The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-01
OWENS GAG RULE
GOES TO CAUCUS
Senator Believes Tie Can Jam
It Through After Com
mittee Fails Him.
HIS DEFEAT EXPECTED

WAsHNoroN. Nov. so.-Failing to OBJ
I'm support in the special committee
q ths Democratic majority Of the SEN
- for his drastic cloture rule, Senator
Own OF Oklahoma, chairman OF that
o~anGdttss, announced tonight after
~ committees all day session that h
WoaA propose his gas rule In ne Demo
oNdo caucun to-monow.
TAs rule vii 90 before The CAUCUS
VofAcvt the indorssmsnk q h special
Oumattss, but Chairman Owen said
~ ~ hoped 10 swing 70 ~ support
iii q nearly all of his colleagues In
IL comnittes. lie will move to have
The sAueus ADOPT II not - . party
msasurs but leaving individual ssnasor
~ 10 vote for or against Il whsn u
ouuas up In the Senate without mourning
- eAasss q party dhloyalty.
0Aairunan owen atA uhat he beloved
- ouuA command . majority q the
aeesus eos this proposal and that white
~ 0laAt loes slx OF eight Democratic
vo>ao = IL Senate the los on his party's
- would b mors than offsst BY re-
cN1fs from the Republicans. Derno-
ceN4ts leaders were not q optimistic TO-
49, a he ucoess Of the owen cloeure
ro0oauttou a. its author seemed 10 b.
Prsvisssn Of the Role.
m rule peovides that when DEBATE
q Q MEASURE has reached q scAee ~
Veknh Q Senator believes II to Be diiaeory
b may re and serve ncttcs nat aftef
~ layU ne win VI for . votA II the
mot3sn PREVAILS II Will operate b orde!
H. WOVsous question Al h a method
n0V eRevAils IN the Houss
II he motion prevails the debate TOT
the two days intervening before the vots
shail proceed under tho rule that nc
Senator shall speak more than once and
n0< moro thai two hours.
Senator Owen has planned a campaign
to put through his cloture rule that vii
psoAably arouse some antagonism and
NAY Tie up the business OF Congress
In this move 10 II said TO have thu
supper Of Senator Walsh.
MI. Owen holds that the Senate IL no
Q c~ontinuing body Notwithstanding ira
ditions and practices OF q century. Act
Ing on this theory he will move mex
Monday when the Senate convenes tina
he old rules be reenacted with thu
D0uOxUSLS hO uoS phSH~Ne
pocted that this motion will be met will
4 point Of order that tho Senate 10 6
contnuins body md that It 10 not II
order to adopt rules.
On this point Of order the chair vii
- compelled 10 rule. Vice-Pres.den
Nar,hall will probably not be in Wash
ineton, being detained IN Indianapolis
~ the illness Of Mrs. Marshall. WHIT
recently underwent an operation In
hospital there
In his absence Senator Clarke o
Arkansas. President pro tempore tpro
vdsd he 10 reelected to-morrow In tn
caucuA as now seems ~probable) vii
\, IN tho chair and will pass upon tn
point OF order. An appeal could b
taken to the Senate from his decision
which would brinY n matter before tn
senate for \ determination as TO whetne
that body Is continuing. or whethei
ike tho House OF Representative. 1
begins anew with each s.
May Hold III Business.
II Ia probable that there will Be con
siderable debate II Senator Over bring
the matter before the Senate. and IN tina
ease business may be held up for som
time. II the point Is made that IN
Senate cannot proceed In the absence @
rules no business could be transacted.
The House could not be notified
% committee could be appointe
70 wait on the President to ex
press tho willingness OF that bod
TO receive communications and even tn
PSeadents message or address to Cor
sress might be delayed because ther
could be no action looking TO a toir
assembly II the Senate should agree wit
Senator Owen that IL Is without rules.
But the fact that that body has bee
Doing all these things for years withoy
adopting rules at the beginning OF eac
session and without question lead
most OF the Senators now here to b,
iieve that senator Owens plan TO hol
UP the business unless he can get
eiotuNo rule will fail.