The sun., 1890-09-13
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
: or1T lehu DESfEhTS HHa
rouFR IN zHB SENATE

R0TRH ~ N"@ AN@-
A.. A,t,.iottsry MN FIassa Sa
g.. Ar the Greer OF puslAsss for
remainder or ths SsssiOn-Senaser
80. MsEss . Speech sr sAoSo
80, =, Seven Hours. sad Ne Wasn's
g., Condition. EithsP-Ths Tariff
an =, the wsys aad Means ceaAtttss.
~,-ox. sept. la.-ssnator Quay has
N displayed, in manner not 70 De mlsuh-
...od the povOr which he Wields In the
~. Sb,mber. The very fne piece OF politi-
~. ,ss.,I.m which the Chairman OF the Repub-
y S,orynittss performed when he compelled
p.nnblcans in the Senate To temporarily
Do nsp W ,ss Force bill In order to bring the
eauVSa iS ~, "a vote was repeated In the Senate
anu O,a ...,srday. where Mr.. Quay again won
o,,, ,auoUT and proved that Dolitic shreWdnessis In
ID pO,.s ,.susntinl at times than statssmanship.
nole .ua,u. sa dselded upon an order OF business
lpn s.,,oxsd during the remainder OF the ses-
pOo,v-I "a ,he programme adopted provides for
SOD .,,s s of A dozen or moro measures
W. ~ ara considered to be OF much impor-
spsS the success OF the Republican party.
~, ,,rpriss was expressed when IL was
sI W. hat At the top OF this order OF business
N. Anti-lottery bill, concerning which
y, sr,nistrntion has been showing 30 much
~ 49, This bill did not pass the House until
.t,r many OF tho others that were set
:, The foot OF the Senate programme
go Cu.y, however. promptly proposed to
,,Sa 1ottery bill at the head Of the list and
E.soosaded In carrying his point after spir-
n contest. There was much opposition to
s,p such undue preference TO the Lottery
N by Senators from various btAtes. who
s,usht this measure no more important than
n, others, and who would not admit the
.,.s.Ity or propriety OF pushing 1t to the front
,rrlv becsuse 1t Is tho pet Of the Harrison
l,swin,stration. But Senator Quay was not
..sAtnnnpine. He had carefully eanvassed
e hS sa ShsG * foreS b H.
N ~ vas then confident that he would win.
is.,nt, the opposition OF several prominent
sssstcrs, ho pushed his proposltion to y2te.
,,sSl,,tery Bill viii therefore bo the next sub
~ se conside ed by the Senate.
Hur,aS the discussion and gossip that took
, nisrsss y srS which tho Republican G6arman
~ IN this bill an intere. sing explanation Of
~ drawn from one Of the Senntors who ig
sioss friend Of NJ. quay Ihis senator ,Sad said
\, Quay to secure precedence for the Anti
tsSS tt,ry bili by the threat Of Withholding the
ESs contribution which he 10 expected to
IiEe 70 the PennsyISanniab nb.iaman Siemnaisn rum;
saia Iaionh nj iBisD6biisan COMMITTEES and man,
fsr OF the party machinery in Penn
spDs9 suSscrSon @ WSen e is
sO.d d. viii be little larrer this year than
,sHal, owing to the extrnor dinary efforts that
,VSt be made to elect MIR; Delemater. he Was
Zen i6e knti-ottery bill, in which Mr.. Wand
'tIker and the Administration teel the deep
|ts concern. had passed the Senate. Senator
Quay appreciate the asu sItustion ,n nnd ,a5 I'm
4 the caucus vOte putting the Lottery bill to
DO front in the senate order OF business.
Senator Morgan has long been known as q
nan who can talk intelliRently on any subject
tur any length OF time and take any side ofthe
tlse with equal ability. Many times he. has
thambe: by his fusney and knowledge. To-
iay at o'clock Mr.. Morgan finished O speech.
b which. to use q sporting phrase, he beat his
own record. shortly after noon on Thurs
% ibe csnieyepeo report pn the bill providing
EraniS n W which tho Repubiicans have insisted
SiS speech By saYing that be ieit confident It
would have 20 eject TO change thO votes Of
any sensiors and that he did pot suppose they
SSisr ta heS y Sd or aA not t. AZ @
however. that the bill was a corrupt lob. and
b started In "a, prove 1t. After having apoken
without eeesation for Q little more than nvo
FsstIoa about adjournment. his condition 10
FROM % nv iueo., down sp very tired, but
The senators. however. thought he must DO
ted all over. so they took an adlournmont
tttV.day's session Senator Morgan continued
isdsd that he had said enough aud
aopped. A calculation made in the
S S ss Ss TsDSSs wefs Sse shSys BY h EhSt &e
fan during his long speech. He IL one OF the
post rapid takers IN the Senate. and uses. on an
average 200 words per minute. Estimating
erooabe that he was on his feet even longer
hll that. his, remarks con sisted Of $4,000
Sords; p As eeeh column 81 The Congrsssionat
ordinarily usei. Mr. Morgan's GE Tp speech. % when
printed, will fill about eighty columns. or forty
PAGES o. this interes ipg publication. 1t may
y veil to state also. that not moro than six
eenR Practically ennnty during the entire time
Ito delivery AZ sSnator Morgan pred ctod.
rs argument did rot result in changing a
luIely as il he had never said a word. -" 80
This morning. for the first TINA In several
aonihs. the Ways and Means Committee
held session. The purpose was to dis
euss the treatment OF the Senate amend
nsats sI 10 the Tariff bii. and the entire
!ession was 30 consumed. AS the bill IT.
tei had not reached the commitree. no for
ma conclusions could be noted. and the pro-
eeedngs were entirely eoafAed TO general dis,
s9ssos: s9Ssf:, On one po!nt there sseh1od TO be
practical aEieeEobt and that was that the
SuendmeutS should be e0ABidered nv th,,
committee instead si secedinE at once 10 the
lclnest Of the Senate Tor a conference.
- 10 hSE much tIno shoqld be allotted 70 that
proceeding there seemed to be diyeIsity Of
Yen tn on both the Republican and Dsmooratie
ldeS TO hesten the 6etioA In the eommiiteo 40
Sili when enacted iplo law shall take effect
thhe NE development Of q strong Individual elief
IlIl the date liked by the S0Aate-Oct. WAS
we early to admit oil final action upon the bill
~ 1u y, i!s distribution among the customs officers
oi tle country
The eonmittee will meet again tomorrow
anl proceed formally to consider the bill and
1uinenuments which were referred to IL by the
(, ihyase y 70, soon after the comhlittee adjourned.
H H. 20 ehl9 Dy some lJemocratic members that
VIZ VIZ, aeiIity with which their party associates
vi lend themselves 70 the Republican Efforts
~ soISi,en nSssien The npa disposition OF the bill is
SuaIuSnal SSaoSS,nnaal upon ABE programme wpicA is to
n, E,SIopied by the republicans In the House
S.nIs remainder OF the session. and that II 1t
AoHia 20 attempted to pass a threatened
.,OsHH9n 70 Interfere with the Ohio districts
;o'AttRhsnea ;orce tRtea by The last gorrymgHdor. or to
ISSSnies ts1S resort will be had to all parlamen-
WY means to obstruct the Tariff bill.
0a ane ingalls, bill to apply the general laws OF
nmAska, and TO authorize the UnIted States
II.eqlt I.eqlt court ot Oregon to try cases arising In