The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-22
TIE FIGHT GOES ON.
Eustis Makes a Telling Speech
Against the Force Bill
R. Q, MILLS AND SPEAKER REED
Have Time in the House-McKinley Comes
the Front as the Champion of
Bayonet Rule at the Polls.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-As soon as the
journal of yesterday was read, German
moved to correct it by striking out the
words, "Aldrich's motion of Yesterday to
proceed to the consideration of the resolu-
tlon as to closure was determined in the
afilrmatlve." He asserted that a ballot
| occurred and the result of the vote was
never announced He read from the Record
10 sustain his position and expressed his
oeIe1 that the Senate would not permit a
journal TO stand which declares falsehood
Aldrich was willing to concede the Vice
PRESIDENT had not declared the motion car
rled, and had no objection to the motion to
amend the journal.
The Vice-President said from his own
recollection of the opinion he did not form
ally declare the vote as carried, though he
stated the ayes appeared to have it, and he
would therefore again submit the cues
ton.
After long discussion Eustis took the
floor and spoke against the election bill
He said 1t was aimed at southern eommuni-
ties and the southern states. 1t was in
tended to revive reorganize and rehabili
tate the Republican party in the south; it
was intended as a second reconstruction
measure, and it deserved the failure of the
hrst reconstruction measure.
Eustis referred to the Boston riot against
the execution of the fugitive slave law,
ana SAID never in any southern state had
there been such an exhibition Of fierce.
determined and relentless opposition to any
federal law as that in Massachusetts And
that riot, he said, was headed by the first
ana leading citizens of Boston And in the
lace OF that record the Senator from Massa-
chusetts was constantly arraigning and
concerning southern communities and
southern states.
Hoar replied to what he termed tue dia
tribe and philippe of the Senator from
Louisiana, and thought it the most extraor-
binary spectacle OF colossal assurance he
ever witnessed. General Sheridan. when
in command of the department of the south.
declared more men had been murdered in
the state OF Louisiana for their political
opinions than had fallen on both sides dur
ing the Mexican war. 1t was astate whose
annals were known by it's terrible and
bloody history.
Carlisle addressed himself directly to the
question OF the proceedings yesterday and
OF MS motion to correct the journal
vest gave as a Justification for his adj
dressing the Senate now, the fact that the
shadow OF the closure rule rested on the
Senate despite all the Senators might do
ana say now. He went on to give review
OF the Senate at the time that the closure
rule was proposed and when it was opposed
by leading Republicans, and he also Quoted
from Hoar's article in the Youths Com
pdnion in which he said: I'm that assembly
the Senate of the United States speech is
absolutely upfettered."
He also referred to articles in Republi-
can newspapers all over the country in con-
domination of the election bill. He said if
the Republican Senators passed the bill,
and especially as they proposed to pass it,
by trampling on the rules OF the Senate,
not nve states In the union would give their
electoral votes. He warned the Republican
Senators that they were playing with
edged tools and they might infict a mortal
wound on the south and on the whole
country.
AT 6 o'clock motion to adjourn was lost.
The absence of quorum was noted and the
sergeant-at- arms was directed to request
the attendance Of absent Senators.
The time of the Senate was taken UP in
roll calls and in the delivery of Vests
speech in sections, and at midnight the
Senate adjourned, leaving the subject of
the approval of the journal to come up
again tomorrow.