Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-10-21

voorhees, has discovered he cannot hold
quorum. Voorhees, by asking for a
recess instead of an adjournment thinks
he will prevent any one senator from
speaking more than once by preserving q
legislative day.
Mr.. Voorhees, said when it fell to his
fortune to manage the pending bill he
found how powerless he was. 1t almost
paralyzed the energies of his mind.
He never desired to be placed in that
attitude again, nor did he desire to see
any other man in that position, nor
should he if he could prevent it. The
senator from Idaho siRnified that pos
| sibly they had majority. "Then let
us VOTE" SAID Mr.. Voorhees,, ''end we
will submit to it willingly if We are in
the minority. Will you? No. Then
the question comes whether we have a
government at all. The question
| comes whether the senate can be gov
| erned at ALL I stand here tonight, not
| talking compromise. | stand for the
rule of the majority A great deal has
| been said about compromise in the last
week. | have not shared in it. There
is a mighty principle involved in this.
"In default of any answer when a
vote can be reached l invoke the spirit
| of wisdom, fairness, patience and man.
| hood on both sides and We will pro-
coed. | have not doubt of the re-
| suit"
! Mr.. Harris, democrat, OF Tennessee,
| after referring to the courteous treat
ment all senators had received at the
| hands Of Mr.. Voorhees,, remarked that
| if he had been the veriest of martinets
he would have been powerless to Sc
secure action. "For myself said Mr..
Harris, land | know, L voice the senti-
ment Of several senators on this side
of the chamber, who, like myself, will
never vote for the passage of uncondi-
i tIonal repeal, / will never ask the SEN
| ate to adjourn, nor will / vote for adj
| Journment. The senator from Indiana
| shall have the session so far as L can
control 1t as long as be may Gesire it. y
$50 say we all" interrupted Mr.. Jones'
democrat of Arkansas.
81 know | voice the sentiment of sew
eral senators on this side who like my
| self will never vote for unconditional
repeal and who will gladly meet upon
| any reasonable compromise" said Mr..
| Harris.
"But if We can't, you Ito Mr.. Voor-
| hees) will not be annoyed by many
motions for adjournment. | am not
quite as young as / was forty years
ago, but / will stay here and answer
the roll call" Laughter.
Mr.. Butler, said Mr.. Voorhees, had
gone one step beyond the issue when
he said the question now confronting
| the senate was whether the govern
ment should stop, whether the senate
| was capable of self gover1 ment.
"Is this country to be impressed
with the conviction that because the
| repeal bill cannot pass the senate,
| asked Mr.. Butler, that there is a
| revolution in the country and it
| cannot govern itself? This is neither
the legitimate nor fair conclusion. This
is not the test of the republican in
situations, but the edict has gone
forth.
From o'clock until II o'clock the
debate continued without any unusual
| features, Mr.. Allen still retaining the
floor. The crowd in the galleries did
not diminish until after IL o'clock,
| when some of the visitors began to
leave. Gradually the senators COM
menced vanishing, and as midnight ap-
| preached less than a dozen were in
their seats. But the thunderous voice
OF the big populist from Nebraska
showed no signs of weakening.
At 3 a. m. hot alteration between
Senator Galiinger and Senator Allen
over the cause of the agricultural de
preston in Now England was in pro-
gress. The silver men still hold the
fort.
At 3:45 a. m. Mr.. Dubois again made
the point of no quorum. On this roll
call Mr.. Wolcott appeared in the
chamber, for the first time during the
night, tut with the other free silver
republicans he refrained from answer
ing. Fifty-four senators responded.
Chairman Voorhees,, who was snatch
ing few moments rest on lounge in
the clock room was not disturbed.
At $50 a m. Mr.. Daniels reused the
senators from their slumbers again by
the point of no quorum. Forty-six ap-
peared, three in excess of quorum.
At 4:15 a. m. the galleries were de-
serted savely about score of sleeping
men and one lone solitary female.
John Allen, the wit of the house,
trudged in with his big slcuch hat un-
der his arm and Immediately became
the center OF an interested group.
Aliens Jokes were hailed with delight
by those who were trying to keep
awake.
Jackson, Mich, Oct. 13.-One of
toe most frightful railroad accidents
of the year occurred here at $40 this
morning.
The second section of AN Oswego
special ran into the rear end of the
first section, telescoping the two cars,
smashing t1e cars and crushing the
life out of scores of people. Inside of
twenty minutes six bodies were taken
out and the work was then only be-
gun. The wrecklng train is just COM
ing to the scene to lift the shattered
cars.
The wreck was caused by misplaced
switch.
JACKSON. Mich, Oct. 13.-The wreck
was of sections of Worlds fair train Of
the Delaware, Lackawanna e Western
train, running over the Michigan
Central tracks. The two rear cars
completely telescoped each other and
every person in them was either killed
or injured. Willing hands ct once went
to work and soon every person wounded
was rescued and cared for, and the dead
ramOved IN tho nOrCuoa
THE AIR BRAKE wOULDS'T WORK.
The accident was not due 10 mis-
placed switch. Engineer Whalen in
charge of the last section, says he saw
the signal to keep back but when be
tried to stop bis tram he found the air
brake would not work, making it impos
sible to stop. Whalen was badly burned.
One leg was broken.
All the dead and injured have been
taken from the train. The dead num-
Der seventeen, the injured ffty-two.
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