Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-02
AnT|-LYNCH BILL IS
TALKED To DEATH
BY DIXIE SENATORS
Little Chance for Dyer Meas
ure at This or Next Session
as FiIibuSter Breaks Re-
publican line
Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
40s Evans Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The
Dyer anti-lynching bill is dead for
this session and the next, and\prob-
ably for some congress sessions to
come.
That was made certain on
Thanksgiving day, when the senate
did not convene, Republican leaders
having abandoned their efforts to
break the filibuster of southern Dem
ocrats against the bill.
On Wednesday the Republicans
threatened to hold day and night
meetings of the senate, and to sit
Thanksgiving day, but the threats
had no effect on the filibusterins
Democrats.
BY yielding on adjournment over
Thursday, Republicans virtually gave
up their fight for the Dyer bill in
this congress, because when the SEN
ate reconvened Friday there were
but two days remaining of the extra
session, and almost as soon as the
regular session is convened on De-
cember the administrations ship
subsidy bill will be placed before the
senate and made the unfinished
business of that body.
Money Bills Next
That will precludes consideration
of the anti-lynching measure, and as
soon as the ship subsidy bill is dis
posed of, provided it can be brought
to a vote before March 4, the annual
appropriation bills will be ready for
passage.
The impression is deepseated that
= many Republicans were willing to
have the Democratic filibuster
against the anti-lynching bill sue
coed.
Senator Willis, of Ohio, who de-
nounced the Democratic minority for
filibustering and attempting to take
from the hands of the majority the
direction of legislative procedure,
was "complimented" for his assist
ance in aiding the Democratic fill:
buster by Senator Caraway, Of Ar
kansas.
Senator Willis read at some length
from the record of Tuesday to prove
that Senator Oscar w. Underwood,
of Alabama, the Democratic floor
leader, admitted he was filibustering,
and proposed to block all legislation
in this session of congress if the Re
publicans insisted On pressing the
anti-lynching bill for action.
Turned Into Farce
The filibuster late Wednesday took
on the character of a farce. Senator
Pat Harrison, aof Mississippi, said ne
stood "aghast" at the discovery that
the journal of the senate contained
no mention of the chaplaln's prayer,
and he discoursed at considerable
length as to the heart-WrenchlnG the
great, great; great grand grandchli'
dren of 100 years hence" would suf-
fer when they discovered no mention
of a prayer at the opening of this
august body"
Later on Mr.. Harrison observed
that no mention was made of the
precise time when the vice president
entered the senate chamber and took
the chair of the presiding officer for
the days proceedings, and Senator
Miles Poindexter, Of Washington,
sought to speed up consideration Of
the journal by asking unanimous
consent for permission to insert the
time.
Democrats objected to this, and
roll call was demanded to see where
every man stood. The roll call was
ordered, but never taken, and when
the senate adjourned after five hours
of parliamentary maneuvering with
out accomplishing anything, this mo-
mentous question still stood unan-
swered before the senate: "Shall the
time at which the vice president took
his chair be recorded in the Congress
sional Record?"
Such is filibustering and it's effec-
tiveness when the Democrats get
aroused.