The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-20


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diateiy after the senate met the repeat bill
was taken up. Voorhees, oncs moFs sought
TO obtain en- agreement ~ to when
. vote should be taken. Time. he said,
must not be misspent In instructlng the
public mind regarding the organization Of
the senate" In doing this he addressed
himself to the great body Of intelligent
public opinion a. we'll a. in some quarters
to dense, Opaque degree of ignorance
ignorance in some respects innocent, in
others malicious He then reviewed the
history Of the rules Of the sepste from it's
creation. showing that for seventeen years
from 1859 the senate had among IT. rules q
provision for the previous question. Il
was tried fully. and In 1906. when Thomas
Jefferson was presiasnt, Il was deliher-
ateiy abandoned and af6ver claimed OF ati.
mitted from that time to the present. 81
am now arraigned," said. he, sbefore pub
lie opinion for not terminatinethisd debate.
As we'll might be arraisned for not termi-
mating the tide of the ocean or the north
west winds. In abandoning the cloture
rule the government Of this great body was
placed upon sense of propriety, patriot
ism, Difference to public sentiment aud pub
lie interests. For eighty-seven years this
body has been q law sufficient unto itself.
1t never had been found wanting, IN peace
or war, so that criticisms Of q certain class
will fall as harmless upon this body as
they fall upon me. As far as concerns
personal criticism Of myself, may as well
embrace this moment as another to say
they are met with absolute scorn and def
ance. have served the people Of Indiana
tions required when have gone home to
them, and I treat with scorn and immeas-
urable contempt suggestious coming from
New York bankers or anywhere else a. to
the motives which govern me. respond
10 that kind of criticism by saying il
comes from class whom the Saviour Of
the world never spoke of with respect, nor
do l." A vote had to come on the repeal
bill, Voorhees, said. and he appealed once
more 10 the senators in charge OF the.oppo-
sition to the repeal bill, which. he said,
was supported by public opinion and by q
majority of the senate, to know whethe.
there was not time IN their minds wher,
o vote would be agreeable to them.
Dubois of Idaho said many senators
were yet to be heard. and continued:
MY own impression is that the senator
in charge of this measure would better
proceed in an orderly manner and In the
customary way. He will reach q result
sooner by that course. The opponents of
repeal are ready to join issue with its
friends, whether II be for longer sessions.
continuous sessions or cloture. Passage
of the repeal bill would sound the death
knaff ~ 4 ~
juggiery with words can obscure the issue.
The senators talk sweetiy about an inter-
national agreement and forcing England
TO bi-metallism; but when the pending
bill is passed the doom of silver will be
sealed, and the senators al know il. You
shall not commit the deed II we can pre-.
vent IL by any honorable means known TO
the usage of the senate. Our duty Ia plain
10 as. We believe we are the last hope and
bulwark Of the people in this last strug-
GLE"
voorhees, said that to establish ciosurs
rule IN the senate at this time would 90
cupy not merely the balance OF this ses-
sion. but the entire session. Ii was futile
TO speak Of that. but he gave notice that.
beginning tomorrow morning, he would
ask that the sessions be extended.
Teller gave notice that when the daily
sessions were extended into the night the
advocates Of the bin. as well IS It's oppo-
nents, would have TO be present.
Hin asked II Teller was not satisfied
there was majority in the senate favor
able 20 repeal.
Teller replied that when the sense OF the
senate on the question was last taken ma
lority Of almost two-thirds was against the
measure, and be would not insult the In
teIligence of the body by presnming Ii had
changed so completely in 80 short time.
At 10 minutes Of O'Clock Mills took the
fioer. He discussed NJ length the necessity
of maintaining stable standard. review
ing the history Of the country In iss efforts
70 attain that end. and declared that con-
tinued fiuctuAti0n had = more depressing
effect upon farmers and ether iaborers
than upon capitalists and merchants In
conclusion. Mills said he would vote for
repeal OF the sherman las and against
every ssnendment which the ingenuity Of
the hnrnan mind eo1ld conceive Ne
amendment could be offered TO the bill cx.
ceps enc which imrsached the good faith
Of tire president. and that be did not in
tend 10 do. AFTER brief execetive session
the senate aaiourued.
Nnrn;rssSar.. William r. Hoxnhlover