Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-19
TELEGRAPHIC.
STILL THEY TALK.
The Vital Question at Present Before
the House.
SHALL THE MAJORITY RULE!
Dull Sessions In the House Expected
During tho Remainder Of
the Week.
SHALL THE MAJORITY RULEs

moved 10 lay on the table the motion OF
Dolph to amend the journal. Agioed
To-, yeas IS, nays ..
Teller thon moved TO amend the
Journal, 90 that II would show ms
rfesence on a certain roll call, when he
did not respond to his name, ana ne
addressed the Senate. HrquOled from
a statement Of Carlisle IN regard TO IN.
Stating upon the pnssage OF the repeal
III, ana said;
"whnt right has the secretary OF the
treasury Co Interfere with uh IN this
matter? lTesent II myself hs u breach
Of lriviloge. When We surrender our
convictions, whether II bn ON the al.
woe OF the President or ON account OF
public clamor, the degradation Of the
Senate will begin, and tho usefulness
VI the Benats be at an end"
Allen here suggested that no quorum
was present. Roll call developed the
fact that iorty.oight senators were
present, anu Teller proceeded.
Speaking OF his right TO refrain nom
voting, Teller referred to the TACT that
Conkling, Carpenter and Blaine, when
membefe of tho Senate, had frequently
taken advantage OF this privilege anu
declared that no one would question
their know legc OF the Constitution anu
parliamentary law.
Daniel tDem.l OF Virginia regarded
those who called themselves the ina
Jority on tho pending question more
responsible for tho delays which had
occurred in coming TO vote than
those whom they described IA the
minority.
Daniel wished TO say TO Mills OF
Texas that lac (Daniolsl for One was
ready 10 submit the question to ma
lority OF the Democrats who had been
sent TO the senate charged with re-.
rponslbility. Was the senator from
Texas ready 10 20 into u conolaye with
hia Democratic brethren and ABIDE by
the rcsul2
Mills sat In his seat Immediately In
front Of Daniels and although this latter
paused, he maze no response.
81 eau ask questions OF oihers, but
caunot answer then" said Daniel, and
wave OF applause swept over tbs gall
lerles.
Alltich asked Daniel whether no be.
lieved there wAs any method under the
rules by which the majority could
reach a determination on the question
IN epite Of the tactics of tho minority.
vided for such contingency. II had
not been three days since the senator
from Rhode Island had declared that
the Senate had never wished to carry
cut the wish Of the majority. That
Daniel regarded Az full aud complete
answer, ana proceeded TO READ the
opinion Of j. q. Blaine, then speaker
OF the House, regarding dilatory mo-
tons.
Frye said II was the duty Of the pro-
siding officer, under his oath, to refuse
TO entertain dllatory motion. IL the
majority had adopted u proceeding Of
that Kind long ago there would have
been a vote ON the bill.
"Yes," replied Daniel, al the re-
pealefe would stay hero aud show their
faith by their works, perhaps we might
have had vote ON this bill"
Referring 10 a question ~ privilege,
Voorhees, characterized M "a Pigment "
Imagination the statement pJblished
this morning that there had been a
meeting OF the finance committee, ut
which Voorhees, was supposed TO state
by authority that no compromise would
take place on the repeal bill Ia which
he or the administration could be con-
Bldertd ~ factor.
Mills scored Daniel for the lattef'a
statement that the majority had been
guilty VI revolution, Who had been
guilty OF revolution, when the Senate
for more than two months had been
doing nothing, while indignation was
sweeping over the whole land.
~ do not blame tho minority, /
blame the majority, for sitting still
like children ana permitting the
IN h..
cannot pass an appropriation bill, or a
bill reducing taxation, nor help COM
morce, btosuse the Senate has left it,
rules and abdicated its power.
"The issue has entirely changed and
II is useless to discuss tho wisdom or
unwihdom Of the repeal OF the sherman
law. The whole question In which
the Amer can people have the deepest
intrIcnt today ~, shall the majority or
the minority Of tho legislative branch
rlle2 am aiked tauntingly, will GO
iutOA caucus, and will sign paper
that | will agree to abide by ana carry
into execution whatever the majority
In tho caucus shall write down. l ray
without any hesitation, no. have
not reached that point OF sulf-abaEe-
ment that | will come here aud
register the viii Of somebody else"
There was n time when he talked OF
compromise, but since the chiel OF thu
Democratic administration was
charged with inhdellly TO his party,
and there was the beginning 0i an
Standardization in the Senate, he
had Out his bridges and burned them
behind him on the subject Of COM
promise. He was Democrat who
stood by the organized administration
OF his party.
Al $50 Noohees moved that the
Senate take recess until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning, which was agreed
10.