The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-01-04

Alaskan boundary They have 1ust !.
nounced the modus vivendi and ~
opened the perilous dispute of seal AL
cries. 1t is not by accident that thos.
events have all occurred, or all come -
the acute stage within the past yearn
The senator closed by expressing ~
belief that the questions between Ena
land and the United States wou,d :.
peaceably settled, but it was very claas
that such settlement could on,v -
reached by action on the part of con
gress and the president. which Shouts
be as Arm as it was temperate. ana
which should maintain the Monroe do
trine absolutely and at all hazards
wherever it justly applied.
Senator Lodge occupied the floor a.
most two hours. When he finished Sor
ator Mitchell Of Oregon presented tha
resolution for the reorganization Of ~
senate committees.
Senator German in brief speech. ID
veloped the tactics Of the democrats
evidently to show that if the senate was
reorganized, it could be done only Nv
an alliance Of the republicans and non,
ulists. He said it was we'll known when
the senate had met that neither OF tho
great parties had a majority.
eve know on this side," he continued
that we did not have a majority and
we are not yet certain that the other
has. That can only be determined bv
vote. If they have, they are entitled
to control the committees and the coun-
try can understand that they are in con-
troll and responsible for the legislation
in this chamber"
Senator German therefore demanded
the yeas and noes. which were taken.
The populists, Allen, Butler. Irby.
PETER and Stewart, declined to vote.
Senator Tillman was paired against
the resolution and Senator Kyle, the
populist from North Dakota, voted
against the resolution. This action of
the populists eliminated the populists as
factor and the resolution, which gave
the republicans control Of the commit
tees, was adopted by a strict party vote
Of the members Of the old parties 80
to %. AS soon as the vote was announc-
ed, Senator Allen fe:. It incumbent up
on himself to make an explanation Of
the attitude of the third party men.
He wanted the senate and the country
| to understand that though small in num-
Der they constituted the nucleus Of
| thoroughly organized party, completely
independent in principles and sympa-
thies. When the senate convened,
majority Of the members professed to be
| in favor of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver. Letters had been sent
| to all Of them with view to organizing
| the senate on silver lines. With the ex-
! seption Of two or three there was no
response. The populists, therefore.
Senator Allen said. decided to take no
part In the question as to who should
control the committees. Personally he
was glad the responsibility for legisla-
ton had passed into the hands Of the
republicans at both ends Of the capitol
Senator Harris proceeded to put Sem
ator Allen through cross-examination
after his usual emphatic fashion. He
wanted to know If the popuhsts, with
1ull knowledge they held the balance Of
power had not deliberately determined
by their silence to allow the republicans,
who had three more votes than the dem
ocrats, to take control and If their ST.
lence did not, therefore, make the re-
publicans responsible for their votes.
JUDGMENT FOR So 900 AFFIRMED