Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-22


ERRORS ~ nutIyd.
Mr.. Daniel said that Mr.. Sherman was
entirely mistaken if -he regarded the action
of any Democratic senator as intending TO
imply any criticism on the clerks. SO Tar
from criticism they deserve appreciation;
As TO the presiding officer no ono charged
that he had acted otherwise than as he had
conceived il TO be his duty. At the same
time Republican senator's should recog-
nize the fact that the positions which the
Democratic side had taken were correct IN
themselves. There had been four errors
In ruling yesterdny--all Of them against
the Democratic side. but yet there was not
the yaguest suspicion that tire Vice-Presi-
dent had been actuated by the least I'M
proper motive.
EUsTIs ON THE FORCE BILL.
Mr. Eustis deemed IL his duty TO
cognate questions, aud the question IN
volved in the elections bill, because
he believed that tho Senate was approach
ing o revolutionary crisis. because he was
admonished that freedom of debate IN the
Senate nigh. at any moment be or roitrarily
suppressed, and because the bill was in
tended TO discipline State which he IN
part represented.
He tnen proceeded TO criticise and con-
denim the elections bill. He spoke OF itas
POLITICAL PoLYPHEMUs
intended to devour and destroy the liber-
ties of the people. 1t could not have
originated in the classic brain of the Sena-
tor from Massachusetts,. There was such
thing, he said, as woman giving birth to
a monster--a being that had no recogn,iSaa- n 20
but il had never been known that such IN
inhuman monster had eyer had an adaptive
parent. But the Senator from Massachti-
setts had assumed all maternal obligations
and responsibilities for the pending bill
that hideous, inhuman monster. de had
caressed il. he had taken it in his bosom,
he had warmed il in his fond embrace, and
be had freely given tits adaptive mothers
milk.
HoAR ON PABTIsASsBIP.
He read q sentence or two from speech
OF Mr.. Hoar's declaring that there was no
partisanship in the bill. and said that the
Senator from Massachusetts, wanted the
Senate and country to believe him; that
the Senator had complacently informed the
Senate that his feelings would be cruelty
lacerated and his conscience horribly
shocked il any one would for moment
harbor q suspicion that it was a partisan
measure. and that he (Hoar) was actuated
by partisan motives. The best work ever
written on the subject of morality had
been written by the most immoral man who
had ever iived-Jean Jacques Rousseau
and so, in view of the bitter, low, poison
ops'partisanship of the bill, If the Senator
from Massachusetts, sought immortal fame
be ought to write book on the question
Of what is partisanship and what is section
ahsm. lLaughter.I
HoAR ON EUsTIs.
Mr. Hoar replied to what he termed the
diatribe and philippic of the Senator from
louisiana against the. Commonweaitn
Of Massachusetts, and against the
SENATOR who in part represented her.
He thought it the most extraordinary
spectacle-he would not say for impudenct
or Insolence, but for colossal assurance
| that he had ever with essed.
CARLISLE ON TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Carlisle addressed himself directly
TO the question of the proceedings. of yes
| terday and the motion TO correct the Jour
nal He denied MIR. Sherman's remarH
| that The question was one OF small i'm
portance. SO far as its effect on the pro
| ceedings Of yesterday was concerned Il
was a matter of small importance, bu
| strict and impartial administration OF the
rules and strict and impartial observance
of all formalities in Legislative. Assem- oiie'
could never be matter of small i'm
portance. They might appear trivial anc
| unimportant, but they all had q usefu
purpose to subserve and on their oo
servance depended not only the regular
and orderly proceedings of the body itself
| but the freedom of debate.
TALKING AGAINST TINE,
Mr.. Vest took the floor and gave as
| justification of his addressing the Senat'
| now the fact that the shadow of a closur
! rule rested on all that senator's might d'
4s,l cay now Then for more than sn hou
| IL was apparent that Mr.. Vest was talkin:
| and reading against time, and there wer
not score of senator's present.
| NO QUORUM.
| At 6:30 Mr.. Harris suggested the absenc
| of quorum. A call of the roll showed tn
presence of only thirty senators and th
| Sergeant-at-Arms was brought into requi
sition. While waiting for a quorum tw
motions to adjourn were defeated: Alta
quorum had responded and MIR. Vest wa
about to resume the door when Mr. Cock
rell suggested that'although quorum o
senator's might have answered they wer
not then present. On another call forty
one senators, -four less than a quorum
answered to their names. and the Sergeant
| at-Arms was again directed to request tn
attendance of absent senators.
|
VEST HOLDS THE PoET.
In O quarter of an hour q quorum ap
peared and Mr.. Vest resumed. AT o:4
another roll-call was necessary and agar
Mr.. Vest proceeded.
THE PROCEEDINGS TILL IL O'CLOCK.
Up to II O'Clock the time of the Senat
was taken up in roll-calls, in obtaining tn
| attendance of absent senator's, and In tn
delivery Of Mr.. Vests speech in sections
| Whenever he seemed fatigued some Demo
cratic senator would suggest the ebsenc
of quorum; the call would show tina
there was not quorum present; the Sci
geant-at-Arms would be sent to hunt u
senators in the cloak-rooms and commit
tee-rooms, and in the mean time MIR. Yes
would be enjoying rest.
MOTION TO COMPEL ATTENDANCE.
And thus il went on until MIR. Aldric
moved that the Sergeant-at- Arms be d
rected to compel the attendance OF al
sentees. That motion was agreed to on
yea and nay VOTE and then O motion to RI
consider the vote was made by Mr.. Gray
The presiding officer. Mr.. Blair, refused
entertain the motion, and MIR. Gray aI
pealed from that ruling, which appeal. tn
Chair said, had 10 be decided without az
bate. Then Mr.. Gray attempted to max
| a point OF Oruer, out the Ohnh uoSiihsu
entertain it, and as Mr.. Gray insisted o
his right ut least to state what his point
order was he was directed by the Chair t
take his seat. Several Democrats declare
that that was
AN OUTRAGE.
Finally Mr.. Gray succeeded IN stating n
point Of order, which was that it was nc
within the competency OF the Senate undt
its present rules to make an order to CON
pei the attendance of absent member
BY this time q quorum had been obtainet
and the Chair overruled the point or orde
as too late" From that ruling Dir. Ora
appealed, and on the question whether ia
decision of the Chair should stand as Tn
Judgment Of the Senate the vote was
yeas, 20; nays, z. As there was no quorul
voting the roll was again called, and tn
time forty-eight senators responded. In
vote was again taken and resuited-yes
80; nays. ..
sIIrI ERY QUORUM.
! Another roll-call produced quorum
but on the next vote the quorum ha
slipped away. As the hour of midnigf
approached there appeared to be faiiin
oil in the number of senators present. "a
efforts Of the sergeant-at-Arms not bein