Gunnison news-champion., 1907-03-22
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lad agreed ~ ceris'a amendments.
aud .asd II the maJosIiy would gave
. CERTAIN number 81 votes we would
fHsu,sA tt.s rest
lie .a.d thai the amendments 10
sect,ons ] ). Is aud 81 had been as
reed upon. and continued:
SMExx COMPACT
'Tha; was the solemn compact
made between men whom We be
heyei were IA iaver Of representing
the people on this floor ID has been
r1mored that a PARTON 81 the MAJOR
ity, which is opposed 70 any rail
wsy Legislation, finding that a good,
homes; railway bill was about to he
passed, has. under some understand
ing, said: If You will come back to
the original caucus ball We will JOIN
with You. and not let the Democrats
have a word to say" 1t does seem
to Is that the day 81 the parting Of
the ways has come. and say so
with sorrow and no feeling Of ami
mostly 10 any man gpon the floor Of
this senate who went into the com
pact aud then went back on IT.
Il am sorry that men viii permit
themselves to he whipped into line,
and that men who haven't the c0ur-
age Of their convictions should he
sent here to represent the state Can
any man, save one, who has been
voting with the democrats, say that
1T is not his conviction that the eau
Gus measure is a bad bill? Can any
one of them say that the caucus
measure will give the people relief
CLNToS BALks
Senator Clayton charged that the
whole thing was in bad faith and
that the purpose Of even pretending
to amend the the bill was simply
and solely intended to whip those re
publlcsns into line who were known
TO be opposed to railway Legislation.
The russ had succeeded as he had
been convinced it would and the re-
cslcitrsnt Republicans had come
back to the fold and were supporting
the freak bill. Under these circum-
stances, and after consultation with
his constituents, he had decided to
vote Against the bill.
Sooat0r Je6crson raised the point
whicL ~ nsds Lest Thsrsdsy whea
~ bin ~ seder discsssios cos.
ossaiAG ~ exception of nosstsia
Paaas in The Era sectioa Of Tie bill.
At thst time every lawyer on both
si<les had insisted that the provision
made the bill unconstitutional, he
sAid, snd he wanted to know how
the, felt about it now.
CONSTITUTION IGNORED
The vote showed, however, that,
- Ssastor Adeas said The other
day, the consultation didn't cut
much 6Gsrs when it cones 70 poll
tics and the majority voted for the
caucus bill - it came from the hosse
and the committee arose.
Senator Sapp thon offered an
amendment covering this part Of the
Grst section. 1t was deieated, md
- thea ssked to have the proviso
strickeu out.
In spsaking to this motion, Sena-
Scott scored the Republicans who
he'd rsversed themselves, declaring
constitutional today what thev had
declared unconstitutional YESTERDAY.
and offered to help them pass a de.
cent bill il they would make one
more effort, notwithstanding their
violated pledges.
Il want to say TO you," he went
on, that sooner or later YOU shall
appear before the bar of public
opinion and answer for these sever
al opposite votes. / don't know
how many times you make pledges
to the people and violate them, but
| do believe that YOU have failed
them now, and that when YOU ans
wer to them in the future then they
will give their verdict. The time
will come when Republicans and
Democrats alike may find their
faces turned toward the wall. You
have sneered at those pledges. YOU
have laughed when you thought YOU
had the Democrats tricked. You
have deceived no one. You have
deceived no one ! am more pained
and disappointed in your position
than surprised"
DEMOCRATS STILL FIGHT
After this the Democrats AGAIN
offered their other amendments
which were voted down by a straight
n.rty vote. save that Mccarthy and
Alexander voted with the twelve
Democrats and Senator Parks va.