New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-01
A DAY Oh DUH. DEBATE.
DR. GEORGE WEARS md kEr OUT BY TALK.
ING -FOUR HOURS Nd HALF.

INV -FOUR HOURS I'D HALF
rHE MISSISSIPPI ooNsrrrvftox TAKES UP MUCH
TiNR-THE snoorrxe orMArIHEws-THE
CHANCES hca THE PASSAGE OF THE
ELEc1aoS BILL IMPROVING.
Washington, Der q, ~ avs debate on the Elec-
aon DILL comrsred with tAst Of yesterday, was de-
"uoDN uull ana pasventfnl The greater part of the
AVoru was takee up with discussion Of the new
oon'.nuG0n OF Mississippi tSo Mr. George. the senior
I'm mat state and ID pRtative author OF the
rrNaote instrument az adopted at Jackson to
secure the practice dissfs, easement of the cOlored
Vo'erS, maze loot and wearhome y yument to show
tnAt otheF states In other dlk had ceped constitu
tohs a. octectlve snt mAlos, nus a. 4, which Mssis
supp 10 Try the experin es ot liz 1G under The
case ne maze cut ,S poo indsed did he feel
hSusheu' apparently with A. insen e. he asked leave
" continue MS re arks ~ the sui oct next week.
incidentally the XII n OF tt postma at Carrollton,
MISS" the other da come u ider dis, sson. and two
vomiting versions 4 the ru rider weI put record.
i"e senate Will not NC again business this
NoN' Inc aolour nent len this afternoon was to
fie s' hoOh ano tnothea teeSs will be ordered then
until Monday.
"@' the oeR1nn z Of J e. week, he Republicans
expect TO start in ,rnest ecure vote on the bill
ana Ihe AIonch ne lluon u probably be pushed as
pTelminarJ step o that riuIt. The chances of the
passage OF the Ele ton biz re improving daily and
II vote ccnd De taken r.. Haesda, or Wednesday
P'ooaoN not mors than IT Republican senators
would be recorded agains --MoSsr, Stewart VOL
Coit' leler and Nashbuu Mr. CAMERON has been
force0 back into lire by p sentiment in bis state,
ana MT quay has, perl1p had any serious in
ention of casting rs vote anst the lodge measure.
Mr. Plumb and Mr. naddo, ave not -,mmtted them
selves either way. ma m nppor u, bill. If it can
be brought up cary TO tie. The is some talk
Of a Republican conferer = to be b ID Monday
evening, though the nece 3 for one not altogether
apparent. the party in H. tnate ha, already been
fully committed 70 The 81 irt OF The ecOn bill and
the adoption of the rule bose dela'.
Mr. Morgan asked the President lay before the
Senate the resolution h. refoN ofc,'i by him in.
strncting the Committee Privilege and Elections
IN report TO the cOnte and meaning of the Elec
ton bill
MFR. sherman made the nt Of order that a resclu-
ton which had been ole IN the morning hour. and
lad gone over without a,un at the close Of the
Ing hour, did not up as unfinished business" in
the morning hour, but must 60 10 the calendar and
!. could only be taken up OF notion
My. Morgan insisted list his resolution prop
erly before the senate an that Mr.. sherman himself
wa> out Of order. lie nrrmod that senator that he
,Nr. Morgan the 'oor not by his permission
lot as a representative the State Of Alabama. and
that the senator from Oh. could not put him off the
floor
After further colloquy rtween the two Senators in
a somewhat ira>cble he Vicc-Presdent sustained
Ny. shcrmans point Of oicr Mr.. Morgan appealed
from the ruling Of The Chr and expressed his desire
q make some remarks
MIR. Shcrman-The appd is not debatabe.
Mr.. Morran-Ies, it is, nd the attempt TO suppress
debate i part OF the closra tyranny.
