The herald., 1897-04-22

declared, that while we profess to be
eovernment by the people. when W
reach the highest body In the govern
lnent there is rule of the minority.
Mason glanced around the chambe
5 and said he observed smiles on tn
faces OF some of his colleagues. The.
all liked power. and as soon as maj
entered these senate doors his energies
were directed to retaining power in thu
old way.
Il want to deliver message from thu
people before this hope of power pos
Sc sses me-" exclaimed the senator, an6
the galleries gave response by hearty
applause.
Mason spoke of the paralysis of bust
ness In the senate on all great questions
Here. at the close of the nineteenth GEN.
tury. the great question was presented
whether international differences were
to be settled by arbitration or by the
methods of Fitzsimmons and Corbett.
The senate had listened to speeches,
but in this. as in all other questions,
there was no action. The senator from
Alabama (Morgan) had presented a
resolution as to Cuba involving the
great Cuban question handed down to
us by Grover H." But where was that
resolution? 1t was impossible to tear
down the golden god of the senate rules
ir order to act on Cuba. The senator
asserted that there was majority OF
ssinsurgents" in this body, ready to act,
but was held back by the minority in
control. 1t was time to do away with
these barnacle rules.
~ cottff1a thp old Ship eX-
claimed the senator vigorously, "but l
would like to put her in drydock long
enough to have her bottom scraped.
There was another round OF applause
as Mason concluded.
Hoar replied briefly to Mason. he
rointed out that little could be expected
from the committee on rules, as sew
eral of the members were engaged on
the tariff bill and other work.
He was in accord with much that the
Illinois senator had said as to the need
of action, but he differed from him on
some of the criticisms against the SEN
ate.
German. Democrat. OF Maryland,
promptly moved to refer the resolution
to the rules committee.
Mason protested, saying this commit
Zee on rules was recognized as the al
together lonely graveyard to which are
committed the bodies OF deceased meas
ures"
The roll was called on Gorman's mo-
tion to refer, and it prevailed, 32 to "a, as
follows:
Yeas-AIlen, Bacon, Baker, Bate, Ber-
nv. Chiffon. Cockrell, Faulkner, German.
Gray, Harris of Kansas, Hawley, Heit-
feldt, Jones of Arkansas. Lindsay, Nc
Emery, Mcmillan, Morgan, Mitchell,
Murphy, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus.
Quay, Rawlings. Roach, Sewall. Smith,
Tillman, Turpie and Walthall-32.
Noes-Burrows, Chandler. Clark. Cul"
lom. Dais, Fairbanks. Foraker, Frye.
Gear. Hansbrough, Hoar, Mason, Mills.
Nelson. Perkins, Platt of New York,
Pritchard. Proctor. Spooner, turner.
Vest, Warren, wellington and wilson
"a
Hear followed with motion discharg-
ing the committee ON rules from further
consideration of his resolutions intro
ducsd some time ago for the revision of
the senate rules.
German asked that the subject go over
until tomorrow, and this arrangement
was made.
The calendar was taken up and the
following bills were passed: For the re =
lief of the homestead settlers on that
portion of the Great Sioux reservation
lying in Nebraska, formerly in the ter
ritory of Dakota, now in the state OF
South Dakota.
Granting lands in the Black Hills to
the Nashville Presbyterian church OF
Nashville. 8. D.
At 1905 the senate went into executive
session. The doors were soon opened
and the legislative session resumed.
There was considerable difficulty in
securing quorum, and it was necessary
at one time to direct the sergeant-at-
arms to summon senators.
Chandler, Republican. of New Hamp-
shire, offered concurrent resolution for
an adjournment of the senate anS Sousa
from April 26th to May Sd, with view
to participating in the Grant ceremonies
at New York
Morgan's objection carried the reso-
luton over.
AT 2 o'clock the bankruptcy bill was
taken up. Nelson secured an agreement
that vote on the substitute and al.
amendments to the bill be taken up tc
morrow.
Turpie, Democrat. of Indiana, argued
against including corporations withia
the benefits of the bankruptcy proceed
ings An amendment proposed by him
was agreed to, omitting public corpora
tions from the operations of the bill.
At o'clock the bill was laid aside and
the senate adjourned.