Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-19
THE SENATh'S RULES.

that his name should De recorueu III
the journal as present.
Mr.. Teller then addressed the Sen
ATE. He began with declaration that
he would not submit TO be lectured by
the Senators from New York and Del
aware. though he might submit, with
better grace. to be lectured by the Sen
atnr from Ohio. Such lectuiing was
OF only a violation OF the rules, but
Vas notorious violation OF the canops
O: good order ID decency.
Speaking OF executive interference,
MIR Teller said that the President OF
IN. United States was entitled under
the constitution to submit TO Congress
whatever measures he desired 10 have
considered: aud when he had done
that re had done all that the constitu-
ton above him to dc. But now in these
modern days, and with a new Presi-
dent. they were told by the public press
that the President had demanded what
the Senate should do. They were told
that members of the Cabinet had de-
clared in frequent interviews that we
(Ihe Executive Department OF the gov
ernmenO have made up our minds to
r peal the Sherman law. fit takes a
mouth. we will wait a month. II 1t
takes six months, We will wait six
mouths: and we will accept no com
promise whatever. As to compromise,
Mr.. Teller asked who was TO make 1t?
Was it to be made by the President:
Who had given him legislative power?
What right had he to come to say 10
Senators, This compromise is not sat,
i5factory to me?" Such a thing would
he usurpativu. II was violation OF
the constitutional law. Ii was breach
81 the privileges Of the Senate, which
0ggnt 10 he resented. No monarch out
.iGe Of Russia would dare TO make that
statement 20 his parliamentary even
William of Germany And yet the pa
pors Lad been full of the President :
J5siti1r. for more than four month,
aud no Senator has been found, up TO
this hour. to meet these assertions on
the part Of the executive, with the re-
proof that the, deserved.
Cir. McPherson-Does the Senator
i'rorE Colorado know that the President
Of the United States has interfered with
the Senate in any manner Whatever?
Mr.. Teller do.
Sir. McPhcrson-Does the Senator
find in these alleged interviews some OF
which Mr.. Teller had read and COM
meuted on) any intimation by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury that the admin
i.tration was attempting to influence
legislation?
Mr. Teller replied by quoting scn-
fences from President Cleveland's let
ter TO Governor Nor.hen, of Georgia,
and said that the Senator who would
rise aud declare that, in his Judgment,
the President had not attempted to in
terfere in legislation, would be brave
man. The Senator from New Jersey
would not deny it.
Mr.. NcPherson-I do deny it.
MI. Tcller-Tbe Senator shows him
self Drawer than most men. ! will not
say anything offensive TO the Senator
| assume that be means it. Outside Of
the chamber might make some furth-
er remarks. am afraid that we have
reached a point in partisan zeal and
partisan prejudice where whatever is
acceptable 10 the President is accepta-
BILE to a great number of people of this
country. 1t would not be polite for me
to say, and would not be 10 order to
say acceptable to Senators"
Mr.. Teller went on to speak of the
outside influences that were set in OPP
ration to force action in the Senate.
lie mentioned the rumor as to the
march of large body of unemployed
men 10 Washington-a march which
had not been made-and the fact of
chambers of commerce coming to Wash
ilgton. They had come and gone, he
said, and the Senate was still debating
whether the government of the United
States should arrange its own financial
system or whether the government OF
Great Britain should do so. Quoting
again from Mr.. Cleveland's letter to
Governor Northen, Mr.. Teller picked
out the sentence where the Pres
ident says he lis astonished at the non.
action of the Senate" NO doubt, J"
said Mr.. Teller, she is astonished. He
believed that when Congress assembled
on the 9TH of August his command
would be readily complied with. He
would not so have thought if he had
been a student of the history of this
body. He would not have so thought
if he had been familiar with the doings
of this Senate as some of us are" Mr.
Teller referred to the fact that, although
the Queen of England and the Prince OF
Wales were known to be opposed to
the home rule bill, neither of them had
ventured to express that opinion. II
either of them had done so, the whole
constitutional form Of the government
of Great Britain would be hanged in
fortnight.
At 2:05 the question of quorum was
raised by Mr.. Allen. On the roll call
forty. ght Senators answered and Mr..
Teller went on with his speech.
Mr. Daniel was the next speaker. In
his opinion, the majority on the pend
ing bill were more responsible for the
delay than the minority was. For in
stance, Mr.. Dolph's motion to amend
the journal had been necessarily dilato-
ry, because, II IL were puTsuc'l III uedu
earnest to a conclusion, it would lead
to longer and more protracted debate
than the repeal bill would.
Referring to Mr.. Sherman's remark
on Wednesday, that the democrats
would vote against the Ten Command
mems or the Lords Prayer if proposed
by republicans, Mr.. Daniel said that
Mr.. Sherman was quite right in saying
so. Ifan ancient and venerated docu-