Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-24
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Date Of Voting on Elections
Bill Not Yet Fixed.
House ldjsafHs till u-..Seaata Hill
Adjourn TIL Saturday.
Ssnator Hals's Bill fog the Protection
OF Our esafaring Men.

WAsHISaroN, Dec. 23 In the Senate
the election bill vas taken up. Cali speak
irg. Much Of his speech was in the di.ec-
ton of proving. from reports and statistics.
that the colored iaborers of the South
are much better of in all worldly respects,
more prosperous, contented and happy than
the white workipRmen Of Massachusetts, or
Rhode Island. The bill therefore is based
on mere hypocriticsl pretences. His asser-
tiops were questioned and contrsdicted by
Hoar and Asdrieh, and his remarks IS to
farm mortgages in Iowa were repelled in 3
like manner by Wilson of Iowa
Mcpherson opposed the bill be said, be-
cause it was di.irust of the people and N
Indictment of the whole people without re-
gard to party distinctions. In short, he
opposed il because il was q partisan meas
ure. intended for . partisan purpose.
At this point Aldrich gave notice of his
intention TO move an amendment TO the
rules providing during the present session
for the closing of debate on any bill under
consideration. The resolution reads:
Resolved that for the remainder of this
session the0rules of the Senate be amended
by adding thereto the following: "When
any bill or other question shall have been
under consideration for a reasonable time
it shall be in order for any Senator to de-
mand that debate thereon shall be closed.
On such a demand, no debate shall be in
order, pending on such demand no other
motion except one motion 10 adjourn shall
be made. If such demand be seconded by
majority of Senators present, the question
forthwith will be taken thereon without
debate. If the Senate shall decide to close
debate on any bill, resolution or other ques-
ton. the measure shall take precedence to
all other business whatever. question shall
be on all pending amendments, if any then
pending, and upon the measure in It's sue
cessive stages according to the rules of the
Senate, without further debate except that
every Senator who may desire shall be per-
ni,ted to speak upon the measure, includ-
ing all the amendments, not more than
once, nor exceeding twenty minutes. If
the Senate shall have decided to close the
debate as herein provided, no motion shall
be in order but q motion to adjourn or take
q recess, when such motions shall be Sec
onded by majority of the Senate. When
either of these motions shall have been lost
or shall nave failed of second, il shall not
be in order to renew the same uGtil one
Senator shall have spoken upon the
pending measure, or one vote upon
the same shall have interyened.
Pending proceedings under foregoing rule,
no proceedings in respect TO a quorum shall
be in order till it shall have appeared upon
division or on taking yea and nay vote
that quorum was not present and voting.
All questions in order, whether upon bill
or otherwise, shall be decided " hout de-
bate. Pending proceedings under forego-
ing rules. no obstructive or dilatory mo-
iions or proceedings of any kind shall be
in order.
For the foregoing said purpose the fol-
lowing rules, namely, the 9Th. S,h, 9th,
10Th, 18th. 18th, 22j, 9th, 2Sth, 35th and
10th are modified.
To apply the above rule to the pending
elections bill Aldrich also presented the
following resolution That vote be taken
on the bill of House representative 1145
election bill1 at successive stages and all
pending amendments at-oclock on the
day of-without further debate. and no
ether business shall be considered for such
time until the bill and amendments are a.
nslly disposed Of
The proposed amendment having been
read, Aldrich asked that it be printed and
laid over.
Gray expressed his opinion that the pro-
posed anne ndment should be referred to the
committee on rules.
Aldrich said that motion of that sort
was not in order now as he had only given
notice of his intention to offer a resolution
for the amendment of The rules. The
resolution was laid on the table and or
dered printed.
Mcpherson resumed his argument against
the elections bill, ard without finishing bis
speech yielded at 80 to a motion for the
executive session. Afterwards the Senate
adjourned till tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock. Ii was agreed that when the Sen
ate adjourned it would be TO meet Sa!ur-
day.