| Show CLOSURE RE IN INTHE INTHE INTIlE THE TIlE SENATE Sentiment of That T I at Body Strongly y yI j E WOULD WO WORK INJUSTICE J Opposed 11 It I Hell Ably II Sec elided by hT Teller Il DI Ila Hinder Iro Ir I and auth Con Comm OI Washington Feb 10 F was as a alively 1 lively debate In the time enite today ov over r Senator Quays QUIs resolution declaring It It to bo be 0 the time settee sense of the time Senate that there should l be a n vote voto ot on time the statehood bill bi before the adjournment of or Con Comm Congress COl greeN gress Senator M omu offered Sen Senator Sn Senator ator Platta iato I cloture resolution Intro dU ld two days ago and a t motion was wn made to refer the this Whole matter to tM thil I I committee on 01 rules Thin Thil motion was pending when the time senate semie went sent Into ox ex executive B session alon Tho The of or the subject brought out th the fact that the senate senata was wal opposed oPPOse to cloture In II any form Corr Tho Th resolution re of Senator Quay de do declaring daring claring carIng It I as the tho sense of ot limO thO that there should be bo n a 1 Vote voto oto on the statehood bill bi occupied a 1 portion porton of or time the morning hour In Iii the tho thi senate Mr Hitoon er or opposed It I saying It was In lii II n a sense to which he ho was opposed or Ot n a censure upon the tho minority which he did lid not think was 18 right Under the tho present rules he hp main tamed the tho Interests of ot tin country are hotter bolter served sord than I If there was WIM n a do clo cloture ture The rIme resolution lie ito Insisted culls calls callson culs culson on the senate sonata practically to put n a n voto oto of or censure upon those tho e who happen hoppel to tobe tobe tobe be conscientiously opposed to the tho om cm statehood bill bi Mr Teller of or Colorado treed with Mr Spooner anti and believed In maintain Pig Ing ng free rree discussion Mr 11 Cockrell Cockrel of oC Missouri coincided with that hunt view Ie Mr MI Ilott of ot Connecticut said that he lie did hl not believe halev In Imi II absolute untrammelled debate when It reached the point of ob oh obstruction Mr I Lodge of or Massachusetts said a I minority In the senate always gets a II vote when it Is 18 a real majority which must be lie something more morp than numerical cal col He lie said that majorities of at the party were entitled to control the ho of at a n parliamentary party arty part I Mr McComas of at Maryland offered a n substitute for tor the tIme resolution which was wasa a 0 copy COP ot of nn an amendment to the rules of ot the tho ho senate offered by b Mr Platt Plat of Con Connecticut Connecticut souSe pome time ago und anti provided for tor or limited cloture Mr Dubols of ot Idaho answering par particularly Mr Lodge declared that If It a I majority of ot tho the senate think It for Cor the best est Interests of the he country to pass n a abill bi bill III they ought to be allowed to Iss vote oto and ond nd not be bo compelled to belong to the tIme Majority party Otherwise wild nid he hethe hethe hethe the minority might Just as lS well relI wel go home lome Mr Mason of at Illinois saId tho tIme minor IY Its ty Is la the great of ot the senate which Is In tie tho ui ani v body where the mi nil minority hority orlY stops legislation Mr of Tennessee said that where debates are aro carried on oui purely for or orthe the tho purpose of at obstruction they thoy ore lre likely to lend lead to a 1 cloture rule rulo which will wi defeat legitimate debate No action was sas taken on the tIme resolution or the substitute although ni hough a II motion hind had been made to refer reter the matter to the committee on rules Stewart of at Nevada Nent a Platt Piatt Plat of Connecticut and Jones of Arkansas ArkansaN were appointed conferees on the Indian appropriation bill bi Mr Ir Mason of at Illi Illinois Ii minis nois nis reported r tho thin appropriation tion ton till bill billAt At the thc senate Renate went Into executive session and at p in 1 adjourned n |
