St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-20

aAO oFHdbOIS iule4l4b dS We'll KNOW HaltD IL
would come. The law of the majority
could lot be ignored. In free country
ii could not be treated with disreSpeets
de wRs the last man TO use a majority
for the purpose OF trampling on the mi
nority-a minority had its rights. guar
anteed and imbeoded in the cenStifu-
ton He was tenacious of those rights
-habitnally 50, coHstitutioBaliy so; for
he had been in a minority good deal
OF his life, and respected the minority's
rights and privileges.
But" he added, impressigely,
'what governs in these United States.
what governs in this body A majority
placed You. sir addressing the vice
presidenD in that char. a majority
placed in their chairs the officers in
front Of you. Every official within the
sound OF my voice Is the creature
of majority. Tne law IS
voted by majority. The
foundations of liberty everywhere in
this country. in this land and othe.
lands are laid by maj0Iities. Can sen
ators who are opposing this measure to
the bitter end and III extremes justify
themselves-lI do noI believe that they
VIII attempt 10 DO soi-in defylng tie
great law underlying the principles CT
AMERICAN LIBEETY
and underlying the proper government
Of the world After continuing at
some length Mr.. Voorhees, said: "a
vote / repeat. must come. The force
Oill Itself, which his been so often
spoken Of. is an evidence THAI the vote
must come. l think i understand the
rules as we'll as anybody; and HOW
l pause 10 hear whether there
is any response 10 the sugges-
lions which l have made as
10 the agreeing 10 time when The vGie
on this till may be taken. Mr. VooT-
hees mad HOt long 10 wait for a reply to
his challenge. Instantly Mr.. Dubuis
Rep. Idaho Was on his feet de said
that Lhe senator from Indiana had been
irving TO explain 10 somebody out OF the
chamber why he had not been attempt
Ing 10 do something contrary 10 the
dignity Of the senate. but he mad nut
told senators anything WiIieh they al
ready did net know. De. the senator
from Indiana. had tried 10 illustrate by
the force bili the position that vote
could not be prevented Surely the
senator cuuid not mean that seriously
There had never been vote
taken OH the force bill. Other
business had been pressing ana that
bill had been displaced. The senator
spoke Of the opposition 10 the repeal
alli beng in a minority How did he
know that? This was the third time
that tbe senator from Indiana had asked
unanimous consent 10 nx a time for
voting on the repeal bill. The reasons
which he Rad given his mUlning were
substantially tie same as he had given
before.
Mr. Voorhees, again took the Heor. He
now gave notice thai IRON anu alter
toInorroW AMI begin ming with tommor-
row he should ask tRat
THE SESSIONS
Of the senate should Ice extended. he
would not say permanently. but the
senate should sit longer. so that all
might have a chance 10 DEBATE the bill,
and 50 thai there Inignl be 10 senators
il opposition TO say they had not
cnance to be heard.
Mr.. Teller (ReD.. Col) took q haDd in
the discussion. The senator from In
diana. ne said, did not claim that there
had been any unnecessary delay III the
discussion. and there was mol. If the
senator had consulted MN he would
give nim fist OF fifteen senators who
expected 10 speak Oh the bill, ana thir-
teen OF them, al least, had not opened
their mouths on The subject
MIR. Hi dem. n. Y asked Mr..
Teller TO stale t>aukly whether he was
not satisfied that majority in the SEN
ate were III favor of unconditional re-
peal Of Tie Sherman law.
MT. Teller replied tnaJ Mr.. Hill had
no right 10 ask such a question. The
sense OF the senate would be made
known by its vote. He respected
and regarded the senator from
Indiana. aud would not add any
thing 10 mis- burden. But the
senator should not ask the opposition TO
close the debate because the New York
papers were cTitieiSing him for not
doing that which the rules OF the senate
did not permit him TO do. Mr.. Voorhees,
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was totally Indifferent TO the criticisms
Of the New York papers.
Mr.. Mills, Of Texas, then spoke. ad-
vocaung repeal. He said he was going
10 vote for the repeal, and he would
vote against every amendment TO it
that human ingenuity could suggest.
Mr.. Stewart, Of Nevada. then iook the
floor. He protested against any
cloture proposition. If the silver
men went down, they would 90
down protesting. If the senate wished
10 DO this wrong it could and if the
people were so far ruined that they were
not able TO rise in their might and over
throw their oppressors they were at
fault. Before Mr. Stewart concluded
his remarks. he at 5:l5 yielded TO a mo-
ton for an executive session. When
the doors were reopened the senate at
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