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Show CLOTURE IN THE SENATE. Will the U nited States senate adop cloture" When Tom Reed of Maine, as speak- jer of the house, speeded up legislation by prescribing rules which limited de I bate, he was branded us a czar. Rut he did much to make an unwieldy 'house get down to work. If cloture will prevent the fllibusier Which has been the minority's method of preventing legislation in the senate, !good will be accomplished. This is a I countrv governed bv majorities and ; the senate should be no exception to l the rule of the majority Today the senate minority is made up of Republicans and Democrats who object to the Fordney bill, which is intended in-tended to grant relief to the farmers lof the country. There are prominent 'Republicans who insist the measure can be of no benefit to the farmers and is purely a play at politics which I will fool (he farmers. Hut why rerort in B filibuster een though that be true- Why not allow the majority to enact the measure and test out the object ob-ject Ions ? The Democrats are playing striped politics. If they are convinced the emergency tariff will bring a storm of protect and that the cosl Of living will be incurred, ihcir best move, from a purely political standpoint, would be lo step aside and allow their oppo in nts to accept full responsibility F. en President Wilson, w ith the pow-'cr pow-'cr of veto, should not stand in the way of the Republicans assumiriE full control of public affairs. |