The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-22
The Senate.

in deadlock for several hours today, with
business at a standstill, while calls of the
senate, roll calls and other parliamentary
eXpedients were resorted to. 1t was due
to the effort to secure action on the resoill-
ton of Mr.. Harris of Kansas, designed TO
prevent the disposal of the government
lien on the Union Pacific Railroad under
the terms of an alleged agreement. There
were many roll calls ON Mr.. Harris motion
to consider the resolution, quorums ap-
pearng and disappearing, and from II 10
D o'clock no final vote on the motion was
secured. 1t finally went over until to-
morrow.
Pending one of the calls resolution was
passed allowing the sculptor of the Sher-
man statue TO erect a studio near the site
of the statue. This afforded text for
some structures by Mr.. Morgan on the
deadlock which had occurred. The sen
ate had II patriotic duty to perform The
pending Pacific Railroad resolution had
been unanimously reported from the Pa
cific roads committee, and yet the chair
man of that committee had conducted the
flibustering. 1t was late in the session
to begin such operations Mr.. Morgan
said, however, that there was no DISPOSE
| ton on the democratic side of the cham
| Der to retaliate against appropriation bills
or the tariff bill when they came before
| the senate.
| Mr. Thurston, in answer said it was
designed in the interest of the government
| in the guarantee that at least S45,OOO,OOO
would be bid when the sale of the road
occurred. The senator from Alabama
says the amount is not enough. why,
| then, asked Mr.. Thurston, did not some
| responsible party give a greater guaran-
| tee? In his opinion, if this guarantee
failed one equal to it would never again
| be secured.
| Mr.. Gear expressed disapprOval of the
Harris resolution, saying it was putting
6S0O0,000 more into these roads. He
also criticised the resolution as originally
framed as designed to bring about govern
ment ownership and operation of these eX-
tensive railroad properties.
Mr.. Harris spoke in support of his reso'
lutions.
Mr.. Morgan further discussed the sub,
ject, arguing that congress retained COM
plete control over the Pacific roads under
the lien originally created I'M behalf of the
government, while the pending foreclos
ure proceedings were based upon the er
roneous assumption that the government
had mere mortgage right. He said that
he did not hold republican senator's re-
sponsible for the obstruction that has oc
Cured and it was not political obstruc
ton, but one in behalf of Mr.. Huntington
and others interested III the racine roads
Mr.. Thurston in turn answered Mr.
Morgan. again referring to the time con
sumed in debate by the senator's caustiC
= remarks. saying that he did not aspire IL
r unique distinction of talking his own meas
e ures to death. He said the Alabama
4 senator sought to convey the impressions
$ that the proposition was unquestionably q
r scheme in which the late president of the
. United States and the attorney genera
i participated with the railroad authorities
In closing, Mr.. Thurston stated that NJ
e opposition except in the way of negative
t votes would be made to the Harris reso
e luton tomorrow, but he expressed doub
G whether the negative votes would be suffi
, cent to defeat the guaranty and proven
o the government from ever getting within
$ one-half or one-third as much as the guar
h anty would yield.
:, The subject then went over, and afte
y an executive session the senate adjourned