The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-17


Jones' of Nevada, Makes Three
Hours Speech, But Does Not Con-
clude His Agreement-Pefer Goes on
With His Speech Began Last Friday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Th proceed
lngs OF the Senate to-day were interest
ing They opened with action OF house
joint resolution fixing the qualifications
to vote and hold office in the Cherokee
Outlet, Oklahoma Territory, at first
municipal election. The joint resolution
was passed after an unsuccessful at
tempt by PETER to engraft woman suf-
rage upon it. The attempt was sus-
tanned by only nine Senators
The Union Pacific railroad action led
to the introduction of bill by Morgan
| TO provide for the control of the Union
and Central Pacific railroads until their
debts to the Government are paid up or
| secured.
MOST OF two hours assigned by the
rules to manage business was taken up
In adebate upon a resolution to amend
the rules heretofore offered by Lodge.
IheY propose TO prohibit the reading of
prepared speeches; require the con
tinulng OF the Senators who are present
and refuse to vote for the purpose of
making quorum and propose an ar
rangement similar TO that now existing
In the House, under which (through a
report from the committee on rules)
debate may be stopped and q vote taken.
Lodge spoke OF the Senate presenting
a travesty of helplessness, and said that
1t should either frankly abandon the
whole thing, or else go to work and
amend the rules so as to give power to
the majority.
Vest, in opposing the amendment,
said that the effective and patriotic use
OF rights Of minority in defeating the
iorce Dill few years ago was worth an
acre Of argument. When Senators, he
said, came to the conclusion that there
could be no unconditional repeal OF tho
sherman law, compromise bill could
be passed which would be Just to all
sections and all classes
10 a question by Hill why the pend
ing bill could not be passed Vest
replied that if the New. York Senator,
after what he had Witnessed during the
last two months, could not answer the
question satisfactorily to himself it
would be vanity for him (Vest) to try
to do so. Aldrich also took part in the
discussion and he and Hill were equally
emphatic as to the power OF the majority
to pass the repeal bill even under exist
ing laws.
The Lodge resolution went over Until
tomorrow and the repeal bill was taken
up at p. M. Jones (Nev.), occupied
three hours, but not finishing his speech,
and Peffer (kan.) going on with the
speech which he began last Monday.
at 6p. m. motion to adjourn was
made by Pugh (Dem., Ala.) and was
voted down by yeas, 1s; nays, 80. In
twenty minutes afterward tho plan of
quorum compelling was begun by Kyle.
FORTY tive Senators responded and
PETER delivered another short section
of his speech. Five minutes had not
elapsed till Pettigrew challenged the
presence OF quorum and Senators had
again to come in from the committee
rooms and cloak rooms. This time
forty four Senators answered
question of order was made by
Dolph that Kyle and Allen were present
and had not voted, but the presiding
officer, Faulkner, overruled the point
Allen stated that if he could abstain
from answering to his name under the
rules of tho Senate and thereby break
the quorum no proposed to do so.
AT 6:40 Power suggested the absence
OF quorum. The roll call disclosed
the presence Of forty-two Senator'S
one less than quorum. Voorhees,
moved that the sergeant.at.arms be di-
rected to request the presence of alb
sentees Then two more Senators came
in, making one moro than quorum.
Voorhees, moved that further proceed
ings under the rule be dispensed with.
DUBOIS asked for the yeas and nays and
one-hfth of the Senate having endorsed
the demand, the clerk was directed to
call the roll
On this question the ayes were 81
and the nays 1. This disclosed tho abb
sence of quorum, when at G:57 o'clock
the presiding officer directed the clerk
to call the roll. Enough Senators then
emerged from the cloak rooms to make
up the necessary 43. Immediately after
ward the clerk was directed to call the
roll on Mr. Voorhees, motion, on which
the vote was-ayes, 90; nays, 0. No
quorum having voted, Voorhees, moved
that the sergeant-at arms be directed to
request the presence of absentees and
he withdrew his motion that proceed
ings under the roll call be dispensed
with.
He then won't on with suppressed
indignation and anger to say that If
there was anything amusing in the
present method of procedure he should
dislike to interfere with the Senates
pleasure. If the rest of the Senators
found it comfor table to stay for the next
three, four, five or six hours in attempt.
ing to secure quorum he could also
wait, and he further announced that If
1T was necessary to stay until the 4th OF
July next in order to demonstrate the
right OF the majority of the Senate to