The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-31

tactcs of the Demo cra' 8. evidently To
show that II the senate wa reore .nized, II
could be done only by an alliance of the
| Republicans and Popu list ,.
! He sal it was well ki ,oI N when the sem
ate met that nsitner If the great parties
| had n majority
I'VE know on this sid e.1' he continued,
THAT we did not have a ~ hJority, and we
| are not yet certain that he other has; that
can only be determine | | W avote. Ii they
have, tney are entitled u,c ,utrol the nm
mitiees, and then the co injury can under
| stand that they are in con CT OF ana respon-
sble for legislation in his c h mber."
Mr.. German therefor demanded the
yeas and na, $, which werl AIKEN.
| the Popul'sts, Massrs. Allen OF Ne
bra-ka, Butler of N nth "a rolna. Icby of
South Carolina, PETER Of Kansas and
| Stewart Of Nevada, declin e, ! TO vote.
| Mr.. Eiiltnin was paired ~ tinst the reso-
| luton, aud Mr.. KYLE. III oopulist from
| North Dakota, voted agains the res button.
| This action of the Populist 5, 'Iirninated the
| Popuiists as a factor, ant ne resvlut ion,
| which gave the Republican ,e ontrol OF the
comm tees, was adopted 10y a strictly
! party vote of The memb q rs of the old
PAL ties-30 to IS.
AS soon as the vote was lnounc al Mr.
| Allen felt it incumbent EDon him self 10
make an explanation of lie attitude OF
/ the third parry men. de Mnted the sem
ale and the cou TRY aderstant that
! though small in nu nber Il Wy constituted
the nucleus of thuroug bly, organized
party, completely indepen lent in prin-
Clip es and sympatnies.
| When the senate convened majority of
the me nbers were supposed To be IN favor
| of the free and unlimited coil age OF silver.
| Letters had been sent TO all CT them 20
meet with their views on sga.nlzing the
senate on silver lines. With he exception
of two three there was no rs ponse; the
! Populists, Mr.. Allen said. h &C, therefore
decided 10 take no part i'll the question of
wtl1 should control tue senate. Personality
he was glad the es,'ousiolity b al passed
into the hands of the Republic anS at both
ends of the capitol.
MIR. Harris, Democrat of Tent lei see, pro-
ceeded to put Mr.. Allen throu gh a cross
examination after his usual emphatic
fashion. He wanted TO know if the Popu-
Isis, with the fu knowledge that they
held the balance of power. had I Ot delib.r-
ately determined by their s len ce to allow
the Republicans. who had three more votes
titan the Democrats, to take con troi, and IL
their silence did not, therefore. h AXE them
as much responsible as their vot rs.
Mr.. Allen said that the Populn . realized
that hey held the dance of pc yer.
1--WE have got it, he said, tur hing to Mr..
Harris, land we propose to utili te 1t.
Inv Democra ic party elaine d to be the
party of tariff reform. He believed in
nghteItng the burdens of the people. but
The tariff bill came TO naught as regards
the ligh .ening OF the burdens of he people.
The lolicy of the Il public aus, inaug-
urated III the other brancn OF congress, to
be foiIowe here, he predicted. " ould work
the ruin OF the party within six months.
Mr.. MITCHELL, Republican of Oregon,
denied that the Republicans could be he i
responsible. They had not been in the
majority and were not now in the ajority.
Whether they wouli be before the session
closed. remained 10 be seen.
Il viii say tn at when the senate is full, it
consists of eighty eight members, when
rot full. as it is now, of eighty-s ven. OF
these tis:h y-seven, forty-two are Republi-
cans, thnrty-niue Democra and six Popu-
lists
IF that status gives us majority, we
are responsible y
He SAID in reference to the Populists that
they absolutely refused even to suggest
committee assignments. They were, with
one or TWO exceptions. allowed to retain !
what they had ia the Fifty.th,cd congress.
"Was not the position of non-acliou aud i
silence taken 10y the Populists." inquired |
MIR. n ,rris. 20 nite satisfactory as il they |
had pledged ia cir votes 10 the resolu,ion?" |
ave are always satisfied with what the |
senate does.' responded Mr.. Mitchell
1.-The senator from Tennessee UNDER !
stands that the rules give the plurality con- |
troll of the connit ees,'' said Senator !
Hoar, Republican, of Massachusetts,.
II am aware of the rule" replied Mr.. !
Harris, grulily.
mo. not everything" retorted Mr.. Har- !
ris. testify.
Mr.. Palmer. Democrat of Illinois, inter- |
rupted Mr. Hoar to ask whether the Re- !
publican party declined to be responsible !
for the COMM tees. to which the latter re- |
piled that they would be- responsible within |
reasonable bounds.
Referring to the characterization by Mr.. |
Harris Of the Populist p 'rty as a contingent ,
of the Republican, hr. II ,ar declared that !
the p, puiists won d vote ten times with |
the Democrats when they wou d vote once !
with the Republ cans.
Mr. Butler, PoDulist of North Carolina, |
made his first speecl in the senate by add |
ing to Mr.. Aliens explanation his own !
views regarding The attitude of the top- i
ulisis.
Referring to the efforts of the Populist |
senators to secure an organization on IA sill |
yer basis, he asked Sena'or Harris if he |
had not received an invitation to the con- !
ference called for TINS purpose.
II did," said Mr.. Harris. land 1 have
but ons rema to make in that connec- |
ton. Up to this hour there has never !
been period in my life when Was willing !
o jim any party based on one single i,
idea"
Senator Hale said the vote in the senate |
today AMI Iha proceedings subsequent had /
demons:ra ed that neither party was in |
power, and it had been shown that it would |
be impossible for the Republicans to ac- |
compish anything without the aid of one |
CT the other parties.
the truth underlying the whole pro- !
ceeding," retorted senator Vest, Democrat, |
Missouri, sis that reorganization was m abe |
possible by he agreement to put Mr.. VOL !
colt. a free coinage man, on the finance !
committee, thus making that free coin !
age committee. That is the concert of the |
whole mater, and without that concessi IN
the reorganlz llion would never have been |
put through"
MIR. Allison, Republican, Iowa, replied |
10 this thrust that all is was me e deal /
ing with leather and pruneilo. the un- |
| pleXi IN of The finance committee W .ich |
| was now free coinage committee, had !
| not been changed. He clared thai re- (
| organic ,tipu bad been made necessary BY /
the addi ion Of new men 10 the senate. aud |
! Ivy the necessity OF The enlargement of the |
| committees.
! MIR. German spoke next, saying that the |
| Republicans had Sht the power which ;
| the control of the commuters would give
! them. and he said tina he was amazed n It
| Mr.. Allison should thus early seek TO avoid |
| the respons bilitv VIII en- his party had as |
! sumed. hey had assumed the RESPONSE |
| billy and must meet II Ike men.
| Mr.. Hale asked Mr.. ,iorInan how it had ,
happened that the Democrats, having al |
| ready five free cOipage men in the fin tnce
|