The morning news., 1897-04-22
SENATORS GIVEN AAKlNG.
MASON OF ILLINOIS MA AN AT
TACK ON THE IS.

PhcH mouse to ShalZ Ass ba
:ncIes and Give the Nsty PO'
to RuIe-The Sena Seclared
Body of Inaction-4od of +
tiOns Relating to 4 Rates.
Appropriation to rove Pc
HarbOr.
washing gton, April q. Ator Masol
illinois made his mafpeech in
senate to-day and sieed 1t by Sc
breezy criticisms on htiquated RI
OF the Senate. II ulch variat
from the prosy debat ecent dates t
the senator was accd close attent
ahc. twice received tfarty applause
crowded galleries.
The maturing of triH bill was In
dated by the delugf petitions reiat
to tariff rates presf to the Senate
dsy. Mr.. Spoonep'' Of Wiscon
sent in a bundle nnlng several hi
dred petitions urJa re-enactment
tie Mckinley rad lumber.
Mr. Morgan, def Alabama. report
favorabl from tommittee on forei
relations an arfnent to the sund
civD bill propoI an appropriation
$4,000 to improFarl harbor, Hawaiii
Islands.
A resolution IMr Hawley, rep,
Connecticut, Yagreed to, to duly a
knowledge th9tation of Mayor Stror
OF New Yorklparticipate in the cor
Ing Grant cerA pies and providing a cor
mittee of fiftlsenators, to be appoint
by the Vice aesident to represent
Sc nate.
Mr.. CulloIresolution, introduced Il
terday cag on the Secretary of
Treasury f1nformation relative to
ternal reTe taxes on distilled SIS
was agreeb. lIi
This cleh the way for an unexnkd
end verJreezy speech from theevI
senator IN Illinois, Mr.. Mason. liel
aroused b outbursts from the garie
1t oocuy on the resolution of Mr. MI
son intluced yesterday, directing Il
commit on rules to report a rule ri
1idingf the closing of debate and for \
)reYiq question. He said he desiredI
lave 2 resolution go to the commit1 {
N r9' put he gave notice that uni {
omefport was forthcoming at an e(
ay would move to have the COM
ee Echarged, and that the resohh
OuDbe brought before the Senat 1T {
afgreed on all hands, proceedeihe !
NOR, with vein of sarcasm tbthe
1fd states Senate is a great pay.
was the view particularly those l
I IN the body and on the paw r9 But
y one knew also that it was only
'latVe pody in existence incfDle or :
g business. Mr.. Mason saidt hoped
'ouid be forgiven for these Iections.
ne was still in the "kdergarten 7
! and he recognized II he was |
shlng over old straw. at he pro- t
q TO Keep thrashing fr this old s
during the six yearAe is in the {
Mason referred to I approaching I
-e. The bill would before the I
,e soon. 1t remainea an act which
ised tariff for "renue'' and gave
riff for deficiency ut was now pro-
10 give protectioFo American in t
les and to the AFRICAN laboring I
And yet the busfss interests were f
,ing on the ver OF dependency
democracy, 'becsse they knew the .
# the bill, depefd not on the ma 2
but upon the lnority. Every one +
), he declared hat while we pro- I
0 be a goVernent by the people, r
we reach theighest body In the :
nment, there ia rule of the minor r
Mason glanoi around the chamber, | e
aid he obseCed the smile on the I
of some of IS colleagues. They all {
power, andhs soon as a men en- 7
these Senat doors his energies were n
to retainig power in the old way. +
ant to dever a message from the \
before tB hope of power possesses 7
'xclaimedthe senator, and the gall ,
gave resunse by hearty applause.
Mason soke of paralysis of busi-
the Sehte on all great questions.
at the eose of the nineteenth cent
ne gre9 question was presented
n intenational differences were to
led byarbitration or by the meth
and Corbett, the SEN {
iflist5ned to speeches, but in this. | d
Ill other questions, there was no O
Tht senator from Alabama CMr. | \
y had presented a resolution as to
involving the great Cuban question. ;
d down to us by Grover II" But =
vas that resolution? II was impos- +.
tear down the golden god of the :
rules in order to act on Cuba. The
asserted that there was "maiority
rgents" in this body; a majority a
dy to act, but was held back by the a
IN control. 1t was time to do
18th these barnacle rules. e
uld not scuttle the old ship." ex-
the senator vigorously, but I o
IKE 70 put her in dry dock long h
TO nave her bottom scraped." There | Il
'ther round of applause as Mr.. Ma t
lcluded. v
loar OF Massachusetts replied brif-
ting out that the other branch of Y
S was more open to criticism than c
ate. He was with Mr.. Mason, how a
the need of new rules. I
Sorman,, dem, of Maryland .
" moved to refer the resolution TO .
lmittee on rules.
lason protested. saying this com
'h rules was recognized as the "al- ,
lovely graveyard to which are y
tea the bodies of deceased meas =
Dll was called on Mr.. Germans mo- =
leler, and II prevailed, 80 to "A.
oar iolloWed with a motion to dis
the committee on rules from fur
lslderation of his resolution, intro a
ome time ago, for the revision OF h
ate rules. t,
'ofman asked that the subject go q
III tomorrow and this arrange .
as made. /,
0 the Senate went into executive h
,ors were soon opened, and the leg s.
session was resumed. There was
-sple difficulty in securing a quo o
ia IL was necessary at one time 10 | Y
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