The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-12
CLOTURE In THE SENATE.
HARDLY A DOUBT BUT THAT IT
WILL BE ADOPTED.

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Under It's Wing the Republicans VIII
Put Through the Force Bill, Tariff
Bill and Other Legislation in a furry.
The Democrats to Obstruct Every
Step.
WASHINGTON. July 11-Nothing was
talked about on either side Of the Senate
chamber to-day but last nights republican
caucus. The republicans talked it over
among themselves, and several of them
went over to talk about it with the demo
Gratis. Senator Aldrich. representing the
finance committee republicans, who are
more anxious about the tariff bill than about
the force bill, went over and talked
lected by the democrats on account of his
shrewdness and GOODNESS as their leader in
the present struggle. Senator Aldrich
wanted Senator German to say that the
democrats would give the tariff bill a
chance before the force bill came up. SEN
ator German could only reply that the DEM
ocrats proposed to debate the tariff bill like
everything else.
GoRMAN'S POLICY.
Senator Germans policy for the demo-
Gratis In 10th houses is simply stout resist
ance to everything that may help the force
bill through. In the House the democrats
are preventing Speaker Reed from reward
Ing those REPUBLICANS whose votes for the
force bill were only secured by promises of
public buildings OF other favors for their dis
tricts. In the Senate nothing is to be allowed
to go through without d bate, filibustering
being kept behind until it is need ed,
md nj hair ~ oh.
as shall not give color of justification to
any change of the rules by the republicans.
Other orthodox" republicans got equally
slight satisIac ion on the democratic side,
but Senators Blair and Teller, two of the
"kickers" in last nights caucus, were more
cordially received and were urged to re-
main firm against any change in the rules.
CLoTURE TO BE ADOPTED.
The change in the rules is expected to
come, however. Only five senators-Messrs.
Edmunds, Teller, Plumb. Blair and VOL
cott-out of the thirty three in the caucus
last night voted against the motion to
| create caucus committee composed of four
| republicans in addition to those on the COM
| mittee on rules to devise some means of
| limiting the debate so as to get the force
bill, the tariff bill and other legislation
| through quickly. Fourteen senator's were
absent, including both Senators Quay and
Cameron, but they gave their consent
to what was done. Consequently it is sa fe
to assume that the caucus, when it meets
| again next week, will adopt whatever
motion the committee, which began its
sessions to-day, may recommend. The SEN
| ators on the caucus committee are Messrs.
Hoar, Spooner, Frye and Moody, toge her
with Senators Aldrich, Sherman aud
ingalls,, the republican members of the rules
committee.
| A COUP D'ETAT.
| AS Speaker Reed says it seems inevitable
| that it must recommend coup detdt such
| as he executed in the House, for otherwise
the proposed new rules limiting the debate
could not ge gotten through. The republi.
can senator's are relu Giant to face this fact,
| for they are reluctant to admit how heavily
| Speaker Reeds hand r sts on them, but it is
| the only logical outcome of their position.
| Tne general proposition Of a federal cleo
ton bill was strongly attacked in caucus
and the Johnny Davenport force bill which
Speaker Reed had sent over was severely
| criticised, but the large majority of the
| caucus declared in favor Of some election
law, Senator Hoar failing to get an iudorse-
ment of his after the others mad been sat
upon. Unless, therefore, a great change
| occurs before the next caucus it will deter
mine to put some election bill through.
THE OBJECTIONS TO THE DAVENPORT BILL.
The chief objections raised to the Johnny
| Davenport bill were that it would interfere
with state elections held on the same days
with federal elections that it provided for
bayonets at the polls. and that the provision
for putting it into effect upon petition was
vulnerable. Speaker Reeds pastoral letter,
| signed by Chairman Belden, was read to the
caucus by Senator Hiscock, with some sar-
castle comments. 1t was resented by others
also as impertinent and gratuitous Still,
they all realize that Speaker Reed is the
master of the situation. They do not like
it. They went around the Senate to-day
with very sorry faces. Senator Aldrich,
ordinarily SO cheerful. showed perplexity
and anxiety even more plainly than the
rest. Besides the force bill he has the tariff
bill, as Senator Frye the river and harbor
bill, to worry over.
Senator Colquitt said this evening: "We
wi II make no Compromises with the repub-
lica MS which will compromise our side. We
will stand between our people and this in
famous force BILL day and night, if need be,
| opposing it in every legitimate wav. We
will fight it on this line if it takes all sum
mer."
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