Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-29
.FiIibuster on Dyer
 And-LynChing Bill
Conducted by Democrats in the Senate - Republicans in Caucus Decide to Con- tinue Fight For Passage.

Washington, Nov 2S.-R Republican members of the senate, after four-hour filibuster waged by. the democrats, and after threats from the democratic side of continued obstruction, voted in caucus to- night to continue the fight in behalf of the. Dyer anti-lynchlng bill.
 A further decision was reached by the republican senators to hold the senate in session on Thank ksgivng day-a most un- usual occurrence-if such action was found necessary to break democratic op- position. The vote on continuing the fight for the Dyer bill, which has been passed by the house, was understood to have been 24 to 1.
 The republican caucus brought to a close a rather turbulent day at the sen ate wing of the capitol for democratic senators, acting in accord with a stand taken several days ago in party caucus, 1 showed immediately upon the conven:ng of the senate that they proposed to block the anti-lynching bill in every possible way.
 | Led from the floor by Senator Harri- I son, Mississippi, the democrats started what they frankly conceded to be fili- \ buster the minute the chaplain concluded 1 the morning prayer The tactics included | objections to the usual course of dis pensing with the reading of the journal | numerous quorum calls and presentation
 of amendments to yesterdays journal on
 which invariably aye and nay votes were | demanded.
 | Senate attaches characterized it as ''the 1 most scientifically conducted filibuster-
 carried on in the senate in years. and as proof of this it was cited that only after signs of yielding had been seen on the
 republican side did the democrats permit l yesterdays journal to be approved. This
 process usually consumes about thirty
 seconds, but today it required four hours and might have taken longer, for wheT l the senate adjourned Senator Harrison l had on his desk dozen or so amend l ments to the journal which he had beer prepared to offer.
 Not alone did the democrats show b.
 their tactics that they were unalte-abl!
 opposed to consideration of the Dyer bil
 but through their leader, Senator Under 1 wood, Alabama, said so pla nly. Senate
 Underwood, taking the floor late in tn,
 afternoon, tod the majority leaders tha the democrats had determined to permi
 the transaction of no business, not eve1
 the confirmation of nominations, until tn l republicans agreed to abandon the anti
 lynching measure, which he characterize,
 as '' force bill pure and simple"
 We are not disgusting what is beinl
 done on this size of the chamber" sai 1.-the democratic leader. We frankly tel
 you that we are endeavoring to preven ! consideration of the Dyer bill If this bi
 becomes a law 1t willy threaten the yer fabric of our government, But it wi never become law and yoa gentieme P on the republican side might just as we admit 1t now and give up the fight" Faced with this threat, and furthe ! notified of the determination of the demo , crats, who carried their obstructionis , tactics into all executive session of tn ? senate just before adjournment. republ r can leaders. taking council among then @ selves. determined upon an immediat
 party caucus. Some consideration wa f given in this caucus to the legisIati1 program for the regular session but T I decisions on this point were reached. The Dyer bill itself was scarcely mel tioned in the senate until after two houl of the fi.ibuster had passed, but the stat, . ment from Senator Underwood opened u f 1 a debate on the measure which range
 from the Hall-Mills murder case in Ne : Jersey to the JapSnese case in Cafiforni : but all centered about the anti-lynchir o legislation.
 Senator Edge, republican, New Jerse
 advocated. enactment of the bill declarir
 that in a, number of states lynchings wei
 winked at, and some legislation was nee' \ cd to allow the federal government
 lstep in.-- This argument brought u c statement from Senator McKellar dem t crat, Tennessee, that lone of the mo '- remarkable examples.of unpunished erin l. was concealed, although nine-tenths l. the people of the United States coul l. without difficulty. put their finger on u L. l ru1IrdereY-o n The Tennessee senator, few ,minut r later. after an interchange with Sen; y tor Shortridge, republican, California
 charge of the bill brought up the killir
 of William Desmond Taylor, Los Angel
 motion picture director, as an examp
 of a case. in which the federal goverl ment, under the bill, might intervene. f ,; asmuch, he said. s''the commonwealth U California has failed to prosecute u T murderer" ..-