The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-13

Vote.
WAsmxGrox, D. c., Oct. l2.-All
night long Senator Allen held the floor
interrupted by an occasional i'll temp
cred coloquy oraroll cali which dragged
the sleepy senators to their posts. AT
six a. IN. the day broke. The first pale
streaks of the dawn's early light kissed
the folds Of the stars and stripes which
fy above the senate while that body
was in session, still at the mast head
futtering in the blaze OF light that
flowed upward through the stained
glass ceiling OF the senate chamber. The
national capital below was sleeping
peacefully but the gray dawn found Mr..
Allen still holding the fort in the great
struggle against unconditional repeal as
ha had been when darkness fell from
the wings OF night II hours before.
He had broken all previous records;
For u hours andsi0 minutes he mad
held the floor continuously. The long
eat time a senator had previously oc.
cupied the floor was on the occasion Of
the force bill fight in 1891, when sena-
tor Faulkner remained on guard for Il
hours. The West Virginian, however,
had two hours breathing spell dur
ing the absence OF n quorum.
Mr. Allen seemed almost as fresh rs
when he began. His voice was still
loud and strong, and the great strain
seemed not to have affected his physical
or mental vigor. The floor about him
was strewn and Uttered with paper A
few belaled spectators i'll the galleries
doZe1.
Senator Voorhees, sat in his seat read
iny. Senator Mitchell was writing in
dustriously at hiS desk. Senator Dn-
bois, alert and very much awake, occu-
pied the sentinel tower for the silver
ties, while, to the right and left OF him,
Mr.. Gallery, OF Louisiana, and General
HawIey, Of Connecticut, were fast asleep
IN their chairs. In the rear OF the
chamber, Senators Quay, Higgins, Lind
sew and Lodge were stretched out on
the lounges. Suddenly Mr.. Turpie, OF
Indiana, came into the chamber and
sought to make the point OF ORDER that
Mr.. Allen was tFansgFess!ng the rules
of the senate in reading newspaper
extract which reflected on the house OF
representatives. This aroused some OF
his slumbering colleagues, but Mr..
Blackburn, who was in the chair,
promptly overruled the point OF order.
The senator sank back again to repose,
and Mr.. Allen proceeded.
ROUNDED UP THE SENATE.
At6:SO a. III. Mr.. Wolcott rounded
up the senate again, forty-eight sena-
tors answering to their names. BY
this time the day had blotted out the
garish yellow light that illuminated the
chamber. Vice President Stevenson
had returned to the chair, much re-
freshed by his long rest, the senators
read the morning papers, chatted with
fair degree OF sprightliness and the
senate seemed once more thoroughly
awake.
The flowers on the desk OF Senator
Martin, OF Kansas, who was to follow
Mr.. Allen, remained where they had
been placed twelve hours before, droop.
ing, it is true, but adding tone OF
freshness to the terminated chamber.
The lady who sat throughout the night
in the gallery was reinforced by four
others, who came in at daybreak.
The silver men were not rs severe on
their opponents as it was thought they
would be, for it was believed and expect
ed that the silver men would insist that
the advocates OF repeal should continu-
ously maintain quorum within the sen.
ate chamber. This they did not do as after
every roll call the quorum Immediately
disappeared and often an hour elapsed
before the demand for the presence OF
the senators in the chamber was again
made, and thus they were enabled to
catch considerable sleep during the
night
NO COMPROMISE.
An effort was made between 6 and 7
o'clock to reach an agreement to- take
a recess from that hour till 10 o'clock
The proposition was made to the silver
men, who took it under advisemenb
and finally decided to reject it. They
said that now that the repeal senators
had forced the continuous session they
would be obliged to suffer the conse-
ouences, and the silver men would not
aid in any effort to take recess or adj
journ until some settlement OF the
question was reached.
Senator Aliens powers OF endurance
were absolutely amazing. His wonder
full staying qualities made every ono
who had watched him 20 on for hour
after hour, tireless and undaunted, sd.
mire his abilities and his iudomitable
energies. About Z o'clock Mr. Palmer
interrupted him while speaking OF the
poverty aud distress OF the people, to
remark rather sneesiugly that the
Nebraskan seemed able to give only
words; he wanted to give them actual
relief.
ALLEN GROWS SAVAGE.
Sir. Allen turned savageIy on Mr..
Palmer and declared that he had given
to tho poor OF hisstneans, given until he
had kept himself poor, and he did not
want to be chided on that score. The
alteration that ensued led Mr.. Palmer
at one point to say that he would give
500 to some charity, whereupon Mr.