The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
DEAD AT LAST.
,e FORCE Bill Put to
The :ln'er nrever After an Excit-
Non ing Scene In the Senate
49, call which Senators Aid
An ln'''' ,,ouart Made on Senator
''" stanford in New York
ow IT WAS ALL D O N E

now 1T
- ..ox Ian Ex-senator Aldrich 8
-. rnJc and Senator Hoar's Force Bill
~. .. again laid aside i" the Senate '"eS'
= or the most brilliant and most
ia; ...,, Of the scvecel pieces of STRAIT
,h,, have marked the attempt OF the
- :, senators to gain Republican con-
-, elections The latest coup detof
.-r,urcd and managed by the young
,.on Colorado Mr.. Wolcott, who
sac anrinc the present session show"
-, % bc = man of brains, force and
..a There was the greatest excite
., IN the Senate chamber while the
l...;nc taken on the Colorado
e...,or'. motion to take up the hcap-
.,;ormcn, Bill. and Senators Hoar and
F5,ounds we're almost beside themselves
;,h .rccr =, the repeated manifestations
e .,,lausc that came from the occupants
q the Galleries a, each setback, which
mo radical seniors met with.
Senator Aldrich, who had charge of the
..o,osc1 closure rule, was not taken una
,,rcs bv the flank movement Of the anti
20 nm Senators under the lead OF Mr.
VoIco,l. All doy Monday the managers
of both sides were busy arranging the
nrcnmnarics of this mornings fight.
" Wolco,t needed eight votes, and he
.,ccoedod late last night in receiving as
,uroncc that he had sufficient number.
Those who agreed 10 support his motion
were Senators Teller, Jones OF Nevada
Stewart. Waslhurn and Cameron. These
,o,cs. witt, that of Senator ingalls,, who
x.o ,.ircd against the Force Bill, and
tbot of Senator Stanford. who was absent
unmarried. turned the tide and brought
the Rcappor,ioumcnt Bin before the Sen
ate by a vote Of 81 yeas to "a NAYS.
Soon after the Senate met it was no.
,iccd tina, something unusual was to oc-
cur. Almost every Senator was in his
.c,t The Democratic leader, Mr.. Cor
man. ga, calm and cool. as usual, keeping
f vatchful eve on every one OF his men,and
making record of pairs. On the Re-
nuhlicau side Mr.. Aldrich was alert, and
Mr. Wolcot.. Sho was more restless than
usual moved rapidly about the chamber
holding conferences with the Senators
who had agreed to stand by him iii his
motion to sidc-track the Force Bill. FL
nally. when the moment for action came,
Senator Jones, of Nevada. was absent,
and ho-tlitics were suspended for awhile
until the Nevada Senator WAS found.
Then. with flushed face, the handsome
Young Colorado Senator arose and in n
rincin. voice moved to take up the Re-
sppor,onmcnt Bill. Instantly there was
. commotion i'll the Senate. Senator Nor
gan who was making Il set speech against
the closure rule when interrupted by the
breezy voice from Colorado, was greatly
surprised. But when he heard the nature
OF the motion he smiled and said he would
Weld with great pleasure He was about
say something very interesting, but he
would gladly yield and sincerely hoped he
would never be called upon to finish his
speech
Just before the vote was announced it
was discovered by the Force Bill men
with some CONSERVATION that Senator
Stanford WAS absent and not paired, as
Mr.. Daniel who had been paired with him,
transferred his pair to Mr.. Squire, who
MAS absent. Senator Adrich angrily de-
MED the right of Mr.. Daniel to transfer
his pair Mr.. Stewart then said that he
was authorized to DO it by Mr. Stanford,
who, he said, had assured him that he
was not in favor Of keeping the Force Bill
before the Senate. 4 heated colloquy
took place between Senators Aldrich,
Stewart, Daniel, Wolcott and others
There was the utmost confusion OH the
Moor and iii the galleries, and the Vice
PRESIDENT was utterly unable to preserve
order Mr. Daniels transfer was allowed
TO stand however, and Mr. Stanford was
thus left impaired
The Force Bill Senators then hastily
began transferring the pairs of their
friends to men who were not paired, and
thereby gained few votes. The Demo
cratic Senators were alert, however, and
Nr. Faulkner, who had charge of the
pairs, Immediately discounted these
Republican gains by making similar
transfers
he vote had been taken and all the
PAIRS announced, but for Il long time the
'ce-P President held the tally sheets in
li' h"Nd without stating the result in or
ue' 10 give the Republicans all the time
Fos'ipic IN which 20 gather themselves to-
SG'hcr. The vote had been recaptulatcd
"ncN another dispute arose as to pairs,
at" me Nlcc-Prcsidcnt again gave his
friends time
NJ tins juncture Mr.. Edmunds, who
""'"ea with anger, shouted to Mr.
,"o''o"' commanding him to order the
woke recaptulatcd.
&C., nat has already been DONE said Mr..
iao',oh at which the galleries broke into
''ush'er and applause
anu, ne 'eFmont Senator thereupon fiercely
s saf acc to the Chair to obey the rules
."U V'taF The galleries the crowd should
% s"i" nave the temeriiy to cheer. Mr.
,al Ii'o" al once gave the notice as he was
yo. a 70 0p but The spectators did not seem
vi; fearful Of being driven out.
wal. .'o"ihs the vote upon tabling Mr.
o''o'' motion, which resulted in "a
49, "' anu % NAYS, the roll was called again
=, ,;a, Tue question Of taking up the Reappor-
no, uonment Bill, and the vote was revarsca