The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-24
CLOTURE OUT OF THE WAY.
Nh. FLATS REVOLUTION REFERRED
q TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.

Nh. FLATS REsoLU11oN REFERREI
TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.
berntor Turpis Argued that to E-tn bii-i
~ Cieture II Would he Necessary 10 RE
construct the Rules and Amend the Con-
stItution-stewa-t OF Nevada Gives Motto,
OF Another Speech on Mondny-Mr. Bret,
ar Indip.s Provoke. M-rriment In tn,
Bouse By /. Complaint Agninst Maxwell
fcrNot Kepsovi.s n Postmaster who Had
Ns offered 10 Make Bretn n Present of si5
VI he wouid Have Him Het.ined.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 81 In the Senate to- day,
Dir. Stewart REP. Nev.) offered the following
kesolution. and said that he would address the
Senate upon 1t next Monday:
hs-i. That tho Independence Of the coordinate de,
pattnen's Of the Government the legislative. the
eouive. and the judicial mnst be and that
the OF tho power aud influence or department
20 control the action of another is In violation OF tho
Constitution and destructive OF our form Of govern
menL
~ The cloture resolution was then taken up
end Mr. Turpic tDem. Ind addressed the
sSennte In opposition to II, There had been. he
eait, but ono way since 1906 u bringing n bout
o vote in the Senate OH any measure. and that
why was ''unnnm Gus consent" Theoretically
Il might be said that under it one member Of
Che body light at any time prevent n vote. but
\ such a case had been very rare and uncom-
/; Snon in the Senate. 1t would be seen that,
Specifically. tho one member Directing to
unanimous consent became a conspicu-
Gus object OF attack: SO that whatever
effect the rule OF unanimous con-
Sent hat had. 1t had not had tho effect
Ia ~. .ho .,,;ari,r - ,his on,,.t,n I'D
Ssie .hat .ne hh'oIn' III '"'s country ru'cu'
should rule. That statement was much too
broad when applied to the whole country or to
tho Senate. would be much better put in
This way; "rhs will OF tho majority, as ex-
Sr..s.d u,dor tbo ,orms n, ,,w sbonid ru,e "
The first form OF law for the Senate was the
constitution Of the United states, ana the Sec
9na FORM was tno ruies eS'no'isheu py 'he in"-
Sority which controlled action. 1t was impos-
Ate should even saase or vote be ever r teSen
ns long as there was dissenting unit in the
number to a's ask for o"o roll call Ut 1T
would take a reconstruction Of the entire
sn 10 ths uon.tntinn are an
create what seemed to be aimed Mt by the res
olution OF the Senator from Connecticut and
declared. was suppression, repression: and a |
statesmen suppressed. a member OF the SEN
ss snss4 4f ire to IL It P G By the
3ority. A vote by force was n OF a vote. / vote !
III com pulsion WAS not free action. He cited
cases In the reigns Of the stuart Kings OF Eng
land. and argued from them that Obstruction !
was an extreme remedy But in his mind |
there was no reason Tor either extremeNthat
OF cloture or that OF obstruction A middle
ground could be found and adopted with much
creator ease than either
Mr. Villas dem. Wis. jcommented on state
ment of Mr. Turpies that the only rule in the
Constitution governing the senate was thnt
that on the demand Of one. NTH
tho roll should he called. lie suggested to
Mr. Turpi. that there was still another ruie in |
the Constitution applicable to both Houses:
and that WAS that either House might, with
the concurrence of two-thirds expei n mem |
Der. III asked whether MI. Turpie did %I not
consider those two rules somewhat antaS-
Dnistic and contradictory.
khcm at ali contradictory. because the rule os
10 one.fiith applied only to legisiatiye busi.
ness.
mr.. Hoar (Ren.. Mnss ask ed him vbether ba