The Delta independent., 1893-10-18

The House amendment u, ne nDg,c bill
grnnt'n. etirrs On cesxan land. IN Okla.
iionIa h.:ni to conEiiruc i2 their Sinmes:cuG
ENTREES was cnncutreI in. The bill aviil now
go 10 the President.
EGCSE.-Thcre WIS a lsrge Attendance OF
membcrs and visitors in anticipation of Il vote
bstng taken on the Tucker bill
MIR. MeR;'e called up The bill which passed
both houses in the last Congress for Ia. re.
lief Of settlers on the timber and stone land.
under the act of 1873. and 1t was passed.
sennte Aill to extend the time fo- payment
OF homeseuders in certain Indian lands un.
der the act of 1891 was taken UP and after
some explanations by Mr.. Flynr of Okla,
hona, And Mr.. Simpson of Kansas, passed.
The special order being the Tucker bill, II
came TO awote and the pending amendments
by Mes>rs Lncey and Burrows were voted
down. One by Fitch WAS withdrawn The
Democrats having a clear quorum present, the
Republicans did not attempt to tilihustcr cN-
cept TO demand yea and nay vote. The
Democrat. admitted that the bill xas defcc-
tive in that IL faded to repeal statute j. .22S,
which infercntialy permits troops Ut the polls,
but the modification could not be made under
the order and will have TO be made in the
Senate.
The bill WAS passed, ayes 2OO nays lOl, a
strict party vote. When the Speaker an
noUnced the vote the Democrats broke INTO II
cheer, and then. at 2:45, the House ad-
journcd.
Fhy-SrVruth Day.
sENATE.-When the Senate met only twelve
senators were present to Lear the chaplaln's s
prayer opening u Legislative day which may
continue for more than one calendar day
me repeal bill WAS taken up at II AS a m,
and Mr.. Cockrell, although quite hoarse, re-
sumei his speech against the bill begun on
Monday Mr.. Cockrell said TO opponents of
the repeal bill that he stood to-day aud would
stand throughout the struggle ready and
anxious tC pass the pending bill with amend
ments. Mr.. Cockrell, a. 2:l0 o'clock, yielded
the floor to Mr.. Smith Democrat, New Jersey
who addressed the Senate In favor OF repeal.
He was followed by Mr.. Irby OF South Caro-
lima who opposed repeal.
The joint resolution permitting the state
OF Wisconsin to place . statue OF Pere Mar
quette In Statuary hall Of the nat tonal capitol
WAS passed.
Mr.. Cockreil then resumed hi, speech on
the repeal bill. AT 5:15 Mr.. Cockrell com
pleted his long speech. His voice was nearly
gone and he could only shake his head in re-
sponse to the inquiry OF the vice president a.
to whether he had completed his remarks.
Alter some routine business MIR. Allen of
Nebraska took the floor 10 continue his
speech.
MIR Allen was still speaking when, at Cos
O'Clock, Mr.. Dubois tRepuhlican, idahoG rose
and Mr.. Allen, yielding to him, he observed
that 1t wak d o'clock the hour when the SEN
ate usually adjourned. He asked Mr.. Vnor-
hees whether lie was going 10 make that mo
tion this evening
Il feel 1t TO be my highest duty" said MIR.
voorhees,. mot to make that motion this
evening, but on the contrary to ask tue Sen
ate to stay together 10 continuous session uu-
I'll the pending motion Is disposed of."
Mr.. Dubois then gave Mr.. voorhees, warn
Ing that he was commencing n losing hght,
aud that tie silver men would require
quorum. Mr.. voorhees, replied at great
length. He suggested to Mr.. Dubois the
wltdom OF the saying: ''Let not him that
g!rdeth on his armor boast rs he that putteth
II OIL" "We will see who fails IN this trans
action before we are done.n said Mr.. Noor-
hoes. 81 feel my feet are on rock auL
there shall stand and vindcnte great and
mighty principle. But before | say n word
upon that subject Will ask the senator from
Idaho whether he will fix day To vote" Mr.
Dubois avoided the question. Mr.. Voorhees,
then proceeded to lament the fact that the
Senate cugli not govern itself. and stated
that he should In future favor new rule to
stop titbustering. He said that he had roth
ing to do with compromises.
Mr.. Harris of Tennessee. after referring TO
the courteous treatment all senators had re-
ceived at the hands of Mr.. Voorhees,, re-
marked ths. II he were the verIest Of mhrti-
nets he would have been powcrlc-s to secGrc
action. He sald that he would never vote for
repeal but he would remain In
his scat and answer to the roll call.
Mr.. Butler Of South Carolina denounced 10
coerce the Senate.
Mr.. Doiph said that he would stay n. long
as Mr.. voorhees, did, II he could compel "a
quorum; Otherwise, he would go home. He
said the attempt TO pass the bill was "A farce.
From Z O'Clock until II the debate coutin-
ucd without any UNUSUAL features, Mr.. Allen
still retaining the floor. The crowd In the
galleries did not diminish until after II
O'Clock, whcr some OF the visitors began to
leave. Gradually the senators commenced
IN, .l..l.t
than n dozen were In their seats. But the
thunderous voice Of the biz Popul,st from Ne.
braska showed no signs of Weakening. OF
the twenty books which he had on his
desk only three had been opened. Occasion
ally he would relieve himself by having the
clerk read extracts At exactly ~ O'Clock
Mr.. Dubois arose and remarked as he looked
about the chamber: ''Mr President ! believe
II quorum Is not present. The ylee-presI-
dent directed that roll-call be taken. The
senators crowded Into the chamber then.
When the roll call had been completed, Mr..
Stevenson announced ffty-hve senators were
present. quorum-and directed Senator Al.
len to proceed.
The Ncbr2skan took the floor again and the
quorum promptly disappeared through the
cloakroom doors. Mr.. Allen began reading
from Charwlck's Political Economy. Now
and then he would pause to make comment
on a striking passage or take sip from the
overworkcd lemon that lay on
MS desk. AT IL 40 MT. DUBOIS ngn.n catlei
for quorum, and the quorum appeared. Mr.,
Palmer objected because Mr.. Dubois did not
answer TO his name.
At a. m. Mr. Hoar asked Mr.. Allen II he
was not reading TO show that there was not
an overproduction Of agricultural products,
He wanted to know candidly whether Mr..
Allen did not think his speech an over
production. Mr.. Allen hotly asked Mr.. Hoar
II he wanted to insult him. Wbcrcupon the
senator from Massachusetts purged himself,
apologizcd humby and equilibrium was
At Is the galleries were empty.
Senator Lindsay and Senator Daniel becume
involved In n controversy and between them
they managed to arouse quite respectable
debate. But the other senators were listless.
Most Of them leaned YEARLY back In their
chairs with dropping eyelids. Senator Voor-
hees was deeply absorbed In q book he was
reading aud did not even raise his eyes.
At 2:l0 a. m. Mr.. Allen, who had then held
the floor nine hours, resumed by reading ex-
tracts from John Stuart Mil. Five minutes
later Mr.. Daniel made the point Of no quo
rum, and the sleepy senators poured In TO an