National Republican., 1878-06-05

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Mr.. WOOD moved that the House go into
Committee Of the Whole and take up the
tariff bill.
Mr.. REAGAN hoped the House would vote
the motion down and dispose Of the bill to
regulate interstate commerce.
Mr.. BURCHARD said his internal revenue
bill was the unfinished business, and he would
antagonize that against Mr.. .REAGAN's bill.
He had agreed, however, not TO oppose Mr..
WOODS motion, as Mr.. GARFIELD, who was
next on the list to speak, was obliged to leave
the city.
Mr.. GARFIELD said, as a preliminary to
Mr.. WOODS motion, he would move to limit
debate to four hours.
Mr.. O'NEILL wanted to know whether, IL
debate was limited, there would then be a
chance to get at the bill and dispose Of 1t for
ever. The gentleman (Mr. WooD) should
know by this time that his bill could not pass,
and that the people did not want It.
Mr. WOOD. Whatever the House may do
with this bill 1t cannot get rid of tho subject.
Mr. REAGAN said he could soon dispose Of
his BILL
Mr. GARFIELD then moved to limit debate
on the tariff bill to four hours.
Mr. CONGER moved TO mako II two hours.
The latter motion was agreed to-l29 to SO.
The SPEAKER then announced the ques-
tion to be on Mr.. GARFfELD's motion as
amended by the motion Of Mr.. CoNGER. And
II was agreed to.
Mr. TUCKER moved that the House ad-
journ.
The motion was rejected.
The motion to go into committee then pre-
vailed, and the Speaker called Mr.. TUCKER to
the chair.
Mr. BURCHARD addressed the committee
In favor of the bill.
Mr.. GARFIELD advocated medium tariff
system-what he called national tarif-and
would not go with the extreme protective men
nor with those who would strike down the
tariff or probe II too deeply, He wanted a rate
Of tariff just high enough as to prevent too
much foreign competition, hut not so high as
to keep all foreign commodities out. In con-
cusion he said that he hoped that the House
would not pass this bill nor leave 1t hang over
the country, but that the members would stay
here tonight and dispose of it. Let the first
section Of the bill be read, and then II no one
else made the motion he would move to strike
out the enacting clause of the bill. APP
plause.l
iIr. WooD rose
[Crics of Vote vote " Lots knock it in
the head nowp'l
Mr.. WOOD moved that the committee rise.
Rejected on division-yeas 7S, nays 119. Zap
plause.
On vote by tcllcrs there were SO yeas aud
Ill nays.
So the committee refused to rise.
Mr. WOOD and others demanded the first
reading Of the bill in full.
Mr. CLYMFR moved to dispense with the
first reading.
Mr.. KELLEY said the first reading was dis
pensed with when the House first went into
committee.
Mr.. WOOD said II never had been read
Mr. BLACKBURN said 1t was the right of
any member to demand the reading.
There was here good deal Of confusion,
and while there were calls and demands that
the bill he read on one side, there were calls to
order on the other.
The CHAIR, after an examination of the
record, said that the bill had never been read
a first time.
Cries of Read - "Rcadw
The first paragraph was read.
Mr.. CONGER moved to strike out the en-
acting clause, hut the motion was declared out
of order, and the demands that the clerk read
were renewed.
As the clerk commenced to read in an or
dinary tone of voice the friends OF the bill de-
manded that he should read slower.
There were also remarks that gentlemen
could not hear on account of the confusion,
and demands that the clerk read louder aud
that he read slower.
If the reading had been insisted upon at
least an hour and forty minutes would have
been thus occupied.
After the reading had progressed for ten
minutes
Mr.. BUTLER asked leave to make propo.
sition, which was that the House agree to go
into committee ut twelve o'clock tomorrow ;
that a vote be taken on striking out the Gu
acting clause, aud that the committee then rise
and report the fact to the House.
Mr.. WOOD was willing to have u vote on
the question whether the House would con
slider this bill at this session, but he wanted a
square yea and nay vote, and he would not
consent to this steathy and underhandcd man
ner of disposing of the bill.
Mr.. KELLEY objected to that remark.
There was no stealthy or undcrhanded way
about It,
Mr.. WOOD wanted square yea and nay
vote, and he would resist by every means In
his power the motion to strike out the cnacting
clause. Crics of Read Read"l
Mr.. GARFIELD said there was no objection
to yea and nay vote, and 1t could be taken
now.
Mr.. WOOD objected because too many Of
the friends of the bill were absent tonight.
Mr.. BUTLER said there was only one way
in which yea and nay vote could be reached
and that was for the House to go into commit
tee to strike out the cnacting clause, and then
come back into the House and report the fact.
Mr.. SPARKS asked why that could not be
done now rs well.
Mr.. BUTLER said the gentleman did not
want it now, because his friends were not
here.
Mr.. WOOD repeated that all he wanted was
q fair square, manly vote. He wanted each
man placed on the record on his own RESPONSE
bility, aud that could not be done in commit
tee.
Mr.. BUTLER said again that the only way
to reach that was to strike out the enacting
clause. Ii the House, by yea and nay vote
concurs in the action of the committee, the bill
is dead. If it does not concur the bill goes
back.
Mr.. WOOD finally consented to the agree
meut ms suggested by Mr.. BUTLER, that the
House should go into committee Mt twelve to-
morrow; that the first reading of the bill
should be dispensed with, and that il the com.
mittee struck out the emacting clause there
should be n yea and nay vote in the House.
Mr.. BANKS wanted it clearly understood
that this consent was unanimous.
Tho CHAIR asked If there was any OBJ
lection, and there was none.
The committee then rose.
The House then, at 5:i5 p. M, took q recess
till hali-past seven.
EVENING SESSION.
The House reassembled at half.past seven,
thc nhicrt nf tha session hninU IN rnn sidrr tIc