Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
He Devotes Considerable Attention
to Senator Hill.
AS TO A GOA LITION

making 1t show the presence of Senators
Allen and Kyle on a roll call. they being in
the chamber and not answering.
Mr. Morgan Again.
Mr.. Morgan (Ala) reopened the argument
of the question.
He imagined a case in which two Senators
voted aye upon q bill. and one Senator
voted no, while the rest Of the Senators re-
mained in their seats silent. and he asked
whether that bill could be said to have
passed the Senate. Those who had sat by
and not voted might have meant to say by
their silent negative votes that they were
unwilling to do business of that sort They
might have said: 1T Is true that we are
here; 1t is true that we do not answer to
our names. But our presence and silence
indicate that We are not here for the pur-
pose Of doing the business that you want
to do. We have a right to be here to see
what kind Of q record you are going to
make"
Mr.. Morgan then took up the decision Of
the Supreme Court, which was referred to
yesterday as being in favor Of the right Of
q presiding officer to count a quorum. He
said that that decision could not be twisted
into a support Of that doctrine. Except by
the artfulness Of an astute politician. A
fair-minded lawyer could not do it,
Attention to Mr. Hill.
The Supreme Court, Mr.. Morgan said,
udu ucNcT CldiIHcu tLS power 10 QeClQe
the constitutionality or unconstitutionality
Of the rule Of either house. It could not
do it. That was q political question In
which the Supreme Court never concerned
itself. Then he applied his argument to Mr.
Hill. and said: 1T is only those men who
have easy consciences who follow the Su-
preme Court. There are men in the world
whose conSctenceS are SO very easy that
tney can bend them to any purpose which
their political necessities may require ut
any time But such men have no lust con-
ception Of the rights and duties of.the rep
resentatives of the people and the states
Men OF that class may follow the Supreme
Court around and be willing to take an oath
or allegiance to its opinions one way to-
day, and to its opinions another way to-
morrow" In this connection Mr. Morgan
referred to the fact that after the decision
OF the Supreme Court against legal tender
government notes. the court had been in
creased from seven to nine, the case had
been argued again. AND the first decision
reversed. He was corrected on that point
by Mr. Hoar CMass). who gave the facts
IN the case and asserted that the increase
Of the court had been provided for by Con-
ress. and two judes CMessrs. Bradley and
Strong) nominated before the first legal
tender decision had been made.
Mr. Hi1ps War Record.
Mr.. Morgan came back. after this epi-
sode. to the Senator from New York, whom
and forth like a weavers shuttle" He did
not know that q man could c. q more un-
dignified or a more unmaniy thing than to
say he would stand by the decision of the
Supreme Court today and would stand by
an opposite decision tomorrow. The Sena-
tor from New York had referred to his
CMr. Morgan's) devotion to another con-
stitution than that Of the United States
He did not. he said. have much respect for
men who were constantly referring to the
war period Of 1861, and who had not the
pluck to shoulder a gun and go out to fight
His respect did not extend to that class, as
1t did to men like Palmer. Morrison,
Sickles, Randall, who had taken muskets
In their hands and said: I'VE will try this
question with you on issue Of battle" He
was not alarmed when he heard one Of
those gentlemen question his (Mr. Nor
gan's) attitude in 1851. An honest soldier
who had fought him on the war never did
tutes and stayed at home, and plead the
baby act, or something Of that kind, who
were in the habit Of getting up in the SEN
ate and elsewhere and quoting the fact
that he (Mr. Morgan) had belonged to the
secession government Of the south. He had
belonged to it. and was not ashamed of
the fact. If there had been any men in the
world entitled to the consideration Of the
human family they were such men as old
John Knox and old John Wesley and Mar
tin Luther-men who had fought the bat
ties Of Christianity, who fought against the
might and majesty Of the greatest combi-
nation Of political, civil and religious pow
ers that ever existed-for freedom Of con-
science These were the men whom he
revered in history-not those petty poll
ticians who figured and rose to the sur
face like bubbles upon a stagnant pond, and
exploded and left nothing behind them but
mephitic odors. Oaughter)
Actaeon and His Dogs.
Then Mr.. Morgan spoke Of the ill-treat-
ment of Senator George some weeks ago
when he was forced to go on with his
speech, although in ill-health at the time,
and recalled the classical legend OF Actaeon
and his dogs: how, after the dogs had
caught and devoured the game, they had
turned upon their master and consumed
him. He warned his democratic colleagues
that that would be their fate in the coali.
tion which they had entered into to pass the
bill
"You are" said he. addressing himself to
those delegates, turning your dogs loose
here-I do not mean literally, but metaphor
ically Qaughter)-upon men who are rep
resentative men In the highest sense Of the
word and who want to do their duty to their
constituents and to the country; and after
a while. when your hounds have destroyed
us. they will turn upon you and rend you
to pieces. They will have no more use for
you than a boy has for a last years birds
nest after they have done manipulating you
and carrying you along in their little politi-
cal machine"
That Coalition.
Mr.. Morgan then came to the coalition"
which he had spoken of yesterday and de-
clared his conviction that there was one.
One proof of 1t was that his democratic
brethren (who were a minority on the silver
question: would not 60 into caucus. 1t was
the first time that he had ever heard OF
"clcse communion" set up in the democratic
party. 1t might do for a Hard-sheL Bap-
tist church, but 1t would not begin to do for
the democratic party. Another proof Of 1t
was the friendly intercourse and associa-
tion which he saw between some democrats
and the genial leading lights of ancient and
modern republicanism In the Senate cham
Der. There used to be no brotherhood at all
between them. but now they stuck as close
as a stamp stuck to letter. He had never
seen anything which better illustrated the
adage about politics making strange bed
fellows. He repeated what he had said yes
terday as to his intention to move a substi-
tute repeating the whole Gnstead OF a part)
Of the Sherman act
As to q Vote,
"And will you let VI vote upon it7" MI
Frye asked