Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-16
IN THE HOUSE.
The Tariff Bill Reported Back and I'm
mediately Considered.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-In the house
today Mckinley reported back the tariff
bill, with the senate amendments, with
the recommendation that the amend
ments be non-cOncurred IN. Referred to
the committee of the whole.
Mckinley then offered a reso luton
from the committee on rules, but before
it could be read, Enloe rose to question
of privilege and offered the following {:
Resolved, That the clerk of the house
be directed to communicate, to
the senate the fact that the
house reprobates and condemns
the utterances of Robert P. Ken
nedy delivered in the house September
3rd, rejecting upon the character and
integrity OF the senate as body.
Dingley raised the point of order that
this did not present such question of
privilege as would take Mckinley from
the floor.
At the suggestion of the speaker,
Enloe withdrew his resolution for the
present and Mckinley reported a
resolution for the immediate considera-
ton of the tariff bill in the house, and
that after two hours general debate, it
shall be in order to move non-concur-
renee in the senate amendments in
gross, and agree to the committee OF
conference asked for by the senate, and
the house shall without further delay or
other motion proceed to vote on said
motion.
The previous question on the resolu-
ton was ordered-yeas, 1l6; nays, IL.
Blount, of Georgia, protested against
the resolution, contending that it was
parody on deliberation.
McMillin, of Tennessee, also opposed
the resolution and criticized the COM
mittee for reporting it. He said the
majority in caucus determined not only
that the minority should be throttled,
but that the "Plumed knight" should
be throttled.
The resolution was adopted-yeas,
ia; nays, Y.
Mckinley gave brief statement OF
the senate amendments.
McRae, of Arkansas. opposed the bill,
both in the original form and as
amended, on the general ground that
it Disseminated against the farming in
dustry.
Payson, of Illinois, thought in various
respects the bill, as it passed the senate,
was preferable to the measure as it
passed the house. He spoke in favor of
the senate bill and said it meant to
place binding twine on the free list.
He was believer in Republi-
can principles, but did not believe
in the hasty theory of protection which
put on the dutiable list an article the
raw material OF which was absolutely
free of duty, and the manufacture OF
which was in the hands OF a combina-
ton which should be indicted under the
act passed by the present congress.
After protesting against the placing
of works of art on the free list, he
touched upon the sugar question, and
hoped the house would stand by its
schedule.
Vaux, of Pennsylvania, wished to say
to the farmer and the laborer that this
tariff bill was cheat. The majority
believed in every trust save one-the
trust in righteous and just God.
Mckinley said if the committee on
rules had erred in reporting the resolu-
ton, it had erred in giving too much
attention of the house to the
fact that not fifteen minutes of
the two hours had been devoted to
the discussion of the senate amend
ments or to the tariff at all. The
trouble with the members on the other
side was that they did not discuss the
measure, but called names, and while
they were doing this the majority had
gone on and done more public business
than had been done by any house of
representatives since the foundation of
the government.
The senate amendments were nom
concurred in-yeas, 120 nays, 81.
Enloe then called up his resolution in
regard to Kennedy's speech.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, then raised the
point of order that the resolution was
not in order. The time to have called
Kennedy to order was when he delivered
the speech.
Enloe contended that Kennedy had no
more right to make personal attack
upon member of the senate than he
(Enloe,) had to state that the speaker
was corrupt, or the president criminal.
It was due to the house that no utter
ances rejecting upon the senate should
be admitted into the record.
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, concurred in
the remarks of Enloe, and trusted in
the interest of what was right, of what
was due to the house in honor to itself,
that no technicality should be allowed
to come in the way of condemning the
utterances of the gentleman from Ohio.
Grosvenor said he made the point OF
order because he believed whatever
action the house took should be in the