The advocate., 1891-01-14

the state OF Rhode Island comes forward
and admOnisheB tho balance OF Tho forty
three sister states of the American republic
that 40 her bidding the debate upon bhC
force bill II DO stop whenever a Senator OK d
majority OF this body chooses b. strAnRlG
any man who happens 10 have tho floor
That is but part and parcel OF the throat
suspended over us like tho sword OF Dion.
ysius over DamOcles, but that threat will
not have any effect. That threat is made
against tho gentlemen who may b0 disposed
% relieve tho finances 10 get thO country
out OF tho clutches OF th0 gold standard
mon, the gold bugs of tho country
The president of the United States may
think no 10 leading the movement 20 secure
the negro vote Ia tho n0Kt national ro-
publican COnv0ntiOnj 80 ia tho gnat leading
the buffalo when II has porched upon hia
horn.
December 28.-The Senate was not in
session. President Harrison sent 10 the
House a message urging that action be
taken speedily 10 have the Nebraska
statutes continued in Oklahoma, so, at
least, 10 save pending criminal arrests
and prosecutions. Also one relating to
the disposition Of timber on certain Chip
pewa reservations in Wisconsin.
December 27.-The House was not in
session. Senator Mcpherson, Of New
Jersey, in remaks made upon the cleo
tions bill, said
/ am opposed 10 10 because 10 is distrust
of the people; because 10 is an indictment
OF the whole people; because ID is supremely
despotic; because IL subverts an established
system OF voting; because 10 proposes the
extension OF a system born Ia strife, b0-
cause IL has resulted In corruption, degrade
tiOn and tyranny; because 10 iB a system OF
espionage, meaning intimidation.
The Mckinley bill Is passed, the force bill
pending, and the bankruptcy bill, born OF
the others, is on Che calendar. These are
the fruits Of republican legislation, secured
by arbitrary, revolutionary methods, gath
cred under los new leaders.
December 27.-The House was not in
session. Senator Hiscock, Of New York,
made a stereotyped speech on the United
States elections bill Senator Paddock
OF Nebraska, asked the unanimous con-
sent Of the Senate that an order be issued
by the Senate for the reprint Of Senate
bill 1901, order OF business 1862, a bill
for preventing adulteratlon and mis-
branding food and drugs, and for other
purposes. The first original print Of the
bill is entirely exhausted and there ID
great demand for II on all sides In both
branches Of Congress.
December 3O.--The House was In ses-
sion six minutes Mr.. Wolcott, the young
republican Senator from Colorado, In biz
remarks on the election bill, said
The time which the bill ongrosses is moi
oppormne. We are already through third
OF our short session and daylight is yet visi-
bile. The apportionment bill, important
measures demanded by farming commlni-
ties, the copyright measure, the private land
court bill are with as aud we are still daily
ing. More than this, westand In the shadow
of great financial disaster. The people turn
naturally TO Congress for relief, either 10
ascertain that there will DO no legislation,
30 that they may then set their house in or
der, or TO receive some adequate medium
for the transaction of their business,
Prices are shrinking and merchants are
failing for lack of a suitable currency, and
Il seems 10 me a travesty on duty that we
sit here day after day discussing change in
an electoral law, which has stood without
amendment for twenty years. The signih.
&r.G
the past six months have shown us some
thing OF the tenaCity OF party discipline In
tho south. In view OF the marvellous growth
and transformation now taking place in the
southern states, believe IL would be unwiso
and unpatriotic for us 10 interfere in the
conduct Of its internal affairs.
December 8l.-The House was not in
session. Senator Teller, Of Colorado, In
discussing the constitution Of the state OF