The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-31

Senate OuSnt TO- JOIN WIN Un6 house III
rebuking such an attempt to place
Texas in opposition to the Bland bill.
81 do not believe that silver is the
paramount issue. l do not believe
that the tariff is the paramount issue,
but that both are leading issues"
Mr.. Finch espoused in a short
speech the affirmation of the ques-
ton, and during his remarks took
occasion to say that he did not see
why the question should have been
brought up at all.
MIR. Mott said that there was no
Democrat in or out of Texas who did
not regard the tariff as a great funda-
mental principle. ave have said
that we regard the tariff as the para.
mount issue, and if we recede from
that it will leave us in bad atti-
tude.n
Mr.. Searcy, the author OF the sub
stitute, opposed the motion to recede
and took the occasion to pay his COM
pliments in friendly but sarcastic
way to the senator from Hopkins.
He did not believe it good policy to
sidetrack the tariff for anything.
Mr.. O'Neal took the floor so support
the motion to recede, and in the long
est speech he has yet made showed
perfect self possession and much abil-
ity. He said: 81 voted for the house
resolution and against tn amendment
of the senate because l thought the
house resolution was the voice OF the
people, informing the members that
the people OF Texas were watching the
grand battle they were making for
free silver. They deserve this en-
enlargement and in my opinion they
ought to have it, whether it is policy
or not. Let them know that Texas
is with them in this fight"
Mr.. Burney favored receding from
the amendment.
Mr.. Crane said that he was willing
to pass the resolution as it came from
the House, but that the amendment
embodied his political creed and he
was obliged to support it He made a
good tariff speech, showing that IL
would be useless to make the coinage
of silver free if the heavy imposts
were left on imports. He asked what
| good it would do patient if he was
to give him quinine If he was exposed
| to the cold, and called the senator
from Hopkins to taw for the remark
| that those who were opposed to the
motion were opposed to the bi-metali(
theory.
Senator Crawford took the flool
again to answer those who had re-
| ferred in tones of irony TO his speech
and said III do not think any party
ought to try to make a platform
of one plank | do not think that one
issue should be the only ground upor
which a party should fight. The
Greenback party made the money
question the only question, md they
went down and by the grace of Coo
we will try to keep their little graves
green"
Senator Johnson said that at thu
very moment of success the Demo
cratic party seems to be committing
some fool blunder. He quoted Ton
Reed to the effect that "if anyone
desires to bet that the Democratic
party will do the proper thing he
should take big Odds" He then pro
ceeded to make strong speech
against the motion to recede. I'm the
tariff there is a principle involved,
he said, "while in the question o
coinage there is nothing but policy
The tariff stands like dog
tapping water from a pan
The more you put in the more he laps
up. L am one of those unfortunate
Democrats who have never succeeded
in getting the silver question fully
straight in my mind"
"Me too Cone" put in Senator Car
ter.
After some further desultory speak
ing the motion to recede was lost by 6
vote of IL to 10.
| THE SENATE VS.. THE HOUSE.
Day unto day showeth forth the wis
dom of the founders of the govern
ment. They either builded better
than they knew or they knew ex-
ceeding well. The statesman of today
could not build government tha
would stand while they went to dinner
That each branch shall be check
upon the other is wise provision.
sometimes the most jud cious votes are
cast after much debate, and at Other
times the most judicious are those
cast uninfluenced by argument. Wher
| the House sent it's little resolution
over to the Senate yesterday morning
for joint session, in which the loca
ton of the three civil courts of appea
should be decided on by ballot
everything looked we'll enough, but
it was not two minutes before there
was as much fuss made over it az
would have been made had the
resolution been articles of secession in
stead of what it was.
Senator Pope took the floor and de
nounced the use of the ballot as hid
den device in Legislative work which
should not be tolerated. He said tha
the representatives of the people
should stand up and vote openly anC
freely.
Senator johnson concurred i'm wha
Mr.. Pope had said, and added that thu
passage of the resolution showed de
sire on the part of the House to dodg'
responsibility. The ballot feature o
the resolution was stricken out, ate
which the whole was defeated by
vote of 2 to %.
MILLS AND CULBERSON.
Have you received the Galveston
News special ON "Culbersou for tia
long term?" inquired one S eDafOT c
another last night. "No," was tn