Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-01
THE TARIFF CONFERENCE,
MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES RE
FUSTNG TO STRIVE.

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Cox-Levee Improvement Discussed
Another Night Session of the House
Decrease in the Public Debt.
WRsHINGToN. Feb. 2s.-At the close O
the last session MIR. Robson, who was the
owner of a good deal OF stock in ths
Keifer combination, got himself together
ana drew up a resolution thank
ing Keifer for the manner in which
he had presided over the House. HI
intended to introduced it, but thought
that he would first show il to the Demo
Gratis and get some views from them on it
He got such views that he refrained from
Offering the resolution. 1t is ALWAYS
usual to thank the Speaker by resolution
at the close of the session. Robson il
going to try once more to get Keifel
thanked. He and Haskell have prepared
a resolution to that effect, and they have
shown. it TO number OF Democrats. Tn,
expression from them has been OF such /
character that the resolution win be in
troduced tiRs tInss asd 81 4 4 a,e4 a.ssed
keifer has behaved better towards the
Democrats this session than last.
DECLINE TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE
Senators Bayard and Beck withdrew
from the conference committee ON the
Senate tariff bill, after sitting two hours
and Yalnly endeavOring to have the House
resolution reported 20 the Senate. with
the explanation that it was the united
action of the House cOnferees. and there.
fore under the ingalls, resolution the Sen
ate cOnferees must withdraw.
Senators Morrill,, Sherman and Aldrich
a a II.
Beck as to the necessity of withdrawal
and proceeded to consider the schedule.
The two Democratic Senator's going out.
left Carlisle alone as the free trade men,
Der, and he soon after left the committee
room and went home, not, how
ever, formally Withdrawing. The matter
of the constitutional prerOgative of the
House was left for the present, a fair pre-
sumption being that it will not be raised
If the bill can be made to suit the pro-
tectionists. The Committee sat until half
past IL and discussed the chemical
schedule without making any material
change. The important articles were not
reached
Representative Randall has declined
service on the tariff conference committee,
as have also Messrs. Morrison and Tucker.
who were afterwards appointed. The
Speaker then took the matter under fur
ther consideration.
CARLISLE REFUSES TO BARGAIN.
When Tucker, Morrison and Randall
refused to-day to serve on the tariff con-
ference committee, the two former and a
number of other Democrats went to Mr..
Carlisle and asked him to refuse to serve
also. They told him that to refuse would
aid him in his candidacy for the Speaker
ship. Replied Carlisle: Il will not refuse
to serve. If to aid my candidacy for the
Speakership | have to neglect my duty as
a Representative, then | do not want to
be Speaker
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, a message was received
announcing the names of the House con-
ferees on the internal revenue and tariff
bill. At Mr.. Garland's request, the mes
sage was read. Mr.. Garland asked to
have read from the Congressional Record
the resolution of the House instructing
its cOnferees to consider fully the consti-
tutiOnal objections to the internal revenue
bill as amended by the Senate, and to bring
the same, together with the opinion of the
House in regard thereto, before the COM
mittee Of conference, etc, and moved to
reconsider the motion by which the Sem
ate agreed to the conference.
The Senate, by a vote of 26 to 81 de-
feated the motion offered by Mr.. Ed
munds to lay Garland's motion on the
table.
The President finally ruled that 1t was
not in order to read the action of the
House from the records, as Mr.. Garland
had proposed.
Mr.. Garland appealed from the decision.
After the question had been debated for
some time, Mr.. Ingalls, offered a resOlu-
tiOn declaring it to be the opinion of the
Senate that the conference should be full
and free, and instructIng the Senate con-
ferees if they found that any limitation
was placed by the House on the action of
its committee, to retire and report that
fact to the Senate for its consideration.
Mr.. Sherman at first objected to the res
OlutiOn, but withdrew his objection later,
and the resolution was agreed to without
division.
Mr.. Garland then withdrew his appeal,
and the Senate resumed consideration Of
the bill to give increased pensions to one
armed and One-legged soldiers.
Mr.. Harris moved the indefinite post
pOnement of the bill, which was lost-yeas
19, nays "a.
The sundry civil bill was reported and
Mr.. Allison gave notice that he would
call it up tomorrow.
After long debate and the disposal of
great number of amendments, the sub
stitute offered by Mr.. Platt some days ago
was adopted, the bill reported to the
Senate and passed.
The bill provides a pension of $24 per
month for the loss of one foot or one hand,
or an equivalent disability; for the loss of
an arm above the elbow, or leg above the
knee, or an equivalent disability, $50.
The Senate then went into executive
session and adjourned at 10:30.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The House at IL 40 a. m. went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois,
in the chair on the state of the Union,
and after Il brief contest in regard to the
respective claims for precedence of the
deficiency Sand river and harbOr bills,
consideration of the latter measure was
resumed.
Mr.. Speer, of Georgia, was the third
man appointed in place of Randall on the
tariff conference committee, ana he ac-
cepted the appointment.
Mr.. Page, of California, rising to a ques-
tion of privilege, called attention to some
sharp words which had passed between
Mr.. Cox, of New York, and himself last
evening, and expressed his hope that the
gentleman would see hit to offer an apollo
gy for his personal remarks. Mr.. Cox ex-
pressed his high regard for the gentleman
from California and said: "My friend is
going home to California, and would not
have him take away a single feeling of
resentment against me. Therefore. in the
presence of the House, Imake the amplest
apology" [Applause.l
The discussion of the river and harbor
bill was then proceeded with.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, Chairman OF
the Select Committee on the Improvement
of the Mississippi River, confined himself
to quoting briefly. from the report of the
explaining its recOmmenda-
tiOns, and reading short abstracts from
the testimony on which the report was
based.
Mr.. Robinson, of Massachusetts, also
of the committee, directed his re-
marks especially to the question of leyee
He would not stop to dis
cuss the constitutional question whether
Congress could eXpend money for the recla-
nation of land, because he did not believe
that the House would appropriate money
for that purpose. The committee, with
the exception of two members, agreed that
no levees should be constructed as part
of the scheme of channel improvement.
This bill should be guarded so that the
river commission could not eXpend
another dollar for the repair of the levees.
Mr.. Thomas, of Illinois, another MEN,
Der of the committee, asserted that the
Mississippi Commission had in no wise
exceeded its authority. and placed himself
on record here and now in favor of the
plan of the commission, and that, too, in
cluding the levees. Eight members of the
House, after floating down the Mississippi
by night and in a fog, on a freight boat
laden with empty kerosene barrels
and agricultural implements, came
here. in the face of all the eXpe-
rience of the best scientists,
and said: ''YOu shall not use the money
hi hnf
sooth. we have been down the Mississippi
mora about L thnr,