The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-16
FORCE BILL FOOLERY.
TWILL CONSUME MORE TIME, BUT
WON'T PASS.

M Danger That Its Opponents on the
Pepublican Side Can be Won Over.
ACloture Rule the Only Hope of the
Bilps Adherents, and They Can't
secure 1t.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The force bill
& bafore the Senate, but it is not expected
n mass or even remain under consideration
tor a1v great length of time. It was even
t,ourbt it might be set aside to-day. but it
,rill probably run for the rest OF the week.
The taking up of the bill last night was not
a victory for Senators Hoar and Spooner, ;,
brt a concession by its covert opponents.
Senators Paddock, Davis and the other re-
rnblicans, who had threatened to antagonize
l. with the pure food and other measures,
tacitly agreed to lat Senator Hoar try to
get Il up, and even helped him with their
votes. Senator Davis, who voted for SEN
stor Stewards motion, was not excepted.
Senators Ingalls, and Plumb lodged instead
of voting against the force bill, as they
probably would have done if they had
voted at all.
Even with all this assistance from their
opponents the force bill men could only
muster 80 votes-12 less than quorum
and tied and so defeated their own motion,
baiug only saved by the casting vote of the
Vioe President. The Vice President, by the
wav, never having voted before, voted
rather prematurely, announcing that he
would cast his vote before he announced the
vote Announce the VOTE" sternly de-
manded Mr.. Harris of Tennessee, where
upon the Vice President did so, and then
announced again that he would vote with
the republicans. Senator Spooner an
nounesd to-day that he would press the
cloture rule at once, because the force bill
could not be passed without the cloture rule,
and it was best not to waste time. Senator
SDooner ought to know that even If he had
been present all twelve of the republicans
who didn't vote with Senator Hoar last
night would not vote with him, and
without all of them he could not carry
clOture.
RELIANCE OF THE DEMOCRATS.
The democrats can count certainly upon
the six republican votes they had last night
all through, though perhaps not to the point
Of filibustering. While the democrats have
not relaxed their vigilance at all, they are
more hopeful, as a result of the close, pecul-
been. The antiforca bill men will not let
the debate run long before they will move to
take up the pure food bill, with hopefulness
of carrying the point Their great argu-
ment is the certainty that an extra session
will be inevitable If the force bill blocks
the way much longer, for no appropriation
bill has yet passed the Senate.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE.
The total vote cast last night in the Sem
ate on Mr.. Hoar's motion to take up the
elections bill was 66, exclusive of the vote of
the Vice President. Twenty-Five senators
were recorded as absent, including twelve
republicans and ten democrats. As mat
ter of fact, Senator Ingalls, was present, but
refrained from voting, and four of the
republican senators, while not in the cham
Der when the vote was taken. were in the
city. The actual republican abSentees were
seven In number: Senators Blair, Chandler,
Farwell, Moody, Pettigrew, Pierce and
Squire. The republican vote was 80, ex-
elusive of the Vice President, or II less than
aquorum, so that il the democratic sena-
tors should resort to the plan Of refusing
to vote, and in this are Joined by Senators
Stanford, Teller, WoIcott. Jones of Nevada.
Stewart and Washburn, the republicans
who voted with them last night, the advo-
Gates OF the elections bill would REQUIRE the
attendance Of six Of these seven actual ab.
sentees before they could proceed with the
measure, or could act upon the cloture rule,
On the other hand, IL the six republicans
VINO voted with the democrats last night
should not go to the length OF technically
aoSentlng themselves, and should content
themselves with casting their votes in oppo.
Auon TO the republican majority, the latter
would have an even quorum, exclusive OF
the vice Presidents vote.
EvARTs HELPED THEM OUT.
,, senator Evarts powerfully aided Senator
aoar to get the force bill up again by going
H1Io'no TO various anti-force bill repub-
Iieana anu telling them that he must have a
Guance TO get of the speech he was to have
aeesAVeTed, but which was cut off by the
stewart coup d'etGt. 1t seems that he had
sent proof sheets Of 1t to the New York
newspapers before the coup d'etdt, and
i9area 1t might get prematurely printed
nls plteous appeal was not lost on the
iGEre h;H 0ender-hearted opponents Of the force
CALL ON THE PRESIDENT.
senator's Hoar and Spooner called in a
pouy on the President o-day and told how
lucy lucy mad gotten the force bill up last night,
ona now they proposed, as Senator Hoar
asSunG9unced sS In the Senate, TO sit it out with
tno uemocrats, and then, if the latter fill
~
. .Iie. The President, whose interest has not
a5e %oaVel IN the slightest, was pleased, and
suo"ed 1t in words and looks of praise and
management. He still thinks the bill car
Pass pass, and would willingly incur an extra
9Ssloh .fsah to save it. Senator Quay,
on long absence, also called
S g. .ue PRESIDENT and promised to help out
p. pouator hoar with his real force bill. The
Sss,uenC was not SO cordial with him.
0ouaCor hoar has not reported Senator
N.Y., SiayS Oil yet. He may keep it In his COM
Sc f..oe on elections, TO which it was re-
tbo Y, until Senator Quay may rise up in
senate and demand a report. Senator
S..y TIay substitute is one of Senator Hoar's
tb;Savest a. dangers just now. Ali the signs OF
sba4 S 4ulet day forebode another great storm
sntuHong the petitions presented and re-
Fysstta IA the Senate to-day was one by Mr..
Va from the republican club of New
b,taAA. 10 10 favor of the election bill. "now
bat,ae t1e Senate" and one from the Man.
''An club Of New York adverse thereto
EVAETs MAKES A LONG SPEECH.
him m. : o'clock this afternoon the election
Fv,vm. vas laid before the Senate and Mr..
how reopened the debate, speaking three
bi ana three quarters in favor of the
hI Mr. Pasco obtained the floor; and the
Nv "aS \, laid aside Informally.
sborld noar gave notice that tomorrow he
upti ut't ~ ask the Senate TO remain in session
ssnc,.e .ue Dill was finished After a short
@"Ve session the Senate adjourned.
NOT WANTED IN WEST VIRGINIA.
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