St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-24

Declared tO Re Controlled bV
the Great MoneyeI Interests
OF the Country.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-The clniure
resolution was taken up, ami Mr. Tur-
pie Dtm., Ind.) addressed The senate in
opposition To il. There had been, he
said. but one way since 1896 Of bringing
about vote in the senate on any meas
-ure, ana tnat way waS I'm unanimous
consent" l. had been said that the ma
j0rity III I is country ruled. amt that.
therefore, the ma ajurity in the senate
ruled. That statement was too broad
wnea applied Ia the whole country. or
10 the senate. 1t would he much better
put in this way: ''rhe will of the ma
jurItv. as expressed under the forms
law. should rule" The first form of
law for the senate was the constitution
of the United States, AMI the SECOND
forn was the rules established 10y the
majority which controlled action. 1t
was impossible and inc0nceivable that
debate in the senate should ever cease,
or vote be ever taken as long as there
was dissenting unit i'll the cllambpr.
assisted by one fifth of the number, to
ask for a roll rail- 1t would take re-
construction uf
THE ENTIRE BODY
of rules in the senate. ard and an
amendment to the constitutions. per-
emptorll tn create what seemed tn be
;iIned at by the resolution of The sena-
tur frOm Connecticut, and the amend
mPntS 10 it. COture. he declared, was
rtl n mi a ~ a
suppressed, member of the senate
rrpreSSeti. was sure tu be sent back by
the people. no longer in the minority,
but III a majority. A vote by force was
not a vote. A vote by compulsion was
not free action.
Mr.. Villas (Dem., Wis commented on
a statement of Mr.. TurpIe's that the
only rule in the constitution governing
the senate was that providing that on
the demand of One-fifth the roll should
be called.
lie suggested to Mr.. Turpie that there
was still another rule i'll the constitu-
ton applicable to both houses, and that
was that either house might with the
concurrence of two-thlrds. eXpel men,
ber He asked whether Mr.. Iurpie did
not consider those two rules somewhat
antagonstic and contradictory.
Mr. Turpie replied that he did not
consider them at all contradictory, be
cause the rule as 10 Cne-fifth applied
only to legislative business.
Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass.), asked him
where he made any distinction i'll the
matter of clOture between the senate
and the house.
Mr. Turpie admitted that he did. be-
cause he regarded the senate as the
refuge and asylum of minOrities, and
he wanted that asylum to be inviolable.
Mr.. Dubois (Rep., lda.), was opposed
TO the Introduction of cloture rule in
the midst of an
EXCITING DEBATE.
Mr.. Call Dem., Fla.) opposed the
cloture resolution because he regarded
IL as proposition to forbid debate and
10 close the only avenue of intercourse
between the senate and the great mass
of people-the press being in the con-
troll and ownership of the great moneyed
interests OF the country. He spoke of
the Congressional Record as one of the
most important instrumentalities for
the preservation of public liberty and
Tor the development of the happiness
and welfare of the great mass of the
people.
At the close of Mr. Calls remarks the
cloture resolution was, on the motion of
Mr.. Platt rep, Conn.,, its author, re-
ferred TO the committee on rules, Mr..
Platt announcing his intention to &c be-
fore that committee ana submit an
argument at greater length than he had
done to the senate when the cloture
rules should be established
B There was an effort on the part of Mr.
voorhees, Dem, Ind.) to take up the
repeal bill, but Mr.. Jones tDem., Ark
reminded the senators that there was a
matter pending in executive session
which would occupy the remainder of
the day. 1t was suggested by Mir.
YOorhees that It would be time enough