The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-28

show it, everybody knew this tariff revision was
destined TO die, and that 1t was dying now IN
the House of ITSELF and asserted that its friends
did not intend that either the Senate or confer
enee hlll should be enacted into law.
Mr.. Reed-Does the gentleman mean to assert
that he is a friend of the billf
Mr.. Blackburn-He means to assert that he
would accept the Senate bill in preference to
anything likely to come from the committee of
conference, and he would vote to concur i'll the
Senate amendments if it the only means to
save MS from the result of star
chamber iDquisltiOn like this which IL is pro-
posed to inaugurate We stand here eiamOring
for and demanding the privilege of voting to
concur or nOn-coneur, and we can't have it. We
cannot even have conference committee that
Is not to he handicapped and loaded down with
extraordinary duties So as TO insure the utter
wOrthessne3s OF any work we may look for.
Mr. Springer arcHed bnat the power of the
Senate to amend House revenue bill was lin
tied to the subject-matter of the bill.
Mr. Butterw orth said it had been whispered
around that the members from OHIO and from
certain other States favored the constitutional
were OH anxious pi Intimately "e'T to- defeat
the Senate hill. If it was intended
TO say the members from Ohio opposed a revised
tarln he challenged the correctness of the asser-
ton If IL was intended simply to say they
would prefer no revision to such revision as
would ruin ONO industries, it was true.
After further discussion, the question REQUIRED
on Mr. Haskell's substitute.
Mr.. Hammond demanded a separate vote on
the preamble and resolution.
The resolution was first agreed to- yeas 143,
nays lZO. IL Is IN the following language:
"Resolved, That if this bill THE Senate tariff
Did shall be referred to a committee or confer
ence 1t shall be the duty of the conferees on the
part of the House on said committee to
consider fully the constitutional objections
TO SAID bill as amended by the Senate and herein
referred TO, and TO bring the same together with
the opinion of the House in respect thereto be-
fore said committee Of conference, and if neces
sary, in their opinion, after having conferred
with the Senate cOnferees, said conferees said
committee may make report 10 the House in
regard to said bill herein referred to-"
The preamble was also adopted. III to SO.
MI HamInond's resolution, as amended by the
adoption of Mr.. H2=kells substitute, was also
agreed to-yeas 1879, nays 1872.
Mr. Kelley Immediately moved to suspend the
rules ana take from the Speakers table the in
ternal revenue bill with the Senate amendments,
noneoneur in those amendments and appoint
Ve members on tbs par5 consist Of tS
House. Agreed to-yeas 14S, nays ITO.
This was party vote, except that Messrs. Con
verse Curtin, Ermentrout, Hardenberg, Klotz,
Ladd, Morse, Mutchler. Phelps, Wilson ana Wise
of PENNSYLVANIA, voted with the Republicans in
the affirmative, and Burrows of Missouri,
Brum, Campbell and Updegraft with the Demo
Gratis in the negative.
Mr. Calklns called up the Mississippi contested
election case of Buchanan Manning, and Mr..
Page In the interest OF the river and harnor bill,
raised the question of consideration. The House
refused-92 to 100-to consider the election
case.
Mr. Page then moved to go into committee of
Ihe whole on the river and harbOr bill
Mt humphreys moved to adjourn. Lost.
Mr. Hiscook reported from the committee of
appropriations the deficiency bill referred to the
committee of the whole
Mr. Hiscock stated that he would call MP that
bill when The House went into committee of the
whole.
Messrs Page and Kenna strenuously objected
to yielding the right of way to deficiency bill,
and the latter declared that to do so would be to
lose all chance of passing the river and harbor
bill. After confused discussion the regular
order was demanded, ana the vote required on
Mr Pages motion. The vote by letters resulted
JOG to &C. and pending the demand for the yeas
and nays the House took a recess.