New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-23
&" CONTESTS OF INTELLECT"
HOW THE SENATORIAL MIND WORKS IN
DEBATE"
,,,,,v sprclurX SILVER "AEGCMENIS' MR..
uorGAN's "YfSpONsIBlIIrY" AND MIX.
BUTLEE'S REFINED Observation-Disclosures
IL BND 1EMIEh-sENAIoR
HARRIS AND THE sun"
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| WASHINGTON oct. 22-It has been suggested so'he
| a., GRO that since New-Oreans does not want cor
! bet TO fght within her boundaries ana -e"
| York has refused to extend It's hosp'anue "
other opponents OF the manly ART ai'u9' VIC
general closing Of doors II would DE oh'Y 'o"' ~
for the Sense TO offer it's wetried facilities or ''e
use of these eminent interpreters OF the sclehce
| 81 ,hvs,col endurance II is true that Senator
! Harris Yesterday described the contests OF '''e
Senate as contests Of intellect ana re'So'' w
of the prize ring. not OF brutal forces ou' o''io
who have witnessed the scenes OF the ''' "
weeks and have read the debates as theE S'ai'"
ooor1.d ocic,auv are most likely TO differ from the
conclusion reached by Senator Harris. lhu"eu'
they will be justified in believing that i'"o"
once supreme in the Senate champer' "''
displaced by great lung power ana the 'o"s"
forms of physical development. ana mat ne VIM
| can talk longest and loudest, standing on HIS i.
! continuously. approaches n'os' hea''' '
| ideal of statesmanship 80, ..,
| should Messrs. Corbett ard Mitcheh s'''.e '"e'
| claims to the worlds championship on inc "'O'
| tho United States Senate. they ought 10 wv ." "
J executive session. because 1t Wou'u 'len " ~
| ronorted in the newspapers. But that Is Il 'he'e
| a,,er of detail The important thing Is 'ha' /"
| hodv the tendencies OF which seem TO mari
nhvsicsl endurance and lung power the "S' -,
civilization and craftsmanship. should nave e,'.s
opportunity TO keep in touch VIII" 'He '"0'
| prize-fghtcr.
| Mp MORGAN As CHESTERFIELD.
| There for instance. is Senator Mors'" ""o'
win the manners Of a Chesterfield and the courtesy
W." w. r,rn of rortenoy declares his ''responsi-
| ,ui,v- for every word he utters. INSIDE OF gu.
s,do" ,he Senate chamber His "colloquI VIII,
senator Washburn last Tuesday rs moue' W 49, 800
manners and high breeding and oush' ho' ~, WAY .
reason to be allowed to remain pu'ie'
pages of The Congressional i''''
for. REPRODUCED here: . 90, .
Wv Washburn-Mr President i shoui1 IKE "
in,err,pt the Senator from Alabama TOT Il '''o"e"'
| if II will not be dsagre"able TO him' i'' ia"
ferred several times to a coalition VIII ''''
Of the chamber | should like to kno" """' nv ''
fers 70 when he speaks of d coalition. ana what
the coalition Is. . ,,
AR Nor.an-I mean an agreement between 'he
Democrats and the Republicans who FAVOR '"e
nending bill that 1t shall not be amended III any
narticuar whatever. That is the first propoSi''o"
Is that right?
Mr.. Washburn-Go on.
Mr. Morgan-Is that light?
Mr. Washburn-I desire TO state that 'hc'e -
no coalition Of any description
Mr. Morgan-No agreement or UNDERSTANDINGS
Mr. Washburn-No agreement or und'rS'ahd'hs
of any character or des ,r!pton
Mr. Morgan-That assumes, Of course
and his friends on the other side OF the chamber
shoud understand that the Republicans every
man of them stand now where they nave always
stood in the last thirty years, in favor OF honest
and sound money.
Mr. Morgan-Well. If they are Standing
REPUBLICANS WANT REPEAL.
Mr. Washburn-Republica Senator'S are here on
this floor with constituencies behind them nj least
nine out Of ton demanding that the purchasing
of no act
the country may be relieved from the terrible con-
dition into which II has been plunged. desire IN
say TO the Senator that when he states that there
is any coalition OF any kind he does very grave
Injustice TO every Senator this side OF the cham
Der favoring repeal. We come here
Mr. Morgan-WiI my friend stop am not 60
ing to yield tho floor for him to abuse me
Mr. Washburn-I have not done So ! beg par
don.
Mr.. Morgan-Sit down.
Mr.. Washburn-I want to assert that myself and
the Republican Senators
Mr. Morgan-You intruding yourself into the
controversy when had not the Senator In my
mind ] thought about him as the leader Of
the Republican party.
Mr.. Washburn-No sir: do not profess TO be-
but profess be Republican, and I am not
to be stampede insulted for the position / have
taken
The Presiding Oficer-The Senator from Alabama
declines to Yield.
Mr.. Morgan-I am here on this floor responsible
for every word I say in this cha mber-insdc or
outside either Now. do you understand that?
Mr.. Washburn-Yes sir. l understand tina. per-
fectly
Mr.. Morgan am perfectly responsible for IT.
CHOICE LANGUAGE FROM MIR BrTLEK
Then there is another representative Of the race
with Il natural genius to govern" Mr. Butler. OF
South Carolina The choice Of his language is
considered peculiar in Washington and probably
he n0 Ys1 # not be i" s Se
suggesting the idea Of having 1t out" with senator
in language THURSDAY last that has attracted
attention everywhere except In the United States
unusual in the remarks of which he deliv red him
self On the contrary IT must be assumed that he
trouble 10 revise his speech and II appears in
The Record as delivered.
There was In the House not many years ago
Representative whose OF language. compared
with that Of Senator Butler. refinement itself
stituents. largely it is believed because they de-
s6Ta e r"f r OF ss mo- e.
,hat such fate may , befsIi him ndeed he may
are hif words as set down in :.rhe RECORD.
The Senator from Texas said that he would
measure IN his next breath he said that he |
in favor Of bIn,etsllism. or silver bu, he rushes
do not say that disrespectfuy or intending to be
Of M Eh sn o mr. Sl the
scene that would present 10 the American people a
Senator from rST Texas and the Senator from OHIO
embracing each otter in IA warm. cordial. voluptu-
embrace
And later on. he said
But, Mr. President. the age OF wonders and |
surprises will not end with seeing the Senator from
Texas In the arms Of the Senator from Ohio. We
shall ! hope 1--we TO long. fond. cordial. gush-
ing embrace between the Senator from New-York |
and the President Of the United states n.augh- |
teri That would he picture for the artist How !
long and lingering and loving Il would be-, 4 |
bucket Of boiling hot water, Mr.. President, could
not separate them
SENATOR COCKRrLL LOSES HIS TEMPER.
After this is bound Of course. TO admit |!
that these are Contests Of intellect OF reason |
But equally Is the following exchange OF civil
tiles between two gentlemen with a genius TO |
govern" Like the other extracts given II is off, |
ciaI and is 10 be found In THE Record" published
to-day.
Mr. White Of 1.ou.slana-By the terms OF the