Evening star., 1925-03-13
COPELAND STILL HELD AMATEUR
AS FILIBUSTERER IN SENATE
As NOUice, Ho,Uever, His
First Demonstration Is
Rated CreditabIe.
Consumes Seven Hours In
Leisurely Debate as
Slam at Da,UeS.
BY ROBERT It. SMALL.


For a novice and an old family doc
tor Senator Royal S. Copeland of New
York City didn't do so badly in the
first demonstration to Mr.. Vice PreSi-
dent Dawes of what a one-man fill
buster in the Senate really means.
By stopping, after seven brief hours
of leisurely discourse, Senator Cope
land maintained his amateur status.
The Senate experts agreed he is not
yet in condition to challenge Battling
Bob La Toilette for the tilibuster
championship of the world.
But you have got to give Senator
Royal credit for trying. Senator
Royal is 4 great joiner. You don't
have to go any farther than his own
obituary" in the Congressional Di-
rectory to discover that he is an
Elk, a Son of st. Patrick, a Knight
Templar, a Shriner, a Maccabee, a
Methodist, a D. K. E., an honorary
stationary engineer, a Democrat and
lots and lots of other things. So now
he is undergoing his novitiate in the
Noble order of Filibusterers.
Surprises His Colleagues.
When he suddenly stopped last
night after seven hours of calm and
cool conversational address Senator
Copeland surprised his colleagues.
He had said he expected to run along
forever and would not ask for time
out or any other consideration. And
from the way he was going the old
time ringside seat Senators were
under the impression he was good for
at least "a hours more of the grind.
The Senator finished strong, but he
finished far short of the old Senate
records. and, therefore, he will have
to filibust again before he can enter
the proud letters n. o. F. to the 9TH
ers in the long list which are at
tached to his name in the official di-
rectory.
Senator Copeland is an interesting
figure. 1t is not often that a medical
man gives up his profession in his
prime and turns to the Senate. Maybe
he thought he could infuse new life
into the Senate. In any event there
was a great deal of satisfaction dur
ing his one-man filibuster to know
there was doctor always present
in the event any of his colleagues
gave way during the strain.
Vice President Retires.
Gen. Dawes, running slam bang
into the very sort of thing he rallied
against on inauguration day, refused
to stay in the Senate chamber and
listen to Senator Copeland. During
most of the day poor Senator Simeon
Fess was imposed upon the chair.
Senator Fess took a book with him
and tried to get in few hours of
good reading, but every time Senator
Copeland saw the temporary pre-
siding officer engrossed in his tome
he loudly called for the attention of
the chair.
Realizing it was his initiation, Sem
ator Copeland seemed to enjoy talk
ing to the empty seats on the floor
and the empty rows in the gallery.
When he got tired of talking from
the Democratic side of the chamber,
he would ramble over to the Repub.
lican side. Then he would stroll by
the doors leading into the cloakrooms,
talking loudly at such times so that
the cloistered Senator's might catch
the sound of his voice.
Product of Michigan.
Senator Copeland is a product of
Michigan and had gained distinction
in the practice of medicine before he
removed to New York to become dean
of the Flower Hospital Medical Col