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Show MP. CONSENT ! ! TO SIDETRACK DYER MEASURE Obstruction Tactics of Dem , ocratic Senators Bring Complete Success. LODGE SENDS WORD Way Now Paved For Hand-Ling Hand-Ling Batch of Presidential Presiden-tial Nominations. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Success Crowned the filibuster of senate Democrat-, ogilnni the Dyer antl-ly nchlng bill : iday when Republican senators i in party caucus . oted to abandon th-r m.-. is-. re completely I The Republican majority ncted after the Democrats, by what is generally conceded to have been one of the most effieiencv condueted filibusters in the history of the senate, had preentcd the transaction of any business for the. fourth consecutive legislative day The I obstructionist tactics of the Demu-crate Demu-crate moreover were threatening mon than C thOUSSJld presidential nominations nomina-tions which if unconfirmed by Mon-i da noon, when tits speelal session lends, must be submitted again. BILL'S FATE DKCIDF.D. The Republican caucus was preeed-! ied by a conference attended by Senator Sen-ator Lodge of MHSsachusetts. the Rc- publican leader. Curtis of Kansas the Republican whip, and Senator Short-I Short-I ridge of California, in charge of the iDyer bill. Senator Sliortrldge who ,hiil been unmovable throughout the 'filibuster, was understood to have agreed at this conference to allow the 4 - ' V. A V . I 1 1 . r. V.A . I . . I . , 1 1 V .1 laie j l iiic "in w - v.-.- j i majority caucus. The question Of abandoning the measure, which was passed by thel House last session was debated in the. caucus for two hours It Is understood under-stood a small minority held out for) continuation of tho fight The final, decision, however, wos to direct Senator Sena-tor Lodge to inform the Democratic leaders that the bill would bft pushed j I no further either at the special session ses-sion or at the regular session convening conven-ing Monday This means the death of ithe legislation, which the Democrats have attacked as a "force bill" and as unconstitutional. CT ON APPOINTMENTS j The decision. Republican leaders Jsald after the caucus, will permit confirmation con-firmation of a large number of the pending nominations at a session '! the senate convening at lu o'. look Monday, two hours In advance of the (meeting of congress In regular ses-'slon ses-'slon Among these nominations Is that of Pierce Butler, of Minnesota, to be an associate justice of the su-preme su-preme court. j Majority and minority leaders alike were agreed tonight that the filibuster filibus-ter thus brought to an end by the Republican Re-publican caucus decision will tale a place as one of the most notaM.- In senate history, it has differed from previous filibusters in that it involved no long speeches, Democrats having Utilized the usual routine action of approving the Journal. REASON i.ik FIGHT; The Dyer bill sought to give tho federal government power to step int. Htai.es wherever a lynching o i urred. it provided a 110.000 penalty to be levied against the county where the lynching 'happened, to be paid to the victim' j family. It also prov ided fo:- the arrest ar-rest of county and state officials at the scene. It was attacked as unconstitutional. |