The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-04

senate Aa6 20 power over members %
the next senate. Mills Of Texas rem
foTced this with she declaration tsAt
He4fe2d WAS accredited 10 the rI1ty-Gfgh
congress. 50 that the Eltgy-fourfa was
without jurisdiction. Chandler aid not
further press his motion TO refer the
Eetffel6 credentials.
The evening session sitd not t,~xin uasl
? o'clock. owing to the absence cf a quo
rur. TIE Dill 20 pension Mrs. R2chsl
Ration was passed ever the presidents
veto. > 10 "a Dir. Palmer asked the sem
Ats 20 take up the hIl p.aclaS William II.
hugo on the retired liSg q the army as a
nrst lieutenant. stating that il was prob
aa2y the last request ne would make at
the senate" Notwithstanding this ap-
peal Quay an,asonlzea the hin ey sav-
eral times suggesting the absence OF a
Quorum and BY Other diiatoTy tactics. hn.
tas hill vas ultimately passed.
Aa@ faet soon developed that Qr.y's op-
possskon was not directed 81 Palmer. nar
his biz, out thar he was deliberately an
dertAklng 10 block business because os tho
action of the house in agreeing 10 the SEN
a1e's price or $50 on arnor plate,
quay again made xhe point OF no QUO
rum. when Aoar made the point Of order
that the matter OF intervention on ether
business had nothing 10 90 with the case.
de said that IL WAS never intended that
one man should De able TO prevent the
other elghty-nine from doing the business
o. the senate by such tactics ss those TO
which the Pennsylvania senator was re-
sorting.
Ono man In liquor" Hoar proceeded
10 say. might stop business" when Quay
jumped TO Ais feet and exeitadiy ex-
claimed. Il desire 10 say 10 the senator
from Massachusetts THAI IL he intends TO
intimate that / am. he is lnnatIc or a
liar. and / will not tolerate a suggestion
OK that sort from the senator from Mas
sachusetts or any one else. l arm simply
doing what | am doing Ia the interest OF
my constituents"
Hoar dlsclsimed any intention OF maxi
ing any insinuation as TO Quay's So
briefly.
Quay again spoke of his motive as being
in the interest OF thu people Of Pennxyl-
vaTia and OF thousands OF workingmen in
that state. as well as OF much capital
he stated IL 60 be his recollection that
when the bill for the repeal or the Sher-
man law was pending. the silver senators
had frequently made the point just as he
had made II. Hs repeated this statement
TWO or three times. when Dubois took the
floor 10 declare that neither he nor any
OF the silver senator's had made the point
OF no quorum when 1t was evident there
was a quorum present. He alluded 10
Quays explanation that his course was
in the interests of the capital OF his state.
and said that even though the sherman
bin was directed at thousands, where this
may strike one. there was no appeal TO
any such extreme measures as were here
involved. That he said. was fight for
the people. while this was A ight for the
few. but the Pennsylvania capitalists were
not too much concerned over points CT
order.
By 8 vote OF A to the senate decided
TO take up the bill for appointment OF
a non- partisan labor commission. but con-
sideration was interrupted by the pre-
sentatfon OF conference reports. Reports
were received OF agreement on the Indian
bill and the District of Columbia bill.
Both reports were agreed 10 without dis
| cussion The bills will now so 20 the
! president. Discussion OF the labor COM
mission bin was then resumed and was
! stu in progress at midnight
| AT o'clock Allison presented the confer
| enee report on the sundry civil bill. which
was agreed 10. AT $50 the senate went
! into executive session TO consider legisla'
| tive business.