The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-06

officials for perEdy and usarpAsion Of
authority.
At the close Of PETERS speech the reso-
luton vas adopted without division IL
asks the Judiciary committee to inquire
into the seton of the secretary of the
treasury IN issuing bonds
Another resolution bv PETER. for in
formation from the president as 10 the use
Of United States troops q, Chicago during
the Pullman strike. brought out consider
able debate on the question of lis reference
70 com mittee.
Chandler. Rep. OF New Hampshire,
supported PETERS contention. Now that
the president has congress on his hands.
said Chandler, '.it would De well 10 get all
this and other public information at the
earliest possible moment. so that congress
could proceed TO deal with them" The
resolution was finally referred to the
judiciary committee.
Vest. Dem. then addressed the senate
on the need of change OF the senate
rules. lie modified the form of his previ-
Gus resolution. so that the committee on
rules is 10 report by December Is plan
for closing debate. Vest said he had for
merry opposed cloture, bat he was now
convinced that eloturs was inevitable. and
that il should De effected as soon as pos
sibls. The question was thoroughly
understood, having been debated tor
years, so that the senate was in = position
TO act sc once. When the senate num-
bsred forty members there was no need of
cloturs. but with the senate increasing so
that its membership would soon reach 100.
il was imperatively necessary TO have n
rule bringing debate to close. In reality
the present rules stihed debate. Senators
will no. debate q question when they
recognize the hopeless opposition under
which they labor. These rules encourage
parliamentary blackmsil." declared the
senator Amendments TO bills are Of
fered under the deliberate that if
they are not accepted an indefinite oppo-
sition will be insugursted. Bills OF vast
public interest fingered here until they
were dead, and the people were weary and
disgusted with the spectacle OF a power
less senate. Even when the bills passed,
after such q contest, they were so dis
credited as 10 have no moral support from
the public" Vest said he had no Interior
purpose of securing the advancement of
the separate tariff bills. He would vote
for these bill. but in the present case his
only object was TO secure a change of the
rules, which was essential and inevitable.
Harris, Dem, Tenn. added his opinion
In favor of change of the rules, but ne
suggested that the absence from the city
of the chairman of the committee on rules
blackburn made it unwise to compel a
report of form of cloture by December
Is. Harris said he would undertake TO
promise that some such resolution would
be reported soon alter the return Of Mr..
Blackburn.
II suppose" said Aldrich, "that this
new rule is not to apply TO the legislation
of this session nor to The pending tariff
bills"
at applies to everything" said Vest.
"If this new rule is adopted" asked
Allen, Pop. Neb., twill any effort be made
toward financial legislation on the lines of
the presidents 'nessage?"
Vest said he vas not authorized to state
what would be done in that regard.
Nomination: Edward Fl. Stobel of New
York, minister TO Chile, vice James d.
Porter, resigned.