Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-02
The Tariff Conference.

1 DUMESIKO NEWSs
The Tariff Conference.
! WASHINGTON, March 1st.-An informal
meeting Of the conferees on the tariff bill was
| held this morning, but no action was taken
owing to the absence of the Democratic mem
| bers, and an adjournment was had to await
| the action Of the Senate touching the declina-
lions of Bayard and Beck. At u O'Clock,
| the vacancies not having been filed, the Re-
publican members of tie committee again
| met IN the room Of the Senate COMMITTEES on
Finance, where they are still in session. One
| of the Republican Senators said, in reply to
a question, that they would go on with the
bill regardless Of the vacancies in the COM
mittee, and will submit their conclusions to
the two houses. Representative Carlisle, Of
the Democratic conferees, on the part of the
| House, in committee raised the point of order
that the committee could not proceed to the
consideration of the business with which they
were charged, unless each body was fully rep
resented that ia the absence of two mem
| bers on the part Of the Senate, the committee
would not be full conference. After some
discussion, Morrill,, Chairman of the Confer
ence Committee, sustained the point of order,
and the committee adjourned, subject to the
call of the Chairman. Those present were /:
Senators Morrill,, Sherman and Aldrich, and
! REPRESENTATIVES, hcL1a l1CIAlnlcl, haShtD.
Carlisle and Spear.
The President of the Senate appointed
Butler and Maxey. They refused to serve,
and the President, assuming that no Demo.
cratic Senator would serve on the committee,
appointed Ingalls, and Malone. Ingalls, de-
clined, and Miller was appointed, who also
refused to serve McDill was then appointed.
Malone and McDill accepted the appoint
ment, and the committee is now in session.
There is q possibility Of a report this evening.
WASHINGTON, March 2i-A. M.-The con-
ference committee. on the tariff adjourned at
midnight after ten hours session, in very
bad humor and very tired, with their work
not yet finished.
Lively Time In the House Of Representa-.
iives.
WASHINGTON, March 1st. - Last night.
during the discussion of the river aad harbor
bill, Van Yoorhis, of New York, used
gome very offensive language having refer
ence to Mr.. Page, of California, who has
the bill in charge, speaking of him as mule
driver, and entering his objection to being
driven under the whip of stsge.coach driver.
Tonight when the item in the bill making
an appropriation for the Sacramento river
was reached, Van Voorhis jumped up and
said that that appropriation was outrageous
and damnable, and that nobody but cut.
throat gambler would think of tsckiBg such
sn item to such q bill. In an
his colleague on the committee, Mr.
Horr, demanded that Van Voorhis'
words be taken down. Fifty members jumped
up and seconded Horr's demand, while many
urged the immediate expulsion of Van
Voorhis. Amid great excitement the Chair
man Of the Committee of the Whole re.
sigced the gavel to the Speaker, and Van
Voorhis' words were reported 30 the House.
McLane of Maryland sent up resolution
asking his expulsion. 1; would have been
carried instantly, but that Van Voorhis
asked to DO heard, and being recognized,
apologizad to the House and Mr.. Page, dis
claiming any intention of alludirg person.
ally to ths latter. The House was not will
ing to accept Van Voorhis' apology aud pass
over bis offensive remarks. Several men,
bers objected to McL2ne's withdrawal of the
resolution, but it was finally agreed to.
Herbert of Alabama insisted that some meas
uses Of punishment should be awarded to
such fragrant violation of the privileges of
the House, and offered resolution demand
ing the public csnsure of the offending mem.
Der at the bar of the House. The resolution
was heartily applauded on all sides. Mr.
Page, who had acted with great GOODNESS
throughout, at this point rose and asked Her
bert to withdraw the resolution. Herbert in
sisted that the HOUSE owed it to itself to
make q reprimand. The members were
unwilling, however, to go this length,
there being no precedent for such a
aud Van Voorhis had twice apologized. The
resolution was finally defeated-66 to 78.
Ven Voorhis' action il universally con-
demned. His opposition to the bill grows
out of personal hostility to Page, because of
the rejection by the Commerce COMMITTEES of
an immigration bill introduced by him at the
last session. He rendered himself liable to
expulsion then, had Page pushed the case
I by surreptitiously substituting bis rejected
bill for the bill reported by tho committee.
His attacks upon members of the committee
have been extremely offensive.
The Extra Session Question.
WASHINGTON, March 1st.-The anticipated
defeat of the tariff legislation this session has
revived speculation as 20 the probability of o
called session Of the Forty eighth Congress
That the President is very anxious for the
passage of the tariff bill is well known. and
he has repeatedly urged the Republican Rep
resentatives and Senators to spare no ex-
ertions TO pass some fair bill, though his
anxiety that the question shall bs finally dis
posed of is not SO great as TO warrant the
calling of an extra session for that purpose.
The President last Tuesday night attended a
dinner party at the residence of Senator
Pendletop The subject was fully discussed,
and the President expressed himself as un.
euali6edly opposed not only TO an extra
session Of Congress, but to an extra session Of
the Senate.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, March 1st.-The Senate pro.
ceeded to consider the sundry civil appro-
priation BILL The House conference report
on the fortiGcation appropriation bill was
tod COOK mn
than when it passed the House.
The bill as It came from the committee con.
tanned paragraph directing the Public
Printer to employ the highest character OF
skilled workmen at prices now fixed by law,
and authorizing him, in case ne was unable
to obtain sufficient supply ON these terms,
, to expand portion of the appropriation for q
temporary execution of the work outside.
Voorhees, made point that the latter pro-
vision would change the existing law, which
requires that the whole of the work shall be
done in the Government Office.
Tee Chair sustained the point of order and
The provision was struck out.
In the House Page moved to suspend the
rules and adopt an order limiting debate on
the river and harbor bill, except in regard to
items for improvement of the Mississippi
river. Hostages 1885, noes S3-not the
necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the state of the Union, but
Hiscock objected, and the committee rose and
reported its objection to the House.
The House-ayes 124, NOES 107-ordered
the consideration of the river and harbor bill
to be resumed, and Immediately went into
Committee of the Whole on that bill.
At the evening session, Hiscock OF New
York moved to suspend the rules and pass
the deficiency appropriation bill.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill
passed with amendments.
The star Route Case.
WASHINGTON, March 1st.-In the stal
route trial to-day Rerdell testified that Dor.
sey agreed to pay him $4,000 at the end Of
the contract term, contingent upon his proper
conduct of the business, and upon the profts
Of the concern.
At the conclusion of RerdslFs testimony J.
w. Bosler, of Carlisle, Pa, YVES called TO the
stand His testimony only consisted in a
statement that he had been unable to find the
letters from Dorsey and Re-dell to himself,
and did not believe he had ever received such
communications.
From testimony given by Western Union
officials it appeared that the kilograms from
Dorsey to Rsrdell had been destroyed, under
the rule requiring the destruction of messages
after being kept six months.
Rerdell was recalled, and said that Dorsey
wrote letter to Bosler May b. 1879, which
witness copied in the letter book. It first
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