Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-12
BATTLE is NOW ON
SICK SENATORS WHEELED IN
sesa1or yeorhees Refu-e9 70 Aiiow
sa Ad5oarnmsss aad the Might
Ma spesf n Talking

wAssIsoror. Oct li.-Thsre xas ap-
parsntly 90 layer an sttsbdancs of
senafors ia the uaorning than there has
b.sa any fty FOR several weeks past.
nafsifhsf - AZ the ofaciai annoanes
ment that Ihs anal struggle over the
silver purchase repeal ball woald begin
tn.iay. After rontine business the silver
pasehass repeal bal was taken up. and
Mr. Cockrell resumed The floor asd pro
eseied With bis speech against the bill
slr. smith % New Jersey. obtaining
the foor delisered sarcastic criticism
cf the se0ate debate on the bilL Af.
Irby feso~ed With a speech against the
repeal ball
So Cockrell then resumed the hoor
and 9sllf 90 with bis speech, and In.
ished a H. With sarcastic illusions %
President Cleveland. 10 whom he COM
nansiod The grand old presby terisn
hymus ~tiod moves In mysterious
uay, lis woaders 70 perform; HE plants
Ills ioststep ia the sea and rides upon
the storfl.
ar. Auea took the floor al sis and
ecntinued speech which he had begun
lasl scek. IN oppo~ition to the bill
SIR Alien eas still occupying the
fioor when. az GO ,. IN. Mr.. Dubois
suggested that 10 sas past tho hour
uhen the senator from Indiana tMr
Noorhees usually made a motion %
adjourn aud asked whether he desired
q .aon.it that motion this evening.
Il feel Il my highest duty. sald Mr..
Nooxhees. -ns,f 10 make that motion this
evening but on the contrary b. Ask the
senate % eemaln IA eontinuous session
urtA tha pending measure Is disposed
OF
During this proceeding tho seats q
senators we're being hlled by accessions
from comnittsr rooms aud cloak rooms
even Mr. ColquItt being wheeled 10
his SEAT IA 80 invalid chair. After MIR.
voorhees, response to the challenge from
TIE senator from Idaho. Mr.. Dubois
erose and -aid This legislation should
not 10 rushed through by inhnman
sfIorts and brute force. There IL no
azeument la that which will satisfy
senators or the country. You know "a
vel before you start ia. as you will
when you emerge, that you must fail.
Cordlt.ons such an exist IN the senate
preclude ali hope of radical legislation.
The responsibility for what n 20 follow
must rest With you as well as its
physical effect upon individual senator's"
voorhees, Responds
Mr. Duhois' speech was delivered with
much earu..siness and was listened 20 in
perfect silcucc. When u had come to a
c.ose. Mr.. Voorhees, aross aud said.
spe4king With much feeling. ~Mr. Presi-
oent the great respect which | bear 20
the senator from Idaho and the affection
Which | had borne u his father. pre-
clnsie me from any feeling of resentment
.oWsrd the somewhat dictat0rial tone
Nhich hr has fallen into As he grows
into tae RANKS of these whom he cOm-
miscrates with little more aye. he val
not assume - uurh. 4 suggest 70 him
tie oid saying Let not him who putteth
ca hi4 armor boast himself as ne who
takes 10 % We sill SEQ who fails IN
this struggle before we get through /
Zee that my feet are on rock There
shah [ stand aGl giGdicatc great and
mighty people.
-lt u because obstruction n resorted
g.. pere and simple. against legislation
that ee are IN the attitude Ne are
nox In.
The senaior from Idaho says that
what d proposed - unjust and inhuman.
We'll. ! ain nof lnhnulan 10 MY nature.
ara not disrosed 70 hurt anybody. |
W1ahl iet q " cut ~ the aincow as Tn
cis Toby did, But | am here charged
18th a great duty % legislation |
shaul1 have reen giad O. have dispoeci
~ 81 ti AZ earlier period than nov. but
we have ao rules under Wnica | could
DO So.
4 Test 20 f.nduFancc.
tad - haze to present the spectacle
here eletief Na are Young men or old
men of testing our physical ssdnrance
Ihis episcsie ~ our history sill result
Ia reforming the rule. - this holy
~ ready at the gfaper tns not IN a
heated struggle not the present. 10
vote tor measure ~ waich a determin
st.on can ~ reached Otbsruise this
t..sy Ill ihse ifs proper influences before
tot AfacFirsn people ard the Wosld. |
trrgr thar this body should have rules
~ ehsch 81 coEciuie discussion and
resFb s vote rules that are senslble and
mareaecsnt than the rule On shieh We are
enfrriee now / stand hers asking the
cpp.asnss of tbis tiil whether they wili
nsia- sny aay ter vote. sad they viii
net They resort thus - slilatory meas
ufsa 81 pfsgeat aay 4ciion beirg taken
a. sA Mfro ie this % qIits When j.
si ID sfnpI emii athsr b. carried
fa ta.s af-r fsst strefnosf. and laid
g. s.eep fefayer in my home. IN Terre
iisnts fnan sieii tbs right ~ the ma
iorisr g. govern
~ Harris fols4ssd 8r. Voorhees, and
satd he sgu.d pot vote Tor adIournment
80 long - fnr senator fFona Indiana was
rf2tsrrii 81 keep the seDate IN session.
Nr butler and III nolph spoxe. Mr.
Alien thso i,ecx the ioar and at I a m
wss yet talking.
Afe-,u =. n. Aiiep stiii held the loor.
havfrr srnxon over nlne hoi4ra