Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-27
OUR DIsH-RAG AND MONEY-BAGs Oh
A VICE PRESIDENT


The RLm>rHE'S dispatches have
already contained descriptions Of the
pitiablc exhibition Vice President Nor
TON made OF himself as presiding officer
OF the United States Senate during the
debate over the closure rule. lie made
not one ruling that was his own. lie
was mere puppet IN the hands OF the
Force hIll couspirator>. who stood back
of hi, chair and dictated his rulings.
The -. Louis Rep,,blie gives some adj
ditioual details OF q scene that should
bring blush To tine cheek OF every
patriotic American citizen. It's Wash
lnrton correspondent telegraphs:
When questions were raised by the Dem
ocrats that the Republicans bad not an
ticipatcd Morton exhibited pitiao.e spec
tacle He was I'M a visible tremor, the
PRESENTATION flowed from his face, whiie
his wig was turned tO one side ana gave
hmm wild appearance or rather the ap-
pearauce Of indulgence iu the fluids AZ his
own bar. He had over "A dozen decisions
ON points OF order written FOR him. all OF
them iu The haudwrtiur of some Senator,
and some Of them contained the handwrit-
inr OF two or three Senators, none of them
in hisow handwritiug Iuis was visible
from the prC-s gallery. 10 WAS known To
every senator ou the ior
The Spls.e between thc Weep resident
desk audi thc press gallery is N1"ut Ten
feet Writing GOA the NMc- President $
desk eau bc clearly seen 'rom the press
gallery Nicwiug thcNc Writings tom the
press gallery is not spl iuE, Aet @aie- peep
ing or anything of that kind. % should oc
understood. because tAc documents on the
Vire- President. table arc public property
and relate to public business. aud ~ has
been "A custom, as long a> the press gallery
has been I'm existence, Tor memoer oil the
press 90 lean over the gallery and see what
matters rested on the presiding oinctr $
table. ..,,.
When some questions arose that the lie
.Dubliran managers had not anticipated.
Morton became simple imucrile anu Sdt
iu his chair like putty, pcrsprng. tteul-
bline, like leaf and looking Ike chichth
thief tie could not open ms lips re
uervously fingered books, and in sG'n
dilemma Edmuuds, Aldrich or hoHr lhEd-
riabiy lrent out into the io0oy' odch OF lue
Vir. Presidents chair; McCoo6, the See
ROTARY ~ the Senate. followed them on HIM
as In might be. got coached, returned an"
coached Morton. Morton, Of mis- own mo
ton. could 90 nothing the si{ went
thro, .yh the galleries "Lnok az the 81
am OOO Vice President Great t0d what
n spectacle for tue American people
Sometimes Aldrich, Hoar, EdGlUnIs OF
49,. virilante from Montana. Sanders, Oral-
.,,i,. wont nm to the Vice Presidents stand
and coached Morton what 20 do. But tney
eould not do this all the time because OF tue
ieers of the galleries aud the Democrats on
the no.r agd consequently adopted tue
ni3n of Going back of The lobby, slgualihS
NrCoolx the secretary of the Senate, ana
teliiu,- him what 10 tell Morton 20 do. Nor
fon aid what he was told by the Nepupn-
can co.spiratOrs. BY this method oil pro
cedure Aldrich'- rple was hnaiy Geclueu 70
be- before the Senate. The Vice Fresiden'
az the United States had 10 degrade as
honor and brand himself with iniamy Tor
I'M time before the main proposition was
reached Lii.
n will bee seen thst tie highest iesiS-
lative body Goa the United states has nH
presiding officer. but mere. pitiiu'
a mauikiu worked by lioAh'
Atprlcu and EpNUNr.. the three priu'
ciple Force bin con>piratorS.
What "a spectacle Tor the American
people 90 stiffness