Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-30
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. o.. July 30.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Mr.. Hear presented memorial of the ne
gro North Carolina republican association OF
the District CT Columb ola. in favor OF the pas
sage of the national election bill.
Mr.. Vest presented memorial of the
wage workers. alliance OF the District OF &C.
lumba, denounoiog the bankrupt law.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Sherman, fixing the daily hour of meeting
at ten q. NJ, was taken up.
Mr.. Cockrel said that he would support
the resolution and wanted to give few
reasons why. Some tsuuls had been made
recently by the Senators from Rhode
Island, and Maine (AldrIch and Frye
about delay Cd the part Of the
democratic minority; and the sena-
tor from Maine had said something
about having the previous Question intro
duced in the Senate. He wanted those Seu
ators to see the relative amount of work
done 10 the two houses. The Senate had,
up to Tbs rs b of July passed 946 bills; and
400 other bills had been acted on BY Gee
mttees and beea indefinitely postponed
making the whole number of Senate bills
actually disposed of l 445. That was con
siderable more than one third OF all the bills
introduced In the Senate. No such
record had ever been made before.
How The asked) had SO much work been
done in tbs Senate? Had the minority
been wasting time By interpreting Office
lions or by unnecessary production ? Had
the minority consumed time (,s the MAORI
ty had done under the last administration
In crticisipg the executive or 10 pleading
the civil service Law to prevent the removal
of democratic officials before the end of their
forms OF office? Nothing of the kind Had
not the bills for the admission of Idaho and
Wyoming as States been allowed by the mi
nority to pass, although every one knew
that neither of them had sufficient popula-
ton to entitle 1t to representative in the
House? These bills had passed only
through the inconcsivable forbearanca and
conservatism OF tho democratic minority.
And vet democrats were criticised the
moment they wanted little expla-
nation and little light on the tariff bill.
Ii there was democratic majority in the
S.nate and had It made an attempt to pass
the bills for the admission of New Mexico
aud Arizona, as States, the Senator from
Maine Mr.. Ffye) would have pranced up
and down the centre aisle aud the Senator
from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds) would
have raised his voice. They would have
roared like Gagged lions and screamed like
chained byepas (eughter) against the action
OF the democratic majority. Wby,he asked,
had not tho House disposed OF more bills
than 1t had disposed Of? The reason YVES
that it ignored, in ita organization,
and in it's changed rules, the fnnda-
mental principles OF parliamentary dis
cusslou He quoted from letter written
by Mr.. Thomas B Reed in June. 1856, and
published 10 the Oatauquan Il would be
remembered (he saiG) that Mr.. Reed was
once member Of the House of Representa-
tlvas. One OF the sentences In that remark.
abe production" was in these words, "a
full, free, frank d scufsou is the very life OF
intelligent action" Another sentence was
6 Needless suppression ofdiscu sion styrsn-
mic, whether dane by king or msj )rity."
He challenged any republican Senator to
show an instance where the democratic M
nority had attempted any unnecessary delay.
Democratic Senators had been In their ssals
when the Senator from Maine MIR. Frye
was enjoying the refreshing bretzss OF the
lakes of his native State, and when the Ser
ator from Vermont Mr.. Eimunds) was also
ruaticating Ths Senator from New York
(Mr. Hiscock) had stated yesterday that the
republicans bad captured the democrats. Ii
the democrats were captives they would
stick the closer to their captors They
would come to the chamber at 10 In The
morning, but they would expect republican
Senators to come too, and they would stay
till six in the evening and facilitate the
transaction of business If they were treated
as decent. respectable minority ought to he.
The resolution was then agreed to.
The tariff bill was taken up aud Mr.. Nor
rill addressed the Senate.
HOUSE,.
The Speaker laid before the House fifteen
requests for leave of absence
Mr.. Cheadle, of Indiana, inquired whether
if these leaves we're granted, quorum
would no left in the HOUSE.
The Speaker announced his Inability TO
answer the query.
Mr.. Buchanan, OF New Jersey, thought
that until this question we're determined,
would be better not to gran. the leaves.
Consequently the requests for leave were
passed over for the present.
The conference report on the District OF
appropriation bill was then taken