Show m R FIGHT Is 18 ON 01 will the ho repeaters Repe alers be successful IT irl BATHE if EMS TOT NOT sliver silver men hiye the advantage in the game of freeze out WA washington ARINGTON 03 0 3 II 11 the usual methods by which over legislation are settled satt lod have failed to car ry and the world is now watching the deci decision kion of a greit financial quei question tion b by a test of physical endurance this thi a peculiar P cullar condition cou didon was a necessity under the rules rulea by which the senate operates the tha forces or on both sides are divided so as to be able to give ive each other relief vy uy taking up the delouse ot their th air po position eto in a turn the employees of the senate are likewise seria separated rated into relays in anticipation ot continuous work the address of every senator was care tully tally revised up to date and the ser coant rt at arms arma compiled a mesa mass of mi in te testing information as to the usual haunts of the senators in order that those who drift away may be tracked to their lairs in th the committee rooms couches c hes and blankets were prepared co a I 1 and d everything possible to make comfortable for table the situation which the senators found themselves in was waa dons dona As the hour of 6 approached at which it was known the signal guns gun a for beginning the contest would be sounded a gradual filling up of the seats on the flior fl and in the galleries made it evident that the fight was to go eo on and the public would watch it through many members of the house were present the galleries ealler ies did not contain an unoccupied beat and in the doorways a mass of humanity were clamor clamoring inz for admission the silver men had bad considerable advantage over their opponents and they were free to admit their pleasure over the condition alile they can rest in ill the committee rooms and lobbies leaving 0 only on guard one ona speaker and dudois to see that a quorum is present it is obligatory on the part of the friends of repeal to remain continuously in ia their in order to maintain a quorum in the senate the repeal bill was taken ap no and cockrell dockrell resumed his speech begun monday in the after afternoon noen cockrell yielded the floor to smith dem dam of now hew jersey who spoke in favor repeal irby pop of south carolina followed in ou opposition position cockrell resumed the floor and i e burned his speech with a re reference ferene to the presidents letter to governor 6 northern allen alien of nebraska then resumed the floor until when he yielded to do dubois who asked ii voorhees ea proposed to make the usual adjournment motion voorhees replied that he felt it to be ba his hia highest duty to ask the senate to stay in continuous session on until the pending measure was disposed of dubois lia ia reply said eald the country was waa drift drifting inte steadily toward the silver side of the controversy and added I 1 I 1 you ion know as well wed when you start as aa you will know when you emerge from the struggle that you yon lail with conditions as aa they exist in the senate there is no hope of radical legislation if you conclude to abandon appeals to reason and senses sense and risk the settle ment of this great areat question to the test teat of which side cin stand the most punishment ish ment we me desire to give notice that we shall protect our side by evory every means in our power we shall insist that you yon furnish a quorum aud and keep it constantly in the chamber if it takes innumerable roll iol calls the responsibility for what is IB to follow must rest on you as well as its physical effects on individual senators voorhees ea replied at great length we will see who fails faila in this transaction before we are done said he be and asked the senator from diaho whether fie be would fix a day to take a vote tote dubois said there wern wera distinguished senators who had fiad not talked on the subject and he could not nor could any one else say when the debate would probably clope clofie 1 I understand the situation perfectly 11 said voorhees booi bees and added that this thia episode in the history of the bento ate would result in reforming the tha rules 1 I 1 believe said he that this body khouli have rules by bv which to con elude clude discussion and reach a vote higher more reasonable more sensible feasible and more decent than the rule on which we are entering now which is the only one harris dem of Ten tenneseea Tennes nesses aea and tones jonea dem 1 of arkansas said they voiced the is sent ent amenta of several senators when they declared that they would never vote for unconditional repeal butler dem of south carolina aa sail voorhees ea had none gone a step beyond th the e issue when he said the question na now w confronting the senate was whether the government stop whether the tha senate was capable of self government dilah read from the congressional record ecord r extracts from the abbate on the federal tion bill BOMB years ago to show that those on ibe elie democratic side side ide 8 were not always willing for a mc bority rule the majority did not prevail on that occasion I 1 will stay as long lone as the senator of Indiana desires said d dolah but if there fails to be a quorum I 1 am going home borne kom item 7 until ll 11 the debate continued without any unusual features allen alien still retaining the floor athe the crowd in the galleries gAil g eries did not d diminish until 11 gradually the senators comman commanded ced banishing Sani shing a and d as ml midnight ddn I 1 approached less than a bezin were in t he heir a seats but the thunderous voice of the hie biz populist from nebraska showed no signs of weakening of the twenty nine books which he be had bad stacked upon his bis desk only three had been opened the remaining twenty tim nix represented so BO much stored up ability to talk against time exactly at 12 dubois dabols arose and re marged as be looked about the chamber 1 I believe a quorum is not cresent ent sent the vice president directed the clerk to call the roll from the cloak I 1 rooms and entrances the senators Bena tors crowded into the camber when the roll call was completed stevenson venson announced any tive senators present a aurum qu ram and directed senator allen alien to proceed tie te nebraskan askan promptly took the floor again and the quorum as promptly began disappearing through the cloak room doors at 1245 12 ao 40 senator dubois again called attention to the fact that thal no quorum was ti present resent the occupants of of tle the cloakrooms again filed bastile into the chamber and the vice president announced fifty ahrea senators a quorum pre present Fent after several sarcastic passages pass azes ie b e tween t palmer white of louisiana ard allen alien the later res resumed timed his speech at 1 a in hoai wearily interrupted allen alien to know candidly whether the nebraska senator did not think hid hia speech an over production allen alien hotly asked hoar if he wanted to insult him whereupon the senator from massachusetts purged himself apologizing humbly and equilibrium was restored at the galleries were almost empty at a m daniel made the point of no quorum and the sleepy senators in to answer to their names the call developed the presence of fifty three senator there are no signs of weakening on either side at 3 a m a hot alternation between senator i gallinger of new hampshire and E senator en ator allen alien over the cause of the agricultural depression in new england was in pro progress grees at a ro dubois again made the point of no quorum on this roll call wolcott appeared in the chamber for the first time during the night but with the other free silver republicans he ha refrained refrain sd from answering fifty I 1 four senators responded |