The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-18

banks and for the purpose OF destroying
silver money. ..,-..-
untrue" said Mr. Gray DEM OF
IF the senator from Delaware, " said
Mr. Morgan wants to make personal
application of that remark have not
applied it to him cannot help it
MORGAN TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Morgan in the course of his speech
said he proposed to offer an amendment
TO the bill to strikeou out all after the enact
ing clause. and insert section repeating
the whole and not part of the Sherman
law.
MIR Washburn thought over for some
time the declaration of Mr. Morgan as to
a coalition, and after Mr.. Morgan had
left the subject asked him what he meant
by it. ~,
II mean an agreement" said Mr.. Nor
gan, between the democrats and repuo-
iicans who favor tire pending bill that 1t
shall not be amended in any particular
whatever That is the first proposition;
Is that right!'
go on, urged Mr.. Washburn.
rs that right2' persisted Mr.. Nor
gan.
After the senator shall have made his
statement, desire to state that there IS
not a coalition of any description an
swered Mr. Washburn, mo agreement
or understanding of any character or de-
scription, and when the senator states
that there is a coalition he does very
grave injustice to every man on this side
Of the chamber
THE TILT BECOMES EXCITING.
Il will not yield the floor to the sena-
tor to abuse me, " said Mr. Morgan.
q do not intend to-" exclaimed Mr..
Washburn.
"Then, sit down, " demanded Mr.. Nor
II want to defend myself" said Mr..
Washburn, land my republican colleagues
from the charge Of the senator from
Alabama"
'sThe senator was intruding himself in
a matter in which did not have him in
mind, " said Mr. Morgan. Il did not
have him in mind as a leader of the Re-
publican party Laughter
Il stand here as a republican" re-
piled Mr. Washburn, excitedly, and am
not to be stamped and nsulted for my
position"
81 am here on the floor" declared Mr..
Morgan, deiantly, responsible for every
word l say either in this chamber or out
side You understand thatf'
"PerfeCtly,' Mr.. Washburn responded.
Perfectly responsible added Mr..
Morgan, in emphasis of his original state
ment.
Mr. Morgan then went on with his ar
gument. In the course of it, Mr.. Morgan
alluded to Mr.. Sherman as one of the
leaders of the coalition, and to Messrs.
Lodge and Hill, whom he called the iu-
veniles from Massachusetts and New
York" He proceeded to argue again the
position taken by Mr.. HILL which brought
that senator TO his feet to state exactly
what his position was.
HILL AGAIN EXPLAINS HIS POSITION.
II claim first, " said he, that it is with
in the power of the presiding officer, in
the absence of express rules to the con-
trary, to determine the presence of
quorum. My second proposition is that
there is no rule of the Senate which ex
pressly or even imphedly forbids that &C
ton"
MIR. Gray could not call to mind any
provocation for Mr.. Morgan's heroics,
nor could he see much of argument in
support of any of the important PROPOSE
lions pending. Vituperation was not ar
gument, and imputations on the motives
of others did not carry conviction.
On the question of closure, Mr.. Morgan
defed the senators to establish such a
rule He would not be alarmed into in
subordination to the scheme of any one
by anything of the kind, nor would he
surrender his constitutional rights in re-
Spouse TO the bowling, rampant demands
for concessions to the national banks IF
! must die here, " said Mr. Morgan in
closing, II will die as an honorable man
at my post
Mr. Gray took issue with Mr.. Hill
That senator was in error in saying that
there was no rule that covered the case
expressly or implicitly He read pOr-
tion of the rule TO show that the presid-
ing officer could not act in accordance
with Mr.. Hills suggestion. He had de
nOunced the proposition before on the
force bill as a step toward absolutism,
and he denounced it now. He did not
propose to blow hot and cold
Messrs. Allen and Kyle took occasion
to deny that they were present when the
roll in question was called.
HILL ATTACKS MoRGAN's LOYALTY.
MIR. Hill said that he had not expected
to convince the senators who had no re-
spect for the supreme court and were not
willing to bow to its decision
Mr.. Hill then paid his respects to Mr..
Morgan. 1T is true" Mr.. Hill said
chat there are politicians in New
York" He supposed that there were no
politicians in Alabama, they were all
Statesmen from that country Laugh
ter. Mr.. Morgan had spoken, of
his lifelong devotion to the con
stitution 81 supposed" said Mr.
Hill, that for brief period my
friend was supporting another cOnstitu-
ton, but l may be mistaken Applause. /
AS to Mr.. Morgans talk about dying at
his post. Mr.. Hill had heard like state
ments by men who were going to die in
the last ditch" "but" said Mr. Hill,
"there are many of them left" Renewed
laughter
HILL TELLS A FUNNY STORY.
Then Mr. Hill, referring to a remark of
Mr. Morgan's that the decision of the
supreme court did not bind his con-
science, related an anecdote of a lawyer
urging case before a justice of the peace
who read a chapter from Blackstone not
for the purpose of showing that the jus.
tice was wrong, but to show what
a fool Blackstone was, laughter
so he, Mr.. Hill had read
the decision not to show that Mr.
Morgan was wrong, for he was always
right, but for the purpose of showing
what fool the supreme court had made
of itself. Referring to a remark of MIR
Morgan complimentary to Allen G. Thur.
man, Mr.. Hill said he supposed Mr.. Nor
gan, IN making that tribute. had in view
all the record made by Mr.. Thurman il
the Senate. He thenrea from the journal
from the Senate when on one occasion
Mr.. Thurman. being temporarily called
TO the chair, and certain senator's refused
to vote, counted a quorum. The gale
Ties vigorously applauded the recital o