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Show PLAN TO Oil I TALK HSUXED Few Senators in Favor of Cloture During Tariff Debate WASHINGTON. May 27. Although the Question Still la op. n, ,r became increasingly probable aftOJ a confer- once today of Republican1' senators that the move to Invoke oli ture during consideration of the nmf bill would be unsuccessful With the democrats regarded as solidly against the proposal, propos-al, an Informal canv.ts on the Republican Re-publican side, leaders saidf show d Lhal i Hufliclent Dumber of Republi-I caim Were in opposition to defeat a Cloture rule in connection with the tariff ; PI .'M l Ion IR l I 1TEP Cloture adVOCatea falling to obtain n party deblaratlon at todays' conference confer-ence In favor of the rule, circulated s petition for signatures to s atate-ment atate-ment placing senators behind the do- ture movement but leaving to the R- 1 publicans conference the tine- it; should be brought forth A score of si.'iiators were repiirtl us having .siKn- . ed the petition which probably will I be presented at a third party conference confer-ence culled for net Wednesday. While the cloture- right continued under the surface, the senate rcsum-! ed its struggle with the tariff bill, disposing of committee amendments to one paragraph, that dealing vith duties on steel wire and wire rope. I The Democrats joined at tlmec by some Republicans, made a strenuous fight against the increases proposed, j but without success. I I RTHKR RI1M '. EOS -The committee, however. receded from all of Its original reoommenda- lions, cutting the rates proposed, and j Senator McCumbor, rtepublican. North Dakota, in charge of the bill, intin.atod that some farther reductions reduc-tions might be proposed when the senate sen-ate took ui this paragraph for a final , vote after committee amendments In I the entire bill have been disposed of. |