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and then use the power which they

gave.
Mr.. Morgan went on to speak of the
alliance and coalitIon' between Ger
tain Democratic senators and certain
Republican senators as certain to dis
rupt the Democratic party, and he asked
whether his Democratic colleagues were
willing'to strike that fatal blow. The
coalition in the senate was created in
defense of the national banks and for
the purpose of destroying silver money.
~ wish to say for myself that that is
untrue" saia Mr.. Gray (Dem., Del.).
"lf the senator from Delaware" said
MIR. Morgan, wants to make personal
application of that remark, | have not
applied it to hlm-I cannot help it."
Mr.. Morgan, in the course of his
speech, said he proposed to offer an
amendment to the bill to strike out all
after the enacting clause, and insert a
section repeating the whole, and not a
part of the Sherman law.
MIR. WASHBURN THOUGHT
over for some time the declaratian of
Mr.. Morgan as to coalition, and after
Mr.. Morgan had left the subject, asked
Llll w udI llG DY IL.
II mean an agreement" said Mr.
Morgan, "betWeen the Democrats and
Republicans who favor the pending bill,
that 1t shall not be amended in any par
ticular whatever. That is the first
proposition. Is that right ?"
go on" urged Mr.. Washburn.
"Is that right?" persisted Mr.. Nor
gan.
'After the senator shall have made
his statement desire to state that there
is no coalition of any description" said
Mr.. Washburn.
mo agreement or understanding of
any character or description, and when
the senator states that there is a coali-
tion he does a very grave injustice to
every man on this side of the cham
ber."
~ will not yield the floor to the SEN
ator to abuse me-" said Mr.. Morgan.
Il do not intend to-" disclaimed MI.
Washburn.
"Then sit down." demanded Mr.. Nor
gan.
~ want to defend myself" said Mr..
Washburn, land my Republican col
leagues from the charge of the senator
from Alabama"
1.-The senator was intruding himself
in matter in which did not have him
in mind" said Mr.. Morgan.
~ did not have him in mind as a
leader of the Republican party"
II stand here as Republican" re-
piled Mr.. Washburn, excitedly, ''and l
am not to be stamped and insulted for
my position"
II ain here on this floor" declared
Mr.. Morgan. def1antly, Irresponsible for
every word l say, either in this chamber
or outside. You understand that?"
"Perfectly," Mr.. Washburn re-
sponded.
"PerfectIy responsible" said Mr.
Morgan, in emphasis of his original
statement.
Mr.. Morgan went on with his argu-
ment. In the course of it Mr.. Morgan
alluded to Senator Sherman as one of
the leaders of the coalition, and Sena-
tors Lodge and Hill he called 1.-The
juveniles from Massachusetts and New
York"
He proceeded to argue against the
position
TAKEN BY MIR. HILL,
which brought that senator to his feet
to state exactly what his position was.
Il claim first" said he, "that il is
within the power of the presiding officer
Qn the absence of express rules to the
contrary to determine the presence of a
quorum. My second proposition is that
there is no rule of the senate which eX-
pressly, or even impliedly, forbids that
| action"
Mr.. Gray could not call to mind
any provocation for MIR. Morgan's
'heroics." nor could he see much of an
argument in support of any of the inn
| portant propositions pending. Vitupera-
| tion was not argument, and imputatlons
on the motives of others did not carry
| conviction.
On the question of cloture. Mr.. Nor.
| gan detied the senators to establish such
rule. He would not be alarmed into
| suboIdinatlOn TO the scheme of any one
by anything of the kind, nor would he
| surrender his constitutional rights in re-
| sponSe to bowling, rampant demands OF
| concession to the national banks.
"If | must die here" said Mr. Morgan
| In closing, Il will die like an honorable
man at my post"
| Mr.. Gray took issue with Mr.. Hill
| That senator was in error in saying
| there was no rule that covered the case
expressly or implicitly. He read por-
ton of the rule to show that the preSid.
! ing officer could not act in accordance
with Mr.. Hips suggestion. He had de-
nOunced the proposition before on the
| force bill as step toward absolutism
and he denounced it now. He did moi
propose to blow hot and cold. Messrs
Allen and Kyle took occasion to deny
that that they were present when the
| roll in question was called. Mr.. Hill
| said he had not expected to convince
1 I,A h. =. = I,
| preme court and were not willing tC
| bow to its decision.
Mr.. Hill then paid his respects to Mr.
Morgan.
1t was true, Mr.. Hill said, that there
were politicians in New York. He sup
posed there were no politicians in Ala
bama. They were all statesmen from
that country. Laughter
MIR. Morgan had spoken of his | fe.
long devotion to the constitution. 81
supposed" said Mr.. Hill, that for a
brief period my friend was supporting
another constitution, but may be mis-
taken" Applause.] AS to Mr.. Morgan's
talk about dying at his post,
MIR. HILL HAD HEARD
like statements by men who were going
to "die in the last ditch, but" SAID Mr.
Hill. there are many of them left.'
| Renewed laughter
Then MIR. Hill, referring to remark
of Mr.. MOrgan'S that the decision of the
supreme court did not bind his con
science, related an anecdote OF
lawyer arguing case before a justice
of the peace, who read chapter from
Blackstone, not for the purpose O
showing that the justice was wrong
but to show what fool Blackstone was
Laughter.l So he (Mr. HilD had reaC
| oL,o
gan was wrong, for he was always right
but for the purpose of showing what ;
fool the supreme court mad made o
itself.
Referring to a remark of Mr.. Nor
gan complimentary of Allen G. Thur
man, Mr.. Hill said he supposed Mr.
Morgan in making the tribute had II
view all the record made in. the senate
He then read from the journal of th
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