The Portland daily press., 1893-10-19
Democrats Likely to Awake TO Find
Their Party Divided.
MORE VIGOROUS TALK ABOUT THE
IRON CLAD RUL S.

| AS<>SAeS~>
Over what He Calls the Senate Night
! naare-Mr. Daniel Regards Propositions
to Amend the Rules as Revolutionary
| Doctrine.
i Washington, October 1S.-Mr. Morgan
| of Alabama, opened the discussion TO-
day on amending the Senate journal. He
declared his conviction that the coalition
he spoke of yesterday was fact. He
repeated what he siad yesterday as to his
| intention to move a substitute repeating
| the whole instead of part of the Sher-
man act.
"And will you let us:vote upon it?" Mn.
Frye asked.
| @Yes," Mr.. Morgan replied, but not on
a motion TO lay on the table. l."
Mr.. Frye-"Are you ready for the vote
now?"
Mr.. Morgan AS soon as yield the
/ floor"
| Mr.. Fryc--"We are ready"
/ Nh. Morgan" At the proper time :ou
! shall have an opportunity"
Mr. Morgan said that on inquirysam
| Senators he found very few had ever read
|
bill. Mr.. Morgan explained the effect OF
! the propositi tion to repeal the whole OF the
| Sherman act. 1t would be to bring into
| full force all the Bland act repealed
| by it. 1t would take from the Secretary
! of the Treasury the discretionary
| powern to coin silver and void make it
imperative.
At the close of his speech, Mr.. Dolph's
motion to amend the journal was, on
motion of Mr.. Voorhees,, laid on the table
yeas, IS; nays,3, Messrs. Dolph, Gal
linger and Perkins. That action of the
Senate did not result in the approval OF
Mondays journal, for Mr.. Teller OF Colo
RADIO, rose and made like moJion in re-
| gard to himself, that he had been present
at the roll call and had not answered and
his name should be recorded in the
journal as present Mr.. Teller then adj
| dressed the Senate on the question OF the
/ rights of the minority to obstruct legls-
| lation. He cited numerous precedents for
| the action of the minority on the present
| case, instancing Blaine, Conkling and
other Senators who resorted to similar
| action He charged the President with
usurpation in making known, through a
press interview, through his letter to
| Gov.Northen of Georgia and through
| other means his dissatisfaction with the
! Senate and his resolution to accept no
/ compromise.
| Mr.. Daniels was the next speaker. In
his opinion the majority on the pending
| bill was more responsible for the delay
| than the minority Mr.. Dolph's motion to
amend the journal, he said, was neces-
! sarily dilatory, because if it was pursued
| in dead earnest to a conclusion, it would
| lead to longer and more protracted de-
| bate than the repeal bill would.
| Mr. Aldrich asked Mr.. Daniel whether
he believed that under the rules, there
was any method by which the majority
! could reach determination on question
of amending the rules in the face of OBJ
struction on the part of the minority
| Mr.. Daniel answered that he did not see
| that the Senate rules had provided for
| the contingency.
Mr. Frye quoted decision of Speaker
Blaine in the 43d Congress, a decision
which had been carefully considered and
written out in advance, in which Mr..
Blaine said that, pending proposition
to change the rules, dilatory motions
| could not be entertained; that the right
| of each house to determine it's rules was
| an organic right expressly given by the
| constitution, and that the House was
capable of depriving itself of its inher
| intent constitutional power to determine
| its rules. Mr.. Frye added that there was
not shadow of doubt that it was The
i duty of the Senate at any time to make a
rule for any case then pending before it,
and that it would become the duty of the
| presiding officer, under his oath, to rc-
! fuse to entertain any dilatory motion and
] put peremptory stop to dilatory
! motions, thus preserving to The body the
right which the constitution gave it. If
| the majority, Mr.. Frye declared, had
! adopted a proceeding of that kind a
| moIlth ago there would have been gote
| Oh the bill before this time. (Applause.)
Mr.. Daniel" Yes, and if all the gentle
men who form the majority had stayed
| in the chamber these past three weeks,
| we might have had a vote before this.
Let us proceed regularly, according to
| the rules and traditions of this body, and
1 we will be much nearer the end than we
| will be by having revolutionary utter
ances about changing the rules"
Mr.. VOORHEES,, rising to question of
personal privilege, read statement in a
| morning paper regarding meeting OF
| the finance committee yesterday in which
| he was supposed to say, and by authority,
| that no compromise could take place on
| the repeal bill, in which either himself
or the administration could be considered
| a factor Mr.. Voorhees, declared that
| there was not one word of truth in the
statement.
Mr.. Mills replied, in strong and ener-
getic terms and with much excitement of
manner, to the criticism of Mr.. Daniel,
because he could not go into the Demo-
| cratic caucus. He argued that there was
| a permanent, paramount power in each
house to make the rules necessary for the
despatch of public business. The great
question which the American people had
to consider today Yves whether the major
ity should rule in the legislative bodies of
the government. He would not go into
caucus but would go into conference to
see whether something could not he
agreed upon by which this great night
mare might be dispelled.n In conclusion
he said: "The responsibility is placed on
the majority to make rules and legislate.
If it does not do SO, an intelligent and
indignant pubic opinion will hold that
majority to account"
On.motion of Mr.. Voornees, the Senate
took recess until 10 a. m tomorrow.
OPEN WAR AMONG DEMOCRATS.
1t Will Come If the the Silver Men Insist
Caucus.
Washington, October 1S.-The Demo-
cratic caucus committee devoted it's time