Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-23
MORT0N'S RULINGS.
'ney Give the Cloture 2eso,I.
ton a Boost.
DEMOCRATS NOT so OBSTRUCTIVE

pubiicans Were Not in For... -,
hies I'D the House Suspended and Soma
business bone-Grosvenor Progresses A.,
"'aer kuie to Rush Matters-Dexeio,
eh's IN the silver Pool ana Ba,m Tn.
Festigations-Official Notes
WASHINGTON CITY. Jan. d The nar,o-
a.s III 'he senate yesterday -let up on
oos'rhctive tactics in part and con-
uneo themselves TO raising points of order
"nich were generally defeated The
point IN which they "let up" was in not
breaking quorum, as it was in their
power to have done on every vote tbera
oeihg no quorum of Republicans present
AT any time. AS it was, the day wac
wholly devoted to an attempt to defea.
Aidrich's motion to proceed with the
consideration of the cloture rule bv
tne methods noted above Aldrich
IS soon as the senate came to or.
Ter, charged that the Democrats had at
last disclosed the fact that they were not
ngntlng for fair debate, but to prevent
legislation unless they could dictate what
mat legislation should be-a position
which Aldrich declared was wholly revo-
tutionary. When Harris remarked that if
The Republicans would proceed with the
appropriation bills there would be no
trouble, Aldrich Immediately fastened
upon the remark as proving what he had
Just SAID Then he moved to proceed to
the consideration of the cloture resolu-
ton.
Contention of the Democrats
This motion was antagonizei by point
OIL order that the unfinished business was
the motion to correct Tuesdays journal,
which had been the subject of debate
up to adjournment Wednesday DEM
ocrats claimed, in brief, in the long
and technical debate which followed,
that II the journal of Tuesday
was correct where it said that the mo-
ton to take up the cloture rule had been
carried, Aldrich's motion, just made, was
unnecessary: if the journal was not cor
rect, 1t was IN order, and matter of priyi-
lege, to correct it. The vice president said
that he was the representative of no con-
stituency, and only desired to decide all
points in accordance with the rules
The View of the Republicans
The Republicans held that if there was
any unfinished business it was the motion
to proceed with the cloture rule, and that
the question of the correction of the journal
could stand until that question was dis
posed OF. Rule was cited which saws
that at the commencement of morning
business the senate shall proceed to the
consideration of the calendar and continue
the same until p. m. On the other hand
the Democrats quoted Rule 3. which saws
that the journal of the preceding day shall
be real and mistakes corrected, a motion
10 dc the latter being privileged motion.
Sherman and Edmunds both declared that
the journal was disposed of immediately
when any other matter was taken up and
that the senate had the power to so dispose
of it
The Chair Finally Decides
This remark was greeted with incred-
ulous laughter on the Democratic side.
The general purpose of the Republicans
seemed TO be that as the Democrats in
sisted that Aldrich's motion to consider
the cloture rule was not carried Tuesday,
they (the Republican) would waive the
point and have another vote on it. The
vice president finally decided against
Harris, and the latter appealed. The ap-
peal was voted down, Teller, Stewart and
Wocott voting with the Democrats, a
course they pursued upon almost every
vote. Point of order followed point of or
der and appeal followed each decision ad-
verse to the Democrats, but all were de
feated. and finally the opposition began to
give hOtiCS- % diutuuIuSubS.
Amendments to the Rule.
Notices of amendments to the proposed
rule were given by Stewart and Gibson.
Stewards looks to allowing OF her than pend
Ing amendments to a measure TO be offered
and voted on, also TO allow motions to re-
commit and to lay on the table: and Glib
sons requires the demand for cloture of
debate 10 be seconded by two-thirds Gin
stead OF majority of the senators
present. All this time Cockrell had the
floor and had been reading an article
written for The Youths Companion by
Hoar to show that Hoar did not write as
he talked. but without concluding
Cockrell yielded to Aldrich, who moved
a recess to II a. m. to-day, which was
carried The object of taking a recess.
instead OF adjourning, is supposed to be to
avoid questions being raised as to the
correction of the journal, rs there viii be
no journal until tine Legislative day OF the
22nd is finished, which may not be until
the pending question is finally disposed Of.
Quoting Hoar Against Hoar.
In the article quoted by Cockrell in his
speech Hoar Landed the absolute freedom
of debate in the senate, and said < was alb
solutely unfettered, and these extracts
Cockrell read more than once with great
emphasis Hoar in reply said that on Aug.
III hc hdi ihpiouuSCA a i14O III tiObAicp
and that rule WAS before him when he
wrote the article quoted. The rule intro
duced by him was the same in substance
as that now pending, and there was no in
consistency between the rule and the arti-
cle ststerent the Democrats answered
by hooking laughter. Said Hoar: I'm the
first place, the rule is not TO apply until
after reasonable debate; in the next place,
after such reasonable debate, every senator
Is to be entitled to speak for half an hour;
in the third place, it provides for putting
the question on pending amendments and
on all amendments OF which notice has
been given"
A Difference of Opinion.
Harris asked if the pending rule provid-
ed for "alI" amendments and Hoar said it
did, whereupon Harris said Hoar was
wholly mistaken, and Hoar said that if
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