Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-08
FIVE MINUTE RULE
The Tariff Debate in the
Senate.
QUAY UPSETS THE PLANS.
Objections Made to Agree
ment for Debate.
Senator Hoar Thinks the Govern.
ment should stop Its Efforts to
Force the stanford Estate 10
Pay the Pacific Road Debts.
By Associated Press.

Washingto 'ine THE leaders on
both sides s, "a mate chamber have
been conf III u. view to reach
ing some IA. W. H. that progress
win be mnde o. G ", For several
hours Senators %s " 70. Allison
have been conferr, ~ Senators
Harris and Cockrell ali N side held
consultations with party friends. SEN
ator Aldrich says that 1t is likely that
an agreement will be reached to pro-
coed with the schedules OF the bill until
wool is reached under the flve minute
rule, and finish them this week. SO that
the wool schedule can be taken up
Monday. This includes the agricultu-
raj schedule which is now under con-
sideration. spirits, wines and other bev-
erages, cotton manufactures and AJAX,
hemp and tute. in all four schedules.
covering twenty-seven pages Of the
printed bill. MT. Aldrich says that
these four schedules are not 80 i'm
portant but THAI they may be con-
sidered in that matter. As to the time
of taking a final vote he said that no
agreement could be made nor could he
predict when the vote would come. as
the discussion ON the wool and the In
come tax may be quite prolonged.
Senator Quay objects.
At 2 o'clock Mr. Harris proposed the
agreement in the senate with the
modification that senators might speak
for ten minutes. It was discussed by
Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. Frye and while the
discussion was going ON Mr.. quay
came in and asked what was before
the senate and objected. This killed
the agreement, temporarily ut least
Senator Quay said when asked II he
desired to make any explanation OF his
objection to the application OF the Ave
minute rule 70 the debate on the tariff
bill that he had none to make. except
that he was not prepared to enter into
such an agreement at this time. Sen.
ator Aldrlch after consultation with
Mr., QUAY, said he thought 1t probable
that the latter would withdraw the
objection tomorrow morning and allow
the agreement to take effect.
The Claim Against stanford.
Speaking on the Stanford resolution.
Senator Hoar said the government
ought at once to decide the question
of extinguishing and putting this claim
at rest. He did not suppose, he said,
that any one seriously supposed that
the government had a claim against
the Stanford estate, and II was proper
that the judiciary committee should
inquire whether this alleged claim was
founded or teehnicslity or upon law
and equity. Mr.. Hoar recited the bcne-
factions under the will OF Governor
Stanford and ADDED If the government
had a claim Of siS,Ooo.O0o that was only
20 cents piece for the inhabitants OF
the United States to whom Mr.. stan
ford had consecrated his large estate.
and It ought not to embarrass the clos
ing years Of his widow and cripple and
perhaps destroy the great gift he had
made for the benefit OF the poor by
seeking to press it.
A Question OF Law.
No ono, Mr.. blackburn said in reply.
felt more deeply than he the public
spirit manifested by his late associate
in devoting 20 much to educational
purposes. But the real question was,
did he own the estate or had he sought
to divert to this high purpose an es-
tate that belonged to the Uhited States.
The attorney general had already talk
en- steps to determine this question,
and 1t was the FIRST time he had ever
heard OF either house OF congress at
tempting TO stay the hand Of law
onicer Of the government. While in
express terms the resolution only
applied to the estate Of Leland STAN
al n the GLAZING against Mr.. Stan