The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-12
ran STRUGGLE NJ rHE sENArE.
The story of the First Days Test of Phssi-
cal Endurance.

Washington, Oct. lin the Senate
the repeal bill was taken up and
Cockrell, of Missouri, resumed his
speech, begun Monday. He said the
opponents of the bill were ready to
pass it, if amended
In the afternoon, Cockrell yielded the
floor to Smith, Democrat, of New York,
who spoke in favor of repeal.
Irby, Populist, of South Carolina,
followed in opposition. The people of
South Carolina, he said, do not intend
to be driven out of the Democratic
party by the president or any self
constituted leaders of the Democratic
party. Representatives of the Republic
can states had foisted on the Demo-
ocratic party a nominee who dldn't
represent it. That was unfair, and
now it was hagrantly wrong for that
nominee to use the Republican party
to pass laws that mean ruin and des-
truction to the poorer classes of the
south and west.
The Joint resolution permitting the
state Of Wisconsin to place statue
of Pere Marquette in statuary hall
was passed.
Cockrell resumed the floor and con-
Guided his speech with a reference TO
tbe presidents letter to Governor
Northern, saying there was but one
man in public life who had more I'M
filed predictions than Cleveland, ana
that was John Sherman.
Allen, of Nebraska, then resumed the
floor until sos, when he yielded to
Dubois. who asked if Voorhees, pro-
posed to make the usual adjournment
motion.
voorhees, replied he felt it to be his
highest duty to ask the Senate to stay
lin continuous session until the pend
ing measure was disposed of.
Dubois. in reply, said the country
was drifting steadily toward the sill
Iver side of the controversy, and ad-
Ided: "You know as well when you start
as you will know when you emerge
from the struggle, that you must fail.
With conditions as they now exist in
the Senate, there is no hope of radical
Legislation. If you conclude to abandon
lappeals to reason and sense and risk
the settlement of this great question
to a test of which side can stand the
most punishment, we desire to give
notice now that we shall protect our
side by every means in our power.
We will insist that you furnish a quo
rum and keep it constantly in the
chamber, if it takes innumerable roll
to follow must rest on you as well as
L its physical effects on individual sena-
tors"
VOORHEES, replied at great length:
I'VE will see who fails in this tran
saction before we are DONE" said be,
and he asked the senator from Idaho
whether he would fix day to take a
vote
Dubois said there were distinguished
senators who had not talked on the
subject and he could not nor could any
one else say when the debate would
probably close.
II understand the situation perfec-
tly we'll" said Voorhees,, and he ad-
ded that this episode in the history of
the Senate would result in reforming
the rules. Il believe said he. that
this body should have rules by which
to conclude the discussion and reach
a vote, higher, more reasonable, more
rule on which we are entering now,
which is the only one. The opponents
of this bill will not name any day for
a vote. They will resort to dilatory
measures to prevent action being ta-
ken at ALL Who is to quit? Sir, ]
would rather be carried from this desk
feet foremost and put to sleep at my
home in Terre Haute for ever than to
yield the principle that the majority
| has a right TO govern. l stand here for
the highest principle of free govern
ment known to history We started
| in here some weeks ago to discuss
/ the repeal of a bad measure of finan-
| eial legislation We have reached the
question of free government. We have
Preached the question Of constitutional