The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
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tion OF the majority upon this question
will depend upon the attitude OF tho
minority.
Mr.. Butler-Then understand the
senator would not be bound by the
rules in proceeding to amend, but
would amend the rules according to the
will OF the majority, at any hour ana
any day.
Mr.. HILL have said that the power
to change the rules is constitutional
right 1t oyerrides any particular rule.
Mr.. Butler-I am not asking what the
majority would do; am asking what
the senator from New York would do.
Mr.. Hill hope am one OF the ma
iority. hope that before the debate is
through n majority will be found
by my side ready to insist upon the
constitutional right to amend the rules
whereby we can carry out the provi-
sions OF the constitution that the ma
jority, and not the minority, with the
power to legislate.
Mr.. Butler-To the proceeding there
would be no objection, not the slightest.
have finally got the senator from New
| York to point, which | confess was
rather difficult Laughter.
Mr.. Stewart remarked that Mr.. Hill
WAS on the fence on the silver question,
which brought forth the reply from Mr..
Butler that when the persuasive clio.
quence of the senator from Nevada had
had little further play the New York
senator would drop completely over on
the silver side. Laughter.
Mr.. Stewart modestly concurred IN
this view.
Mr.. HoAR's POSITION.
Mr.. Hoar asked Mr.. Butler ques-
ton, which he answered in the Yankee
fashion by asking another: whether
the senator from Massachusetts, held
that the senate could change its rules
except finder the rules.
Mr.. Hoar-It there were motion
made to amend the rules, ana that
after debate, or after what Is called
hllibustering had gone so far that in
the opinion OF the constitutional pre-
siding officer of this body, who is
chosen by the American people and not
| by the senate, and whose duty is pre-
scribed by the constitution had reached
n point which applied to his mind that
further discussion was intended to pre-
vent action, it would be in his power
and would be his duty to say to the
senate shall | put this question without
further debate or dilatory motions, and
thereupon to direct the yeas and nays
to be called, permitting no man to
interfere, and il majority Of the senate
said YEA" it would be his duty to put
that question.
Mr.. Butler said that as fair n man as
the vice president was, he should resent
making him the depository OF the power
to saw when debate should terminate,
even with his party in the majority, be-
cause it was. in his opinion, subversIve
to the very foundation principles upon
which the government was framed.
Mr.. Butler, referring TO the remarks
Of Mr.. Mills, oil Texas, said that the
government was .paralyzed because one
little measure could not be gotten
through the senate as rapidly and as
hurriedly as its advocates demanded.
The particular measure pending before
the senate might be paralyzed laughter,
| but the government was not. Taking
up the remark OF Mr. Mills that he and
the senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman)
would grasp hands on the pending bill,
drew a laughable picture OF the senator
from Ohio, whom he characterized as
the arch enemy OF silver, and the senG-
tor from Texas voluptuously embracing.
one another, land when the election
laws are reached, ii the government gets
over its paralysis, and when the tariff
bill for revenue only is reached, ii it
survives that paralysis, how the sena-
tor from Texas will rush into the arms
of the senator from Ohio and embrace
him again and again, because OF the fact
that they had shaken hands across the
financial chasm." Laughter.
But, Mr.. President, the age OF won
ders and surprises would not end with
seeing me in the arms OF the senator
from Kansas and the senator from
Texas in the arms OF the senator from
Ohio. We shall, hope, live to sec
long, fond, cordial, gushing embrace
between the senator from Now York,
tMr. Hill), and the President OF the
United States. Laughter.
"That would be picture for tho
artist How long and lingering and
loving it will be. Laughter
Mr.. Butler closed with an appeal for
compromise. and Mr., Palmer was
about to address the senate when Mr..
Teller withdrew his motion to amend
the journal, disposing OF the question
pending before the senate. The journ-
al was approved and the repeal bill was
then taken up, for the first time since
Monday.
Mr.. Manderson gave notice OF an
amendment to the rules. 1t provides
that if upon a vote by yeas and nays it
appears to the chair upon recapituation
and before the announcement OF the re.
suit that quorum has not voted he
shall call upon senators present and
not voting by name to vote, and
shall direct the secretary to add to the
list OF senators voting the names Of sen.
ators present and not voting, including
those announcing pairs or those who
may or may not be excused from voting,
and to enter the same on the journal.
| Mr.. Peffer, Popuiist, Kansas, then re.
snmed his speech against the Dill began
on Friday.
At sos the senate, upon motion Of
Mr.. Voorhees,, took recess until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
A COMPROMISE