The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-25
TEE CLOSURE RULE.
It is Vigorously Opposed by SEN
atOr Stewart.
SOME ELECTION BILL SPEECHES
The Silver Pool Observation-Disclosures Of the
Mint Leech Testiffes -Owenby Is
Found in Chicago.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-The SenaJe met
at 1 in continuation of Thursdays session.
The journal showed that but forty five
Senators were in attendance, exactly a
quorum. Stewart took the floor to address
the Senate on the closure resolution, but
yielded to a motion by Fry for executive
session, on an assurance that it would not
occupy more than five or ten minutes.
The Legislative session was resumed at
LIS, when Stewart offered an amendment,
OF which he had given notice on Thursday
last. 1t contains three propositions, the
hrst being to strike out Of the proposed
rules the words land the question shall be
put upon the amendments, if any are then
pending, and upon the measure in its sue
cessive stages according to the rules of the
Senate, but without debate" And to sub
stitute the words land debate on pending
amendments and such amendments as may
be offered while the measure is under con-
slderation, shall be limited as provided un-
der rule 81
Second, to insert in the sentence provid-
ing that no motion shall be in ORDER but
motion to adjourn or take recess, the
words, ito recommit with or without IN
instructions, to lay on table," etc.
And the third. being the clause that pend
ing proceedings under the proposed rule,
RUE IL snail De suspended.
Rule s, referred to il the first PROPOSE
ton, provides the ''order of business after
the morning hour; and rules II and Is that
when an amendment proposed to any pend
ing measure is laid on the table, it shall be
without prejudice to such measure.
Faulkner demanded the yeas and nays on
the amendment and they were ordered.
Stewart then argued against the rule and
election bill. The principles of the latter,
II carried into effect, would be more preiu-
dicial to human liberty than secession
Itself, because secession would have still
retained the local governments. He went
on to argue at length against the constitut-
ionality of the bill.
The proposed rule, he said, could not be
adopted without violation of all rules, and
without taking the floor from some Senator
entitled to it. Those who opposed such pro-
ceedings stood by the precedents of the
United States for one hundred years and
the presidents of Great Britain for five
hundred years. And these precedents never
had been violated except in one single in
stance, when violated to suppress the home
rule struggle in Ireland. If the rules of
the Senate were violated, Senators would
hear louder voice than they heard in the
last election. In conclusion, Stewart ap-
pealed to the Republican Senators to pause
in their mad career before they stepped
over the precipice and destroyed their
party.
At the close of Stewards speech
Sanders took the floor, but yielded
to Aldrich, who asked unanimous consent
first to limit debate to half an hour, then to
limit the length of speeches to one hour
each, and then to have a vote taken Mon
day next. To each of these requests as
made, objection was made on the Demo
cratic side. Sanders then proceeded with
his speech.
Sanders then proceeded with his speech
in advocacy of the proposed rule and of
the election DILL. He reminded the Dem
ocratic Senator'S that there was differ
ence between freedom of debate and I'M
limited debate. He declared the election
bill was bill of peace. 1t might be beaten,
but that would be simply postponiug the
question. If beaten, then Congress would
adiourn on the 4th of March next, leaving a
deep and grievous wrong ranking in the
bOsomS of 10 per cent of the people of the
country. and with a consciousness that in
justice was being perpetrated in the light
of day.
Referring to the newspaper opposition
to the bill, Sanders said no newspaper had
been appointed tribunal to express the
popular will. Their opinions were as iva
viabie as the shades by the light of the
quivering aspen made" He did not know
uUW DtOISI W CudIdCUSElLe IuS
the public sentiment which they produced
thar TO call it condition of moral clammi-
ness. The people themselves had, how
ever, expressed with no uncertain sound
lin the national platform of the Republi-
| can party, their purpose and 6esire that
the amendments to the constitution shall
stand as a bulwerk and shield against all
forms of oppression, no matter how hum
BILE the individual oppressed might be.
Morgan spoke in opposition to the pro-
! posed rule. Some Senators made them
selves conspicuous in uttering calumnies
against the south, but the south has not
used money in their elections, although
| silver dollars would do much in carving
elections there, because what was it that
could not be bought of the Republican
party IN the south How was it on the
other side of the line? What was the
meaning of those disgusting expressions
which emanated from a Republican-per.
haps Senator-as to frying fat'' out of
manufacturers and "blocks OF five''? What
was the meaning of those enormous sub
scriptions of money made by men and tc
men gas trustees" who stood at the very
head OF the church What wonderful
development of modern piety, sanctity and
purity What use was made of thai
money? There could not be any question
| 1t was for corrupt use.
| Recess was taken until Monday.