Burrows of Michigan and the Republican Party; a biography and a history . d with dismay only aweek ago that Senator Burrows speech had accom-plished that rarest of all results of oratory in eitherbranch of Congress, and especially in the Senate,—the changing of a vote. . There is no doubt at allthat if Senator Burrows had not opposed the seatingof Quay with such doggedness at every point, had notfinally chnched his position with an argument whichfor force and lucidity is declared to have few equalsin the modern oratory of the Senate, the Pennsylvan-ian would have been seated. Senator Hanna sta
Burrows of Michigan and the Republican Party; a biography and a history . d with dismay only aweek ago that Senator Burrows speech had accom-plished that rarest of all results of oratory in eitherbranch of Congress, and especially in the Senate,—the changing of a vote. . There is no doubt at allthat if Senator Burrows had not opposed the seatingof Quay with such doggedness at every point, had notfinally chnched his position with an argument whichfor force and lucidity is declared to have few equalsin the modern oratory of the Senate, the Pennsylvan-ian would have been seated. Senator Hanna stated frankly: The speech ofSenator Burrows turned the tide against Mr. Hannas opinion, said the Detroit TreePress (April 27, 1900), voices the general senti-ment. Mr. Burrows set the Senate to began to feel keenly that they could not votefor Quay and maintain their manliness. The conten-tion of Senator Burrows was so plain that it broughtconfusion, if not conviction even, to some Senatorswho believed Mr. Quay had a right to his on the senate beat. cartoon from the minneapolisjournal lyoo 1900] AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 137 The results of Senator Burrows speech are per-haps the more impressive because of the fact that theopposing view of the question was contended for bySenator Hoar, one of the ablest constitutional lawyersin the country at that time, and by other speakers ofalmost equal eminence. CHAPTER V MORMONISM AND THE SmOOT CaSE. I9O3-I9O7 BURROWS first interest in the subject of Mor-monism dates back to the Forty-seventh Con-gress. It will be remembered that during that ses-sion a discussion arose as to the legal right of Camp-bell, of Utah, to take his seat in the House with thecredentials which he presented/ Out of this discus-sion came the Anti-Polygamy Bill, known as the Ed-munds Law, which was passed by Congress and ap-proved March 22, 1882. The study which Burrows gave to this earlier legis-lation laid the foundation for a deep
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