New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-30
SENATORS AT WORK AGAIN.
RENEWED INTEREST MANIFESTED IN HE
ELECTION BILL.
TWO STRONG REPUBLICAN SPEECHES BY MLsSi'''
u1scocK AND HOAR-L1vBLY Episodes ~
THE cu,MBER-THE ALDRICH RULE
TRY TELEGRAPH TO 1IL ThIBtNh'I


v.hi,c4or Dec o0-Thc senate took up Is worn
ain Ida almost as brsky and vigorously d u
M holiday adlournmehts had interrupted It's
49, ,hi,rod ont the ranks Of its members present IVA
dr+v The Election bill entered upon us Nun WV"
of discussion with more apparent sno" VI .,o
interest than It has been able 10 conihahu s'"'o -,
carly DAYS OF the debate and the alerl'oo" "'
voted 10 two striking and forclblc spee'"o, :" -,
,o'oo y, Tho measure from the Republican side MI
Hiscock who came first. made clear anu pratt
argument on the merits OF the supervisor
nth tho measure seeks to extend and strehsthc''
and established beyond contradiction IT. usefulness 'D
importance in securing and malntaihhE hon1' ~
tons for Representatives In cases "Hero "'aN ~
thoritv is too powcrlcss too indifferent 10 o
Mr. Hlscocks speech is printed III lulI vi INC -
maze Mr. Uoar who followed in prel d4u'o''
M,s nost ekilf,llv and convincinGly to the Re"
...,. crticisms on the bill which have been mauo
&, the course OF the long debate on the De'o'idu
side and refnted the logic OF many OF 'hc oPP'''"
orators out of their own speeches. iho "''.' ~,
talk did not last in all more than two hours anu "
and its briskness and vigor was pleasing 'on'''
MANY of the dreary all-day discussions OIL pro'io"'
weeks. ,,,.
The morning hour" preceding the regular "''''0
on the Election bill, was also enlNened by ScN'" ~
,oro.tjng incidents bearing more or less dhe'IH y"
tho nending situation. The minGritys FIRST u1cN "
rain time was the hair-Spitng protest nlaoe "S""'
the acceptance Of the credentials OF tie lu"lo
After this difficulty had been overcome nc" '''V''
Of delay developed in different quarter MI o'""',
% Nevada who * opposed 10 both the Election Dill
and the rule for closing debate. gravey got UP anu "
nounced that he would move to morrow af'ef routc
morning busincss TO take up the Caucus Fancli DIS
I'm order to make remarks upon it, TINS prop'SI
lion looked innocent enough on IT'S race Dul u wa
ea Sly seen that by continuing his speech 'hous" '
morning hour and then renewing The mohoh 10 INV
IN The Financial bill during the time allotted U the
Election bill he might force direct issue on dSp"'
ing permanently the measure by the o'cr' sue"
an issue woud perhaps. appeal strongly 10 the cA
trcme free coinage Republicans to unite with the DEMO
Gratis thus prccpitatins the fight when the mdloHN
leaders do not vet feel entirely ready for MI S'"""
NAV compromise with Mr.. lioar TO morrow ana d''''
h at,er's courtesy for time finish his address u'7
avoiding a direct contest on the financial lN'ic V''
indication that the silver extremists have not maze :"
combination with the Democrats TO push ahead on the
limo surcc>ted by Mr.. stewart was the motion WHICH
Mr. German tried to make later ~ the h'eihooh ~
displacc the Election bill with one OF thc h"r''' "'
., la. session No vote could be taken, because the
MARYLAND senator had offered his motion out oil "!u'r
hut il can be- and probably viii be- rehc"cu 'OI"iI'"
There is little chance, however u sr'"''"-
votes for this scheme.
