The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-28
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.
Views OF Prominent Democrat Who
Has Studied 1t Closely.
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Washington Special to Cincinnati Gazctte.l
A very prominent democrat who
has given close attention to the Sena-
torial deadlock, lays down the follow
ing thirteen propositions as in hisjudg-
ment governing the case. He has
studied the grounds of the dispute
carefully and intolligently, and the
thirteen points which he presents de-
serve attention, not only for the
strength with which they are pre-
scented, but because they represent in
a forcible way the grounds upon
which the democratic Senators justify
their course.
The following are the thirteen prop
ositions:
l. A party cannot be considered to
have majority in legislative body
when il is unable to take a single step
or adopt a single motion unless some
one of the alleged minority will aid il
by voting. and thus make the desired
and necessary quorum.
2. The republicans in the Senate,
with Malone added, have just one-hall
the Senate. Unless some member OF
the democratic half lends his aid, the
republican senators, plus Malone,
CANNOT COMMAND A QUORUM,
and can do no business of any name
or nature excep. to adjourn.
5. The vote of the Vice-Prcsident
cannot be made available until the
democrats shall be obliging enough tc
create the tic which he will then be
able to unloose. Of original power,
the Vice-President has not one part
Gle, and the republicans are enraged
because the democrats will not so vote
ms to give the Vice-President the op
portunity to turn out democratic
office-holders, who are faithfully dis
charging their duty.
4. The Vice-President has never, in
the history of the government, save in
Il single instance, voted in the election
of Senate officers, and that was in 8
case where vacancy was to be filled
If a vacancy were to be filed to. day
every democrat in the Senate would
be perfectly willing for the Vice
President to vote if tie should occur
but the democrats affirm, and will tc
the end maintain, that
THE vICE-PREsIDENr's VOTE SHALL
NOT BE USED
to create n vacancy when no accuse,
tion is made against the incumbent
and where the change is to be made
for political purposes only.
) The rule of the majority, about
whici the republican Senators talk Sc
loudly, is the rule which they would
enfo &c if one or more of the demo
craft, Senators will help them do it.
6. The republicans are irritated be
cause the democrats will not lend theil
aid to the consummation of the Ma
hone bargain by the election of Cor
ham and Riddleberger.
Z. At the opening of the session
and for seventeen days after, the dem
ocrats had clear majority in the Sen
ate, but the republicans interposeG
dilatary motions every time the ap
pointment of committees was proposed
and they held the Senate in a totally
unorganized, if not disorganized, con
dition, until the vacant seats were
filed, and the trade with Malone was
completed.
s. When the republicans got ready
to appoint the committees the demo
cratic Senators interposed no objec
tions, because committees were essen.
tial to the proper organization of the
body, and they submitted quietly to
having all the chairmanships taken
from them aud transferred to the re-
publicans, although they meyer ought
10 have done this, and they set an
evil precedent in allowing it, which