The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
THE SHOESTRING DIS
TRICT
HAS A RUMPUs WITH HENDERSON
Grain Attempts to Explain His Course
Concerning the Lodge Bill
Other News From the
Federal Capital.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The senate by
UNANIMOUS consent has agreed to the propo-
sition of Senator Aldrich in regard tc
closing the debate on the tariff bill.
The question being on the lead paragraph
to which Senator Coke had offered an
silver ores free of duty.
Senator Plumb had offered an amendment
reducing the duty on lead ore and lead
dross from 11zc to to &c. The amendment
was read. 1t is with some few modifca-
tions the bill for reciprocity with
Canada introduced by Butterworth
in the house of representatives. Senator
Plumb proposes to restrict the operations
of the reciprocal arrangement to manufac,
tured articles and minerals. Senator Plumb
then spoke IN favor of his amendment
Senator Sanders opposed the two an end
ments.
AT the close of the discussion Senator
Plumb's amendment to reduce the duty on
lead from ~ to Ac per pound was voted on
and was rejected-yeas Is, nays 2s-Plumb
being the only Republican senator who
voted for it.
Senator Cokes amendment making lead
extracted from silver ore free of duty was
then voted on and rejected, yeas 10, nays
30-a strict party vote. AS Senator Plumb
did nut vote no other amendment was
offered to the paragraph and Done to the
next two paragraphs. Lead in pigs &c a
pound and lead in sheet 2kc a pound.
Dn,- n !,
to metallic minerals in substance in a crude
state not specially provided for. Senator
Blair spoke against the amendment re-
ported by the finance committee. striking
out the duty of 35 per cent on mica. 1t
went over without action.
Schedule d, wood and manufactures of
wood, having been reached Senator Nc
Pherson wished to offer substitute for the
whole schedule, but he reserved it until the
committee amendments should be dis
posed of.
Schedule B, relating to sugar, having
been reached Senator Aldrich said that the
committee proposed to let that schedule be
passed over informally for the present so
that schedule f, relating to tobacco and its
manufacture, would be the first thing to
come up tomorrow.
Adjourned.
One hundred and fifty-nine members
having responded to their names and
1863 members having notified their
presence to the clerk the speaker pro tenn,
Mr.. Payson, announced that there was a
quorum present.
Mr. Morgan of Mississippi made mo-
ton to adjourn, stating that he did so in
good faith, believing it was possible to
come to some ARRANGEMENT in regard to the
lard bill. The motion to adjourn was lost
yeas 40, nays 123.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois then offered q
resolution directing the sergeant-at-arms to
notify absent members to return TO Wash
ington without delay, and revoking all
leaves OF absence except those granted on
account of illness. The resolution recites
that twice today legislative proceedings
were interrupted by want of a quorum
That certain members mentioned by name
answered to their names under call, but did
not respond on regular roll calls, many of
them leaving the hall so they could not be
counted
Mr.. Grain, of Texas, said this is nothing
but petty species of bulldozing the object
being to threaten us in order to compel us
to vote. believe if we had adopted this
line of procedure when the so-called
Lodge bill was before the house 1t would not
now be in the senate awaiting cohsidera-
ton. say the so-called Lodge bill because
[ believe that the author of that bill was
not lodge but he was only wet mouse
(Laughter.) | am responsible to nv con-
stituents. / went out of thechamber inten
tionallyto avoid being counted as present
and not voting. | even took my hat and
umbrella away because have heard it as
serted that clerks and pages were sent &c
the cloak rooms to hunt up hats and um.
brellas in order that the speaker might
count hats and umbrellas present and no,
\o ing Laughter The charge was made
continued Mr.. Crain that the Democrats
of the South were depriving the negro o
the right to vote and refusing to count his
ballot when castN but no man
III the South had ever done OF
attempted to do what the speaker
backed by the majority, had done in this
house, and that was to count the votes of
men who actually had not voted 1t was
to avoid this that men who thought the
said bill ought not to pass had gone out of
the chamber
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa said that moth
ing in the resolution could be construed
into censure.
Mr.. Cannon said that the naming of
gentlemen in the resolution was but show
ing what the roll call showed.
Mr.. Burrows of Michlgan-Is not the
gentleman from Texas aware that he was
oIe of the rules of the house in
going out.
Mr.. Crain-It is perfectly immaterial
whether did or not. If sit in my chair
and am counted as voting when l did not
vote | will get out of my chair.
Mr.. Burrows-The gentleman publicly
declares that he is going to violate one of
the rules of the house.
Mr.. Crain-For that am responsible to
my constituent Is alone.
Mr.. Burrows-This is violating one of the
rules of the house. For this you do not
answer to your constituents but to the
house.
Mr.. Crain-I am not prepared to be Ger