Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-02-13

amendment
The next amendment was offered by
Senator Brown as follows: SAT the
end of line one, srike out the words
exhibited or kept, - so as to read ''no
spurious or malt liquors shall be offered
for sale within the Capitol, &C. The
yeas and nays being called and there
being but q yeas and 80 nays the
amendment did not pass. Senator In
gals was absent and did not vote.
The next amendment was offered by
Senator lCockren, who moved to
amendment TO come in at the end OF
the proposed joint rule. The last clause
reads, ''And any officer or employee of
either House who shall in any manner
violate or conniYe at the violation of
this rule shall be dismissed from Office. -
Mr.. COckreu moved to add, ''and any
Senator or Representative who violates
the rule shall be liable 10 expulsion
from the House Of which he is a mem
Der.
Senator ingalls, then addressed the
Senate as follows:
''Mr. President it is best, think,
inasmuch as this great demonstration
has been made here in behalf of the
cause of prohibition, that the country
should understand that we are straining
at gnats and swallowing camels.
hold IN my hand the bill OF fare of the
Senate Gale, the proprietor OF which is
alleged to be air. T. L. Page, whom [
,ecollect a short time since to have been
advertised in the papers as being the
only man in this country who could be
selected TO conduct the Senate restaur-
ant on a strictly temperance basis. 1
presume that a majority Of those Sena-
tors who have voted to-day to exclude
from every portion Of the Capitol every
thing of an intoxicating character. take
heir lunch in the restaurant in the
basement of the Capitol and order it
from this bill Of fare, which L send now
to the Secretary's desk and ask to have
read as my contribution TO the debate
in order that the sincerity of those who
ale voting for this rigid east-iron rule
! 10 exclude every thing that can intoxi-
cate from the COpitol may be judged by
the country
The bill of fare was then read and it
contained the name Of fOrty-nine differ
cRt kinds of drinks many, and perhaps
a minority, of which were in plain eng
fish whiskey.
In order that we may better under
stand Senator ingalls, we will quote
from Senator Cocken's argument on
the amendment last above mentioned.
''Now 1 turn to Rule X, adopted
March 10th 1884, which is as follows
The large private room OF, the restaur-
ant shall be reserved exclusively for
Senators. The viands served in
the restaurant shall be of the best quail
ity and the prices for the same shall not
exceed those stated in the printed bills
Of fare to be previously approved by the
/ Chairman of the committee on rules.
The equipments for the table and for
the service shall be JirSt-cLa88. No
spurious liquors shall be sold, furnish
! ed. or kept 5n1 tie restaurant COllec-
ting together the facts we find Senator
Frye the champion of the proposed new
Rule XIII. The old rule X was still in
force. Mr.. Frye was chairman of the
committee on rules and approved the
bill Of fare for the restaurant containing
forty-nire different kinds of liquors, a
large part of which were Intoxicating.
/ When we consider this we must conclude
with Senator Ingalls, that, we Qhe
Senate) ere straining at gnats and
swallowing camels
The amendment proposed by Senator
| COckren IS as follows: ssAnd any Sen
ator or Representative who may violate
this rule (XII) shall be liable to ex-
puision -
Being still under consideration Sena-
tor Ingalls, said; s.It appears to me
that the amendment is entirely proper.
1t seems to me that there ought
not to be this difficulty about adopting
The amendment. This rule is not in
tended for the purpose Of preventing
improper conduct in this Capitol, but
Tor the purpose Of producing the effect
upon the country that the Senate aud
The House of Representatives are in
favor of prohibition. This is q public
declaration on the part Of the Senate Of
the United States shat they are al IN
favor OF temperance. That is Why the
yeas and nays have been repeatedly
called and that IS Why men who were
entirely cognizant Of what was being
conducted in the basement Of the Capt.
tol, why men who were themselVe re-
snonsIbLa Tor what I have read on The