Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
ONE MORE TWEAK
OF the Tail Of the Royal Animal
of Great Britain.
OUR COMPLIMENTS TO THE BoERs,

Proposed in q Resolution offered by Nor
snn-suppiemcnt to the Kaisers Tcle-
grnm-senate Rules Attacked by White
Debate on the Bond Bill Substitute
Begun-rIouse Tackles Its Proposed New
Rules and Puts in the Day Thereon.
WAsHfNGToS, Jan. II. - The senate
adopted resolution appropriating $3.50 to
purchase portrait of Allen G. Thurman;
referred to the foreign relations commit
tee n resolution by Morgan which after
the manner of Kaiser Wilhelm congratu-
lated the Beers and added eulogy Of
their free government; listened to speeches
by Pritchard in favor Of protection and
free silver by White IN favor of rules that
would enable the minority to do some
thing, and by Jones Of Arkansas in favor
Of free silver, and then adjourned to Mon
day.
In view OF the relations existing lust
now between the United States and Great
Britain probably the Morgan resolution
was the most important feature OF the
session. II is rs follows in full:
Text of the Resolution,
"RcsOlvcd, That the people of the Unit.
cd states, through their representatives in
congress assembled, convey to the prcsi-
dent and the people of the republic of
Transvaal their earnest congratulations
upon their success in establishing FREQ
representative government, republican in
form, and in their opposition TO any for.
olgn power that denies to them the full
enjoyment Of their rghtful liberties The
people Of America having realized through
the favor Of the God Of nations the bless
ings Of government based upon the con-
sent of the governed. entertain with con-
fdcncc the pleasing hops and belief that
the principles of sclf-govcrnmcnt will bc
securely established through the influence
of the republic Of Franco in her colonies,
and the republics Of Liberia and the Trans.
vaal founded Ivy the people Of Africa, and
that those republics will foster and givo
firm support To the peaceful progress of
Christian civilization in the new and vast
field now being opened to the commerce
and Institutions of all the nations of the
earth throughout that great continent.
'Rcsolvcd, That the president uf the
United states i requested to communicate
this action Of congress to the president of
the Transyaal republic"
Whit. Wants business Rules.
The next matter Of most interest was q
speech by White Of California on the SEN
ate rules, which he said were so con-
structcd that business was impossible if u
minority 50 willcd IL. Iicfavorcd Senator
lIilr5 proposition put forwr-tf1n the last
congress for cluturc whenever the major
ity of the senate was ready to vote. He
also favored quorum counting device
To do away with another parliamentary
fiction. The antiquity Of the senate rules,
In his opinion, did not make them sacred
and they should not he allowed to stand
Ia the way Of parliamentary progress. He
carefully reviewed the abuses that had
grown more and more intolcrablc, and
cited many instances whcrc the plain will
of the majority nal been thwartcd for
days, weeks, and months by the deter
mined stand Of the minority.
The Dignity OF the senate.
The dignity Of the senate would not be
maintained by clinging to rules which
permitted intcrminablc filibusicring and
must eventually bring the senate into dis.
credit with the people. "Tho objections
% the procedure of the senate which
have urged" he said, ''arc not conceived
in partisanship, but arise from IA dcliber-
a;cly formed Judgment that the public
welfare is involved and that it is impcra
tive that attention should be paid tn the
wCll-grOundCi aud universal demand for
the adoption of an improved plan. Our
rules should be reasonable and in har-
muny with the period for which We lc-s-
late and the civilization OF which we par
TAKE. Let Us have ample argument. but
not argument lasting long after all have
ceased To- listen"
Jones silver speech was in advocacy of
the free silver substitute for the house
bond bill, and was ON the well.known
lines Of ar xuinCnt FOR free silver