The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-10-12

senate can NO moro % abolteheo tnau can
the constitution, for Il 10 . great part
thereof; but Il can bs governed by rulss
os its own making, % ~ 10 mako itssif an
acting aud proper and reasonable body Of
legislation. ! Am tender Of miroritiss.
would not injurs the minority. but shall
the minority govern? Answer me. Shall
the minority govsrn? Somebody has
10 rule; somebody has to control this
government; shall II be the mi.
nority or the majority? The senator
from Idaho signified that possibly they
bad . majority; then lst ~ ascertain that
By vote and we will submit to Il gladly.
willingly. u We arc tho minority. Will
you7 No. Then the question comes
whether We have o government at all. ]
stand here tonight not talking eompro-
mise, stand for the rule of the majority.
There 10 q mighty principle involved In
this, aud II 20 down. will 20 down with
my fiag nailed to the masthead. II compro-
mise IL to take place on the principle that
the minority has the right to dictate, 1t
will be by others, not by me-"
Harris, democrat, OF Tennessee, and
Jones. democrat, OF Arkansas. said they
voiced the sentiments OF several senators
when they declared they would never vote
for unconditional repeal and that voor-
hees could havo as long session rs he
liked.
Butler, democrat, South Carolina, said
Voorhees, had gone q step beyond the
issue when he said the question now cou.
fronting the senate 10 whether the govern
ment should stop; whether tho senate is
capable OF self government. lis the coun.
try to be impressed with the conviction
q hat ha,a al ha
ate," said Butler, "that there 10
revolution In the country and the
senate cannot govern itself? I submit Ia
common fairness to those who are
opposing II that this conclusion ID
neither legitimate. logical nor fair. This
bill Is not the pivot upon which the gov
ernmcnt hangs. But the edict has gone
forth aud the country's government must
stop until the bill doos pass aud We mus,
perhaps obey. For one. will not obey, al
long rs have power under the constitu.
tion to express my my'disobediencc."
Dolph road from tho congressional
records extracts from the debate on the
federal election bill some years ago to
show that those on the democratic side
now are always willing for majority rule
The majority did not prevail on that ques
tion. II will stay as long as the senator
from Indiana dcsiros," said Dolph, ''bu
IL there fails to be quorum, am going
home"
From 7 o'clock until II o'clock the de-
bate continued without any unusual
features. Allen still retaining the floor
The crowd in the galleries did not di
minish until II o'clock. Gradually the
senators commenced vanishing and OF
midnight approached less than o dozen
were in their seats, but the thunderoui
voice Of the big popuiist from Nebraska
showed no signs of weakening. OF Q:
books which he stacked upon hfs desk
only three had been opened. The remain
ing 26 represented so much stored uI
ability to talk against time. Exactly at 1
| o'clock Dobois arose and remarked, as hs
looked about the chamber:
Mr.. President, l believe a quorum i
not present."
Tie vice present directed the clerk (,
call the roll. From the cloak rooms ant
entrances the senators crowded into ths
chamber. When the roll call was compile
ted Stevenson announced IS senator
present, a quorum. and directed Senate
Allen to proceed. The Nebraskan promptly
took the floor again and the quorum q
promptly began disappearing through tn
cloak room doors.
| At II AS Senator Dubois again CO lied at
tention to the fact that no quorum wa
present and the occupants of the cloaI
rooms again filed hastily into the cham
Der and the vice president announced s.
senators, quorum, present. After sev
eral sarcastic passages between Palmer o
Illinois, White OF Louisiana and lien, tn
latter resumed his speech"
At o'clock Hoar wearily Interrupts
Allen to know candidly whether the Nc
braskan did not think his speech was al
over-production. Allen hotly asked Hoa
II he wanted to insult him, whersupon tn
senator from Massachusetts, apologize,
humbIy and tho equilibrium was restored
At AS the galleries are almost empty.