The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-07
the RESOLUTION STILL PENDING
Continued from page /,

floor and criticised Frye for picking up
newspaper scraps and ruling them for
partisan purposes. Whenever that
Senator, he said, would rise and rebuke
persons of his own party whom others
thought worthy OF criticism, he (DanieD
would realize that the Senator was on
plan with the Democrats OF Virginia.
The people of Virginia were not
pharisees and If they committed wrong
they did not do it in the name OF God
and Christi ,nity and civilization. The
Senator from Maine, when he chose to
steam some islands and their people,
dropped all his qualms and scruploS and
was ready to welcome that spurious and
muddy transaction. That was tho big
Rest piece Of counting OUT The
Senator from Maine, in the person OF
Minister Stevens and with these mill
t4ry at the polls, had counted in 1000
Americans and counted out the rest of
the people CT those islands; it hanged
the government and WAS now ready to
offer for sale q government which had
been acquired by the aid OF that COM
missioner of election.
The Senate, continued Daniel, will be
better employed if 1t was solving some
of those problems in finance and cur
rency and taxation which were pressing
for solution. The Senate should be
dealing with them rather than spending
hours and days and weeks in resolutions
about distinctions, or in picking quar-
rels about precinct election, whether
it be in Virginia, California, Texas or
Maine. (Applause)
Mr.. Frye said that he had no hesita-
ton in declaring that the only fault
come cted with the Hawaiian Islands
was the fault of the President of tho
United States; that the only harm and
wrong done was the harm and wrong
committed by the President, and in his
belief. three fourths of the intelligent
people of the United States would en-
dorse that sentiment.
Then Frye, with one hand in his
trousers pocket. and paper in tho
other hand. leaned carelessly against a
desk ald addressed remarks to Daniel
in regard to elections in Virginia; which
remarks Daniel took up and replied to,
the two Senators Carrying on, for sew
eral minutes, free and easy colloouy
on that subject. The people of Virginia,
Daniel said, would vainly try to please
the Senator from Maine so long as they
voted the Democratic ticket.
The Senator from Maine, he added,
with much bitterness of manner, had
said that there were no precinct cleo
ton frauds in Maine; there they only
stole legislatures.
80 hat was Democratic steal" Frye
interrupted.
"Oh, of course" Daniel resumed sar-
castically. "Of course it was a Demo
cratic steal. The Senator never heard
of steal that was not Democratic
one"
THAT is true" Frye asserted.
Perfectly so and naturally so," said
Daniel. 'He is as deaf IS the old lady
mentioned by Tom Hood who bought an
ear trumpet,
"And the very next day
"Shc heard from her husband at Botany Bay"
daughter
The Senator never heard of the Credit
Mobilier business. Oh, no. He stuffed
whole cotton Counterpart in his ear
30 soon as a newsboy ran down the street
with his newspapers. He never heard
of Indian frauds or OF star route frauds.
He only heard that every Republican
born Is saint and that every Democrat
born is an imp.
And leave the Senator in that happy
state. He does not need to be trans
lated to another and better world in
order to enjoy the perfection of happi-
ness. Where ignorance Is bliss. tbs
folly to be wise There he is and there
he proposes to remain
At. the close OF Daniels remarks there
was short executive session and the
Senate, at 4:35, adjourned until to-mor.
row.