The critic., 1891-02-05

SENATE.
III the Senate to-day Mr.. ingalls,, rising
10 personal statement said that he had
been absent from the sessions of the
Senate during the past two weeks, in
which interval action had been taken on
the cloturc and on the Elections bill. Ills
attitude on both Of these questions had
been the subject OF comment, ccnsur
and of animadversion. On the day o
his departure after consultation wit
MIR. Allison, on whom he had been ac
customed TO lean in every hour of need
he had left with Mr.. Casey, (who had
charge of the pairs of absentees) note
saying: "I should vote against the pro
posed change of the rules, and should
vote for motion to proceed to the con-
sideration Of any other than the Elections
bill, and am paired accordingly with
Senator Allison, who Is at liberty to vote
to make q quorum"
He had been opposed, he said, unaltcr-
ably opposed to the adoption Of the clo-
ture, for many reasons sufficient and sat
isfactory to himself There were those
present.. who knew that many months
ngo, while occupying the chair in the alb
sencc of the yice-P President, he resisted
many urgent opportunities and many
strenuous opportunities to cooperate In
that direction by methods which, he then
believed and now believes were revolu-
tionary and subversive Of the fundamental
principles Of constitutional govern
ment. He had not since seen any
occasion to change or modify his
convictions. He was now, and always
had been, in favor Of a Just and impartial
election law, directed alike against force
and fraud, non-partisan, and applicable
equally to all parts of the nation. Tho
measure under consideration, however,
did not, In many of its details, receive the
sanction of his judgment. 1t appeared to
him to be cumbrous, complicated, obscure
IN many OF its provisions and difficult of
application.
II subordinatcd the judiciary to political
control, and opened the Treasury to in
definite expenditure without re1uisite
supervision and in violation lin his judg-
ment) Of the spirit, If not of the letter, of
the provisions of the Constitution that de-
clares that no money shall be drawn out
of the Treasury except in consequence of
appropriations made by law? In order to
guard against the enactment of such n
measure into law in his absence and with
out amendments which he regarded MS
essential to prevent dangers not less dis
tinct than those which it was intended
TO obviate, he had reserved the
right to veto dn his absencel
the consideration of other important
measures unless those notifications were
made. He had had no arrangement,
agreemcns Or understanding, expressed or
, implied, direct or indirect, remote or con-
tingent to have his vote counted against
the passage Of the Elections bill; aud in
that statement he was convinced that he
would be confirmed and corroborated by
Z the Senator from Iowa. He was as
ready now as ho had always been
to proceed with its consideration and
with notifications which he had
alway believed essential to support it to
the end. He had been Republican
since the party was born and had voted
without variableness or shadow of turn
ing for every Republican candidate. Dur
ing that period he had never espo Use q
cause which he believed to be wrong be-
cause II was popular and had never re-
fused to advocate q cause which he be-
lievcd to be right because it was unpopu-
lar. He had recently. expressed. no
opinion on political, social or economic
questions which he hnd not long onter-
tained and to which he had not given
frequent utterance in the Senate Chamber
and elsewhere.
II was related that the streets of Jeru-
salem had been kept clean by every man
sweeping before his own door; and he
commended to the self-constitutel
guardians of the consciences of their as
eNiutcS toutsitto Oi tne peittc clainOerl
that they should observe a moro frugal,
prudent and guarded husbandry of their
disapprobation. Those leaders who had
conducted tho most powerful political
organization known in American history
to the most stupendous and overwhelming
disaster recorded in its annals might well
pardon those who were disposed to doubt
the iDfallibility of their judgment. II they
were wise they would be less proscIriptiye
ion among their associates ON questions of
opinion on which differences might be al
lowed, especially among those whose de-
votion to human liberty had never been
questioned and whose c0nstancy and for
titude had been exposed to tests as severe
at least as any which they had ever
known.
Mr.. Allison deemed it due to himself to
say that on every occasion when he had
had the opportunity he had stated dis
tipctly that he had no pair with Mr.. In
6iii.
A conference report was presented and
agreed to on the bill setting apart for set
Element portion OF the Fort Ellis mill
tary reservation in Montana.
The Pension Appropriation bill was
for tho year sisa'is3, ,6s5; for fees and cx-
penses Of examining surgeons, 81 800, 900;
Tor salaries OF eighteen pension agents,
; sss,oO0, and for clerk hire, $300,000. The
latter ~ Increased oy an amendment of
the Committee on Appropriations to $780,
OCO Another amendment reported from
the committee strikes out the proviso
limiting to ~ the compensation of u
pension attorney, and inserts in lien of il
aproviso limiting such compensation to
70. The latter amendment gave rise to a
very long discussion,