Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-22
usually good bill is presented this week.

usually good bill ID presented this week. /
RAMA and Arno appear at every perform
ance in their novel and laughable act on
the horizontal bars. Richmond and Glen
roy keep the audience In continuous roar |
of laughter during the entire performance.
The Rosslsy Brothers introduce some good
songs, witty sayings and clever dancing.
Mons. Forber gives marvellous exhibition
of juggling on the swinging wire; Sig.
Cheviel, the worlds greatest violinist, in
his limitations on the violin and other
artists.
SENATOR PLAT1's AMENDMENT
Introduce in the United States Senate
Yesterday-An Important Movs-An
Attempt to End the Intermlnable
Debate.
There was no little stir In the United
States senate yesterday when Senator Plat
of Connecticut introduced his amendment
to the senate rules providing for cloture.
He went over the history of the senate and
its methods of voting, and dwelt for some
time on the necessity of some rule whereby
debate could be closed.
He stated that he and the republicans
were ready to vote now, and that they
were willing to aid the senator from Indi-
ana in any method he might suggest to
| secure vote. He added:
81 believe that the best way is to try
now when things are ready and the neess-
| sity exists to change the rules. It will
have to come some time, and I think the
present most opportune. Unless we do
| something warn you we will incur the
| contempt of the American people,"
The senator then stated that he had in
/ tended to press tbs rule, but he thought
| perhaps that it was best to follow the Gus
| tom Of the senate and let the rule be re-
ferred to the committee on rules and let
them report 1t back in order. He made q
motion to this effect.
The senator's speech more in detail is as
| follows:
The rules of the senate, he said, ought
| to facilitate the transaction of business.
That proposition would not be denied.
But the rules of the senate as they stood
to-day made 1t almost or entirely impoesi-
BILE to transact business. The senate was
fat losing the respect of the people. It
was fast being considered body that ex-
listed for the purpose of re.ardipg and OBJ
structing legislation.
He knew that it might bs said that in
the present condition of affairs In the SEN
l ats tuc ICsoiUtlDu COulu HOb 10 huupLcu
But he believed that it could be adopted
just as easily as the repeal bill could be
passed and just as quickly. He had not
consulted with senators on his aide of the
chamber who would favor the adoption of
the resolution at this time. If vote on the
repeal bill could be reached a vote on the
cloture rule could be reached. If the con-
sideration of the rule was opposed and de-
layed, factionslly, that fact would demon
strate most clearly that the opposition v as
obstructing and filibustering against the
repeal bill. The country, he added, did
not understand why the senate did not
vote. He doubted whether any explana-
ton could make clear to them the reason
why the senate did not vote, he got let
tiers every day from his constituents. (ae
a member of the minority,) saying, "Why
do you not do something to bring on 9
vote on this bill?" The trouble was that
the senate rules permitted unlimited de.
bate. It was not "the courtesy of the
senate" as was generally supposed. thai
was involved 1t was the right,
under the rules of any member Of
the senate to spsak when he pleased
|: IS long as he pleased, and as often as hs
pleased, on any pending proposition
When a measure was up, on which the
senate divided with great interest, which
the opposition believed to be to the detri
ment of the country, and on which the
feelings of senator's were enlisted, there
was no practical way in which the debst,
could be limited. The country might fee
and senators might feel that the mattel
had been sufficiently discussed; but sena
tors in the opposition said that it had no
been; and when, he asked, was the tim
been sufficiently discussed? There wer
just two ways, under the rules, by which
a vote could be reached. One was by get
ting unanimous consent to take a vote at
t certain time. It had been demonstrates
that that method of obtaining vot
!, could not be made available on the presen
/ occasion.
II the senator from Indiana (Hr
Voorhees, were to rise this morning ant
| peal bill on the 10Th Of November b
. / could not get it. If he Sould, the couutr,
would be satisfied, and senators would b
. | satisfied =
II Next came what was sometimes know,
az the process of "sitting 1t out" Ths
0 was, for the friends of the bill to remain
q in continuous session until its opponent
a | were physically exhausted SO that the
could not struggle any longer. That nigh
or might NOS result in a vote, either on tn
=, | repeal bill or On any measure over which
: | contest was made 1t had not resulted il
. reaching vote on what was called tn
Forcs bill, although senators had sat on
night over 1t. 10 other matters since b
q had been in the senate senators had re
e NAMED in session all night and all the mex
, | day and the next night, and finally vot
q had not been reached. Why nota He sur
4 posed the case of q minority of thirty sen
: ators; and said that ten of them might &C
cupy twenty-four hours in speeches, ar
: | other ten twenty four hours more: the thir
9 ten twenty-four hours more; and then tn
,. first ten might begin again. Such metho
of trying to reach a vote Mr.. Platt declare
to be harsh-he might almost say inhumsu
He offered his resolution in good faith
= AS one member of the minority side of tn
chamber he would stand by 1t throug
8 thick and thin. He did not present 1t b
!, authority of the minority. he offered
9 in good faith, believing that it was prac
tically the only way by which vote coul
be reached on the repeal bill.