St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-28
SENATORS ARE SPICY.
Exciting and Acrimonious
Debate in Congress.
SERIOUS CHARGES ARE MADE.
Wolcott and German Ex-
change Savage Words.
ONE A KEYH0LE LISTENER.
The Other Accused Of I'M
proper Motives.
RIcH AND RAcY DISCUSSION.
RIcH AND RAcY DISCUSSION.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The day in
The senate was the most exciting of the
session, and the debate the most acrl-
monious. The principal participants
were from widely separated geograph-
ical sections and of Numerically oppo-
site characteristics. The young and
dashing senator from Colorado. Mr..
WOlcott, breezy and impulsive; the as
tute and silent senator from Maryland,
Mr.. German, conservative and pacific.
1t is not often that senator suggests
that one of his peers on the floor has
listened at committee room doors, or
that a senator refers to the motives
which influence brother senator in
changing his vote. When, therefore,
such debate occurred today, the great
est excitement prevailed, and, while 1t
lasted, was more potent in maintaining
full attendance of senators than a call
of the senate.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Dubois (Rep., Idaho to postpone
legislation respecting federal election
laws, finance and tariff until Jan. Is,
the senatorial representation at Wash
ington, Montana and Wyoming. was
then taken up, and Mr.. Dubois ad-
dressed the senate in advocacy OF its
adoption. MIR. Mitchell (Rep., N. H.)
suggested that the best course to pursue
was to postpone the resolution until
legitimate debate on the repeal bill was
exhausted.
When the subject was before the SEN
ate at the last session ii was said that
there was majority of twelve in favor
Of seating them. When the senate met
in extraordinary sessions 10 and behold
that majority had vanished, and the SEN
ators were finally
DENIED SEATS.
He made no accusations agaieSt sem
Rtors who he knew had changed their
purpose, their attitudes and their votes
upon the question. He was not here to
make imputatiOns upon their motives.
He was bound to presume that they
were not influenced by their desires
with reference to the silver question or
by their desires 10 increase the Demo-
cratic majority in the senate.
The senator refers to the senator from
Kansas Petfer)? asked Mr.. Mitchell.
Il referred TO no one, but since the
senator has alluded to the senator from
Kansas, want to say | honor him for
changing his vote and giving his reasons
for it, more than do the senators who
changed their minds and votes and gave
10 reasons"
MIR. Wolcott Rep., Col.) said it is true
that by some sudden and ineXplicable
change of heart on the question
of the admission of the sen-
ators from those states she SEN
ate underwent complete meta
morphosis, but like many other marvel
Gus changes in the senate in the last few
months, nothing could be gained by in
qulring into 1t, Those changes had re-
minded him OF the utterance of Saucho
Panza, that Every man is as God hath
made him, and oftentimes great deal
worse"
Mr. Wolcott could not conceive how
the people Of these states, in view of the
resolution which the senator from Idaho
had introduced, can now fail to perform
their functions.
they Will yet have time to be repre-
sented on this floor when
THE VOTE CONES.
at may have been," said Mr.. VOL
colt, THAT some of these claimants for
seats i'll the senate would have been ad-
mitted had their politics been different,
Or had the question befo re the senate
been different"
The senators from those states could
be sent to the senate in time to vote, IN
spite OF the cruel and unusual hours to
which the senate was subjected, cruel
and unusual in view of the offer which
was fairly made, that if the advocates
of repeal would embrace clOture they
could have vote upon it. The op-
pOnents of repeal knew that the Demo-
cratic side of the senate did not favor
cloture. On the Republican side, out
side of the silver senators, there were
many senators who did not favor clo-
ture. If the senate was not to have
clOture there should not be any cruel or
unusual hours interposed. The senate
was having them now.
1--WE sre meeting them fairly as men
now, and endeavorng TO see that this
question is pres nted fairly before the
country, but we are not without in
formation that the burden that is now
imposed upon US is to be sought to be
made heavier next week. We are not
without definite information that an ar
rangement has been sought to be con-
summated between certain senators
upon this side and certain senators OF
the other side of the chamber; that it is
lnltlated by the senator vino Is supposed
TO be the steerer of so many Democratic
senators as have left their party plat
form, and have
LINKED THEMSELVES
with the fortunes of their executive, and
led on this side of the chamber by the
dominant apostle of protection-two
senators who are supposed to belong on
opposite sides of the chamber, but VINO
seem now to be sitting very close to-
gether."
Mr.. Aldrich (Rep.. R. L. was occupy
ing a seat directly in front OF Mir. Cor
lnan Oem., Md
I'VE understand" continued Mr..
Wolcott, that we are TO be met with
demand that the senate shall meet at II
O'Clock in the morning and sit until
midnight. What may he accomplished
by this sort of pressure l do Lot know:
but. in view of the fact that a vote NAV
be had upon the previous question, Go
know that any attempt to harass
body OF men who believe this question
10 be of the most vital Importance, and
who desire TO InterpOse every honorable
obstacle 10 the final step which may be
taken, Or any means such as the passage