Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-21
UNDERWOOD PLAN
FAVORED BY DAWES
Says CIoture Sc :ame Advo-
Gated ExactI, Meets
His Demands.
ny FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Vice President Dawes supporters
in the fight for change OF the Senate
rules expect the subject To he dis
cuSSed. and possibly decided. during
Hhe present session Of Congress. TheN
have been informed that the rules
committee Of The Senate plans ~ re
port out certain proposals for amend
ms rhe cha mhers procedure. II and
when thai i done advocates Of rules
revision on Dawes lines will he able
80 come forward with amendments To
The committees recummend4iions. II
can he stated on aulholit" Thai tho
changes which will he backed as The
Dawes plan will he Identical with
those offered by Senator oscar W. In
derwood. Democrat. of -tlaba ma with
in ~ hours after the Vice President
celebrated outbreak on March 1. l9-5.
MIR Dawes has declared himself as
feeling that the Underwood proposals
viii abolish minority rule in the Sen
1te ana limit "frivolity and irrel-
evancy" in GebNte. senator Under
woods plan is the Notwithstanding
cluture scheme ever introduced in the
! nited States Senate. Opponents OF
tbs Dawes crusade have been t9unt-
inc the Vice President with mot
knowing what he wants" or st least
rui definitely formul,tin. what he
projects.
What Dawes Wants.
The following he Underwood pro
p"s4l Dave now SAYS is sVsctly
what he wants:
Resolved. That Tho rules II The Scn-
~ hc amended hy adding thereto. in
lion ri tho rule adopted by rho Senate
fo' the limitation IT debate ON March
3. i@17 t\NIn. thu following:
J. There shall be a motion fnr the
rreNiorls question. which. heino o.
dercd by ma iorilv Of Senators Vnt-
I'M. II quorum bc present. shall
have the effect to cut off al debate
End bring the Senate 10 a direct vote
upon the immediate question or ques-
liunS on which it has been asked and
ordered. II shall he in order, pending
the motion for. or after the previous
question shall have been ordered on
lis passage. for the presiding officer
To entertain and suf,hit motion To
commit. with ~ Wit tout instructions.
to u standing or selsrt committee.
> All motions fur the previous
question shall. before being submitted
," the Senate. he seconded by a ma
iority by teIlers. If lema nded.
. When A motion for the previous
question has been seconded il shall be
in order. before final vote is taken
thereon. for each Senator 80 debate
The proposition 10 be voted upon 70,
nne hour.
Given Good Opening.
When Vice President Dawes e1
ploded by radio on the night of lanu
ary 10 over that days World Court
filihuSter in the Senate he did 50
with certain knowledge that he was
hroadcastins a message for which
receptive audience was waiting IN all
parts of the country.
Ever since Messrs. Blease & co.
iuausurated time killing debate on the
court Dawes has been in receipt OF
ample evidence that such tactics are
wafer on his reform bill. He has been
told by word of mouth, by letter, by
Telegram and by countless newspaper
editorials that nothing could nave
been devised SO useful for his rules
reform cause as the Senates diily-
da1lving with the court and the tax
reduction bills. Dawes supporters say
that If the Vice President never Eek
ploded'' on another single occa sion,
the proceedings now taking place in
the Senate would do his work for him.
Gen. Dawes has no intention Of let
ling merely horrible example pop
ularize the demand for change in the
Senate rules. il is still his firm pur-
pose TO take the warpath during the
1925 congressional campaign. forti-
fed. of course, a s he did not know he
was going to be, by current events on
Capitol Hill.
Senator Blease's typical perform
ance in reading Washington's fare
well address into the court debate and
Sena tor James A. Reeds insistence
upon introduction OF Andrew Car
negies North American Review ar
1fcle of June. 1898, are sure TO figure
conspicuously in Dawes campaign
speeches next Summer and autumn
The Vice President will carry the war
into every State in which = United
states Senator is 10 be elected. He
viii ask the electorate. regardless of
politics, 10 commit candidates FOR the
Sanate 10 reform the rules. These
plans. IF course, presuppose that the
Senate during the present session will
not have amended its procedure on
Da ives Underwood lines. If l. does.
the Vice President will con slider that
his work Is done-the chief work, as
ne views II. for which he was elected
second in command of The Republic
and first in command OF the great
eat delibera tive body in the world
Estimates of the numbe~ of Sena-
tors ready to support the Dawes
plan ready at this writing--yary
from % to 40. A majority vote is
necessary 10 cha nGe.