armed with twelve heavy tomes from the congressional library, from which he was prepared to make a long legal argument which would require much reading from decisions. Between sen-tences sen-tences Senator Smoot took a breakfast of milk brought by colleagues from the senate cafe, and said he was not n vet tired. f In the vice-president s chair, sa' j Senator Mollis, watching for the oppor- n tunlty to drop the gavel and order the J hard fought for roll call, but down In the seats of the chamber new Republi- i can sentinels began arriving fresh and J keen from a night of sleep, their droP- fl ing eyed colleagues then retiring, the full dress suits began to disappear. I j and at the same time fresh forces Of, Democrats came on to replace those J who had kept the battle going through i the night. Thus the contest became again one i H between men fresh in mind and body. i Senator LaFollette, who holds a long distance talking record of 18 hours and r twenty minutes, was an early arrival. Senator Oliver, acting as the Republi- - j , can whip declared he had two weeks e m I continuous talking material within t M 1 call J Utah Senator Continues Speech. Things began to freshen up on the t 1 floor and the galleries a the contest ! took on new vigor with the beginning i of a new dav, but Senator Smoot. , : showing no signs of fatigue, continued, 1 telling the Democrats that a permanent perma-nent and not a temporary policy for ! upbuilding the merchant marines was m needed. . At 9 25 Senator Smoot yielded to Senator Sutherland after having spok-en spok-en continuously for eleven hours and s thirty-five minutes. His colleague at once plunged into a speech that prom- , I is, d to continue all day If necessary. 1 |