Tie VcePIcSdent dec d that appeal from the
decision of the Chair W debatsble. Mir. Morgan
Went 70 say that .nator could rise and state
what the ill actually confined, and that the attempt
to hcep track Of Il in eSeut shape was like hunt
Ing red fox in the h, of virginia The morn
ins hour expired while " Morgan was still occupy
inc the noor. and the MARI went over without acton
When tho Serata re,uni consideration Of the Flee
tor lill. II was address by Mr. George. He pro |
cecId 10 review and todoicud the course Of tho
people # Mississippi n ne adoption Of their new
Constitution. and discs in that connection the
Contributions and status of other states on the
subject 4 suffrage and negroes.
I'm winding up tins art Of his argument Mr..
George ,ald that he had rs gone through the history
Of tie legislation and Unconstitutional provisions OF
Northern and Western >teS, not with view Of
CHARGING their pcnu. Wit inconsistency. but with the
,icv IF showing The udgant Of the American people
tla' the negro race was apablc Of self-GOvemment
The attention Of Mr.. Gorge having been called by
Mr. IawIcy 20 tho characterization BY the Mississippi |
paper Of tho suffrage cau in the ncw CONSTITUTION as
BEN. fraud and suite: he referred their state
meut t. tie license Of L press and 10 the TACT tha'
these paper, oppo>e0to that clause and had. Of
course. criticised II With l,hness. But lie was pre- |
paieI e. defend that ca,r upon legal grounds and
upon prrcedcnis furnished the states of Connecticut
Vermont, Wyoming and ldso.
Me. speaking for four I'd a half hours, Mr.. George
said jhat he wa tired, and would like to
stop uow and have The p'ege Of finishing his speech
whom the -cuate met agai No objection 10 his re
quest came from, the Rcpuican side Of the chamber
VI Ilwley made eIianatOn Of some points
uadc hy NJ George IN ecton with tie laws and
n icut. Commenting
th~ ftot that little Lad bee said by Mr.. George as Il
tlc Ti.-i.>pnl Con>tuuon,ir Hawlev said that that
Coa>t tuition contained iT. open, Acknowledged de
FAINT d"v. for dl~franchls, the cOlored citizens "
W----ipUI. The senator M George could not justit
H. o. could MOI answer the Peers OF his own state thai
condemned it, Tie pending II was intended to remed'
.ucU ca-c a. that. PerhaIit could not do so. Bu
That ,l4a-c Of IN" Mississippi Constitution was one o
tie ao-, tremendous arsune', in favor of the bill j -
got 4 week. Nj. Havley,ad, since a young man "
had been ,ho down the Seuor's (Mr. Georges tow y
~ cold blood, because h. W. a Republican, and he =
would Ik. zee whether thmurderer would be pun -
Isued not 20
Nj George took MP Mr. awleys allusion TO tie 80
shooting of Young Matthew in CarolltOn Mis-. =,
winch 10 poke Of as mo deporabe occnrIeLc ~
he had '"c".v"d and one which had been It Of
l-t,d few dav- ,inre NJ he Washington StS 10
NorA sun" that there was II the slightest grou';
4 .Cpp',c that tat unforute encounter MAJ al! go
tuI4 10 do " tl pOhtc~, butyas the culHiihdoA III
u personal quarrel I'M
VI. Evirt- sent ~ tho Cle,'s desk and had N: pl
narrative { the >hootn Of latthcws from sac IN
bv he surviving brO,er. which he f'Ti as
printed he aid in Tic Bl)kiyn Times "a = wi
Spectacle and valuable paper \ somewhat - | II
oollOQuv then took pee between Mr. hsr I'm
and VI. Tcller over CoUiuaTn made by the hr eX
senator between the suffrage ratification clan" n | on
ihe MiN>iS,'rr o.n,uHt@n an that IN w. the I-a
recalled the assertion made y hi, colleague VI.
Icuark, If his lMr IH-cnr , the subject Of ecc III,
t.. law and their admin ration in pea'aro y"
mont of bi" 'olJcague sd no, b merely a q. AL sa
but u had been oouched m ten which in day, onc bu
tv would have brought ,cr+ In nv cal Seriol ON I'd