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able measure that will be for the re


.ouht on the Populistic votes.
"T hone 50. said Mitchell, "and | hope
"a w1en the Republican party presents
a respectable measure not only the fopu-
lists but the Democrats will vote for 1t. L
should hope so, but that is, perhaps, hop
ing AGAINST hope
f<Tris CD OF Tennessee, resorting TO the
s<te on the committee resolution, asked
whether the Populist position OF non-
aetion and silence was not as satisfactory
to, the Senator from Oregon (from his Re-
publican standpoint) as if the members of
the PopuIist party had been pledged TO
vote with the Republicans and had done
so.
al am always bound" Mitchell replied
good humoredlv, 'to be satisfied with
whatever the maiority of the Senate does.
And so far as l am personally concerned L
was not advised when offered the resolu-
ton and before the vote was taken as to
whether the result would be majority IN
favor of the resolution"
Hoar (R.) OF Massachusetts said, that
Harris remarks were calculated to give a
wrong i'm preston to the country and that
the fact was that the committee member
ship required not a majority vote, but a
plurality vote.
"Does the Republican party" Palmer
AD.A of Illinois broke in, decline to be
Hsponsible for the committees?"
"That question: Hoar replied, "does
not relate to anything that l am saying at
present" Laughter.
As to Harris remarks about the Populist
Of
,arty, Hoar remarked that the Populists
nad voted in the past and would probably
vote in the future ten times with the
Democratic party for the once that they
had voted or would vote with the Repub-
hcan party. In reply to Palmer's ques-
ton he would now say that he supposed
the Republican party expected to be re-
sponsible in all reasonable bounds. II the
committees reported (as they ordinarily
did) measures based upon principles
which the Republican party believed in
they would accept the responsibility for
them. If any Republican Senator dis
sented from them and acted on his own
responsibility, he could, of course, DO so.
\The Senators from Maryland (Gorman). .
tennessee (Harris), Nebraska (Allen) and
Illinois (Palmer) knew as we'll as he did
that the Republican party was not in a
majority in the Senate.
Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina broke
into the debate and made an impetuous
speech in defense of the position taken by
the Populist Senators. Addressing his re-
marks to Harris, who had asked him
whether he did not hold his seat by CO.
operation with the Republican party in
his State. he said: II hold my seat by
such cooperation for the simple reason
that the party TO which you belong had
got to be so corrupt in my State that all
decent men condemned it. Your party
could be to-day in power in North Colo
lima if it had stood by its pledges and
promises"
"The concrete of the whole matter"
Vest Cd of Missouri broke in, ''is that
the Populists remained silent and allowed
the Republicans to take charge of the
committees because the Finance Commit
tee as now constituted has a majority
OF one of silyer-coinage men. 1t has been
stated that the committee consists of six
Republicans, six Democrats and one Pop
ulist; but the Senator from Colorado
(Woicott) was placed upon it by the Re-
publicans with the understanding that
that would give majority of silver
coinage men to that committee. That is
the concrete in this whole business, and
without that we never would have seen our
Populist friends sit dumb as oysters when
this thing was carried through
Allison (R.) of Iowa remarked that the
complexion OF the Finance Committee had
not been changed from what it was at the
last Congress; its number had only been
increased. mo matter what we may say
here he continued, sit is known that
that committee was and is in favor of the
free coinage of silver, and it is also known
that no organization of this Senate could
have been without"
German declared that hencefor tn Sena-
tors on the other side are responsible for
the legislation in both branches of Con-
gress. "You came here (apostrophizing
the Republicans) knowing that you had
not clear majority in the Senate, and we
made provision last session for that condi-
ton of affairs. We made that provision
on the most liberal terms as between the
two parties. on lines which would have
secured for the committee the considers
ton of measures by the best thought on
both sides of the chamber and without
reference to the third party.
''After all, Mr.. President" continued
German, ''the country will hold neither
the Republicans nor the Democrats re-
sponsible for the Government for the next
two years. 1t is divided responsibility.
You are in large majority in the other
house, and there is in the executive chair
a gentleman who was elected as a Demo
crat. This caustic allusion to the Presi-
dent provoked some laughter. And,
therefore, it was suggested in the last
Congress that we would cooperate here in
the Senate The desire for power, the
anxiety to control committees. have made
you (stili addressing the Republican Sen
atorsl take a step which will enable you
to throttle legislation. But you have
taken the responsibility. Meet it-meet it
as we did in the last Congress when we
had only majority of one"
The debate continuing, Hale reminded
German that if the Democrats had chosen
a sound money man for their additional
member on the Finance Committee the
anti-silver men would have had majority
on it and that when they refused to 90
that the whole control of that committee