The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-01

power Of counting the. votes to one
this bill does. The four judges of the Su-
and he il to be the Colossus of Rhodes,
who is to span the chasm. Laughter.l 1t
is one man, lot the one man whom the
Constitution chooses. The man fixed upon
is Judge Davis, of Illinois. The Democrats
want q fair count, and in order to insure
its being perfectly fair and unbiased.
the Mephisiopheles of Gramercy
Park has rent Al order to
cue shall elect him U. S. Senator, not that
there is anything wrong In that, but simply
10 make Judge Davis unbiased, and nov
simple Republicans are asked to throw
the power Of the country into the hands of
this judge, whom Democrats have taken
great pains to show TO be unbiased. shall
not vote for any such unbiased arrangement.
The whole power of this country il
arrogaisd by this House. For my psrt, /
am well enough Satisfied with the laws and
constitutions. as interpreted by Wa-hing-
ton, by Jefferson, by Adams, by Madison,
by Monroe, without dissent 10 their day.
I II any one else wishes better constitution
or better Interpretation Of II, / say "God
speed" 10 him. i am satisfied with the old
Law, and l must vote TO adhere to the con-
stitution Of our fathers, as they understood
it. We are constsn,ly hearing kilograms
from merchants, bankers. &C., read in favor
of this bill.
have the highest respect for these men.
| The Great Master of Mankins, through his
long mission, never said word against tine
merchants, "a such. He never said a word
against the bankers, as such, but he found
them, one day, in Gods temple, making
merchandise there, and changing money
for profit, and he made scourge of email
cords and whipped them out. Laughter
That il what is the matter. 1 may not hold
to all that the Master taught, bu. I shall
! adhere in that respect, if in no other, to his
sayings and doings
At four o'clock the general debate having
closed, Mr.. Payne rose 10 move the previ-
aus question. Before making the motion,
however, be allowed to be read an amend
meDt which Mr.. Hopkins proposed to offer,
the most important point being to refer to
the commission sill testimony taken by the
committees of either House. Mr.. Payne
refused to allow the amendment to be offer
ed, and moved the previous question.
Then an effort was made by Mr.. Sou h.
ard to get in an amendment
which he had suggested in regard to
Colorado, but he was met with
loud calls for the regular order, and Mr..
PAYNE insisted on the previous question.
The previous question was seconded and the
main question ordered.
The SPEAKER announced that the Vote
would nov be taken on the final passage of
the bill The Clerk proceeded to call the
names OF the members amid most intense
interest and excitement and As Republican
after Republican voted mo-" that vote |
emed to cause surprise tc many who had |
supposed that fully one-half OF them would |
support the bill
The SPE ,KER announced that he |
would exercise his constitutional privilege |
and voted a. q representative from the |
State of Pennsylvania. He directed the |
clerk to call his name, and his response of |
"a e." was greeted with applause. Final
ly the count was completed, and as the re-
suit was announced, yeas l9l, nays Sc,
there was but slight manifestation.
On the announcement Of the vote, the |
spectators left tn galleries, and one Of the |
most important and exciting SESSIONS of the |
House was closed at 5:25.