The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-03
The House Refuses to Concur in an
Amendment Providing Pay for SEN
ate Employees During Recess.
MIR. REED TURNS FILIBUSTER
And Finally Forces the Majority
to Accept a Compromise.
Ways and Means Committee Will Tinker
with the Tariff After Adjournment
Chinese Bill Passed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The first Skin
mish over the tariff in the Fffty-third Con-
gress occurred in the House this afternoon,
and after a deadlock lasting until $50 this
evening resulted in a draw. The Senate
amendment to the urgency deficiency bill
providing pay for Senate employees during
the recess of the F'ifty-first Congress is
now the only bar to final adjournment to-
morrow. The Senators on the conference
committee declare they will never recede
and the House seems equally determined
not to accept the amendment.
After the House had been called to
order a resolution to adjourn to-mor-
row at p. m. was reported by Mr.. Catch
ings, from the committee on rules, and the
previous question was joyfully and vo-
ciferously ordered. A lively debate fol-
lowed, in which Representatives Terry and
Clark opposed any prolonged recess or adj
journment.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, asked Mr.. Catch
ings if there was any chance of the tariff
bill being reported from the committee If
the House remained in session. Mr.. Catch
ings replied that there was not the slight
est chance Then Mr.. Henderson stated
vor Of adjournment.
Mr. Holman argued earnestly in favor of
a recess instead of an adjournment. He
questioned the power of the ways and
means committee to sit after adjournment,
and held that a recess was in every way
preferable.
Mr. Cultivate inquired slyly if the gen
tleman had considered the economical as
pect Of the case and Mr.. Holman's reply
in the affirmative led Mr. Wilson, of Wash
ington, to exclaim that the gentleman was
afraid the members would get their mileage
in event of an adjournment
The yeas and nays on the adjournment
resolution resulted in it's passage by an
affirmative vote of 134 to 50 in the mega
tive.
The chairman of the committee ways
and means (Mr. Wilson, asked that the
committee be allowed to sit during the adj
journment
Mr. Reed objected that the committee
should sit when it could not submit it's
acts to the House He said the House
should have control of it's committees,
except, perhaps he added, quiZically,
1.-The committee on rules" The permission
was finally granted.
The bill providing for time and place of
holding the terms of the United States
Circuit Court and district courts in the
State of South Dakota was reported and
the Senate amendments concurred in.
Mr. Fitch, of New York, called up the
worlds fair prize winners exhibit bill,
which had been referred to the committee
on ways and means. 1t was passed.
Mr. Oates asked that when next the
House should go into committee of the
whole for the consideration of the bank
ruptcy bill debate should be limited to
three hours, but Mr.. kilgore was on hand
At this point Mr.. Catchings reported
back from the committee on rules the res
and means to sit during the adjournment
of Congress for the preparation OF tariff
measure and to report the same.
REED STARTS THE TROUBLE.
The previous question was ordered, when
the leader of the Republicans Mr.. Reed
advancing down the aisle, said that 1t was
an extraordinary proposition that the COM
mittee on ways and means should sit during
the interval between and the
reassembling of the House. and dur
ing that interval file its resolu-
tons and reports with the Clerk of
the House. The committee on ways and
means had been appointed for three months
yet IL had not had a single meeting upon
the tariff bill If this thing went on the
committee ways and means would have
absolutely nothing to do except TO record
the verdict or some gentlemen at present
unknown. and consequently they had but
a formal duty. If the question were one
OF publicity or informing the people what
was going to take place there was abSo-
lutely difficulty attending it, and they
could announce ii TO the world just as
readily through the newspapers as they
m!ttee was concerned it could hasten moth
ing because this bill was not goiEg to be
the result, when it was passed. of the opin-
ion of any set of gentlemen, known or I'M
known. 1t was going to be modified accord
ing to the carefully formed opinion of the
people of this country, and they were going
TO have a hearing on it. Perhaps when
the bar of justice is summoned TO pass upon
the bill the bar of justice might get some
information from the people which would
enable them to modify the results of the
workings of those unknown gentlemen
The Representatives on both sides were re-
lied on more or less TO enlighten the people
of the country. The minority of this COM
mittse, of whose rights the Democratic
members would certainly be highly conserv-
alive. had no idea whatever of what mas
been done in these secret meetings which
alone had charge of the tariff no to the
present day; and to be called here on the
10Th of November or any such time as that
and have such bin suddenly thrust upon
them, to make report and make 1t be-
fore the assembling of Congress. and to
make ii before the people in such a time
was nothing more or less than an utterly
unsuitable thing. Now there might be some
gentlemen whose names had not yet been
disclosed, some gentlemen yet undiscoV-
cred, who understood this whole complex
tariff subject so thoroughly that they could
in three or four days comprehend the whole
of it. Hundreds of people had appeared
before the ways and mealfs committee q
knowledge of the occupation of each of
whom was the work of a lifetime, and TO
comprehend all this in three or four DAYS
seemed to him to be unsuitable. unwise and
unreasonable. Therefore, he said, that TO
bring in this resolution at the close of the
session under the whip and spur of a COM
mittee was something that certainly was
not either suitable or proper
MIR. WILSON'S REPLY.
Mr. Wilson said the gentleman from Maine
was correct in saying that one of the objects
sought to be accomplished by the adoption
OF the resolution was to give 10 the country
as early as might be convenient information
as 10 the proposed tariff legislation of this
Congress. Another object was To ripen the
preliminary stages of that legislation that
IL might be ready as soon as possible aft.
the reassemblinG of Congress for the House
TO enter actively upon the consideration of
IL. In View OF that purpose the House had
announced to adjourn tomorrow. The ma
Jortty members OF the committee on WAYS
and means felt that some such resolution
as this should be presented TO the House
and that some such resolution should be
passed by the House before IL dispersed for
the session. Thee was no mystery about