The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-17
OATES ADJOURNS ALONE.
HIS RESOLUTION LAID OVER AND
He WILL GO HOME.

Mr.. Lanham Also Gets Permission to
For sake Congressional Halls-Sena-
tor Allison Ready with a Resolution
Providing for a Rece IS Until Nov. g
Democratic Expectations Con-
flrmed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-In the House to-
day, Mr.. Oates of Alabama called up his
resolution for final adjournment on Oct.
II. He offered an amendment fixing the
date as Oct 1S
Mr.. Sowden of Pennsylvania moved to
make the date Oct. "a.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee said that it
had been the custom to refer such resolu-
tions to the committee on ways and means,
and he moved reference
Mr.. Oates-Show me and show the House
the committee on ways and means.
[LauShter.J 1t is not here.
Mr.. Richardson-I see four or five menl-
bers of the committee here.
Mr.. Oates-That is not the committee.
Mr.. Richardson-I am c-rtain a quorum
of the committee can be obtained
Mr. Oates referred to the fact that he had
previously offered an adjournment resolu-
tion which had been referred to the ways
and means committee and had never been
reported back.
After further discussion, Mr.. Breckenridge
of Kentucky moved to postpone further
consideration of the resolution until to-mor
row, which motion was agreed to by vote
of 90 to 81.
Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee moved to
adjourn, and on this motion the republicans
demanded the yeas and nays and succeeded
in defeating it by vote of % yeas to 81
nays.
Mr.. Oates said that he had failed in his
effort to get the House to adjourn and he
would now like to adjourn himself He
asked leave Of absence for the remainder of
the session. This was granted, as was also
a similar leave to Mr. Lanham of Texas.
The House then at 1:10 o'clock adjourned.
ALLIsoN's RESOLUTION.
The democratic leaders were well repaid
for waiting on the Senate in the matter of
adjournment by the action of Mr.. Allison,
the leader of the Senate republicans in the
tariff fight to-day. In accordance with his
intimation to the democratic leaders yester-
day, that if they did not do so he would
himself move either a recess or an adjourn
ment, he prepared resolution providing
for a recess from Oct. IS to Nov. 10. He
did not offer it to-day, but is expected Co
tomorrow, possibly with some slight change
in the dates
A JUSTIFICATION.
This justifes the speaker and other lead
ing democrats in both houses, who have in
sisted that the democrats ought to wait, so
that if possible, the republicans in the SEN
ate might be gotten to take the initiative.
To be sure, Mr.. Allison may be induced not to
present his resolution, but the very fact
that he has prepared it, proves all the dem
| ocrats have claimed as to the lack of SINGER
ity in the promises OF the republicans that
they would try to pass tariff bill at this
session. Meanwhile, the democrats have
shown willingness to stay here until the
republicans give up their pre-
lenses and abandon their bill OF
course everybody understands that recess
until the third week in November is equiva-
lent to a sine die adjournment so far as
passing tariff bill is concerned. Mean
while, the democrats have prepared an ac-
curate analysis Of the Senate bill, which the
democratic national committee will dis
tribute over the country.