Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-01
Oklahoma Senator Thinks Wrangle May Delay De
 livery Wilson's Message.
MJSSOURIANS PLAN
 ATTACK ON CLARKE
Stone and Reed Propose to "ShOw Up" Record of Arkansas Senator. Charg- ing He BOlted the Caucus Which
 He Asks to Endorse Him.

Washington, Nov. 3o.-Sonator Owen of Oklahoma, chairman of the special committee that is drafting the cloture rule intended ito. overthrow the traditions of the senate for moro than 100 years, said today the fight for cloture may delay for several days Nhc delivery of the presidents message to congress. It is due en De- cember r.
 The committee has reached all agreement upon a modified form Of cloture which will permit the senate as a body to determine when the de ba,e on any measure has lasted long enough. Furthermore. it has declar ed its intention of placing every Dem ocrat and Republican on record and makes the prediction that every sena ter who opposes the innovation will b9 driven from public life.
 If the cloture is adopted, the com ing session will be materially short ened, some measures urged by the administration that under existing conditions would be defeated, can be passed, and the majority will put iself in a position to assume full re- sEonsibility for all legislation.
 Plan Of Campaign.
 An outline of the plan of campaign was given by Senator Owen as fol- Jews:
 "As soon as the senate meets, some senator will move that the rules of the previous senate be adopted. This will be met with a motion to amend in accordance with the action of the caucus. This will bring the ques- tion squarely before the senate, and it's organization cannot be perfected until it is disposed of. The point whether the senate is a continuing body, is new one, and has never been discussed. The debate will pro- cead under ordinary parliamentary law, and after there has been full and free discussion, the previous ques- 'tion' will be demanded. The senate will sustain the demand and vote will be had On the amendment to the rules.
 Until the senate has adopted it's rules it will not be in order to notify the house that the senate is organiz- ed or to designate the usual commit tee to notify the president that it is ready for business and prepared to receive any communicati tion he may have to make. When that hour will arrive, no man can predict"
 Many Democratic senators are strongly opposed ito the drastic previous question:" which auto matically shuts off debate and re- quires a vote, as are the Republi- cans. It is questionable in the judg- ment of some senatQrs if these pro- ponents of cloture can support their demand for it. In that event the de- bate may drag on interminably. The situation that will be precipitated on the opening day, therefore, is full of sensationaI possibilities, especially if the vice president is prepared tc rule that the previous question" is in order. NO presiding officer of the senate in history has ever done it. Stone and Reed Fight Clarke. Senators Stone and Reed of Mis- souri ara leading the fight agains the reelection of Senator Clarke O. Arkansas as president pro tenn, ant tomorrow, it is understood, they vii make severe attack upon his rec ord, charging that he has bolted thu Democratic caucus which he nov asks to endorse him for the highes office within It's gift. Despite thi opposition, it is predicted that Clark will be reelected, in the interest 3 harmony.
 1, The Democratic members of tn house ways and means committe shrouded in mystery today thei l efforts to frame the committee.
 became known, however, that tn
 Republican representation in tn
 house is to have an increased mem
 bership on ths' important committees The presidents message to con
 gress was completed and printed to
 day. Only few minor change:
 principally in the phraseology. wer
 made as result of the discussion a rEe cabinet meeting.
 ! It was authoritatively stated tha the message has the unanimous ap
 proval of the cabinet.