The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-19
CONTINUOUS SESSION Is ON AND IT
WILL BE A FINISH FIGHT
senAtT Voorhees, Declares the Majority
VIII Rule and His Party Will Never
surrsnd-r That Principle-Ds-
aance Hurled Hack
At Him.
SENATE.

N SonoCor Nockrell (MO.) re
sumed his speech against the bill
senator Cockrell at 2:lO yielded tn,
moor to Senator Smith IN. J.) who ad
dressed the senate in favor of repeal
lie denied that silver had any rights
neither had gold The people had
the right to use silver, but silver hat
no right to use the people.
When Senator Smith finished Sena.
tor Irby Is. c. addressed the senate
in opposition to repeal. He Was op-
posed to the bill as a man and az a
Democrat. The people of South Car.
DINA, he said, do not intend to be
driven out of The Democratic party
by the president or any self consti
tuted leaders of the Democratic party.
They honestly opposed the nomina,
ton OF Cleveland and opposed the re-
peal bill, Senator Irby said
II the Democratic administration
by the aid of Republican votes
OVERRIDE the wishes of South Carolina
on the financial question, he for one
would not follow its lead another step
AS for himself, he would not accent
any compromise short of free coinage
OF silver at 16 to /.
Senator Cockrell then resumed the
noor on the repeal bill At 5.15 he
completed his long speech. His voice
was nearly gone and he could only
snake his head in response to the in
quiry of the vice president whether he
had completed his remarks.
After some routine business Senator
Allen Pop Neb took the floor to
continue his speech.
Senator Allen was still speaking
when at sos o'clock Senator Dubois
(Idaho) ros- and Senator Allen Yielded
to him. He observed that it was 6
o'clock and asked the senator from In
diana (Voorhees) whether he was go.
ing to make motion this evening to
adjourn.
Il feel it to be my highest duty"
said Senator Voorhees,, not to make
that motion this evening. but on the
contrary to ask the senate to stay to
gether in continuous session until the
pending measure is disposed of.
Senator Dubois said: IF YOU con.
slude to abandon appeals to reason
and sense and risk settlement of this
great question by test of which side
can stand the most punishment, We
desire to give notice now that we shall
protect our side by every means in orr
power. We will insist that you fur.
nish a quorum and that you keep it
constantly in this chamber if it takes
innumerable roll calls Responsibility
for what is to follow must rest on yon
as well as its physical effects on indi.
yidual senator's"
D Senator Voorhees, rerlied at great
length and in closing asked the sena
tor from Idaho whether he would fix
n day to take vote
Senatar Dubois said there were dis
tinguished senator's who had not
talked OH the subject and neither he
nor any one else could say when the
debate would probably close
Senator Voorhees, started to press
the question further, but apparently
changed his mind, and said: with
out pressing the senator | understand
the situation perfectly well There
will be no day named. If there could
be day named by the opponen of
this bill We would come to an UNDER
standing directly. 1t is because ob
struction is resorted to pure and
simple against legislation that we are
in the attitude We are now. We re
greet exceedingly to have to resort to
the methods no before u.s. Senator
Voorhees, said this episode in the his
tory of the senate would result 10 re-
forming the rules of the body. At the
l.
measure by which the determination
of the question could be reached. ne
said. "The opponents of this bill
will not name day for vote Ihey
will resort to dilatory measures to pre-.
vent action. Who i to quit? l would
rather be carried from this desk feet
foremost and put to sleep at my home
in Terre Haute forever than yield the
principle that the majority
has a right to govern, l stand
here for the highest principle of free
government known in history: We
have reached the question whether or
not we have a government that can
! administer itself. am tender OF mi
norities," said Senator Voorhees,. Il
would not ipjure minority, but shall
the minority govern? Answer IN
shall he minority govern2 Somebody
has to rule; somebody has to contr!.l
the government. Shall it be the mi
nority or the majority If a comnro'
mise Is 10 take place on the ,prlncl,!.le
that the minority has the right TO die
tate. it will be by others, not by me;
not 10 the slightest" TIN
Senator Harris (Tenn.) said: For
myself, and know voice the sentl-
ments Of several senators on TINS sl!e
of the chamber, who like myself, VIII
never vote for the passage oil uhcon
ditional repeal, | will never ask me
senate to adjourn, nor Will we 10
adjourn. The senator from Indiana
shall have session, so far as / can
control it, long rs he may desire IT,
80 saw we ALL" interrupted Senator
7 know voice the sentiment OF sew
oral senator's on this side, who, IKE
myself" said Harris, "w.ouid gadlV
meet upon any compromise gr0 Sn;
Rut if we cannot, you Ito Vorhees)
will not be annoyed with any mo
lions for adjournment, o,oa g..
r. Senator Butler Is, g. appealed ior
So Wpps4INGroN, 70 midnight.IThe