New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-20

with unfavorabe response 40 o' =
occasion Mr. Dubois (Rep, Idaho) sc'eu
.nokesmsr for the imposition but he was seconded
end sustained by Mr.. Teller usep.' COLI MI
VOORHEES,. in view OF that attitude OIL '"e ~.
sition gave notice that he would. from a''u 60
tomorrow ask the Senate 10 nav sra,,,,,a
aes.,ons and he was informed that MS pros'""'''e
would not be resisted. - cu,,or Purchase
-. no. taken up. and Mr. voorhees, proceedeo 70
make a statement to the senate ne 's.n,.,
that Il would not be misspeht .'e " - 80
the public mind somewhat In reieren.e " -.
rauixation Of the Senate the laws "ni.n - ~,
., ard tho possibilities that surrouhueo ~ ""
AZ a'' -, could not been done In doing 80
, h. addressed himself to the great ooay oi '"'ei"
gent public opinion. as well as-'h g. ,oo On
TO a dense and opaque degree Oh 'so, $3.50
the 9TH of March. 1882 the senate Vi '"e -
states had convened, or endeaVoreu " w a..
S'"'eS - hut eight members present-in the
H.. =, Nsrvyork There was no quorum uh'i 'ie
. ,s,n of April Shortly afterward u sSee"
rules had been reported pS .,,
,na adopted by the Senate. AS iha''ei y, 80,
as,,v as we'll as Of enlightenment, he wouio rea a.
os'" o" -, aaon,ed on the 10th Of April:
.,s.. - . Question Is before the Senate, no mouon
I'LL no received except for an amendment, LOT ''e
nra,,ous question for postponing the MAN qO
ton, or to adjourn ,, =, . cur
He had no doubt that that rule wouio DC =.
,r,eso.o men inside of the chamber as wen d. "
~. question having been moved ana secohue''
',he question from the Chair shall be- shan .ne
main question be now put, ETC. Ihose Nv" ~.
visions had governed the Senate Tor se'en.se
years So that there had been previous aueeuo.
a. tho Senate for seventeen years-as there was 10"
80 1Iouse ~ representatives 1t had been Dor
rouad from the old English system OF ciosihs ".
hate II had been tried fully and entireiy' anu III
1906 while Thomas Jefferson was Presioen' Vi y"
United States II had been deliberately aoahuohe'
and never used In the Senate to close DEBATE iioi
that hour TO the present. substitute Tor IL was
adopted in 1906 that when a question Is oeloie .ie
Senate no motion shall be received except ior
amendment for postponng, or MOTION " au
journ etc, thereby dropping the previous ques'v.'
and all relation to it. If there was any no'ion W
which debate could be forced TO a cohciusioh III
the Senate it was not written down in the law OF
the rules.
As WELL, TRY TO STEM TIE OCEAN TIDES
He had been arraigned by public opinion Tor no,
terminating debate on the repeal BILL AS wen
ah, no no arraiened for not terminating the tides
~ the ocean or the blowing of the northwest
winds He wished to emphasize the fact that the
closure rule once prevailed in the Senate ana hau
been deliberately abandoned and that In ABANDON
ing in the Senate had placed its Government on the
sense of propriety. the patriotism and the regard
for the of every Senator and OF the senate
itself with the certainty that no Senator wouid De
found TO abuse the patience of the Senate or 10 out
rage the public business or the pubic DUTY roi
eighty-seven years that condition OF Things hao eA
listed From 1906 to the present time the senate mao
proceeded under rules-mght he say OF seil-respect
of high propriety, not to speak OF senatorial
courtesy or Senatorial dignity, but of American
manhood of a sense of fairness TO the public, a
sense of decency itself, enjoying all the rghts
guaranteed to it by the Constitution-freedom Vi
debate liberty Of discussion. without the abuse VI
freedom of debate of liberty of discussion?
discussed egitimately and fairly, debate after that
Is not an enjoyment of freedom of discussion. but
is a resort to obstructive measures
For eighty-seven years, he repeated the Senate
had been a law sufficient unto itself. That was
mighty credit to the body 1t had never been
found wanting either in peace or in war. So that
in his judgment the criticisms of certain class
fell and would fall from the Senate as they fell
from him. SO far personal criticism OF NM
self was concerned. he might as well embrace the
opportunity to say that they were met with abso-
lutte and stern defiance He had served the people
of Indiana many years; and no explanations had
been required Of him when he went home to them,
and ne treated with scorn and contempt discussions
coming from New-York bankers or anywhere else
as to the motives which governed him. That Kind
of criticism came. he added with much bitterness
of tone from a class of which the Saviour OF the
world never spoke with respect; and, said he,
neither do L.
READY TO SHARE ITS FATE
Mr. Voorhees, then. abiding to the resistance
which Democratic Senators (under the lead of Mr..
German of Maryland) had made to the Force bill,
asked whether 1t claimed that that bill had
been debated to death. 1t had not been, he said,
1t had been amply debated from December 2, 1890
TO January %, 1s9l-a period Of fifty days, during
thirty-one of which it had been under discussion
And what he asked. became of that bill? vote
had been taken dspacing 1t b. taking up the
Apportionment bill; and the Force bill was dis
placed. endorsed, defeated, by majority vote
under the law of the majorty-under that great
majestic law which governs all libertyoving
peoples The Force bill had thus died 1t had not
been talked to death 1t had been voted to death
That was all that he asked for the pending meas
II there power on the part Of the OPP
position vote down the Repeal BILL he asked that
that power should be exercised He ready to
embrace its fate, whatever 1t might be- and his own
with 1t. But he appealed to Senators TO come to
q vote.
Action. he said. had to come. And Senators might
as we'll know now when II would come. He had
hoped for indications from the other side. but
yet there absence of any indication of
willingness to fix a time. and that fact was evil
dence to his mind that he could not anticipate the
fixing of any time by the opposition. He had said
that the Senate had been organized by the fathers
of the Republic and had been RENTED (when the
previous question was abandoned) to reliance on
the patriotism. the of fairness. the of
dignity and Of justice OF Senator's. The law of the
majority could not be ignored. In a free country
IL could not be treated with disrespect. He
the last man to majority for the purpose of
rampling the minority. minority had its
rights guaranteed and mbedded In the Consttu-
ton. He tenacious OF those Enthusiastically
So constitutionally So for he had been in minor
ity a good deal OF his life. and respected the MI
nority's rights and privileges.
GOVERNMENT BY M,JoRITIEs.
But" he added impressivey. what governs in
these United States? What governs in this body?
A majority placed you, sir addressing the Vice.
Presdent). in that chair majority placed in their
positions the officers in front of you. Every official
within the sound Of my voice is the creature OF a
majority The law is voted by ma