The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
REPUBLICANS
TAKE CONTROL.
They Organize the Senate and
Then Try to Shift Response
bility Of Liquidation.
POPULISTS ARE SILENT.


HAN savs-S~s.ses Basisr sp~.As s.d
yIssrs Bsrrs.. of Tennessee. tho Geo.
~eatioa Beitss.
The principal business Of the senate
on Monday Was the work of reorgani-
ration. IL will BE- remembered that no
political party has . majority in the
senate, and u majority OF the votes
cast is necessary Ia the carrying i
through of any measure The Senate
now has :. members, there being one |
VACANCY from Delaware. or these ;.
members there Are ~ Republicans, -
Democrats and Populists- No party
could therefore have n majority of all
the votes cast If all parties voted their |
full strength. The Populisis dad not |
vote on the reorganization plan, and
therefore the Republicans had q ma jor-
ity OF the votes cast and took control
of and began the work Of reorganiZa-
ton.
The most remarkable thing in con-
nection with this business was, though
the Republicans took control, they tried
To assert that they were not response
bic for any legislation by the senate
because they did not have a clear
majority. And then there was = squab-
bla among the old party coward mem-
bers. The Democrats tried 10 show
that the Republicans were responsible.
and the Republicans tried to show that
they could not pass any law If the
Democrats and Populists should vote
against them. Both the Internal old
crowds have some scheme of villainy 10
carry out, and one is trying TO make
ready to place the blame for il on the
| other.
In the effort TO place il on the Re-
publican side, Messrs. German, Harris,
Allen, Pasco, Cockrell aud other DEM
ocrats spoke. In repelling the charge
the Republicans were championed by
Messrs. Mitchell, Of Oregon, Hoar,
Hale, Allison and Chandler.
Mr.. Allen, Pop, Nebraska, declared
that the Populist party had no afillia-
ton with either OF the old parties. The
Populists had realized before the meet
ing of Congress that there was clear
majority of the Senate in favor OF the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver,
and they had been perfectly willing to
unite in bringing about the passage of
of free silver measure.
They had sent out invitations 10 the
free silver Senators, but with the ex-
ception Of two or three of them, they
had not met with the Populists, and.
therefore, the Populist party had re-
solved, as a matter Of policy, to take
no part whatever in the organization
of the Senate. The Populists felt that
the Republican party was, as between
itself and the Democratic party, in the
ascendancy, and that the responsibility
for legislation should belong to the Re-
publican party in both bonses as
speedily as possible.
} Mr.. Harris, Dem. Tenn, asked Mr..
Allen whether the Populist Senators
an annex OF the Republican party
had not deliberately determined 10 al
low, by their silence, Republican or
ganization of the Senate and whether
therefore, the Senator from Nebraska
did not understand and know that the
suit of the vote as if they had cast their
!. ting silent.
Il Mr.. Allen replied that when the
POpulists came TO consider the qucs.
, tion they realized that they hsld tbs
balance Of power in their hands: and
he added, with much emphasis, tina,
they were going to utilize it to its full.
lest extent, as they went along. The
: Democratic party, he continued, hat
) proven itself absolutely incapable OF
, legislation daughter on the Republi
can side of the chamber and in the gal
leries.) 1t had claimed to be i'm favor
of tariff reform, as he himself was
but when its tariff bill came before tn,
Senate last session il proved to b,
loaded, at both ends and in the middl,
for protection 0aughter.) lie had q,
: faith in the Democratic party, in il.
capacity or its disposition to reiiey,
the country: not in the slightest (mor,
! laughter.) He wanted the responsible
q ity for legislation to begin now so tha
the people would see that the do moth
ing policy of the Republican party re
3 suited in about the same thing as In,
9 policy Of the Democratic party laugh
Q ter Oh both sides Of he chamber
Mr.. Butler made his first speech 4
3 the Senate while the debate was in
9 progress by adding to Mr.. Aliens ex
r planaticn his own views regarding tn,
E attitude of the Populists. After ex
planning the condition in which h,
found the Senate in regard TO parties
J he said il became plain that the Popu
o lists must either act with the Republi
$ cans or with the Democrats, or renal,
e quiet and allow the "ty.o old parties {.
Z fight il out among Themselves
e Referring to the efforts of tie ropu
a list Senators TO secure an organization
; on a silver basis, he asked Senate
Harris il be had not received an inyi
tation TO the conference called for thi
: purpose.
81 did replied Mr.. Harris, land
: have but one remark to make in tha
!. connection. Up to this hour there ha
: never been period in my life when
WAS willing 10 join any party base.
q upon che single idea" He wanted Z.
say that he was as earnest an adyocat.
> Of the free coinage of silver as any maj
/ in the Ser ate could be.
Explaining in reply to q question
asked by Mr.. Harris, The combination
By which he had been elected to tn,
Senate, Mr.. Butler said:
Il will answer the question wit
r pleasure. hold my seat BY such a co
Operation for the simple reason tina
e the party in my State which you be
e long To got To be so corrupt the peopl
a IN the state rebelied against its man
q ageHent. Your party could to-da,
have been ia full power in Norsi
!. Carolina If il had stood by its pledge
= and promises A cooperation, of al
+ WHO opposed its methods was made
L but that combination could not hay,
e driven the Democratic party from
power in North Carolina if that part,
o had been true to its pledges. true {.
q its promises. and true to its people. I
+ not only deserted the principles O
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jack
son, thereby disgusting the great rsnl
and file of the party, bet it tried /.
Keep itself in power by stealing an,
:. perjury At the ballot i,ox. by ballot
box stufhng aud manipulating the Pc
? turns. This made fair elections-th,
8 purify OF the ballot bcx-the over
shaaowing issue In North Carolin,
poIiiirs
' A large majority of the voters of tn,
d State Joined in q movement to correcl
8 these abuses. The Democratic part,
held the election mat hinery and ondei
vicious election, lsU <.fsru;n.A ~