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Show SENATE DEMOCBATS f DISAGREE 01 RULES, ' Many Object to Limiting Debate; Fight May Delay Reading of Address. WASHINGTON", Pec. 3. Democrats failed in conference today to reach an agreement on a proposal to limit debate. ; They will resume discussion ot the issue ' tomorrow, hut several senators intimated i tliat no cloture agreement could be : reached in conference and that a rules j fistht would dev elop on the floor of the I senate when congress opens next Mon- dav. I Such a eon-insency. it was admitted,! ir.iiziu delav- organisation of the senate! aid vrcvciu the holcin? of a joint session , of r.ouse and senate Tuesday to hear j the presidi nl's messace. , Administration leaders, howecer. expressed ex-pressed confidence that some iipreenient on rules would be worked out by 5lon-dav. 5lon-dav. The conference today had. before it a proposed amendment to the rules submitted sub-mitted bv Senator Owen's special committee. com-mittee. As agreed upon by the committee commit-tee yesterdav. the new rule would haye ; made it possible for the majority to insist c upon a vote on a bill within twp days. Before it was presented to the conference today it was revised to provide that no senator should speak more than one hour on a measure after the senate should 1 deejde that filibustering tactics were be- c ins employe-!. , , s Senatois Owens. Williams and alsn ( spoke at length in support of the rule. Tbev maintained that the senate was not a coniuiui'.is hodv and 'hat it nould be " no.-c.s.irv lo a. loot new rules next Mon-:i Mon-:i .lav If 'the minority fails lo agree upon i" w lat these icles should he and the chair should hoid that the se-.ate is not a con-,i con-,i tiii-iinc bodv. there mlht be serious dif- , fieuliy in organizing the senate on the I openinc day. . , , , Besides ti-.e cloture ficht. the eonrer-en.-e l. morrow will decide on a candi-il candi-il date for president pro tempore. Senator Pom-'-ene of Ohio is a candidate acainst Senator .lame-- p. Clarke of Arkansas. II -,,-, eks re-election. The alignment to- ii'"ht was said to be e-.ose. and cliam- 1 ,ji of side were unpen line to four ( ahVntc- to hasten to Washinston. The a Witt senators are Lewis of Illinois. I'; Martine of New Jersey. I.'a of Tennessee Tennes-see and Culberson of Texas. |