New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-07
NEW FORM OF FILIBUsTERING.
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE SUCCEED IN VAST

THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE SUCCEED IN WASH
ING ANOTHER DAY.
lBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEI
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Democratc flibustering
against the Tariff bill assumed new but not less
effective form to-day, and resulted in keeping the
House more than three hours on the four remaining
paragraphs of Schedule B. AS usual the BUSH
whackers led in the flibustering proceedings and.
as usual. they were promptly supported by Messrs
Carlisle, Morrison, Tucker and nearly every other
Democrat except Mr.. Randall, who. of course,
"dodged" most of the votes.
The first amendment offered was one by Mr..
Tucker to reduce the duty on plate-glass OF GER
tain size from % cents cents per square foot
Mr.. Tucker had not finished his five minutes
speech for the amendment before it
was apparent that he would have
two youthful Democratic Representatives
Mr.. Clardy and Mr.. Frost-aDout his ears. Both
gentlemen represent st. Louis districts and it ap
pears the tariff lively local issue in their town.
Mr.. Clardy especially aroused, and he made
capital speech in favor of protective tariff, as well
as in behalf of the Infant industry" against which
Mr.. fuckers amendment was directed After near
ly half hour of discussion, Chairman Kelley
thought that vote ought to be taken on the para
graph and amendments and he therefore moved
that the Committee of the Whole report the House
and secure an order closing the debate. Once in the
House the Democrats made an effort to obtain an
other twenty minutes, which the Republicans
fused, whereupon fihbustering began, and an hour
was thus wasted. This performance not led by
Mr. Carlisle or by Mr.. Tucker, but was promptly
supported by both of them.
No amendments to schedule were adopted to-
day. Messrs. Morrison and Wheeler offered provi-
SOS for an annual reduction of duties on a sliding
scale, but both were rejected Mr.. Anderson then
offered as a substitute tor the whole schedule the
corresponding schedule of the Senate bill somewhat
modified. Mr. Haskell opposed this because it lis
a radical advance on the rates adopted by the
House." The Democrats supported Mr. Anderson's
motion. and thus to that extent approved the Sen
ate bill The substitute was rejected--53 to 100
MFR. Anderson being the only Republican who
voted for it,
Before the first paragraph of Schedule C-metals-
was read Mr.. Morrison bashfuy announced that
he desired to offer proposition which, If adopted,
would save a good deal of time it was that the
House drop Schedule and accept Schedule c OF
the Senate bill in Its stead. "What if it should be
voted down Z" asked Messrs. Kelley, Mckinley and
Haskell simultaneously. well, | suppose that
would end it," replied Mr.. Morrison more bashfully
than ever as he sat down amid derisive laughter
from the Republicans.
S. S. Cox obtained leave to have printed in The
Record statement respecting Schedule c, prepared
by Abram l.. Hewitt, who is detained from the |
House by illness. The first paragraph was read and
Chairman Kelley offered an amendment from the |
Ways ana Means Committee, increasing |
the proposed duty iron ore, including |
manganiferous iron and the drOss |
from burnt pyrtes, from 90 cents 10
rs cents per ton. No action was taken upon this |
amendment to-day,
There are indications of a disposition on the part
of some of the Democratic Representatives to vote
for the Senate bill If il be brought before the
House and amended TO abolish the tobacco |
tax. To TRIBUNE correspondent, to-day, an in |
fluential Southern Representative declared bis will
jngness to do so as compromise" and intimated |
that others his side ready to do the same.
1t may be that if the bill now in
the Senate shall pass that body and
the Ways and Means bill shall reach
q final VOTE the Tariff amendments to he former
bill may be offered in the House substitute for
the latter measures. There would be pariiamen-
tary obstacle 10 such course. On both sides of
the House there is real anxiety account Of the
Internal Revenue bill, and IN order to save
1t some Republicans will be ready,
in case it shall be returned to the
House with the tariff amendments, TO raise a
point of order against the latter the ground that
they are not gemane to the original bill 1t has
been suggested too that the House will consider the
tariff amendments of the Senate obnoxious to the
constitutional provision which requires that all
revenue bills shall originate IN the House of Repre-
sentatIves; but it is dOuD full whether such an OBJ
lection would be sustained.