The Helena independent., 1889-01-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Senate Making Good Progress in
Considering the Substitute Tariff
Measure.
THE HOUSE DEADLOCK.
Weaver Scores Another Victory With
HIS Obstruction Tactics, But the
Oklahoma Bill Not Yet Before
the House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate met
at II and spent quarter OF an hour get
ting a quorum. The senate then resumed
consideration OF the tariff bill, the pending
question being the amendment offered yes
terday by Plumb, TO strike out OF paragraph
b57 the words except when frozen or
packed In Ice or otherwise prepared by any
process for preservation" so as 10 let the
paragraph read simply ''fresh fish,"
After u statement of Plumbs amendment
Plumb spoke In It's support, which was op
posed by the house and supported by Rea-
gan. Hale moved 10 strike out the para
graph. He said Il would leave all fresh
| fish under a duty fixed In another part OF
the bill, hall cent per pound, and then
New England would fare no better In that
respect than other parts OF the country.
The discussion was continued al lie. 9Th by
Blair, Spooner, Stockbridge, Palmer Tel
Ter and others. Allison and Eyarts favored
Hale's amendment Finally Plumbs
amendment WAS Withdrawn and Hales
amendment agreed to-yeas, 2s; nays, IL,
and fresh iish was placed on the
dutiable list at one-half cent
per pound. Without division;
leather and old scraps; and 626. mica and
Paragraph d27, mineral waters, was passed
over informally; so was paragraph $50,
molasses, testing not above 80 degrees
| by the polariscope. All paragraphs relat-
| ing 10 oils were laid aside informally
so as 10 have the verbisge changed.
Having reached paragraph 400 as 10 cedar
and other woods sunmanufactured, Aldrlch
moved 10 strike out OF II the words osier
or willow, stating that the object WAS 10
out them on the dutiable list at 10 per cent {;
agreed TO. The end Of the free list having
been reached ut paragraph 1876, Allison
| said he supposed the senate would finish
the reading Of the bill early ~
morrow, the administrative sections
Of IL, and he would propose,
on the omitted paragraphs on the Tree list,
after which he would propose TO take up
| the paragraphs as TO guns, cutlery and a
few miscellaneous items OF that character.
Early next week he wished 10 proceed with
| the wool and woolens schedule, which had
not yet been touched. Adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Weaver, OF Iowa, at once moved that
when the house adjourn IL be TO Monday,
| After the count had proceeded fol half an
hour without q quorum making It's APP
pearance, Randall demanded the yeas and
nays, and they were ordered. the melton
being defeated. Weaver, who had voted
| In the negative, moved reconsideration.
Randall made the point tfat 1t was not In
| order 20 move reconsideration
OF vote upon motion 20
adjourn 70 day certain, and the
point was sustained by the speaker
| Weaver moved 10 take recess until 1:30,
| hut was again blocked by Randall with
the point that he was out OF order.
| He held motion In the nature OF business
was not IN order until the Journal had been
| read. The speaker decided the point well
4 taken.
The journal was then read and Weaver
again began his dilatory motions; These
were finally interrupted by Dibble, who
came forward with conference report
upon the senate bill for the erection of n
public building at Milwaukee, Wis, which,
Notwithstanding Weayer's protest the
speaker ruled OF higher privilege than q
motion 10 adjourn. The report having
beeI read and the previous question de-
manded by Dibble the speaker decided, AZ
| the rules gave conference report prece-
dence over a motion 10 adjourn, the subse-
quent motion 10 adjourn could not deprive
| Il of precedence. This ruling did not
| facilitate matters much, as at 8 o'clock the
house had been 80 far unable to reach a
vote on the conference report owing 10 the
tactics of Weaver, The speaker seems in
clined 20 resort 10 arbitrary measures to
1
| Weaver took adyantage0 of the half hours
debate upon the Milwaukee bill to deliver
a speech In favor of the 0klamoma bill in
behalf Of which he has been making a
| ilibustering fight for some days past
Mason. Illinois, made the point OF order
| that the gentleman was not speaking on
| the subject before the house and the
speaker pro TEN. (McCready) sustained it.
| No quorum voting o., ordering the yeas
| and nays on the adoption OF the conference
report, Weaver again raised his point OF
order that quorum was necessary.
| The speaker overruled the point and the
conference report was agreed t0-yeas, l7g;
nays, 81 Dibble then presented the con
ference report nn the bill for the erection
Of a public building at Omaha, Neb. Weav-
er permitted the report to be agreed TO
without forcing ayea and nay vote, but
| when Dibble rose with another conference
report, he raised the question OF considera'
ti0n, and pending this moved 10 ad-
journ. Dibble raised the point Of order
that the latter motion WAS not In order, but
| the point was sverruled by the SPEAKER,
who held that pending decision OF the
| question of consideration. II was compe-
tent tor the house to adjourn. He also
/ held In order a subsequent motion that
when the house adjourned to-day IL be 10
meet on Monday. The latter motion hay-
ing been defeated, Weaver withdrew his
motion TO adjourn and on his motion the
house took recess, the evening session 10
be for the consideration OF private pension
/ bills.
At the evening session, Weaver, Iowa,
was not present, but Kilgore, Texas, was
on hand 10 block legislation by raising n
point of no quorum upon motion 10 20
into committee Of the whole for the con
sideTatlOn Of private pension bills. and q
call OF the house was ordered and con
| ttnuad unffl s.a0 ofeloek when an adiOuTn.
ment was taken.