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Republican senators concerned with the plight of Southern blacks pleaded with the stubborn, entrenched Morton to vacate his position for another GOP member to preside over the Senate in hopes of passing the Lodge Bill.<ref name=ussenatebio/> Morton stubbornly refused to even temporarily vacate and insisted that his role was to maintain a neutral stance when presiding. Sen. George F. Hoar retorted that the vice president:<ref name=ussenatebio/>

Republican senators concerned with the plight of Southern blacks pleaded with the stubborn, entrenched Morton to vacate his position for another GOP member to preside over the Senate in hopes of passing the Lodge Bill.<ref name=ussenatebio/> Morton stubbornly refused to even temporarily vacate and insisted that his role was to maintain a neutral stance when presiding. Sen. George F. Hoar retorted that the vice president:<ref name=ussenatebio/>

{{cquote|...asserted their authority with as little show of force as if they were presiding over a company of guests at their own table.}}

{{cquote|...asserted their authority with as little show of force as if they were presiding over a company of guests at their own table.|||Sen. George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts}}

The Lodge Bill was effectively killed when the U.S. Senate on a 35–34 vote passed a resolution in late January 1891 substituting it with separate legislation.<ref name=ussenatebio/><ref group=note>Although it likely had not been a [[roll call vote]], the ''yeas'' on the motion were presumably supplied by Democrats and Silver Republicans.</ref> President Harrison did not forgive Morton for the latter's blatant inaction, and the New York Republican was not selected for renomination on the Republican ticket in the [[United States presidential election, 1892|1892 presidential election]].

The Lodge Bill was effectively killed when the U.S. Senate on a 35–34 vote passed a resolution in late January 1891 substituting it with separate legislation.<ref name=ussenatebio/><ref group=note>Although it likely had not been a [[roll call vote]], the ''yeas'' on the motion were presumably supplied by Democrats and Silver Republicans.</ref> President Harrison did not forgive Morton for the latter's blatant inaction, and the New York Republican was not selected for renomination on the Republican ticket in the [[United States presidential election, 1892|1892 presidential election]].