Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-06-10

who wrote letters threatening
Speaker Reeds life if he did not
allow the Cuban resolution to be
adopted By the house. The whole
theory of this government is that
a majority shall rule. That is
precisely what is being done IN
the house. The minority have
the right of appealing to the
voters, who can turn the majority
out if they do not approve OF
what they have done, but if they
keep on as they have been going
they will disgust many who
would naturally be inclined to act
with them. There are a lot of
! fools, but no careful observer can
doubt that common sense is the
ruling power in this country, in
politics as we'll as every thing else.
The tariff is by no means hui
norous subject, but the dullness
of the debate is once in a while
relieved by attempts of senator's
to inject a humor. One Of these
times when the schedule contain
ing glass used for spectacles
was under discussion. The dem
ocrats claimed that the duty was
excessively high and tried to ridi-
cule Senator Aldrich into back
ing down from the committee
amendment. Senator White start
ed the ball by saying: 81 can
we'll understand why you want
to prohibit the wearing of spec
tacles. 1t is because. you don't
want them to read this bill, but
at the same time you ought to
have some consideration for the
people who like to read the pro-
ceedings of this body and other
less interesting things. 1t does
not make any difference to me,
because l do not use glasses, but
it is rather hard on those who do
have to use them" At this point
Senator Caffery said: "And it
seems to me that the senator from
Rhode Island ought not to Under
take to say what sort of specta-
cles people are to use" Then
Senator White added: "A spec
tacle will be made of this bill
by the time these amendment are
adopted, and everybody laughed.
] If the reader fails to perceive the
hilarious hun1or it must be set
down to his not being senator.
Representative Lewis. of Wash
lngton, was very frank with the
/ house, in connection with his
attempt to add an amendment to
the government printing office
deficiency appropriation, passed
this week, making $4,000, out
of money already appropriated
for public work on Puget Sound,
Immediately available. It was
such an extraordinary proceeding
that Representative Cannon said
Mr.. Lewis surely was not serious
about it. Mr.. Lewis replied: II
certainly am. 1t is a serious
matter with me and the house is
likely to be deprived of the pleas
ure of my company in the future,
unless this matter is taken" The
amendment of Mr.. Lewis was, of
course, declared to be out of order,
as every body knew it was; but he
says his constituents need the
work the money would give them,
and care nothing for parliament
airy points of order.
The positive denial of Senator
Smith, of n. j., of the charge
that he had speculated in sugar
stock, and of Senator Aldrich OF
the charge that the sub-comnit-
tee, of which he was chairman,
had been influenced in any man
ner by the sugar trust or any OF
its agents while engaged in pre-.
pairing the sugar schedule has
had the effect of making some
senator's who had favored sugar
Investigation change their minds
But Senator Tillman, the author
of the resolution ordering an in
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