The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-31

learned something, then, in references to the
dereiictions Of his republican associates aud
the purposes Of his democratic antagonists.
Mr. Mitchell here suggested. to the great
cratic senators, that 1t was in order for the
Senate to adjourn SO that there might be q
republican conference.
OF NO PRACTICAL USE.
Mr.. Hawley said that he saw no practical
use in the discussion that was going on.
Laughter on the democratic side.l Il was
unavoidable, perhaps, but it was not reach
ing any particular end. 1t was well known
that there were many senators absent, who
had been called away; and In their
absence it was quite useless to attempt Co
bring the matter to q crisis this weak.
They would bs all here, be hoped, next
Monday. ready TO 20 on with the business
Of the Senate. rssolutely and energeaically,
and to come TO some definite conclusion.
whether defeat or passage OF the pending
bill. The Senate should have vote upon it,
II necessary, by the new process. The con-
stitution required the majority to rule, and
an attempt on the part of the minority to
say that there should not be vote upon
the question was nothing short OF revolu,
tlonary. In the meantime he understood
that the remainder Of the week was to be
disposed or pretty much as the latter part Of
last week had been.
NO DECLARATION BY THE MINORITY.
Mr.. Teller asked Mr.. Hawley whether
there had been any indication on the part OF
the minority that they did not intend TO let
the bill come TO a vote,
Mr. Hawley did not know that there had
been.
Mr.. Teller--Then why propose the new
rule about coming TO a votel
Mr.. Hawley-I meant that IL II comes TO
hnf fHAr .aNE Esa n.
whole air has been full of rumors for nearly
two years that the republicans in congress
viii not be permitted to come to a vote on a
certain great question. The whole country
has heard that 1t Is perfe 'tly well under
stood that this measure is TO be resisted
by every parliamentary device. l do
know when we shall come TO a vote;
bat shall go FOR anything short of absolute
despotism 10 get vote upon it, whenever
the majority OF the Senate thinks that 1t is
ready to vote-cloture or cloture.
NOT RECENT DEcLARArIow.
Mr.. Teller said: "If the rumor is some
what prevalent of minority opposition to
the extent indicated by the senator from
Connec. icut, l suppose ii is no recent
declaration. We have had twenty-five
months practically In which to pass this bill
lt was great measure, as claimed by its
friends, and it was brought here at a
time when another great measure was
brought here. One, it was said, touched
human rights. and the other touched
the almighty dollar. Nine. e.tenths of the
present supporters of this bill deliberately
laid 1t aside for the question OF dollars; and
the Senate proceeded then to deal with an
econonomical question, to the destruction,
or at least TO the p0stponemsnt of this bill
And now when 1t is suggested that there
are other economical questions of equal inn
portance, the senator (Mr. Hawley) says
that he is going to anticipate something
that Is going to be done by s0mebody not in
favor of the bill. He Is Tor radical revolu-
tion of all the methods that have prevailed
In this body for many years.
RIGHT OF THE MAJORITY.
'It is undoubtedly true that the majority
has the right to control. Nobody will
gainsay SO simple and plain a proposition.
It has been ablo to control for
more than 100 years in this
body, and, for eighty-four years of that
time, without the rule. Why can that not
be done nows 1t is not meet and proper to
talk about not getting to a vote, for in
sist that there has been no attempt to get
a vote on this bin. There has been day in
and day out when we might have carried the
question on amendments or on the bill, il
the bill had been in form where
amendments were In order. No attempt
has been made to do it. / DO not know how
much time has been consumed on the other
side of the chamber; but my Judgment is
that quite as much has been consumed on
this side. This side is charged with tho
passage OF the bill, IL it Is TO be passed.
+ PRIVILEGE OF THE MINORITY.
"The minority has a right TO come and
object, to como and debate, to come and
amend; and 1t would be sorry time for the
ArnariCan VaaOFala tuhat. ha .afN Nrff elaI
say that debate must close, whether
the representatives of independent
states are ready to close it or
not. IL has been said by the
best men in this country that freedom
Of debate In this b1dy is the highest and
surest safeguard of American liberty that
ia left to the people. / cite the senator from
for he has declared that nearly
every writer on public law In this
country has asserted ir, from Storey to the
latest writer upon it. and now we are
threatened with cloture And the fact Is
citsd Tor will be cited that oaos In Great
Britain the speaker Of the House Of Com
mons closed debate. We will be told that
1t win be necessary for the President
Of the Senate to close the dsbate on the
question of rules, and that we will have
Introduced here, without an effort having
been made by the chairman Of the commit
mtttee on privileges and elections, or any
body else, to bring this bill 10 vote, either
on the amendments or on the bill ITSELF
WANTS THE MAJORITY TO RULE.
"Mr. President, l am In favor OF the ma
jority ruling. know that no government
can be maintained where the majority does
not rule. But know that there Is nothing
more despotic, nothing more arbitrary,
nothing that approaches nearer TO mon
archial institutions than tyrannical action
Of the majority. The majority is absolutely
indispensable TO the preservation OF liberty
In any country. IL there was not a minority y
party in this country there would be little
prospect ef tho rnafntenance Of American
liberty. The minority has right to resist
by all proper measurss--by dsbass, By
diiatory motions--so as 10 get an opportunity
TO be heard. IL IL its ri1ht TO be heard
and when if has been heard, when 1t has
presented every objection that It can pre-
sent, then It is its duty TO yield--unless it
be on some extraordinary occasion.
REPUBLICAN PREcEDEaTs.
81 believe that there have been prece-
dents In this body, made by republican
senators under the lead OF mon who are now
calling out for this new rule. where senators
have abssnted Themselves from this cham
ber 30 that there might not be a quorum
OF the Senate. do NOT remember whether
the senator from Connecticut was thon
a xember OF this body or not But have
seen the entire republican side Of the
Senate retire from the chamber,
with the exception OF one or two men)
when there was a dsmocratio majority. bs-
cause we were resisting what we bslleysd 20
be an improper nsasure on tnelr part