The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-30
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WASHINGTON, April 29.-In the House
this morning Mr.. Pierce of Tennessee, rising
to question Of personal privilege, denied
the statement made a few days ago by Mr..
Evans of Tennessee to the effect that there
had been ballot-stuffing in his district.
The speaker ruled that this did not pre-
sent matter of personal privilege.
Mr.. Pierce responded sharply that he
| thought it did.
The speaker said that the gentleman had
no right to make such a response to the
chair
MIR. Mills of Texas-Why did not the
| speaker stop the gentleman from Tennessee
| (Mr. Evansl the other dayl
The Speaker-The speaker was not present
| when that occurred.
Mr.. Mills-Then you ought not to stop
the gentleman from Tennessee now.
| The Speaker-That does not follow.
A SHARP REToRT.
| Mr.. Mills-It does follow.
The Speaker-The chair does not desire to
inter- into any personal controversy with
the gentleman, and he thinks hat if the
| gentleman will reflect he will not persi st.
| Mr.. Mills-I do not see the improperly
when one gentleman charges another with
| fraud.
The SpeaEer-The gentleman from Texas
| will please be in order
| Mr.. Mills-I am in order, and the speaker
is more out of order than the gentleman
from Texas. The ruling is simply out
rageous.
The matter was then dropped.
The postoffice appropriation bill was re-
| ported and placed en- the calendar.
| CLASSIFICATION OF woRsTEDS.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the bill providing for the clas-
sification Of worsted cloths and woolens.
Pending debate the committee rose and
agreed to the Senate concurrent resolution
requesting the President 20 return the Oklas
homa bill for the purpose of having an
| error rectified.
Consideration of the worsted bill was
resumed in committee. The debate was
from the beginning a tariff debate, and the
| House was divided on party lines
Mr.. Dingley said that the object of the
| bill was to make clear a question
which had risen in regard to the classifca-
tion of worsted goods under the existing
tariff, and to correct all doubt and misap-
| prehension, and that it was an exact copy
| of the bill introduced in the last congress
| by Mr.. Breckenridge of Ark ansas, which
the gentleman on the other side had incor-
| porated in their tariff bill
The bill was opposed by Messrs. Carlisle,
Mills, McMillin, Breckenridge, Cummings,
| Springer and others.
| The committee then rose and Mr.. Ding
| ley moved that further debate on the bill
be limited to forty minutes.
| Mr.. McMillin thought this to be too short
limit, and the consequence was that there
were three roll calls before the motion was
agreed to.
Another roll call was necessary to resolve
the House back into committee.
| The debate upon the bill again proceeded
| the speakers being Messrs. Springer, Wilson
Of West Virginia, Breckinridge, Mckinley
and Cummings
| BRECKENRIDGE OFFERS AN AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Breckenridge offered an amendment
| providing for free raw wool, and duty o.
80 per cent. ad valorem, worsted and wooleI
cloths after Oct. 1, 1890.
The chairman ruled the amendment out
on point of order, that the bill referred tc
classification and not to rates of duty.
| Mr.. Breckenridge appealed from the de-
cision stating that the bill, though nominal
ly 1t referred to classification, was really
intended to increase the duty on worsted
| cloth. The decision was sustained by a votf
of "a to SO.
Mr.. Breckenridge offered an amendment
classifying woolen cloths as worsted cloths.
The amendment was lost.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the House.
On the passage of the bill no quorum
voted, and there being no quorum present
Mr. Dinghy, in view of the fact that the
| republican caucus was called for this even
ing at 7:30 o'clock, moved an adjournment
| which was carried.