The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-01

Senator Hoar did not, it 10 n safe |
thing to say. enjoy his Christmas din.
ner. lie was too badly disgusted nc
his failure to get . vote upon the |
Force bill this week. He thought he
WAS all right the other day when he
offered resolution proposing u re.
cess until 8 o'clock in the evening and
continuous session Of the Senate
from that time until the bill was dis.
posed OF. But 10 and behold when
noses were counted there was no
quorum present, and the point was
quickly made by democratic Senatori
who had remained in the chamber FOR
that very purpose, and most aggra,
waiting OF all To Mr.. HoAr was the ifacy
that, In spite of all his coaxing and |
threatening. seventeen republican
Senators were among the abseRtees. |
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The republican mountain, after
weeks OF painful labor, has brought
forth mouse in the shape Of rule
to cut of debate at the pleasure of
the majority which has been report.
ed to the Senate by 'Mr. Aldrich.
But the democrats are not ut all al.
armed; on the contrary they are con-
fidcnt of their ability to defeat this
proposed revolutionary overturning
Of the precedenIs or q century, and
in any event fully determined that It
shall not be done until every parlis.
msntary expcdient has been exhaust.
ed in the effort to prevent it. IT,
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Senator Voorhees, made the speech
of the week against the Force bill
and his picture Of Messrs Harrison,
Quay, Dudley and Huston posing rs
the friends Of honest elections while
the rank corruption Of the Presiden-
tial election of 1883 was, with its
'blocks of ive", fresh IN the minds
Of the American people, was as Wig.
orOus a bit of rhetoric as the Tall
Sycamore OF the Wabash" ever utter.
ed. His Remuneration OF the attempt
to colonize southern negroes in West
Virginia and Indiana, which was
fortunately exposed before 1t was
consumated, was very bitter, but not
> more SO than it deserved. Senator
Gray also did some vigorous talking
In defence of the people of Delaware,
whom Mr.. Higgins, the accidental
republican Senator from that State.
had grossly slandered in an effort TO
justify the passing of the Force bfii.
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II Mr.. Harrison wished to select a
gentleman entirely without 3 nation.
al reputation to succeed the late
, Justice Miller on the bench Of the
:, United States Supreme Court he Ger.
tainlY succeeded when he nominated
Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, to the
vacancy. Said republican Senator:
ut was really amusing when the
nomination was announced to see
prominent Senators going from one
to the other in order to find out who
this Mr.. Brown is. The Michigan
Senators speak well of him, but
doubt il there are dozen other Sen.
ators who ever heard Of him before. I"
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Representative Blanchard Of Louis.
lana has introduced u resolution IN
the House providing for general In.
dian investigation. Tie same gent
lemSn has offered u resolution in,
structing the House committee on
. Banking and Currency to report .
bin to increase the amount Of money
in circulation to $50 per capita. He
sets forth In preamble the fact Of
it's being impossible to get an advance
of even $40 bale on cotton. owing
to the scarcity of money.
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The republicans Of the Senate are
getting their party into . nice snarl
on the financial question. The recent
republican caucus approved bill, In
the hope Of conciliating the free coin.
age republican Senators, that provid.
ed for the issuing OF treasury notes,
based on purchases Of silver bullion
: TO make up the deficiency whenever
. the amount OF national bank Circuit
!. alton fell below slso. oo0. 900, but tie
: Finance committee TO which the BIN
. was referred when introduced, has
cut ont that section and put In. place
of it one authorizing The Seerctaryof
the Treasury TO issue $500 ,O00, 900 Of
Q per cent bonds, and the amended
bill has been reported back to the
Senate 10y that strong and vigilant
. foe Of silver, John Sherman. The
silver men are mad 90 hornets and
Senator Stewart has already offered .
free coinage amendment to the bill,
and oyertures are being made to dem.
ocrats to support 1t. What. the DEM
ocrats will do depends largely upon
what action the republicans who
faxar free coinage take upon. the
forcs bill 6snasar siawart will do
al he can b. ct them To oppaaaak.
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