Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-19


 not done his duty.'' Laughter aud ap-
 plauss.
 When it came MT. Halls turn to
 speak he alluded to a substitute 10 be of
 fered for the Carlisle bill by Mir. Springer,
 chairman of tue committee, whereupou
 Mir. Cox of Tennessee said he wanted to
 know whence this substitute came; the
 committee didn't know anything about it. MT. Springer explained that in his re- marks earlier in the day he had. given notice of several anne ndments which he could offer, aud in order to avoid voting
 upon them separately he had said he might offer them altogether in substl- tute. The changes were immaterial aud
 such as no one would object to. One was that currency 6s might be deposited as re- ceipt for the national bank notes, as well as legal tenders.
 Mr Hall said the milk in the cocoanut Of the opposition to the Carlisle bill IS cou- tained iu the statement in the minority re- port. "Whatever legislation is had with reference to banking in it's effects upon
 national banks should be permissive and their present charters continue. That is,' said MT. Hall, 'if these 1 banks are not to be disturbed | in their present monopoly of issue of 1 notes, and that we must wait upon their l convenience and desire in the matter Of | making changes in the law.'
 At the conclusion of MT. Halls remarks the committee rose and at 5:20 o'clock the house ndjeurnel until tomorrow. 1 Mir. Henderson, democrat, cf North Carolina, just before adjourning, reported | the postoffice appropriation bill for the
 year ending June 30, 1896.
 IN THE SENATE.
 | The bill appropriating Sl0o, ,0do to supply | an urgent deficiency for public printing | aud binding was received from the house
 and was passed without reference to the committee on appropriations, Mir. Cock Tell, chairman of that committee, stating | that the bill had been considered fer nal ? and had been agreed to. Unless it Wa, | passed today the work at the printing oi. | flee would have to stop this evening. Mir. Lodge, republican, of Massach usetts, offered resolution calling on the president [ for the record ol the extradition proceed | ings in the case of General EZeta, aud it | went over tIli tomorrow.
 l. MT. Hlll called mp resolution for clo. | lure rule, and addressed the senate in advo. | cacy off He said that the sentiment of | the country seemed to desire the adoption | of such rule. The demand Tor a | change was not limited by any party en- | vlronnent. 1t was not sought merely tO | secure partisan advantages, but it reflected | the convection that time was unneces- 1 sariy wasted, useful Legislation was at | times umreasona0ly ohStructed and that l the conclusions of a majority did not find 1 adequate aud prompt expression. These l views were widespread and could not long | well be ignored. He asserted that the priv | ilege of unlimited debate in this legislative | body was Inconsistent with and desiruc | tive of the right and power of Legislation. | An inability 10 stop debate was an inability | to legislate at all.
 | It was a significant fact that some method | of closing debate existed in the prime pal | legislative bodies ot every civilized )vern- ment in the world except in the English | house of lords and the United States sen ate. but ihe house Of lords was str.ly not | body rom whicn the United States sh hould | pattern, especially in View of its loss ot | puDnc conscience, its dt fInce of public | sentiment and it's well-known general an | tlpathies to expressive legislation in the l interest Of the masses. It's rules were Il | portion of its methods for obstructing pop 1 Il reform.
 S. far as the senate was concerned par l lamentary reform the need of the l hour. The present offered opportunity | for accom- plish ment or the proposed inno- | walton. The course was as open now as 1t | ever would be for such a change. The | responsible majority in the senate should | not ubdicate it's function without such a l change or rule would be retained after | the democratic control of the senate | ceased The measure of their fairness and wisdom now would be ther surety for just l treatment hereafter. No silly cry of 'gag | law,' no false assertion of "suppressing cebaie,' no idle clamor about "the tyranny ot the malurity,o which always | Ignored the tyranny of the minority, should be permitted to deter the senators tIOB tutII DIdlu uuty Tn the premises. | The continuation of "no cloture'' meant compromise on every measure. It meant no Legislation without the co2sent of ihe
 minority. It meant continued trouble. If tue first necessary steps were taken the St aie's pathway would be cleared for action. Mir. Hill occupied about an hour ia lhe delivery of his speech. He was folowe ed by Mir. Hoar, who expressed his fall asTe,
 ment with MT. Hills views of the neces slty of change Of the rules oi the senate. If n e or rtth fna tinpa likely to arise and ought to be dealt with with care and circunspection equal to what should be in an important amend
 ment to the constitution Of the United States. He thought that MT. Hill's pro- posed rule Was defective. The best scheme
 which occurred to him Mir. Hoar) was as to the time the senate should be author ized to order the previous qu ,s iou, and
 that after that every member or the body should have an opportunity 10 address .he senate for some fixed time, perhaps at least one hour. That would bring the de- bate to an end in 100 hours if there were 10O | senators and eica wished to speak. After further discussion Mir. Hill's reso lution went over until tomorrow. Mir. Turpie continued his argument (be- gun yesterday) against the Nicaraguan
 canal bill. He discussed the company and said that it's forfeiture was sure if the canal
 was not completed within ten years from 1887. The provisions regarding those mat ters were exceedingly strict. The conces- sions given in 1887 were abso lately forfeited
 in 1Sy7 and what title. he asked, did the company have in the canal route? Certainly not a fee simple, not even an easement. The company had nothing to mortgage and nothing to sell. The concessions gave to the company no tItle and no sort of prop erty rights.
 Much of Mir. Turpie's speech was devoted to the engineering difficulty in the way of the enterprise, particularly as to the im practicability of maintaining earthen em- bankments in the tropical regions and to the unreliability, as he contended, of esti- mates of cnst. Without concluding his speech MT. Turpie yielded 10 4 motion tn proceed to executive business, and at 4:25
 o'clock the senate adjourned until tomGr- row.
 "A TRIP TO CHINATOWN" ."