The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-16
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.

TIE PREVIOUS QuEsTloS.
The previous question on the resolu.
ton was ordered-yeas, llG; nays, II.
H. NJ. Blount, OF Georgia, protested
against the resolution, contending that
it was n parody on deliberation. 1t
would have been better 10 have provided
for no debate, for this course would at
least hnve had the semblance Of direct.
ness. The right to vote on any separate
amendment was denied to every member
by this order. The House, Mr.. Blount
insisted, should reject this order. 1t
was an unfortunate spectacle. An order
was to be made with view OF pre-
venting the testing Of the senti-
ment OF the House OH any spec
ial proposition. The purpose OF the
order was to take tho whole subject Of
taxation from the House. The resolu.
ton stripped the rules Of the last piece
Of conservatism which they contained.
Under the pretenBe oil doing bushes the
majority had broken down the rules. It
had ahrosated the power OF the House
TO consider tho subject OF taxation and
had recgated that subject to small
number OF conferees.
Mr.. NlcAllllin, Of Tennessee, also op.
posed the resolution, and criticized the
Comp,ittee on Rules for reporting it..
The majority in CAUCUS bad determined
not only that the minority should be
throtted, but that the Plumed Knight
should be throttled.
The -resolution. was then adopted.
Yeas, IA; naye, II.
aIr. Mckinley, Of Ohio, gave a very
brief statement oil the Senate amend.
ments, but entered into no argument Us
to their propriety or impropriety.
Mr.. Flower, Of New York, said that
the estimated revenue Tor tho year was
$3.50 COO,G00. This Congress had appro-
priated S48l 100000. What was the
need Of this tariff bill? Why not leave
the preeent law as it waG. with an
amendment for reciprocity which mssat
reciprocity. aud not one o! these jump
ing jacks. the strings OF which the Pres
idcnt could pull at any time.
AS BRIGHT AS THE NOON DAY SUN.
Mr.. Mckinley said that il the Com
miltee on Rules Ind erred in reporting
the resolution It had erred in giving toe
much time for debate. He invited the
attention OF the House to the fact that
not fifteen minutes of the two hours had
been devoted to the discussion Of the
Senate amendments or to the tariff ques'
ton. The methods OF the ma jority were
known to the country. The trouble with
members OH the other side was that they
did ,Sot discuss measures, hut called
nance; and while they were calling
names the majority had gone on and
done more public business than had beer
done by any House Of Representatives
since the foundation Of the government
(Applauso on the Republican side). Re
ierring to the charge that the bill is q
sectional ono Mr.. Mckinley said tina,
there was not alrgle paragraph in the
bill that was sectional IN Ito character
not one. The Mills bill, he said, was
sectional from top to bottom. 1t pro
tec,ed Southern sugar and Southern
rice, and then turned to the farnera o.
The North and put ths!r agricultural
p.oanc.s on the free list iApplause on
the Republican side). 'e VII
Mr.. Mckinley continued: This II
called u sectional bill Now what hat
this bill done?, 1t has. taken care ol