The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-28
rHE pERATE IN DETAIL.

A Breezy Time Between German ana
waIcott-The Senate DegensratiDE.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept 27.-1p the
senate this morning the resolution
offered yesterday by Mr.. Dubois. REP,
Idaho) to postpone legislation respect
ing federal election laws, finance and
tariff until January 10, 1894, because Of
the senatorial vacancies in the senator
ial representation of Washington, Mon
tana and Wyoming, was taken up and
Mr.. Dubois addressed the senate in adj
yocacy of ita adoption. He detailed
the importance of the question in
volyed and the interest Of these but
partially represented states in the leg
islation engaging the attention OF Con-
gress. He had no doubt il the resolu-
tions were adopted that the governors
of these states would lay aside every
other consideration than that OF duty
to their states and that the full quota
Of senators would be present when
Congress resumed consideration OF the
mattars referred TO in the resolution.
Mr.. Washburn, (Rep., Minnesota, in
ouired whether there was any more
prospect OF the election OF senators
from these states If the resolution were
adopted than there was now.
Mr.. Dubois had not the shadow Of
doubt that thelegal legislatures'w would
be assembled and would elect senators
II these matters were postponed. The
people OF those states firmly believed
that the senate intended TO rob them of
part of their representation and then
pass these laws before they could send
senators TO the senate. He repudiated
that idea but It was prevalent in those
states.
Mr.. Chandler, (Rep., New Hampshire.)
suggested that the best course to pur-
sue was to postpone the resolution until
legitimate debate on the repeal bill was
exhausted.
soME INVITATIONS.
When the subject was before the sem
ate at the last session 1t was said that
there was a majority Of twelve in favor
Of seating them. When the senate met
10 extraordinary session and behetd
the majority had vanished and the sem
ators were finally denied seats. He
made NO accusations against senators
whom he knew had changed their pur-
pose, their attitude and their votes
upon the question. He was not here
to make imputation upon their motives.
He was bound to presume that they
were not influenced by their desires
with reference to the silver question, or
by their desires to increase the Demo.
cratic majority in the senate.
,,The senator refers TO the senator
from Kansas (Mr. Petfer)T asked Mr..
Mitchell.
"I referred to no one, but since the
senator has alluded to the senator from
Kansas want to say honor him for
changing his vote and giving his
reasons Tor it, more than I do the sena.
tors who changed their minds and
votes and gave no reasons
Mr.. Walcott (Rep., Colorado.) said it
is true that BY some sudden and mex
plicable change the vote on the question
Of the admission Of senators from those
states, underwent complete metamor.
phosis, but like many other marvellous
changes In the senate in the last few
months, nothing could be gained by in-
curing into iE Those changes re.
minded him Of the utterance Of sancho
PanSa, that every man is Is God hath
made him, and often times q great deal
worse" Laughter,
Continuing, Mr.. Walcott said the OPP
ponents Of repeal knew that the Demo-
cratic side Of the senate did not favor
cloture! On the Republican side, out
side OF the silver senatorss there were
many senators Who did not favor oloture.
Mr.. Aldrich rep, Of Rhode lsland)
asked whether the senator from Colo.
rado spoke for all the senators who
sympathised with him on the silver
question when he said a vote could be
had on eloture proposition.
Mr.. Walcott said he did mot speak for