Mr. Aldrich who IS back at the Capitol again, Tor
,n,l,v introduced his "coSurer resolution tins morning.
in accordance with the notice given last Tuesday Inc
proposed new rule read ordered rcp?he1 al" 'c
went over for day at Mr.. Aldrichs- request '
Rhode Island senator ha, not determined Nc' !uN' WI"
J 60 urge its adopton on the Senate. and nothing de-
csiye is likely 10 lie done about the he" rue ms "eoh
II will come up formally 10 morrow however ana u'
| neuocrats will then Try 10 refer it back TO the com
mittee on Rules. on tbs motion they VIII uHu"'O'
edly be defeated. and the resolution can t1eh NC US
posed OF temporarily Mr.. Aldrch thinks BEST Ie'
we're less than forty Republican senators Al the '"P"
today and 10 full quorum Of forty four Is HNeN J." d.
obtained this week.
Nv uoar in hi, speech on the Election bill. lkencd
,be nroc,css of liberty 10 the advance OF tho ide
,,ar the tide recedcd il seemed II its only once
had bsen 70 leave upon the sand little MIN ana
little scum or 70 deposit In the rank mud le carcass
Of drowned animals or OF decaNihg hShe'' pu' INV
| eternal over changing, ncver-chahgIhs ooca" MP
what II gained. IL renewed it, strength III IcP'"'''
! g., h,y so with the movements Of liberty In Eneh-l
| history since the days of Charles H. mat Wa H'
answer to those senators who Thought 'ha' uc N"''
i.r neonI had AT the last election scttlcd the Gci
ouestion of righteousness by single Nho" "i h'H"'
Il the bending bill should become law ana Shohl'
nrove enecual Il would DE the last OF the -it Ho'
ur,- that had anything of the LEGAL restraint which u
change, In tile Constitution had made necessary All
ot,.r measure which he had fOndly hoped would pre-
cede this one would have to follow IT. That was
casure IN secure for every child Oh American ,oiI III
.ducotion which would fr him to read and under
,,nd the Constitution Of his country. Nheh tines
Two things were brought TO pass the era "i inc hPO"
vould be real. The struggle for the penang OH wa
a struggle for the last step toward establishing d ~"
trinn to which the American people were piedsco D.
th.ir history thor Constitution. their opinions "a"
their interests They couid not know in Their cl'hco
chin slaves vassals serl, inferior races II Wa
ide IA debate theories plhl0sophEe III the pc'ehc
Of the express provisions Of the Constitution
He rejected and rcpeled with all the indignatlo
which the caumny deserved, the aapcrsoh thaI w
hill wa: partisan measure, or that any man VINO sup
ported il was actuated by partisan puipo'e' us sul
norters undoubtedly believed it % be true that IN
no, ,xbo we're now deprived Of their constitutions
rights were deprived Of them because OF their pOtca
opinions. 1t also, of course true tha' u'9e HE
ver, violently or frauduently deprived OF their N"ic
because of their political opinions. But That u
? operation OF the bill would give one part
an ADVANTAGE over the othcr-tlat it woul
l. helm one party rather than another (eAceI
so far as an honest election would help one part
v rather than another,-hc utterly denied. The bill va
one TO exclude partsanship from the determination
. a tide - d place the roll Of the House oil kepT
= sentatves absolutely a. the lot OF humanity Won
admit The committee that had reported 1t han Ihcic
p, undertaken TO act the advice Of D = Cox ana "h
II, leading Democrats aud to extend the benehccni ~
" tom of electoral supervision enforced IN New York
nc other parts of the country. senators would put fort
In the whole military power of the Government I" de"i
to settlers against the Indians though the latter had bee
provoked by 1t hundred years Of Wrongn. Would The
e at the polls Did they DOUBT that 1t was ques''
e. in which every citizen Of The whole co1n'aS r man
CT thc fathers of the kepubc had created National go
II eminent, but had given II no authority 10 secuf
S n p Sy Oh inc ''''''' " ~ ' ..a.
on TIE other side EepuGlican ocIat0r7 charged III.
til through eee1n m ~ Iea,t thty RepseGaIiyeo h
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