The Detroit times., 1911-02-28
WILL DISCUSS P[l|
-I0ENDf|[|BUsI[1
IN SENATE
Republican Regulars and Pseexo6
'ives and Democrats win osnsi1>r
Disposal Of Lorimsr Case gteno &
Continues Fight on Illinois Nm. !.
Senator Crawford, in All-Nieht IN
Proved Picturesque Figure Il
Famous Fight.


noon, Tor meeting bstwesn Re-
pao"csn reou'ars md pro0rooo-
ives, and Democratic lesS.es. ~ q
oe held at 4:3o o'elocl<, g deciSo q
on compromIss plan g ooDooo
the niibustsr In the sena<s.
u was decided 60 consIdSr d.
posai Of the Lorimer case. and tho 4
permanent tariff board. No mon
non was made Of the reclprocjtv
aoreement which Prssident Tefe
demands at the price oS IN extra
session. #
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-With =
snort respite for the vote ON the rooo,
luton for the direct election seuatoro
and little miscellaneous busfness ! tho
nlibuster to prevent q vote on th0
Lortmer case. having rounded ont ~
hours at noon, was resumed full 0lnak
In the senate this afternoon with -
cessation a sight.
Al the moment the resoIutidn % Irns
seat William Lorimer became the o..
DER or the day, Senator Stone (Dem..
MOI, uniimbered an attack on the llli-
nois member. Prompt action was nee
essary because Bailey (Dem., Tex.) !.
had set q trigger on the resolution. II
parliamentary position was such that
II the opposition left the fioor unocctl-
pied for ten seconds, or even less.
Vfce-President Sherman would start
q roll call and explode the filibuster.
Senator Owen (Dem., Okla.) was
ready to follow Stone, and Se,.ator
Bffstow (Rep-, Kus), was on the pro-
gram to resume his speech Of thu
morning, when owen concluded. Ne
gctfaiions for an agreement 10 vote
on L,0rimer, tariff board and reciproc,
fty. were renewed In vain.
Ghosts Of Browne and iI4nke. Beck
emeyer. Luke and Holtslaw, Illinois
brike-tAkerB and scalawags, accordire
TO upponents OF Senator LOrimer.
walked the senate stage through an
the weary hours Of last night. Indica.
lions today were that the perfor-
nance would continue until the endur-
ance OF one Of the strongest filibus-
terfng machines ever seen In Wash
ington ID broken, or the hour Of final
adjournment arrives at noon, Satur-
day.
Enlisted In the fight, designed 10
prevent a vote upon the Beverfdge
resolution declaring the seat OF VIII
liam Lorimer, Of Illinois, vacant. be-
cause Lorimer II known to have . ma
1orfty OF the senate In his favor were:
Cummins (Rep., Ia.); Bristow (Rep..
kas); Crawford (Rep.. 8. d.; La
Toilette (Rep., Wis.,; Beveridge
lRep., Ind9; Stone (Dem., MOI:
Owen (Dem., okla.); and several
others.
Out Of the tangled situation new
foe has arisen--the tall, staIwart.
rough-hewn figure Of Senator Coe I.
Crawford, OF South Dakota, hereto
fore unrecognized In washington q
q man Of force. II was the first time
that Crawford had "let loose"
Crawford spoke with great vfeor
for two hours yesterday afternoon
and then held the floor from 1915 D.
m. to 6:2e q. m. Shortly after q. m.
Bailey (Dem.. Tex, 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 driftsd
into the field of reciprocity, and he
continued to picture the horrors TO
be visited upon the farmers" II the
agreemnt with Canada should 90 into
eject. Ten minutes later, however.
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