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Show SMOOT TO BLOCK LEGISLATION Washington. .Ian. 0. Senators Crane, Smool Townsend ami Bradley, Brad-ley, representing the Republican organization or-ganization In the senate, hae arranged ar-ranged to deadlock essential legislation legisla-tion during the remainder of this ses. islon unless the Democrats approve a! large share of the H'ou-odd appointments appoint-ments Tafl has sent in since the eloc- i lion. Republican Progressives are a party to this scheme with the excep-I tion of Poindexter, Dixon. La Pollette and Works, who hae not yet announced an-nounced that they will join such a blockade of the public business, am the other Progressives, being interested inter-ested in patronage now before the senate, will act with the regulars to lhe extent, at least, or testing the sincerity ot the Penmciats in their declaration that the nominations now-pending now-pending shall not be confirmed It Is part of the Republican plan j to cause the annual supply measures to fail if thev can place the blame for such neglect of the public business busi-ness upon the Democrats. Senator 1 Smoot argues to his colleagues that If the Democrats in extra session are required to consider and pass all the appropriation bills thej will be two months hite getting at tariff revision. !This, Smoot and Crane say. will be I water on the Republican nolitlcal j wheels, on the theory that the longer long-er tariff revision can be postponed j toward the next eeetlon the better' it win be fr Republicans Tiie Republicans Re-publicans also will have the active Bupporl of three or four reactionary Democrats whose terms expire Vith the close of the session. |