Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-23
0LE0'S FRIENDS ON TOP.
THE BILL AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE HOUSE CALENDAR.


to-day Mr.. Hatch, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported back as matter
privilege the oleomargarine bill with
the Senate amendments.
Mr.. Durham raised a point of order
that the report was not privileged one.
The only committee which had right of
way with revenue bills was the Com
m ittee on Ways and Means. The only
privilege which attached to tho Commit
tee on Agriculture was to report the agrl-
cultural appropriation bill at any time.
Mr.. Hatch cOntended that the House,
by Its action in referring the bill to the
Committee on Agriculture, had given
that committee the same privileges in
regard to it as was conferred upon the
Ways and Means Committee in regard TO
other revenue bills.
Mr.. HiscOck took the same ground, and
stated further that it had always been the
practice for the House to accede to the
request of the Senate for conference.
WHERE THE PRIVILEGE LAY
Mr.. Dunn argued that the privilege at
taChCd not to the measure, but to the COM
mittee. The bill was not privileged be-
cause it was revenue bill, but because
the Ways and Means Committee was
granted a right to report it at any time.
That privilege did not attach to the Agri-
culture Committee.
Mr. McCreary could find no instance on
record where the request of one house for
a conference was refused by the other
house.
The Speaker said the privilege to report
revenue bills at any time applied to the
Committee on Ways and Means; the priv
| ilege to consider revenue bills applied to
! oil hvI nlos .bafr FNntg
how the order which had referred the bill
to the Committee on Agriculture con-
! ferred any power upon that committee
which it did not before possess. He there
fore held that the report was not priY-
ileged one, and therefore declined to en-
tertain it.
THE BILL BURIED.
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, rose to call
up the special order, the naval increase
bill, when MIR. Hiscock, rising to a parfia-
mentary inquiry, asked whether, if the
House refused to consider the special or
der, call Of the committees would then
be in order.
The Speaker replied that it would.
MessTs. HIscock and Hatch thereupon
raised the question OF consideration, and
Mr. Herbert, fearing that the friends OF
the OleOmargarine b1ll would unite and
| vote against him, withdrew his bill for
the present, and the Speaker proceeded
to call the committees fOI reports, when
the following were submitted:
By Mr.. Hatch, from the Committee on
Agriculture-The oleOmargarine bill
with The Senate amendments and with a
| recommendation that they be nOn-cOn-
curredin Twas referred to the committee
OF the whole, where il takes its place at
the foot OF the calendar, and where it can
! only be reached by laying aside the Nor
rlsOn aud Randall tariff bills and one or
two internal revenue bills.
MANY MEASURES PUT ASIDE.
After other reports had been made, Mr.
Herbert again called up the special order
Mr.. Hatch again raised the question of
consideration, desiring to move to go into
committee Of the whole for consider alton
Of the o!eomargarine bIll.
The House refused to consider the navy
increase bill, and Immediately Mr.. Rea-
gan, Of Texas, called up as a privileged
matter the Interstate commerce bill, ana
against this also Mr.. Hatch raised the
question of consideration.
! The Interstate commerce bill met with
the same fate az the naval bill, the House
| refusing, by vote OF 102 to 151, TO con-
slider it.
REVENUE BILLS.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on revenue bills, the object
beng 10 reach the oleomargarne bill.
The first bill OF this character on the cal
endar was the Morrison tariff bill. and
Mr.. Morrison asked that it be laid aside.
Mr.. Dunham objected, and the objection
having been reported to the House, the
Speaker announced the question TO be on
laying the Bill aside. This was agreed to
by vote of 16i to SO, and the committee
resumed its session.
The next revenue bill reached was that
giving notice Of the termination Of the
Hawaiian treaty.
TWO MORE ON THE SHELF.
Mr.. hatch asked that il be laid aside
and, after demanding Its reading, Mr..
| Durham objected and his objection was
reported to the House. The bill was laid
aside by vote of 1873 TO go and once more
the committee resumed its session. only
to strike another snag in the bin to re-
duce the number OF Internal revenue OH.
GERS. and to provide better and more
economical administration of tue internal
revenue laws, which dill was also laid
aside by vote 0f l59 to 70.
TAIs see-saw game was continued uutiI
4:2O O'Clock, bills relating to revenue
being laid aside by votes varying from I5S
yeas aod ~ nays to 146 yeas and 81 NAYS.
At that time the bill regulating the
manufacture Of vinegar made from grain
was reached.
NEW TACTICS.
Then tho friends of the oIeomarQarine
bill resorted to different tactics, and in-
etead OF asking that the bill be
laid aside MIR. Hatch took the floor
10 advocate the measure, his object
being to make the bill the heunfnshed bust
ness, 80 as to prevent the necessity OF be-
ginning at the head Of the list tomorrow
in the progress towards the Oleomarga-
rne bill. lie then yielded TO Mr.. II scock,
VINO, in a humorous manner, began To
talk against time and in favor OF the bill.
and his remarks were received with good
natured applause and laughter.
HENDERsON's HUMoR,
Mr.. Henderson, OF Iowa, IN an equally
humorous manner, took the other tack
and vigorously denounced tho bill, de.
claringit to be the most infamous PROPOSE
tion ever brought before an American
Congress, and he was not surprised to
see an old gray-haired rascal like the
gentleman from New York advocating
such yilainous measure. Laughter
He withdrew bis offensive remarks and
admitted that the gentleman had some
dark hairs In his head. This bill was
only in keeping with the mixed-up per-
fOrmances which the House had seen on
the part Of the Committee on Ways aud
Means. This was sucD an infamous