The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28


 The Purpose-To prevent vote on Lorimer case, as Lorimer now l. has a majority. Session began at noon, Monday, continuing until 8:07 a. m., Tuesday. 20 hours and seven minutes. Recess taken un- til II a. m., Tuesday. when fili- buster will be resumed. Crawford, (Rep., s. D0, spoke two hours. Monday afternoon, and eight hours at night.
 Bristow, (Rep., Kas.), relieved Crawford at 6:20 a. m., and held the floor until recess.
 Especial from United Press.) Washington, Feb. 28.-Ghosts of Browne and Link, Beckmeyer, Luke and Holtzslaw, Illinois bribe takers and scalawags, according to opponents of Senator Lorimer, walked the Sem ate stage through all the weary hours of last night. Indications, today. were that the performance would continue until the endurance of one of the strongest f1libustering machines ever seen in Washington is broken or the hour of final adjournment arrives at noon. Saturday. Enlisted in the fight designed to prevent vote upon the Beveridge resolution declaring the seat of William Lorimer, of Illinois, vacant, because Lorimer is known to have a majority of the Senate in his favor, were: Cummins, (Rep., Iowa) {: Bristow, fRep. Kas.2; Crawford. Wis) Beveridge, Rep. Ind.); Stone. (Dem., Mol: Owen, (Dem., Okla.). and several others.
 Out of the tangled situation new figure has arisen-the tall, stalwart, roughhewn figure of Senator Coe l.. <y,-ox nol fore unrecognized in Washington as a man of force. It was the first time that Crawford had 'Iet loose" Crawford spoke with great vigor for two hours, yesterday afternoon, and then held the floor from 10:15 a. m., Bailey, (DeYF Texas}, moved to adjourn until noon. Crawford
 .'I want to finish my speech" he said. Well, you can talk until noon then" said Bailey impatiently: ed into the field of reciprocity and he continued to picture the horrors to be visited upon the farmers" if the agreement with Canada should go in- to effect. Ten minutes later. however, he sank into chair and yielded the had spoken continuously for eigh, hours and five minutes, with a de- livery so energetic it would easily have exhausted the average Senator.
 Crawford, today. takes rank with the late Honorable "Bill' Allen. Popu- Toilette, of Wisconsin, in the line of long distance orators. Allen used up two days to express his views about the repeal of the silver purchasing clause of Sherman act and LaFol- lette held the Senate for IS continu- ous hours while he revealed the ins and outs of the Aldrich-Vreeland Cur rency Law.
 The opportunity for Crawford's new-won laurels came through the determination of the progressive Sem ators and number of the Democrats. to prevent. a vote on the resolution to unseat Lorimer. One of their req sons was the general supposition that Lorimer has won to his side ma jority of the Senate. On the other solve by the Lorimer forces, led by the resourceful Bailey, CDem., Tex.) to force a vote.
 To block 1t, the progressives set out to discuss" the resolution. Craw- ford led off in the afternoon and was and Bacon, (Dem.. Ga) They talked about the resolution for the direct election of Senators. An attempt to adojurn late in the afternoon until 8 p. m, wes voted down. The flibust- CTS had to fill in the time.
 Bailey, (Dem., Texas), cleverly pre- vented the calling of the yeas and nays on the Lorimer resolution and that meant that if the discussion lag ged quarter of minute the vice. president would order final roll call on the case.
 Senators who had speeches on hand, took advantage of the opportunity to deliver them. assisting the progress sives in killing time. Addresses on the election of Senators were made by Percy, (Dem., ,Miss.); Davis, Dem., ana A5a simmons gsnss tDam Kp Wa'hRsae ce RsSpns (Rep.. Ore.l. spoke on the peoples rule by the Oregon plan," and Smith, (Den., s. S.), favored the reciprocity agreement with Canada.
 Crawford then returned to the arena.
 A feature of the session that stirred the spectators and made the Senators sit up was criticism that Vice Presi- dent Sherman was exercising too much power as presiding officer. Calls for quorums became frequent about one o'clock this morning. Owen, (Dem., Okla.), called attention to the absence of majority of the Sena- tors. Bailey contended that, as Craw- ford had held the floor, there had been no intervention in business since the preceding roll call. Owen de- clared that there was precedent for the proposition that lengthy speech was equivalent to business.
 "I have held that to be SOL said the Vice-President, when an address is of considerable length and it was apparent that quorum was not present"
 Bacon, (Dem., Ga.), protested against the ruling and was Joined by Beveridge and Bailey. Sherman at length said he had counted the Sena- tors four times during the discussion and found a quorum present.
 'The chair assumes to count a quorum ?" shouted Beveridge. "The chair does count a quorum" replied Sherman. ''I protest" shouted Rev. eridge. such rulings may mean the cloiture of this body"
 cidentally gave Crawford a rest, he resumed his speech, continuing with out serious interruption until relieved by Bristow.
 The galleries were damned until midnight when they began to thin out but at S:07, when recess was taken a score of spectators, who had remained on duty, like the regulars at six day bicycle race, were still on hand.
 During the debate on his request for a recess Senator Bailey declared he would probably never f1libuster again.
 ''This has been a lesson to me-" said Bailey. Hereafter I shall be con- tent to take my share in the legiti- mate business and listen to the other members make their speeches with o1lt raSOrtinP tO obstructive methods ''