The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
CLJRE MAY BE BEATEN
FoIREPUBLICANs MAY HELP
BREAK A QUORUM.


BREAK A QUORUM
Sen Stewart Makes q Speech
" Greatly Comforts the Demo-
crAldrich to Attempt to Put the
Ration Through To-morrow-A
Pcility of Tie Vote on the No
tic
WtNeroN, Jan. 24.-It is Senator
Aids present purpose to press the
clotIule to vote on Monday. He will
have more republican by that time,
and that can be counted on for any
thius President may desire, since, after
Mar, he will need an Office. He is the
defe Pierce of North Dakota. Possibly
he uaIso have Senator Pettigrew. but he
will tainly not have Senator Moody.
Seps Aldrich expects to have the Vice
Prest rule against him on point of
ordenen he tries to stop the debate. The
Vicgesident, he thinks, cannot well do
othese under the present rule of the
Ssna but on the appeal which he will
takesnator Aldrich expects to have q
mai,y. It would be curious If, as the
demats hope, he should have only enough
20 re tie vote, for in that event the
Viceesident would not vote and the ap-
ueal,uld be lost. The democrats may
brea quorum. IL they can get the four
repucan opponents Of the cloture rule to
act VI theEa in this, they may defer ac-
ton definitely. Senator Stewards speech
to-dagaye them comfort, just as it gave
the rublicans annoyance. 1t seemed to
indie that Senator Stewart and his COM
psnis would go as far as the
dencats to beat the rule. Some
Of democrats are SO hopeful that
they.y neither the cloture rule nor the
force0ill will come to a vote. They say
that me democrat will suddenly move TO
procd to the consideration of the bill
addii the revenue marine to the navy or
somether popular bill, and it will be car
ried, aud so the whole republican pro-
grame will be upset. Senator Cameron,
who greatly interested in the revenue
marin, would, they say, be certain to vote
for tbs motion.
THIEFFECT OF LEGISLATIvE ACTION.
ThGepresentatives of the Chicago fair
are gIatly troubled by the refusal of south
ern lgislatureS to, appropriate money for
state ehibits until the force bill is laid aside.
They ear that in the legislatures of New
York.New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and ooer northern states, the democrats may
take imilar stand. Whether they do or
not, thy think that q severe check will be
given tie exhibition at home and abroad
by the lction already taken. Secretary
Butterwuth is said to be contemplating
account of the infringement of
the local Chicago committeeman on his pre-
negatives
THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
(BU the associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. A-Ths Senate met
at II O'Clock this morning in continuation of
Ihursdays session. There was no prayer,
no Journal and no morning hour, but there
was call OF the roll. which showed forty
i've senator's in attendanos-exactly a
quorum.
Mr.. Stewart took the floor to address the
Senate on the cloture resolution, but yielded
10 motion by Mr.. Frye for an executive
session on an assurance that it would not
occupy more than five or ten minutes. The
legislative session was resumed at 11:15
o'clock, when Mr.. Stewart took the floor
md offered an amendment which he had
ylYen notice of on Thursday. 1t contain ms
'hree propositions, the first being to strike
'ut OF { he proposed rule the words ''and the
question shall be put upon the amendment.
any Is then pending, and upon the meas
ire IN its successive stages according to the
'ues OF the Senate, but without debate "aud
substitute the words "aud debate on the
1ending amendments as may be offered
while the measure is under consideration
mall be limited as provided under rule 9;;m
sCond, to insert in the sentence pro-
'loing that no motion shall be in
1fdeT but motion to adjourn or take q re-
sess the words "to recoinrnit with or with-
ou. instructions, to lay on the table, etc. |;
and third. being the clause that pending
proceedings under the proposed rule II shall
be suspended. Rule s. referred to in the
nrst proposition, provides an order Of busi-
less .S alter the morning hour, and rule II is
,uHt "nen an amendment proposed to any
pending is laid on the table ii shall not carry
Win IL or prejudice such measure.
hr. Fsulkner demanded the yeas and
ordered.
STEWART BEGINS HIS ARGUMENT.
Mr. Stewart commenced his arg ument
aga!nSt the proposed rule aud against the
..e.Ll9ns Dill. The first question that pre-
'eueeu ltssif, be said, was. why was the
o ousiness OF the session suspended for the
yGLpoSe ,u, OF considering the proposed
-. was certainly not
,or the purpose of providing
and efficient rules for the gov
of1amens o1 Of the Senate, because the first
Saause disclosed the fact that 1t was but a
.oulporary expedient. The words used
ere mat for the remainder of this ses-
,.Gn, 1uSn what had occurred, he asked, or
SaO So was pending to render necessary such
! snos ossparture from the ordinary proceedings,
-s'u ~ an Interruption of the business
.as.;o tne Senate during the final
,eSsloh wSno OF the Fifty-first congress,
vho, hou 10 appropriation bills were passed,
nos5. ou numerous important measures were
pending, aud when If the remainder of the
r,'r',i 1rrTu were devoted exclusively to the
Ssu.ar SaS business of the Senate, and II the
bs o.e ic0 were to work day and night, it would
co,nr roi possible to find any extra tima in
bv ~ tbae1lng I, what had necessarily to be done
'ue FIty-frst congress9
-, The PROPOSITION UN-AMERIoAN.
con,,ny ny was all the important business of
ducsS stopped, and proposition intro
trarT "A4eh was un-American and con-
fiSns W toe genius of American institu-
tUnS, fs, and which had never before been
eris. ,o necessary in q hundred years of the
oortoae oce OF the Senatea Through all the
bad Es po mat had taken place, such a resort
Il rover been found necessary before.
psva. proposition which had
parI;. oeen considered in the British
EneI;at during all the ages that the
libsrtisana sn people were struggling for their
sidarntf, and had only come under CON-
pra...'s when liberty was to be sup
Il 80 de might withhold his opposition
sers as t-:, Mr: Hoar said on Thursday last
a coOsaiN, uue, that the opposition was as much
O. Iacy against the national authority
ust u been the confederate congress
81 cat IN RichmOnd If that wera frua