The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-15
THE NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.
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SOhthiutN hTOht uIot pHbo
society entities them to. Those who live
elsewhere and have, or may have, obliya-
tions against the State, or any of it's sub
divisions or citizens, will not be deprived
of entering our courts and enforcing
them as fully and completely rs they can
in the courts of their own State.n
Senator Allen declared that Eastern
people persistently misreprcsented the
West, abused it without knowledge of
what they were abusing and ascribed the
growing hostility of the West toward the
East to the unjust, pusillanimouS. and
unnatural tendency of the East to deride
its own offspring.
At the close of Mr.. Aliens speech, he
asked to have II .sresolution passed re.
affirming the inviolability of con tracts.
This brought on brief exchange be-
tween him and Mr.. Hoar. Senator Hoar
asked as to the purpose of the resolu-
tion, to which Mr.. Allen snidit..was meant
mainly to correct public reports resulting
from n speech by Mr.. Hoar before the
Home Market Club, Boston, Expressing
surprise that Nebraska and several other
Western States had lent themselves to Il
~crazy programme of revolution
Mr., Platt said that the proposition to
reafIrm the doctrines of the United
States constitution was, to use Il homcly
term, call claptrap.''
Mr.. Allen said this resolu ton was de-
signed to make clear the purpose of the
Populist party. not to violate the sane
tity of the courts.
Mr.. Ioar's reply, delivered with much
calmness partook of the nature of re-
buke at the suggestion that the Nebra ska
Senator voiced the position Of the Popu-
list party. He had supposed Senator's
entered this chamber to represent their
States, not to represent political parties.
This was Il new and grave change.
b Mr. Allen answered that for the last
four years while he had been in the SEN
ate not day passed that parties were not
represented in the Senate, and 10 one had
been more active in that respectful the
Senator from Massachusetts ,(Hoar), who
had fought and munoeuvercd for part;
advantage.
Mr.. Pfener added defense of Kansas
against the attacks prevalent in the
East, that contract liabilities We're being
violated. He paid high tribute to the
Integrity of his State.
The Allen resolution with several
amendments, was then referred to the
judiciary committee
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Mitchell had n
brief tilt at O'Clock, when the rcsolu
ton for the election of United States Sen.
ators by popular vote came up rs the
special order. Mr.. Chandler said he
hoped this 'Populist proposition had
had its day, and he was surprised to hear
it urged by the Oregon Senator. When
it came to vote, he hoped to see NC
Kinley Republicans, silver Republicans,
Bryan Democrats and Palmer.Buckncr
Democrats all vote against this plan,
leaving only the Populists to support it,. -
Mr.. Mitchell dissented from the idea
that this was il "Populist PROPOSE ton
1t had come from Il Republican commit
tee and would, he believed, receive more
than one half the Republican votes of the
Senate. LIr. Mitchell said the resolution
could go over, but he would urge it to IL
vote at the first opportunity.
Mr.. Quay arose and remarked sugges-
lively that the Oregon Senator should not
push his resolution. for there might be
developments i'll his Quay State, which