Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-18
HILL AND SHERMAN
Make Notable Speeches in the
National Senate.
MORGAN "RILEs' THE NEW YORKER,

And the Latter Jumps on the Alabami AN
and Makes the Fur Fly Very Dis
tinctly - sherman States the situation
Plainly, Advocates n Change in the
Rules and Calls the Democrats to
Agree Among Themselves or Quit.
WASHINGTON, Oct lS-The oratorical
gale that blew all day in the senate mad a
snap to it seldom observed in this
chamber of decocum and courtesy
Dolph objected TO the Journals statement
that Kyle and others were absent at roll
call Monday when it was well known that
they were in the chamber at the time. and
when in fact it was their own side which
had demanded the roll call. Dolph said
he was Tired of it all and Morgan sug-
be relief To the senate. Dolph said it
was the duty of tie chair to order names
put in the record in such cases. and Hill
agreed with him. Morgan WAS very snap
pish. He said Hin had given Gear"
Reed his precedent. havi z counted a
quorum in the New York senate.
Morgan Is Perfectly Responsible.
Morgan goa into u wrangle with Wash
burne and came ont second best, both in
fact and argument. He also had a fling at
New York politician, and declared his de-
yotion to The constitution When he
asserted that there w.S Democratic Re
publican coalition 10 pass the repeal bill
and the statement was denied, he an
nOunccd himself perfectly responsible"
for anything he said. He closed with a
detiHnce TO the majority. 1t should never
pass Il cloture resolution, he said. He
would die nj his post first He referred To
Hill and Lodge rs the Junior" senator.
from their respective states. In opposition
TO clOture ! organ WAS Joined by GRAY OF
Delaware, VINO probably would oppose any
practical cloture, belonging as he does to a
coterie of senators which believes in the
fullest debate.
hin Goes for the Albanian
Morgan was very cauStic and very az
gravating il his defiance, but the fur real
ly did not fly until hill of New York got
up. He said he did not expect his ideas Of
cloture to meet the approval of the sena-
tors from Alabama and Delaware. He con-
tinued, ironically, of course there were
no politicians in Alabama. They were
all statesmen down in that country.
ILaughter.l 1t did not lie in the mouth
of that senator TO reflect on the Democrat
ic party of tue great Empire State Elec-
tions there We're as honest as elections in
Alabama. The senator (Morgan) had
spohen of his life long devotion to the
constitution. 1t might be so: he tHilD
lad suppose that for a brief period his
friend had been supporting another con-
stltution; but he might be mistaken
Laughter and applause
''Only IA Few of Is Left"
As TO Morgan's talk about dying at his
post, Hill had heard like statements by
men who were going 10 die in the last
ditch "BuT," said he. there are not
many of them Left Renewed laughter
In connection with the remark which Nor
gan had made di>re-pe-tful of a decision
Of the supreme court. in - case involving
the counting If quorum by the speaker
of the house nf representatives. he related
the auecdJte OF II lawyer pleading before a
country justice a page out OF Blackstone
not for the purpose, he said. OF convincing
the justice but for the purpose ot show
ing what IA fool Blackstone was laugh
ter
Thurman MOI "a Good Witness for MORGAN
The senate had been todd Dy the senator
from Alabama that the senate was power
less. 1t might toe 80. The sCna,or had
eu!ogized former Democratic s-nators. in
Guiding especially Senator Thurman. Of
ONO, and Yet the course which the senator
from New York himself was marking
out was the very course pursued by Allen
thurman, when on one occasion as nre-
siding officer of the senate he had counted
quorum OF thIrty-uine. VIII Ell there were
only thirty-fve votes