New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-18
GOOD TALK FROM SHERMAN
The Ohio Senator Points Out The Duty Of
- The House of Lords.
Il, is not in Favor of Demonetizing Sill
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ness in an orderly, proper manner and
their object Ewas to enable the senate to
legislate !. While that was the primary
object of all rules it was equally impor-
tant to give the minority full and free
opportunity of debate. But when the
rules were used by the minority to Oh
struct legislation, those rules should at
once be altered. Whenever minority
used means of obstruction unduly, it
created a revolution. The obstructive
methods which had been pursued IN the
last two months had gone far beyond
anything he had ever witnessed in his
senatorial experience. In fact, obstruc-
tive measures had been resorted to, which
had never been invoked since the senate
was first organized. It was then dig
nifed body of twenty-six members, and
it went to the extreme verge ofliberality
on debate. The practice of stopping a
senator in the midst Of his speech to suo-
gest the absence of quorum was an in
novation and was a kind of obstruction
that had never been lesorted to.
The refusal of senators to vote was
violation of the rules of good order. He
thought, therefore, that the time had al
rived when the senate must adopt rules
to prevent obstruction to public business.
There was change IN the senate-not
on the score of ability but due to in
creased numbers. There was no legisla-
tive body in the world that had not some
power to close debate. The proper way
to secure limit of debate in the senate
was at the next session of congress to
have the committee on rules strengthened
in numbers and have it examine all the
various rules and report a rule which
would give to the minority the full pow
er to express their opinion and prescribe
the time when and the place where the
The present session had continued two
months and nothing had been done-not
a single measure had passed the senate
that was of the slightest Importance.
The house of representatives had per-
formed its duty, but in the senate there
had not been vote on any question pre-
sented where there had been any differ
ence of opinion. If that continued the
senate would no longer command the re-
spect of active and intelligent people
and the Americans were men of action in
all departments of action.
The responsibility in the present stu
alton rested upon the Democratic sena-
tors. It was said they could not agree.
He would say to them that they must
agree or else surrender their political
power, If the senate, as now organized,
could not make law without long and
protracted debate, and if the Democratic
senators were unable to meet and formu-
late some proposition, the people of the
United States would take them at their
worth. Those en- the Republican side of
the senate had remained silent, largely
desiring to hear from the other side,
whom the people had honored with a
majority. The president had expressed
his opinion, and while the Republicans
did not believe in him or his policy and
were under no obligations to him, yet
they furnished two-thirds of the votes,
nearly, to carry out his will, while the
party that the president represented
stood unable to formulate apolicy or to
say what they desired. If they did not
agree with the president let them say So,
or let them formulate something else.
There were three or four important mat
tiers that demanded solution and the SEN
ate stood in the way.
One was whether the United States
should continue the purchase of silver
bullion, and on the whole he thought it
was not wise to further continue it's pur-
chase, as there was now bullion enough
on hand to supply all that could he
coined in the next; two or three years.
"We simply intend to suspend the coin
age of silver, not to demonetlze it. In
times past, when the Republicans were
in the majority, we never shrank from
the responsibility which is now upon the
Democratic party. We were Republi-
cans because we believed in Republican
principles, Republican men and Repub-
ican measures, and whenever a question
came up in this chamber to be decided
we never pleaded the baby act. We ash,
our brothers on the other side, for whose
ability and standing we have the highest
respect, to meet together and consult