The Detroit times., 1911-03-01
.F|L|DUsIER ENDS
by AGREEMENT
Senate viii Vote This Afternoon o.
Resolution To Unssat Lorimer,
Of Illinois.


WASHINGTON March 1.-TfD pic
turesque filibuster, started by the foes
of Senator Lorimer Monday afternoon,
came to an end shortly after o'clock
last night when an: agreement was
reached between them and the pro-
Lorimer senator's to vote at 1880 this
afternoon on the resolution TO unseat
the Illinois man and TO make "unfin
ished business" of the bill to create
permanent tariff board.
This agreement materially improves
the legislative situation, but does not
affect the probability Of an extra ses-
sion OF congress. II gives a ray or
hope, however, to the advocates OF
Canadian reciprocity.
Senator Lorimers opponents had
prevented q vote, convinced that he
had majority and they hoped 10
carry the matter into the next session
when the complexion of the senate
would have materially changed. There
is little doubt now that the vote to-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES au auoo
day will be favorable to the Illinois
member, whose election has been un-
der investigation
WASHINGTON, Feb. as.--with q
short respite for the vote ON the reso-
fQtion for the direct election senators
ahd little miscellaneous business the
filiRuster to prevent vote on the
LorNmer case, having rounded QUO "a
hourA at noon, was resumed full blast
In the>senate this afternoon
At the moment the>yesolution 20 un-
seat William Lorimer Recame the or
der OF the day, Senator stone Dem.,
MOI, unlimbered an attack on the ILL
! nois member. Prompt action was ne0
essary because Bailey (Deh,, Tex.),
had set trigger on the resolution. It's
parliamentary position was suck that
IL the opposition left the floor un6ecu-
pied for ten seconds, or even less,
Vice President Sherman would start
a roll call and explode the filibuster.
Out OF the tangled situation q new
foe has arisen-the tall, stalwart,
rough-hewn figure Of Senator Coe I.
Crawford, OF South Dakota. hereto
fore unrecognized in Washington as
a man Of force. II was the first time
that Crawford had '1et loose"
Crawford spoke with grea. vigor
for two hours yesterday afterneon
and then held the fleor from 10.f5 ii.
m. to $50 a. m. Shortly after d. m.
Bailey (Dem., Tex.l. moved to ad-
journ until noon. Crawford pro-
tosted.
Il want to finish my speech. he
said
We'll, you can talk until = noon
then," said Bailey impatiently.
Crawford, by that time, had drifted'
into the field of reciprocity. and he
continued to picture the horrors to
be visited upon the farmers" II the
agreemnt with Canada should go into
effect. Ten minutes later, however,
he sank into chair and yielded the
floor to Bristow (Rep., Kas.). He had
spoken continuously for eight hours
and Ave minutes. with delivery so
energetic It would quickly have ex.
hausted the average senator.
Crawford today takes rank with the
Hon. "Bilr' Allen, Populist from Ne
braska, and Senator LaFollette. Of
wisconsin. In the line of long distanceI
orators. Allen used up two days to-
express his views about the repeal or
the silver purchasing clause OF a.
Sherman act, and LaFollette held the
senate for 18 continuous hours while
he revealed the ins and outs Of the
Aldrich-vreeland currency law.
The opportunity for Crawford's new
laurels came through the determine
ton of the progressive senators and al
number of Democrats to prevent a.
vote on the resolution to unseat Lori
mer.
One of their reasons was the gen.
era1 supposition that Lorimer has won
to his side q majority OF the senate.
On the other side there was an equal
" strong resolve by tho Lorimer
forces, led by the resourceful Bailey
Dem. Tex.). to force vote.
To block II, the progressives set
out to discuss" the resolution.
Crawford led of In the afternoon
and was followed by Payner (Dem.,
MIDI. and Bacon (Dem., Cal, who
talked about the resolution for the
election OF senators. An attempt iate
IN the afternoon to take recess un-
I'll s d. m, was voted down. and the
alibusterers had to fill In the time.
Bailey (Dem.. Tex), obtained an
order for the calling for the yeas and
nays on the Lorimer resolution, anu
that meant II the discussion Jagged .
quarter of a minute, the vice-presi-
dent would order a final roll-caii on
the case.
Senators who had speeches on
hand took advantage OF the oppor-
tunity to deliver them, assisting the
proeressives In killing time. Ad-
dresses on the election OF senators
were made by Percy (Dem., MissD;
Davis Dem., Ark; Jones lhep'
wash.); and simmons (Dem., N. VI.
Bourne (Rep., 0re.), spoke on the
peoples rule by the Oregon plan
and Smith (Dem., s.. c., favored the
reciprocity agreement with Canada.
Crawford then returned 10 us
! arena
A feature OF the session that stir
red the spectators and made the sena'
tors sit up was criticism that vice
| President Sherman was exercising too
much power as presiding officer. Calls
| for quorums became frequent about 4
O'Clock this morning. Owen (Dem.,
Okia.), called attention to the al
sence of a majority Of the senators
Bailey contended that as Crawford
had held the floor there had been no
intervening business since the pre-
oeding roll call. Owen declared that
there was precedent for the PROPOSE
ffon that lengthy speech was equiy-
alent to business.