The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-26

ton made to amend the rules and that
motion was presented the presiding Of
hcer after debate or after what is
called tilibustering had gone so
far that in the opinion of the constitu-
tlonal presiding officer of this body,
who is chosen by the American people
and not by the senate, and whose duty
is prescribed by the constitution, had
reached a point which implied to his
mind that further discussion was in
tended to prevent action, it would be
in his power and would be his duty to
say to the senate, Shall l 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 if
the majority of the senate said YEA"
it would be his duty to put that ques-
ton.
Senator Butler said that as fair a
man as the vice president was, he
should resent making him the deposit
tory OF power to say when a debate
should terminate, even with his party
In majority, because it was, in his
opinion, subversive of the very founda.
ton principles upon which our gov.
eminent was framed. Taking up the
remark Of Senator Mills, that he and
the senator from Ohio (Sherman)
would clasp hands on the pending
bill, Senator Butler drew a laughable
picture of the senator from Ohio
(whom he characterized as an arch
enemy of silver and the senator from
Texas voluptuously embracing one an
other. And when the election
laws are reached, and when
the tariff bill for revenue only is
reached, how the senator 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 chasn. But, Mr. President,
the age of wonders and surprises will
not end with seeing me in the arms of
the senator from Kansas, and the sem
ator from Texas in the arms of the
senator from Ohio. We shall, hope
live to see long, fond, cordial, gush-
ing embraces between the senator
from New York (HilD and the presi-
dent of the United States. Laughter |
That would be picture for an artist
How long and lingering and loving
it will be. Laughter. A bucket of
boiling hot water would not separate
them. We are going to have a great
many surprises of this kind. 1t would
not surprise me to see my venerable
friend from Nevada, (Stewart) rushing
up to the White House to embrace the
president" Laughter. Senator
Butler closed with an appeal for com
promise and Senator Palmer was
about to address the senate when
Senator Teller withdrew his motion to
amend The Journal, disposing of the
question pending before the senate.
The Journal was approved, and the
repeal bill taken up, for the first time
since Monday.
Senator Henderson gave notice of
an amendment to the rules. 1t pro-
vides that if upon vote by yeas and
nays it appears 10 the chair upon the
recapitulation and before the an
nouncement of the result that a
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 senators not vot-
ing, including those announcing pairs
or who may or may not have been ex
cused and to enter their names on The
journal.
Senator PETER resumed his speech
against the bill begun Friday.
At 500 the senate took recess until
| tomorrow.
Mr.. Cultivate from the committee
on rules reported special order for con
sideration of the bankruptcy bill be-
ginning next Monday at o'clock and
continuing every day thereafter until
disposed of. The rule does not pro-
vide for closure
Mr. McRae (Ark.) called up the bill
granting some 1000 acres of land to
Arizona to use in connection with the
territorial prison at Yuma. Passed.
Mr.. Wheeler, from the committee on
territories, called up the bill requiring
railroad companies which have been
granted right of way through terri
torial lands of the United States to
maintain stations at all town sites es-
tablished by the interior department..
Mr.. Flynn (Okla) criticised the
cour.e of the interior department
White Indians have been allowed to
steal the original railroad sites and
now the interior department wanted
to force the railroads to establish sta
tions at the government sites. He be-
lieved they ought to nave staIlons'
but the government should not under
take to annihiliate other towns by re-
tusing postal facilities.
The morning hour expired pending
action, and consideration of the print,
ing bill was resumed, but suspended
till Q o'clock, when, by previous order,
the house proceeded to pay tribute to
the memory of the late Representative
Mntchler of Pennsylvania, Eulogies
were delivered and the house ad-
journed.
MARsEILLEs' survivors.