The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-19

and insulted for my position"
81 am here on this floor" declared
Senator Morgan defiantly, 'responsi-
BILE for every word say either in this
chamber or on the outside. You
understand tnat."
Perfectly" Senator Washburn re-
sponded.
Perfectly responsible, added Sena-
tor Morgan in emphasis of the origi-
nal statement. Senator Morgan then
went on with his argument. In the
course of it Senator Morgan alluded to
Senator Sherman as one of the leaders
of the coalition and Senators Lodge
and Hill he called Juveniles from
Massachusetts and New York He
proceeded to argue against the posi-
tion taken by Senator Hill which
brought that senator to his feet to
state exactly what his position was
81 claim first,n said he, "that is
within the power of the presiding Of
icer Gn the absence of express rules to
the contrary to determine the ques
ton of a q uoI um. My second propo-
sition is that there is no rule of the
senate which expressly or even i'm.
plisdly forbids that action"
On the question of cloture Senator
Morgan defied the senators to estab.
lish such a rule. ''It must die here"
said Senator Morgan closing, II will
die like an honorable man, at my
post"
Senator Gray took issue with SEN
ator Hill. That senator is in error in
saying there was no rule that covered
the case expressly or implicitly. He
read portion OF the rule to show that
the presiding officer could not act in
accordance with Senator Hills sugges
tion. He denounced the proposition
before on the force bill as step to.
ward absolutism and he denounced it
nov. He did not propose to blow hot
and cold.
Senator Allen and Kyle took occa.
sion to deny that they were present
when the roll in question was called.
Senator Hill said he had not expect
ed to convince senators who had no
respect for the supreme court and
were not willing to bow to its decision.
Senator Hill then paid his respects
to Senator Morgan. 1t was true, Sen
ator Hill said, there were politicians
in New York. He supposed there were
lO pOllUlClduS Ill AldUdiud. Icy were
all statesmen from that country.
Laughter Then Senator Hill, re-
ferring to the remarks of Senator
Morgan that the decision of the su.
preme court did not bind his con-
scienc. Senator Hill related an anec-
dote of lawyer arguing case before
a justice of the peace who read chap
ter from Blackstone, not for the pur-
pose of showing the justice to be
wrong, but to show " hat fool Black
stone was. Laughter.] So he, Hill,
had read the decision not to show that
Senator Morgan was wrong, for he was
always right, but for the purpose of
showing what fool the supreme court
had made of itself. Referring to the
remark of Senator Morgan, compli-
mentary to Allen G.. Thurman, Senator
Hill said he supposed Senator Morgan,
in making that tribute. had in view
all the record made by Senator Thur
man in the senate. He then read from
The Journal of the senate on one CO.
casion, Senator Thurman be-
ing temporarily called to
the chair, and certain senators
refusing to vote counted a Quorum.
Senator Sherman said the rules of the
senate were made to expediate public
business in an orderly, proper man
ner. When the rules were used by
the minority to obstruct legislation
those rules should at once be altered.
Senator Sherman then began an ar
gument in favor of strengthening the
gold reserve, and Senator Morgan
asked him if he would vote for un-
conditional repeal of the whole Sher-
man law. Senator Sherman said he
would not.
Senator Morgan said he was going
to introduce an amendment to that ef-
feet and get vote on it. Senator
Sherman said he would take pleasure
in voting against it.
After more debate on the motion
of Senator Voorhees, the senate took
recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The bill removing the necessity for
affirmative proof of loyalty of pension
ers of wars previous to the civil war
was called up. Mr.. Burrows claimed
the bill would repeal the section bar
ring from pensions all who engaged in
the rebellion.
Mr.. Oates denied this. 1t only affect
ed Il small number of survivors of the
Mexican and Indian wars and had
been recommended by ex-Commission-
er Raum and ex-Secretary Noble. The
most important part of the bill was
the clause permitting these survivors
to secure the bounty they had earned.
The bill aroused some of the old war
spirit.
Mr.. Burrows got the floor and OPP
posed the one-armed ex-Confederate
veteran, Oats, who campioned the bill.
Call the hell hounds off the track
of the Unicn soldiers," he said vehe-
mently. "before you restore men who
were false to the Union to the pension
rolls" Republican applause Con-
tinuing he called attention to the pc
culiar language of the report, which
used such phrases as "so-called rebel
lion," "war between the states" etc.
He resented such statements. He
protested, but nevertheless expected
the majority would reassert the doc
trine of states rights. Confederates
would be restored to and Union sold.
iers stricken from the pension rolls
Republican applause.
Colonel Oates said he had fought
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