Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-01-10
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
The senate.

" .SA " 11A "a1 kInnn
hitting the credentials Of the senators
elect from that state, Governor Shoup and
VIM. J. Mcconnell. The credentials hav
ing been read Governor Shoup wai
sworn In. After q discussion betwees
Carlisle, Reagan, Spooner and others re-
garding the legality of the election OF the
three senators by the Idaho legislature
the credentials OF Mcconnell were re-
ferred to the committee on privileges and
elections.
Senator Hoar yielded the floor to SenatoI
Hiscock, who addressed the senate N,
length In support OF the elections bill. Az
the conclusion OF Senator Hiscock's speech
Senator Hoar addressed the senate. Ii
the course Of his remarks he said the
struggle for the pending bill was n strug
gle for the last step toward establishing
the doctrine to which the American peo-
pie were pledged by their history, their
constitution. their opinions and interests.
Tn republican senators charged that
through the election practices in
operation in some OF the states
the seats of at least thirty representatives.
had been illegally usurped; that the con.
stitution of the United States had been SC
violated and overthrown that for fourteen
years a minority had controlled the ma
tional house of representatives, and for
four years the presidency of the United
States itself had been held by the usurper.
What had the senator's ON the other side
answered. Some OF them seemed to think
their best answer was in railing and revil-
ing at the senator who had charge of the
bill. Their abuse had done him (Hoar)
an honor to which he would not have laid
claim. Ii brought him into company into
which he should otherwise have been too
modest to seek admission. IL was the
democrats who had reviled Adams and
Sumner, Seward, Lincoln and Grant. The
senator's from Virginia and West Vir3iAin,N
nauf.Ia arA Kanna haA knk ~a.aaAAA XwL~4
their predecessors had said of n1bnt the
latchet of whose shoes he (Hoar) WIS not
worthy TO unloose. Without concludzud
his speech, Hoar yielded for ag~cxee1tfvv
session, and tho senate soon ad Dpned.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 80. Senator German
made the point of no quorum when the sem
ate met this morning and the sergeat-at-
arms went out to secure the attend ance Of
absentees. IL was III o'clcsK before a
quorum was secured, and before the Jour.
nal of y yesterday MAS read the vice presi-
dent In i'd before the senate the credentials
of Frederick Il. Dubois as senator from
Idaho, for the term beginning March 4.
1891. They were referred to the commit.
tee on privileges and elections.
Senator Reagan gave notice of two
amendments TO Senator Aldrich's clotura
resolution.
The morning hour having expired the
senate resumed the consideration of tina
y jazz 49, g%AokCA "
bis speech, commenced yesterday, In it's
advocacy. He reminded the southern sen,
ators that they had pledged their Official
oaths and honor as men, that they would
give their devotion to the constitutional
amendments II they were only let back
into their old condition in the union, freq
from the consequence of rebellion.
Senator Wolcott made an animated
speech against the bill.
The elections bill was then laid aside in.
formally and the financial bill was taken
up, Senator Stewart addressing the senate
briefly. The purpose OF the bill, he said,
was to purchase II, O00, 90 ounces of silver
now held by spectators and to issue $40.
COZ, 10 of bonds to be held as a basis Of a
national bank circulation. Its provisions
were for the relief of gamblers, silver
spectators and national banks. Such q
purchase of silver would temporarily in.
increase ito price, and thereby, to some
extent, benefit some of his constituents.
But they are not asking for benefit at any
such price. They prefer to bide their
and wait until there are enough votes
In congress to enact into a law the free
and unlimited coinage of silver.
Senator Reagan spoke in favor OF freq
coinage and against the pending measure,
also speaking In opposition to the elections
bill and the proposed cloture rule.
Senator Teller made a vigorous speech.
He said there had been an attempt on the
part of the friends of the elections bill to
bring IL to "a vote. Now the senate was to
be met with a new rule, which was to
a practice which had been in
vogue eighty-four years. In the section of
country he represented, there had become
a fixed notion that this bill was Kept be-
fore the senate for the purpose Of staving
of much needed and much demanded
legislation.
Senator Hale said the time had come
when the senator from Ma~ssachusetss
should find out what ought TO be done.
The senate should not spend a week more
in the manner in which IL had been spend
ing the past weeks. The great fnancial
question would not down. The freat ap-
preparation bills necessary fo{ the gov
must be considered.
Senator Hoar sharply replied that the
bill would have been six months ago dis
posed OF X his counsel had been followed.
Senator Hawley said he was for any
thing short of absolute despotism to get
vote on the bill whenever a majority OF the
senate thinks IL is ready to vote-eloture or
no cloture. The attempt of a minority to
say there should not be q vote was nothing
short of revolution.
Senator Teller replied that the minority
has a right to object to a closing Of debate
on the amendments, and IL will be a sorry
time for the American people when the
majority shall say that debate must close,
the representatives Of the indie
pendent states are ready to close IL or not.
The senate then went into executive SEES
sion and was adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Slater disposing
Of a little routine business the senate re.
sumed the consideration Of the Morgan
resolution relative to the amendment TO
the elections bill and discussed It. A point
of order was made against It by Senator
Sherman, which was that the resolution
was now ON the calendar and could not be
taken up except by nIfa2jmous consent.
The vice,president Sustained Sherman's
point, and Morgsh appealed and proceedsA-
to address ths@seuste on his appeal. After
considera5se debate on the point of order,
the matter went over without action.
Senator Henderson offered a resolution
which ykas agreed to, directing the super
intendent of the census to report at the
earliest possible moment the population Of
the united States according to the census
OF l,yo ~ congressional districts and
The senate then resumed consideration
OF the elections bill, and was addressed by
Senator George in opposition to IL.
AT the conclusion of his speech, Senator
Hawiey alluded to the shooting of Post
master Matthews, Of Carrolton. Tn
he said, was In cold blood, and
because the postmaster was q republican.
Senator George said that politics had
nothing to do with the shooting. The sem
ate adjourned until Friday noon, with the
understanding that then a further ad-
would take place till Monday.
In tho House.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 30.-After the journal
OF the last days session was read and ap-
proved, the house adjourned until Friday.
ThsAan n-.~---