The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-12
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have government that can
administer itself. Idle, vapid talk
takes place in the papers in regard to
the adjustment of the Senate of the
United States. The Senate can no
more be abolished than can the consti-
tuition, for it is a great part thereof;
but it can be governed by rules of its
own making, so as to make itself an
acting and a proper and reasonable
body of legislation I am tender of
minorities,'' said Voorhees,; Il would
not injure the minority; but shall the
minority govern? Answer me. Shall
the minority govern? Somebody has
to rule; somebody has to control this
government Shall it bessthe minority
or the majority? The senator from
Idaho had signified that possibly they
had majority. Then let us ascertain
that by a vote, and we will submit to it
gladly, willingly, if we are in the mi
nority. VIII you? No. Then the ques-
ton comes, whether we have a govern
ment at all. / stand here tonight not
talking of compromise. stand for the
rule of the majority. There is a
mighty principle involved in this, and
| if go down will go down with my
flag nailed to the masthead If a COM
promise is to take place on the princi-
pie that the minority has the right to
dictate, it will be done by others, not
by me-
Harris, Oemocrat) of Tennessee, and
Jones, Democrat of Arkansas said
they voiced the sentiments of
several senators when they declared
they would never vote for uncondition-
al repeal, and that Voorhees, could
nave as long session as he liked.
Butler, Oemocrat} of South Carolina.
said VOORHEES, had gone a step beyond
the issue when he. said the question
now confronting the Senate was
whether the government. should stop:
whether the Senate was capable of
self-government. rs the country to
be impressed with the conviction, be-
cause the repeal bill cannot pass the
Senate said Butler, that there is a
revolution in the country and the SEN
ate cannot govern itself? I submit
in common fairness to those who are
| opposing it, that the conclusion is
neither legitimate, logical nor fair
But the edict has gone forth and the
country'S government must stop until
| the bill does pass, and we must per-
haps obey. For one I will not obey,
as long as | have the power under the
constitution to express my obedience. y
Dolph, Republican, of Oregon, read
from the Congressional Record extracts
! from the debate on the federal cleo
ton bill some years ago to show those
on the Democratic. side were not al
ways willing for the majority to
rule. The majority did not prevail on
that occasion. 81 will stay as long
as the senator from Indiana desires, y
said Dolph, but if there fails to be a
quorum | am going home"
| From z o'clock until IL, the debate
continued without any unusual fea-
lures, Allen still retaining the floor
| The crowd in the galleries did not
diminish until IL !. O clock. Gradually
the senators commenced vanishing
and as midnight approached there
were less than dozen in their seats
but the thunderous voice of the big
Populist from Nebraska showed no
signs of weakening. OF the twenty
nine books he had stacked upon his
The remaining twenty-six represented
SO much stored-up ability to talk
against time.
Exactly at II o'clock, Dubois arose
and remarked. as he looked about
the chamber:
"Mr President: believe a quorum
is not present.
The vice-president directed the clerk
to call the roll.
From the cloak rooms and entrances
the senators crowded into the cham
Der.
When the roll call was completed
Stevenson announced that fifty-fye
senators were present, a quorum, and
directed Senator Allen to proceed.
The Nebraskan promptly took the
floor again and the quorum as
promptly began to disappear through
the cloak room doors.
At 12:45, Senator Dubois again called
attention to the fact that no quorum
was present and the occupants of the
cloak rooms again filed hastily into the
lchamber and the vice-preSident an
lnounced fifty-three senators, a quo
rum, was present.
After several sarcastic passages be-
tween Palmer, of Illinois, White, of
Louisiana, and Allen, the latter re-
sumed his Speech
| At a. m, Hoar, YEARLY interrupted
Allen to know candidly whether the
Nebraskan did not think his speech
an over-production.
| Allen holly asked Hoar if he wanted
| to insult him, whereupon the senator
from Massachusetts purged himself
apologizing humbly, and equilibrium
was restored.
At las the galleries were almost
empty.
At M, Daniel made point of no
| quorum and the sleepy senators
poured in to answer to their names.
The call developed the presence of SO
senators.
There are no signs of weakening on
either side.
At a. m, a hot alteration between
| Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire,
and Senator Allen, over the cause of
agricultural depression in New Eng
| land was in progress.
At 3:45 a. m. Dubois again made the
point of no quorum. On this roll call
Wolcott appeared in the chamber for
the first time during the night, but
with the other free silver Republicans
he refrained from answering. Fifty
four senators responded.