The sun., 1893-09-23

WAsuINGToN. Sept. 22.-After the routine
morning business the cloture resolution was
laid before the Senate to-day. and Mr.. Wolcott
(Ken. COLI took tho floor.
He said that although he would vote again st
the resolution. no factious opposition would
be made to ii. and that vote upon It could be
reached much sooner than q vote upon the Re-
peal bill could be. lie could not speak for
other Senators on his side OF tho Repeal bill,
but he knew that some o: them felt as he did,
and If the Senate desired vote on the cloture
resolution it could be had without much
debate. Tor his own part he would not inter-
pose the slightest objection to a full and FREQ
and fair vote upon the question whether clo-
ture should be introduced. There would bo n o
extraordinary method used to prevent such n
vote. He would content himself with voting
against 1t. But. In his opin ion. cloture was not
necessary. for there had bsen no factious delay
on the pending measure.
Referring to the question which Mr.. Hill
Dem. n. " had put to MIR. Teller tho other
day, as to whether he did not believe that
there the erewasa was majority of Senators in favor Of
whether the New York Senator h't!tsii' had taiIy"
OF the Senate Il he had Mr.. Wocott would
be glad to 9aye it pr0lneed c had always
votes were handled. anticipated and counted.
OF Intelligent men, who listened to debate.
and who. when the time came to. vote.
piled and tabuated 1t might be true that a
malority Of Senators favored the repeal; but.
the wisdom OF the old proverb Give losers
leave, to talk and winners to laugh" He noti-
and those Senators who claimed majority
for the biz that II they had such majority and
sGS OF ST 4sy %os hs
take II, Public opinion, he said. had been In
voked 10 the matter. but it was bastard public
ers, who. likely enough, wanted to have their
money money! as dear dear as possible It wasIthe public
the small dealers. Against such public
opinion he was reioiced to stand. Although he
believed that tho unconditional repeal Of the
purchasing clauses Of the Sherman act would
bring untold disaster on the country he would
rather have the vote taken and have 1t all over;
public affairs, who know no change or shadow
Of turning. IN their views. should deem II best
cheerfuly and cordially Join with them In
meeting any test Of endurance which tho ma,
jority night see 1T to impose Within reason
able and proper hours the measure could be
discussed until the time fora vote but any at
tempt to impose cruel and unusual conditions
rules permitted. and they would continue to
avail themselves of such distractions until
chang" tho rules SO as to prevent the opposi. TmU
thai, ir.iina ,Ewir was proper motto for them them
Mr. Teller (Itep,. COLI argued against the
coture rule He recalled Mr.. Lodges state
more i'm ortant than the right to speak. and
said that that was the rule which Napoleon
III had laid down to the French Assembly
Whenever the senate OF the United States
should declare that the right to vote was more
sacred than the right TO sneak. the country
would be approaching period, which great
many thoughtful men had feared would come.
when the right OF "a Senator to speak his senti-
ments would be curtailed by an aggressive
and excited majority There was nothing in
the world more cruel and more wicked than
maiorties and governments were Instituted
to preserve minorlties against them. Majori-
ties protected themselyes but governments
were made to protect minorities. The rulesOf
all legislative hodes were framed not for ma
jorlties but for minorities.
Mr.. Teller went on to describe in vivid colors
the exciting scene in the House Of Representa-
tives when the resolutions to impeach Presi-
dent Andrew johnson were before that body
and when, he said. there was absolute no
ef,onsideration f,o whatever OF the subject. He
had sometimes taken the law into their own