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with him on the silver question whom he said
the vote, on cloture might be had without

sne yo.e on cioture might Do had without
Mr.; ,Wolce,t's reply Was that he did not speak
vote on cloture they could have it infinitely
quicker than they could have a. vote on the
voorRecsl had said SPRf tRSt IL % Would taEe weeks
but 4 would not, il that senator Introduced q
RESOLUTION Tor cloture he could have q vote
upon It within u reasonable time. and very
many OF those senators who agreed with him
on on, tne silver question would intcrpose no de-
Mr.. Aldrich Does the Senator moan to have
upon the question OF repeal within q reason
Mr. Wolcott-I will come to that in moment
mean to say that the Senator from Rhode
Island will have vote on tho Repeal bill ut
such time as those who debate the question on
TINS hoor may determine to be reasonable. and
not before. II we are not to have cloture.
there should not be cruel or unusual hours.
them as ny a men now can ahg wSe dese to
country. But We ere not without information
mat burden which is now Imposed upon us
is to be made heavier next week. We are not
without definite information that an arrange
Certain senators on tks sse o the
and certain Senators on the other side OF the
made tho i %S
supposed to be the "steerer" OF 80 many
themselves With the the fortunes orr % Of the e Execufve.
and Senator who was supposed to belong to
now seated very close together: THE allusion
Mr. "SS asot
that we are as' to be met N with S' demand that
ana slt until midnight. what may be accom-:
vote may be had on the previous estion or on
6ss hs psRpaos BE- e0ay S
OF the most vital Importance. and who desire
fatal aempt to eo%ps US e to s
should be called upon to sit IN q, public body
aded ha H hhs viii s BE- fntlfe no
The dis discussion was then taken up BY Mr.:
MIR Dubois's resolution. although he said he
voted against the ciat OF the Montana Sena;
to ySS tS sons the h points By
him.
Then Mr.. German dem. Md. who had been
sions TO himself in the speeehss Of Senators
Chandler, and Wolcott, rose and addressed the
ss Repeal meat b f SSd Fds rne
belittle the Senate In the eyes Of the people Of
the than Ss hHt
lieved that the time would come. and that
speedily. when some Of tho .nctors in those
and would atone as best they might for
having brought the Senate from a, n posi-
t1 of county op City
Aldermen He had NOT taken part II the dis, Il
that
fondnessl should SO far forget the great duty
discussion M ion matters Which did n not It belong to it.
He was amazed that that Senator should in
eonsfoied s by motines NOT ' proper Whsn the
mani sseribed it to excitement; and to the ,fae.
that the Senator represented state which
Gesred seyrs fSst saa
his conduct, and ought not to be confined to
those limit 20 Of expression to which Senators
Mr.. Woicott-I ask the Senator to what he
refers3 am unconscious OF any intimation
that could offend him him. s.,,.,r ,.,u co,,rod,
has intimated that Senators on this. floor
changed their votes on the question Of The M,a ad-
inrson. s'on Montana. % and W Wyomins and he again
from New Hampshirel that. while he respect
being in favor Of admission to being against
1t. and had given his reasons therefor he did
chan ged their votes in the same way and had
NJ. WolcettNAt this moment I beg to say ss
n9d in them any expression Of the Kind q -.
claimer OF the senator. bu: I venture to say
that no man who can read the English Ian
Ruak0 anu u0u0ESUdnuS IL WOuIu HhNo uIdWH
any other conclusion from his remarks uttered
few days ago and from those uttered to-day;
viii not permit even With the tbs f e,
'Messrs Me- S - Chandler ana Woisottl Ana the Ser
"Stained in Montana Washington. and
MFSm's Y %ns Tas GassGn new wheh had " aHsd o he
no secret that the % distineSished ,H Sen; Sen
aeport aept m franEly admitted that only some days
before. he had expressed an opinion contrary
Know. @ and so far as 1 believe. every Senator
voted under his oath as he believed to be right
in that With great dSsefs In STn to
follow the. MAJ ority OF the Committee on Privi-
loges and Elections, l am am one of OF the vnsS lew
and leaned. necessarily and naturally. on the
great lawyers Of the committee. | followed
the senator @ from Montana. as did my distin-
eRdb the tSst Ho}s T" as
ssmp to aH tSat fPe St ae
ri Tght t"e to make make the appontnent;, when tie
motion was made to reconsider. the vote. the
Doubtful as this question has. been and is,
We will not consent to vote for the seating Of
these In order % thst any be
without regard to silver or gold; and we
changed our votes voting against the motion
to reconsider. so that tile record Of this great
body might. run perfect and appropriate; ,2 d2
stand on the statement he made M to-day l tor l
Rhode Island when he described Senator
from the other side Of the chamber. When he
described senator on this side as a 'steerer.'
Mr.. Woicott-I have been advised that there
has been a consultation Of Senators going on
for some days. We are advised that the Sena-
tor from Rhode Island tMr; Aldrichl is mar
shailing the forces Of the friends OF repeal on
this side Of the chamber, and. that on tho
other side Of the chamber the Senator from
Maryland has been marshallinR the friends of
repeal on that side. with view OF agreeing
ures to compel the Senate to sit for long hours
I'm order to force a vote. shall be very glad IL
we have been misin formed
Mr. German lexhibiting an unusual degree
Of feeling and speaking with much elibera..
tion)-Mr. President. have been a member OF
this body twelve years; i have been connected
with II from the time that was twelve years
OF age: / have seen during the last forty years
all the great men who have represented