Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-17

Last Evenings Session of the SENATE
Mr. Palmer and Mr. Allen.

y session OF the >cnaft-
Mr. Palmer and Mr.. Allen.
There was plain talking IN the Senate
yesterday. that began in the morning. con-
unued through the afternoon, and gave q
spice to the final proceedings at @ O'Clock,
when Mr.. VOORHEES,. whose quorum had
gradually disappeared, fell once more into
the yea and nay" trap and later was fore
ed to consent to an adjournment. The story
Of how Mr.. Vest boosted that the bill could
not pass. and how his statement went prac-
tically unchallenged. was told in yesterdays
Star. Late in the afternoon, Mr.. Pefer
having taken the floor TO relieve Mr.. Jones.
Senator Palmer tried to embaxrass the Kan
san by asking questions. and he finally ac-
cused the silver men OF talking to consume
time. MIR. Kyle demanded the name OF q
single Senator who had thus talked, and
Mr.. Palmer, admitting that he was making
a grave and serious charge started In to
say that the Senator from Nebraska, Mr..
Alien. ntted the description. but Mr.. Allen
interrupted before he had finished ana then
ensued one of the most exciting personal
discussions that has been Witnessed on the
floor since the debate began Mr. Allen
accused Mr.. Palmer Of being "unfair and
dishonest In his charge and then both
senators were called to order. but not before
Mr.. Palmer had said he did not believe that
any mortal man could speak for twelve or
fourteen hours simply to instruct Mr. A.
len retorted that he was not In the senate
Win brass collar on his neck. and did
not propose to be led around by ANYBODY
The official notes OF the colioquy were read
by the reporter and after half an hour Of
discussion as to the best way. TO close the
, ,h the matter was dropped. Mr.. Cui-
Iom sayipg that, In his opinion, neither
Senator had behaved worse than the other
AT O'Clock Mr.. Pugh moved 10 adjourn.
thus making the first motion to this eject
.nat mas been made since the beginning OF
the prolonged session on the part of the
silver men. 1t was voted down-yeas. IL:
nays. 80. But this rebur only served to
stir the silver men into obstructive tao
intervals throughout the evening. on the
second roll call Senators Allen and KYLE
sat silent and refused to answer TO their
names. and Senator Doiph undertook to
hitting a resolution ordering their names
entered as present Mr.. Faulkner was In
the chair and suggested that an objection
would throw the resolution over. and act
ing upon This hint, Mr.. wolcott objected,
and the matter went over Senator Allen.
though, took occasion TO say that TO pre-
vent further Misunderstanding ne gave
notice that whenever be could break the
quorum by remaining silent he would be
sure to do so.
Mr.. PETER did not go on with his speech
Tor long, as at $40 the lack Of q quorum
was discovered by Mr. Power and then
the trouble began. AT the FIRST cali FORTY
| two Senators responded and Mr.. VOORHEES,
moved to direct the Sergeant-st-Arms "a
request absent members TO attend. Two
more came In. and then Mr.. Voorhees, moved
TO suspend the call. Mr.. Dubois cleveriy
demanded the yeas and nays on the ques-
ZION. and thus broke the voting Quorum
After the roll call for votes there would
come call for a quorum, and more than
| forty-three would respond: but the pairs de-
stroyed the quorum. and thus the weary
nours dragged on. without any business
being transacted until $780, when forty
hve voted and Mr.. PETER went on. Three
minutes later mo quorum" was called by
Mr. Kyle, but this only served 20 delay TIE
speech a little. At 10 O'Clock on Mr.. yoor-
hees' motion. the Senate adjourned