Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
TALK OF F|L|bUSTER
Democrats May Block All Leg
iSIation in Senate.
OPPOSE TAFT NOMINATIONS
Republican Senators to Meet Tactics
With Tedious Night Sessions to
Wear Out Opposition.

Win only tWentE-elSht working days
remaining of the present session of Con-
Sress and of republican domination Of
the Senate. senators are today studying
the possibilities of the deadlock, with its
attending filibuster over the confirmation
of nominations.
Only twenty-five of the days remaining
can be actually devoted to legislation
or to consideration of the Taft nomina-
tons. The other six days are to be used
for other purposes. Three are to be
set aside for memorial exercises for the
late Vice President and members of the
Senate and House who have died within
recent months. Another must be devot-
ed to a joint session with the House for
counting the electoral vote for President
and Vice President.
Two Bills to Be Voted On.
A fifth. under a unanimous consent
agreement is for debate and for voting
on the Works resolution proposing to
amend the Constitution to make the term
of President six years, and declaring him
ineligible for reelection. According to
another unanimous consent agreement, a
sixth day is for debate and voting on the
ment of liquor into dry states.
Two other senators have died recently
for whom. in accordance with long-estab-
lished custom, memorial exercises must
he held in the Senate before the close OF
this Congress, and that may mean still
another day out of the twenty-eight That
would leave only tWenty-One days for
general business.
There are still twelve OF the thirteen
annual appropriation bills to be passed by
the Senate, including the huge sundry
bill, rivers and harbors, army navy, post
offices and agriculture supply measures
Less than two days can be allotted to
each OF these bills for passage through
TIE Senate if they are TO be PASSED.
Longest. Fiiibuster, Maybe.
1t may be that all the working days
will be given up to the tilibuster of the
democrats against the confirmation OF
the nominations of President Taft If
that is done it will he the longest fill
buster on record. II would mean that all
the appropriation bills, except the legis-
lative, which has already passed both
houses, would be left unpassed and would
have to be taken up in the extra session
of Congress after March 1.
The physical possibility of keeping the
fiibuster going from now until March
is much discussed. Democrats claim il
can easily be done. but republicans are
not admitting it. A couple of all-night.
tiring sessions, ii is confidently believed
hv the republicans, will convince the dem
ocrats Of their inability to keep up the
filibuster and something will be accom-
plished toward confirmation.
While the democrats must keep speak
ing in order to keep up the flibuster, the
republicans must remain at the Capitol
in order to keep a quorum in the Senate
chamber and thus force the democrats to
keen talking to prevent confirma tions.
Bv a tie vote, the republicans of the
Senate today lost in their effort to force
another executive session to consider
President Tafts appointments. Demo-
cratic leaders forced a roll call and with
the aid of Senator Brstow and Senator
la Toilette, republicans, and Senator
PoindeNter, progressive, prevented the
senate from resuming the fight