The sun., 1893-10-18

ished. Dubois. the irrepressible, says he 10
going to make three or more speeches II neo-
essary George spoke part OF day on .
speech which he said no could prolong six
weeks il he wanted to.
He may do so. for he has not finished yet.
Jones spoke all OF Saturday. and then said he
was in his introduction and had not got down
to his argument. Martin talked the livelona
day after Mr.. Aliens night sweat, and is good
for as long as his larynx will hold out Nor.
gan has spoken several times. and has not vet
made his speech. He Is counted on to speak
for several days.
reffer has spoken through parts OF many
days and nights on a speech that is still un.
finished. He boldly declares his purpose to
delay q vote until he is ready for It. Emma
Mine Stewart has spoken 80 often and so long
that II would take a weeks work to ascertain
from the Congressional Record the number Of
his speeches
lIc literally began one day In the middle ofs
sentence where he left off several days before.
and his speech was largely composed Of news
paper extracts. lfthere was any point in that
harangue 1t was against what he 10 forever do.
nouncinR as Those Hessians OF Wall street,
and the Uirelings OF British gold"
Teller. tho real leader Of these men who
ignore the American rulo Of the majority. has
done tho same thing rs Stewart. except that
he has always used his brains and has con-
fined himself to parliamentary rules and
tactics Much as he has spoken he has
not yet made his speech. Mr.. Wolcott the
Colorado pearl OF great price has made
two or three legitimate speeches. and It ID
only fnir to say that he has not yet appeared
as fllibuster. His speeches have been
called for by remarks OF his antagonists.
though he made one set speech. and finished
1t when his arguments ran out.
To boil the obstructionists' record down to its
foundations. the following are the mon who
have repeatedly and boldly posed as obstruo-
tlonists. and who yet declare themselves
entirely loyal to tho business interests
Of the country. They are Cockrell. Du-
bois. Morgan. PETER. Stewart. ana Tel.
Ter. A clerk OF the Senate has put into
the hands OF THE Sun reporter list
OF the pages Of the Congressional Record upon
which obstructionist speeches are to be found.
This list shows that Cockrell is report
ed on ten pages. some OF the pages con.
tanning more than one speech. one
Of them containing four. and some OF
them running over page: Dubois's record is
on ten pages Morgan's ia on ten. PETER ap-
pears on sixteen pages. Stewart Is reported
as speaking thirty-two different times. and
Teller arose In his seat SO frequently as to
contribute ffty-two bricks to tho obstruction
pile.
rs CLOSURE TO BE THE ouTcoME7
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. who introduced
something like closure resolution. was talked
to about the way out of the present public di.
lemma. The purpose Of his resolution was
simply to have the Senate resolve to vote on
the Repeal bill within two weeks afterithe bill
reached the Senate.
There is no doubt" said Mr. Lodge that
the outcome Of this situation will be
- ~
ate. do not hope to see IL
brought about now. 1t would not do
to confuse with the bill which is now the sub
ject Of debate. 1t Is q subject that cannot be
brought up and acted upon in the heat OF an
earnest contention. but It must follow or pre-
cede such dispute and serve as guide for
future legislation. know that tho silver mon
make interesting objections to closure. and
that some Of the Senators have records In tho
Senate that bar them from active work for tho
measure, but there are not two sides to tho
question. Without closure there never can be
any legislation to which minority objects.
Don't you see that tho present situation 10
ridiculous2 The majority Of men are elected
to come here for certain purpose. They cam
not return to their constituents and say. We
did not do what you wished US to do. We were
in majority. but the minority wouldn't let us
do anything In such situation the minority
could return to the country and say. Obi We
didn't have anything to do with any legisla-
tion. the majority Is responsible Tho fact 10
that In such situation nobody Is responsible.
All responsibility is lost The republican form
OF government can not be maintained on any
such basis"
In the course OF further conversation Lodge.
in speaking Of the Vice. President. said that he
could not refuse to recognize . minority man
arbitrarily and so close the era OF hlibuster-
ing: nor could he OF his own motion intro
duce the subject OF closure But II the sub.
ject was already introduced. and was pending.
the Vice. President would be obliged to ask
the Senate to vote upon 1t after legitimate de-
bate upon the subject had ended
When reminded that the Vice President was
not member OF the Senate. but was merely
an automaton put there to observe certain
formulas. Mr.. Lodge was still inclined to the
belief that in such a juncture as he described
tho Vice President would be obliged to call .
vote upon the resolution. But he added that
the point could be avoided by the mere hand
ing over the chair to member OF the body.
who would certainly have the right to direct
his own associates in the course they should
pursue
1t remains to be said that one OF the customs
OF the Senate interferes with this plan. be-
cause the Senate has in Mr.. Harris OF Tennes-
REQ u uA0u WIZ 10 thO
man who takes the Vice Presidents place
when the Vice President is away.
Ex-sPEAKER REEDS REMEDY.
Ex-speaker Reed. tho whllom Gear OF the
House. was asked what he thought about the
situation In the Senate. He was as ready to
tolk wisely as the opposite currents OF electrt
city are always ready to sparkle when they
meet.
"Oh." he said. II sec they are getting so far
in the Senate that they are talking about the
only thing they have not initiated ip the
House. They are talking about counting .
quorum"
WELL" said tho Sun man, "it Ia useless to
ask you what you would do. You are the only
man In the United States to whom 1t Is nom
sense to put such a question. But how can
they force q vote or apply closure in the
Senator"
oh" said Mr., Reed. 1T all rests with the
He can demand = vote and
force vote"
But he Ia not like the Speaker OF the House.