Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-20

10 the Senate, Shall the CHAIR put THIS
question without further debate or dila-
tory motion y And it would be his
duty, thereupon, to direct the yeas and
nays to be called, permitting no man to
interfere f; and if the majority of the
Senate voted yea, it would be his duty
to put the question. We have the pow
err 10 prescribe rules, it is true, but there
is rule besides that which we pre-
scribe, and that rule is prescribed for
us by our masters, the American people,
when they enacted their Constitution.
That is a rule above, below, within,
without the rules of the Senate, and
the great officer who sits in that chair
will, in my judgment, be bound, as the
Speaker in the other House was bound,
by its behest."
SIN other words" Mr. Butler remark
ed sarcastically, "a reatfirmation of the
higher law doctrine
at is" Mr. Hoar retorted, "a higher
law to some people. than the law they
practice"
Shortly afterwards Mr.. Hoar excused
himself to Mr.. Butler for not being able
to remain and hear the rest of his
speech, and Mr. Butler good-hnmored-
" declared that the entente cordiale
had been restored.
Mr.. Butler then addressed himself to
criticism of Mr.. MIills's statement
Wednesday that the government was
in a state of paralysis, and said that it
was the strongest government on the
face of the earth. and that if it had not
such gigantic power, such valiant war
riors as himself and the Senator from
Texas would not have been in the Sen
ate chamber measuring swords.
Mr.. Batter then drew a ludicrous pic
ture of Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Sherman
joining in a cordial, loving, voluptuous
embrace. Laughter He felt, in CON
tcmplating it, like exclaiming with
Hamlet when the ghost of his father
presented itself: Angels and ministers
of grace defend us!''
''What a picture for the artist " ne
added. THE Senator from Texas and
the Senator from Ohio embracing each
other over the silver question. If that
Is not an instance Of where extremes
meet do not know where we could
find an illustration. And if we live
long enough we shall behold another
scene, which will furnish spectacle
never before presented to the American
people, or TO any people. When the
election laws are reached-if the gov
eminent gets over its paralysis-and
when the tariff bill for revenue only is
reached it survives that paralysis
how the Senator from Texas will rush
into the arms of the Senator from Ohio,
embrace him again and again because OF
the fact that they had shaken hands
across the financial chasm! Laugh
ter. Then the Senator from Texas
taunted those of us who vote with the
venerable and distinguished Senator
from Kansas (NIr. Pefier) for following
the populsts; that the Senator from
Kansas is the exponent of all the isms
and wild ideas that he is wiid-eyed
man laughter leading us astray, and
says de gWsiibu8 non di$putand1m est.
That is true. Politics makes strange
bed-fellows. There is no doubt about
that. But the strangest of all the pc,
litical bcd-fellows this country has ever
known will be the Senator from Ohio
and the Senator from Texas. Laugh
ter.
So, sir, l am not abashed at the
saunt; but, Mr.. President, the age o
, wonders and surprises will not end with
seeing me in the arms of the Senator
from Kansas and seeing the Senator
from Texas in the arms of the Senator
from Ohio. We shall, l hope, live tc
see long, fond, cordial, gushing EN-
braces between the Senator from New
York (dr. HID and the President O
the United States. General laughter.
That would be picture for the artist
How long. and lingering, and loving
it will be. Laughter. a buck
ct of boiling hot water would not sep
arate them. We are going to have q
great many surprises of this kind.
At the close of Mr.. Buffers speech
which was delivered with much dra,
matte effect and to an admiring au.
dience, Mr.. Teller's motion to amend
the journal was withdrawn. The jour.
nal of Monday was then approved, and
the repeal bill lat 4:10 p. m. laid before
the Senate.
Mr.. Henderson offered an amend
ment to the rules providing that when
upon vote by yeas and nays it shall
appear To the chair ION recapitulation
and before the announcement of the
resulD that quorum has not voted, he
shall call, by name, upon Senators pre-.
sent who have not voted, to vote, and
shall direct the secretary to add the
names of Senators not voting, includ
ing those announcing pairs Tor who
may or may not have been excused
from voting) to enter them on the
journal.
Mr.. PETER addressed the Senate in
continuation of the speech begun by
him last week but he did not finish it,
and at 5 p m. the Senate took recess
until 10 a. m. to-day.
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