Members who favored repeal disliked to overturn the tradition of the Senate which allowed unlimited debate, and the silver senators therefore filibustered through the summer and early fall.
"The United States Since The Civil War"
Charles Ramsdell Lingley
He actually got these boys to think it could be filibustered into his possession.
"A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories"
Bret Harte