Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
FILIBUsTER LASTS ALL NIGHT
senate Takes Recess from Eight Il
Eleven O,cIOcL.

senate Takes Recess from Eight TO
Eleven O'Clock.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-All night long
the senate struggled with the Lormer
case, the friends of the junior Illinois sena-
tor seeking to break down the determine
unless important concessions were made to
them in relation to important measures of
pending legislation. At 500 O'Clock this
morning a recess was taken until II
ton OF his opponents not to permit a vote
o'clock. and it was announced that there
was a chance for an agreement
The basis of the proposed agreement is
understood that a vote will be taken on
the Lorimer case at a fixed hour Thurs
day, and that at a later hour the same
day a vote will be had on the permanent
tariff board bill that the amendment TO
the postoffice appropriation bill proposing
an increase OF the postal rates on the ad-
vertising sections Of magazines will be
eliminated, and that still other concessions
will be made.
At one time it Was suggested that an
agreement might be reached by a division
which would permit vote on Canadian
reciprocity agreement, with a pledge in ad7
vance that enough members pledged to
vote for the commercial pact would absent
The purpose of this suggestion was to
avoid an extraordinary session if possible.
1t is not believed, however. that there will
be any trade by which the Canadian
reciprocity agreement will be sacrificed, al
though It is not likely that vote can be
had in the senate on this measure.
Vice President Sherman gazed YEARLY
over the senate and toyed idly with his
faVorlte ivory gavel as the electric lights
were turned out over the opaque and en-
blematic stained glass ceiling Of the cham
Der today and the daylight was allowed TO
stream in.
Dressed in evening clothes, which he
wore at midnight when he came in from his
annual reception to official Washington,
Mr.. Sherman looked strangely out OF place
He had no use for the gavel. The senate
had been in session all night and individ-
ually and collectively the members were
too tired to create any disorder.
Mr.. Sherman left the chair at 7:i5 TO be
succeeded by Senator Brandegee of Con-
necticut.
Another filibuster was in progress An
other name had been added to the list of
long distance takers. The lungs OF Senator
Crawford of South Dakota were the med
ium through which vote on the Lorimer
case had been prevented during the night
In the face Of determination on the part
Of Senator Lorimer's supporters to put the
endurance OF his opponents to a test.
QuOrum Maintained All Might.
More members were kept in the senate
chamber throughout the night than on any
occasion within the recollection Of the most
experienced legislator present. Again and
whether there was a quorum and not once
did the attendance fail below sixty-six
which is twenty more than a majority of
the senate membership. Among those who
were there during the greater part of the
time were Senators Isaac Stephenson CT
Wisconsin, the eldest Of all; Gallinger,
Perkins, Buckley and other of the vet
Grams.
Whenever the bells were sounded for a
roll call scenes were depicted not unlike
those in city parks at dawn following long
sultry summer nights. The bell In he
senate chamber was like the rap OF a
policeman's baton signalling the sleepers
that IL was time to turn out.
Every one OF the leather settees was oc-
cupied by d sleeper. This condition not
only existed in the cloak rooms and in the
marble room, but around the walls OF the
chamber. As the senators names were
called they would pile off the improvised
beds and take their places until their
names were reached. Then there would be
scrambles for places. for there were not
couehes enough for all.
Leaders Hold Conferences.
There were in the chamber men who
sought no rest. They were the men who
were seeking some outlet from the tangled
situation. some agreement by which
vote could be taken on the Lorimer case.
and other measures such a. the perma-