Show fOSED TO CLOTURE This Fact Developed in Debate c De-bate in Senate I J ilQUAY I SPRINGS THE SCHEME v I 1 Declares There Should Be Vote J i I on Statehood Bill 1 senator Spooner Leads tho Opposition Holding Resolution Put Vote of Censure Upon Opponents I Washington Feb ISTbere was a lively debate In the Senate today over Senator Quayn resolution declaring It to bE the sense of the Senate that there should brs a vote on the Statehood hill before the adjournment of Congress Senator Spooner opposed It wiylng It l wia In a sense cloture to which he was opposed or a censure upon the ml aority which lie did not think was right Under the present rules he rnalnlalned thc interests oC the country coun-try are better served than 1C there was cloture The resolution he Insisted sails oti the Senate jirnellcnlly to put a vote of censure upon those who happen tq be conscientiously opposed to the iM albiui StaJoftood bill IJr stiller of Colorado agreed with Hir Sjpoonsr and believed in maintaln Dg free discussion Jfalr Cockrell of Missouri coincided lth that view fMr Platt oC Connecticut said that he lid not believe In absolute untram tneled debate when it reached the point 9t obstruction JMr Lodge oC Massachusetts said a inajority In the Senate always gets tote t-ote when It Is a real majority which li mist be something more than nutnerl pal 1 He said that majorities of the ina lority party were entitled to control the Klslatlon of a parliamentary party Mr MfComas of Maryland offered a rnbstitute for the resolution which was i i copy of an amendment to the rules if the Senate offered by Mr Platt oC Connecticut some time ago and provl Sed for limited cloture ttMr 1 Dubois of Idaho answering1 par Icularly Mr Lodge declared that If a imjorlty of the Senate think It for the ifst Interests oC the country to pass I a III they ought to be allowed to vote mid not be compelled to belong to the ijorlty party Otherwise said he the minority miGht just as well some so-me Mr nlnpon of Illinois mild th i mlnor y Is the great part of the Senate hick Is the only body where the ml rlty stops legislation Mr Carmaclc of Ttnntssee said that here debates are carried on purely fore Ib for-e purpose of obitrucllon they are kely to load to a cloture rule which IU1 defeat legitimate debate No action is tnlccn on the resolution of the sub itutc although a motion had been acme to refer the matter to the Com Ittee on Rules The decision of the ibject brought out the fact that the Hate WHS opposed to cloture In any rm Messrs Stewart Nov Platt Conn fd Jones 1 Ark were appointed cones con-es on the Indian appropriation bill Mr Mason reported the postofllce ap > oprlatlon bill At IMn the Senate went Into execute execu-te Eeaslon 1 and at 520 p m adjourned |