Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-05
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March 5.
aENATE


SENATE.
Among the bills reported and placed
on the calendar was one for the adjust
ment of certain claims of the United
States against the State of Tennessee
and the State of Tennessee against the
United States.
During the morning business, MT.
Allen introduced a joint resolution
authorizing the President to issue
proclamation recognizing the political
Independence of Cuba and asked
unanimous consent to submit some OBJ
servations at this time.
"Let it 60 over" Mr.. Hale interposed.
The Vice.P President asked whether
there was any objection to MIR. Aliens
request.
II will not object" Mr.. Hale said,
shut call the attention of the Senator
from Nebraska to the Importance OF
observing the rule which requires
imperatively, that on objection to any
measure, it shall 60 over, and unless
the Senator believes that there is-some
distinctively good reason why be should
submit remarks at the present time, L
hope he will not ask any unanimous
consent to break the rule. l will not
object myself"
Il suppose" said Mr.. Allen, "that
the Senator from Maine would do me
the courtesy to let me make my re-
quest before he objects to it,"
II do" Mr. Hale replied, II with
hold my objection"
81 do not want to INSIST" said Mr..
Allen, shut I warn the Senator from
Maine now, that if he objects, there
will be no unanimous consent for any.
thing he brings in 80 long as l am here. !"
Mr.. Hale-I do not think that the
Senator from Nebraska understood me.
1 stated that if the Senator himself be-
| lieyed that there was some good reason
wby he should submit remarks | would
not object. I leave that matter entirely
to him.
Mr.. Allen-I certainly supposed there
was some reason for submitting some
remarks, or 1 would not have asked
unanimous consent to do so.
Some other routine morning business
having interposed, Mr.. Chandler
brought the matter up again by iuquir-
ing whether he vas right in suppos!ng
that the Senator from Nebraska gave
notice that, if unanimous consent were
not given to him, no other unanimous
consent would be given this session.
'Nothing of the kind" MIR. Allen re.
Piled "The Senator from Maine has,
| for the third time within two weeks,
objected to my addressing the chair,
while he himself is constantly out OF
order, and is constantly asking unani-
nous consent. And I said that, if he
persisted in making objections to me,
| he would not obtain unanimous consent
80 far as am concerned"
"If the remark was personal to the
Senator from Maine," said Mr.. Chan
dler, "that Senator will take care OF
him self. But 1 certainly shall not be
willing to give unanimous consent to
| anv Senator who accompanies the re-
gu st by statement that unless it is
granted no other unanimous consent
will be given during the session"
"The Senator from New Hampshire, "
Mr.. Allen replied, ''should give me
credit for possessing sense enough to
| make statement Of that kind. | did
feel incensed at the moment, because
the Senator from Maine is constantly
asking unanimous consent for some,
thing, and this is the third time within
the last three weeks that he has object
ed to requests of mine. 1t was in re-
sentiment of that conduct that I made
the remark; and 1 have nothing to
apologize for, or to take back, and if
this kind of treatment is to continue |
shall establish an equality between u1."
"The Senator from Nebraska" Mr..
Hale remarked, ''cannnt alone keep up
vendetta. I shai utterly decline to
be on relations with him which would
oblige me, all the time, to watch him
and pay him off for something he may
have done. He and should be in bet
ter business than that"
In the further course of the colloquy
Mr.. Allen remarked that it came with
entirely poor grace from the Senator
from Maine to suggest whether he (Mr-
Allen regarded bis remarks as OF suffi-
Gent Importance to insist on delivering
the matter this time. They might not
be important to the Senator from
Maine or to the Senate or to the
country but they were important to
him. The suggestion was ian insinu
ation," that he (Mr. Alien was violat-
ing the rules of the Senate.
aWhat business is before the Senate"
Mr.. Wolcott asked the Vice-President,
(which allows this triangular inter-
change of remarks between the Sena-
tors from Maine, Nebraska and New
Hampshire ?"
The Vice-President explained the
situation.
81 could have delivered my speech
in two minutes" Mr.. Allen remarked
with an air OF disgust. 81 now withdraw
my request for unanimous consent"
Mr.. Aliens resolution declaring that
United States bonds and legal tender
notes are redeemable in gold and silver
coin went over until such time as Mr..
Allen may desire action upon it.
A bill to pay 1915 to Julia A.
Humphreys, of Fredericksburg, Va, for
the use of her house as military hos
pital, was passed.
On motion of Mr.. German it was or
dered that when the Senate adjourn
to-day it be until Monday next, Mr..
German stating lin reply to question
by Mr.. Chandler) that he would call
up at an early day his motion to recon-
slider the vote passing the bill authoriz-
ing additional enlistments in the navy.
He said he desired to make some re-
ma rks upon the bill.
The Senate then resumed the consid-