Word: deadlocker
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...Took two votes on the election of a Chairman for the Interstate Commerce Committee, bringing the total number of ballots up to 27 (TIME, Dec. 24, Dec. 31). No break was achieved in the deadlock between Senator Cummins, sponsored by the regular Republicans, Senator Couzens, sponsored by the Republican insurgents, and Senator Smith, sponsored by the Democrats...
...following night Coach Smyth's players nosed out the B. A. A. 2 to 1. The Boston team suffered from the absence of two of its regulars, but was able to hold Toronto to a deadlock up to the last seven minutes of the game...
This mortal deadlock continued when the Senate adjourned for the holidays- three weeks in session and almost nothing done. The Democrats took opportunity to play the Republicans for inaction. Senator Reed of Missouri (Democrat) called the deadlock "perfectly childish" because the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee was "inconsequential." Senator Wheeler of Montana, a Democrat, but heartily in accord with the Republican insurgents, took issue with the Senator from Missouri, declaring that the Chairmanship was vitally important...
Senator A. Owsley Stanley of Kentucky, another Democrat rose to praise the deadlock: "What Democrat, what patriot, what lover of his country could ask Congress to put this thing [the Republican majority] in motion again? Do we want another railroad bill? Do we want to put more burdens on the backs of the poor and relieve still more coffers of the rich...
...candidates. Mr. Couzens gained favor and secured the votes of Borah, Gooding, Norbeck, Jones. Mr. Cummins also voted (for the first time) for Mr. Couzens, the object being to prevent a sudden shift of the insurgents from naming Smith. With a fifth day of balloting in sight the 'deadlock continued...