Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-27
SIDE TRACKED.
Republicans Treated to a Sur
prise in the Senate.
CLOTURE RULE IS LAID ASIDE
And the AppOItiOnment Bill Takes Its
Place.
CLOTURE RULE is LAID ASIDE
SENATOR WOLCOTT'S TRIUMPH.
The Vote Stood Thirty-Rve to Thirty-FOur
With One Republican Senator, Stanford,
AbSent-Aldrich Says He VIII
Call 1t Up Again if Stan
ford Agrees to Vote
For It.
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WASHINGTON. ID. c., January 2G.-
The Democratic leaders in the Senate
again Outgeneraled the Republicans
to-day, laying aside the cloturc
resolution and with il the
Force bill, aud taking up
the AppOrtionment bill. In doing
this they had the aid of eight Republi-
can Senators. Senator Cameron, As had
been anticipated, voting with them 10
break the blockade The movement
was a surprise to all but the few Sena-
tors who engineered il. Senators Cor
man and Faulkner worked all day yes
terday and most of last night in
arranging their plans, which were
not. in fact, completed until a
short time before Senator Wolcott
made the motion in the Senate TO lay
the cloture resolution aside. The push
erS of the Force bill seemed to have
been taken by surprise aud were unable
10 do anything to block the movement.
II is not likely that they could have
saved themselves, even II they had had
more time, as the Democratic
leaders had guarded against any con
tingency which might have arisen
The whole time consumed from the
making of Wolcott's motion until itS
final adoption was thrce-quarterS
of an hour Most OF the Rcpubli-
cans took the matter very coolly,
but Senator lloar was plainly agtated
and Indignant as il dawned on him that
he was again to be knocked out The
benevolent smile which usually
plays around his peckSniilian fea-
lures was gone and his lips
were compressed in a hard struggle
to keep his Indignation bottled. While
the vote was taken, which In all prob
ability settled the fate Of the
Force bill. he sat bolt up
right twlddling his thumbs and
as soon as the vote was announced dis
appeared in the cloak room.
There is now hardly chance
that the Force bill or cloture
resolution will be heard OF again
this session. The Apportionment bill
is of great Importance, and II
il passed in its present form 1t
will give the Republicans about
A dozen more votes in the
electoral college. This is worth work
ing for. and the Republicans know that
if they do not pass it this session they
could hardly hope to get aS favorable a
bill through the Democratic llocse Of the
next Congress. so It Is likely the AppOr-
tionment bill will be kept before the
Senate from now on until 1t is disposed
Of. 1t is believed that the Democratic
leaders have assurances to this effect aud
If they can get the additional assurance
that the Force bill Will be allowen TO
slumber, the difficulties OF the
session are over. The appro-
priation bills and other important
non-partiSan measures will be passed.
without delay aud business at both ends
of the capital will be done In an orderly
and expeditions manner.
Just now some Of the lioar clique are
very angry at their defeat, but in day
or two they will cool down and take
their medicine Ike reasonable men.
They are very angry At Senator
Cameron. by whose vote to-day re>olu-
tion was accomplished, and they are
abusing him in unmraSurcd terms. but
this will not Interfere with the senator
endowment Of the good dinners OF which
he is so fond
The Democratic leaders are being
warmly congratulated on the success ol
the magnificent fight they have made.
To Senator German aud Senator
Faulkner most Of the credit
is given for conducting successful
ly the difficult manuver> which
have been made They have worked
together night and day through the
long contest and have not spared them
selves in any way. Up to the last
moment to-day Senator Faulkner was
busy striving to get every Democratic
senator i'm his seat and seeing to II that
no point was missed which would assure
the success OF the movement. lie had
Democratic newspaper men Skurrylng
about the city in carriages to secure the
attendance of a couple Of Democratic
senators who were III, but who forced
themselves to 20 to the Capitol, ana
when the time came every man was IN
his place, with the exception OF Sena-
tor Hearst, who Is sick beyond hope oi
recovery.