New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-03
IN AND OUT OF A DEADLOCK.
THE TARIFF FIGHT BEGINS IN IHr nO' 81

ME-. REEDS TACTICS GET THE DEMOCRATS INTO
MESS. OFT OF WHICH THEY ExTRIcATE
THEMSELVES BIZ CONTROVERSIAL
JouRNMENT RESOLUTION PASSED.
Washington. Nov. Elm the House to-day MT
Cogswen (Rep Mass) announced 'ha' "' W.
league Mr. Wright, had been oohgeu " 'e"te
Washington and requested him 10 atr'"se p",
on the silver Repeal bill. This Mr. Cogswel
u.os ,r,orr,ed Of tho desk had BEEN done. but the
par had not been announced. and he informed inc
HousS thai Mfr. Wright would have voted against
recommitting the bill.
A resolution TO adjourn Tomorrow az p H. was
reported by Mr. Catchings Dem. Miss) from 'he
Committee on Rules and the previous question
was joyfully and vociferously ordered. nNeN ue
bate followed in which Representatives Terry OF
Arkansas and Clark Of Missouri. opposed any
prolonged recess or adjournment
Mr.. Henderson Q4ep, Iowa. asked MI Nd'cn-
ings II there was any chance OF the Iaril Dill
being reported from the committee II inc iio"Se
remained in session.
Mr. Catchings replied that there was not the
slightest chance and Mir Henderson stated that
he was decidedly in favor of adjournment.
Mr. Holman Dem. Ind argued earnestly IN
favor of a recess instead of adjournment. He
questioned the power of the Ways and Means Com
mittee to sit after Adjournment anu Hei" ''"' ."
recess was in every way preferable.
Mr. Cultivate Dem. Ohio, inquired slyly II the
gentleman had considered the economical aspect Of
the case. and Mr.. Holman's reply in the Affirmative
led Mr.. Wilson Rep.. WASH TO exclaim that the
gentleman afraid the members would get their
mileage in case of adjournment
The yeas and nays the adjournment resolution
were called for and resulted in its passage by an
affirmative vote of 1874 to 50 in the negative.
The chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means Nir Wilson. Dem, w. Na) asked that the
committee be allowed 10 sit during the adjourn
ment.
TIE TROUBLE BEGINS
Mr. Reed Rep.. Me- objected. He thought that
the committee should sit when it could not sub
NIT its acts to the House. The House should have
control of its committees. except. perhaps he
added quzzcally, the Committee on Rules. Mr..
Reeds objection suficed to send the request to
the Committee on Rules.
The bill providing for time and place OF holding
the terms OF United States Circuit and District
courts in the State of South Dakota reported
and the Senate amendments were concurred In.
Mr. Fitch Dem. y. y called up the World =
Fair Prize-Wnners Exhibit bill. which had been
referred 10 the Committee Ways and Means
Mr.. Kilgore Dem. Texas objected to it's consider
alton but withdrew his objection when assured
by Mr. Fitch that the bill similar 10 the bill
authorizing the MIdwinter Exposition at San Fran
cisco. With this understanding Mr.. Kilgore yielded
and the bill was passed.
Mr.. Catchings Dem, Miss) reported back from
the Committee on Rules the resolution authorizing
the Committee Ways and Means to sit during
tho adjournment Of Congress for the preparation Of
a tariff measure and TO report the This
gave to the House a foretaste OF the tariff fight
which is to come.
THE COUNTRY MUST BE CONSULTED.
The previous question ordered when Mr
Reed. advancing down the aisle. said that II
an extraordinary proposition that the Committee on
Ways and Means should sit during the interval be-
tween now and the reassembng Of the House. and
during that interval file its results and reports
with the clerk OF the House. The Committee on
Ways and Means had been appointed for nearly
three months yet 1t had not had single meeting
upon the Tariff bill 1t had never attended TO the
matter the least in the world II this thing went
on. seemed to be likely. the Committee on Ways
and Means would have absolutely nothing 10 do
except to record the verdict OF gentlemen
at present unknown and consequently they had
but formal duty. If the question Of pub
city. or informing the people what going 10
take place there was absolutely no difficulty at
tending 1t and they could announce II TO the world
just readily through the newspapers they
could In any other way. So far the committee
was concerned. 1t could hasten nothing, because
this bill not going to be the result. when it
passed. of the opinion Of set OF gentlemen.
known unknown. II was going to be modified
according to the carefully formed opinion OF the
people of this country. and they going to have
a hearing on 1t. Perhaps when the bed OF Justice
is summoned to pass upon it, that bed 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 re-
ports both sides were relied upon less
to enlighten the people Of the country. Now. the
gentlemen comprising the ma jority of this House
had been at work. perhaps; he spoke not advis-
eddy. because there means of knowing any
thing-they might have been at work somebody
else might have been at work but at any rate,
their minds were familiar with the direction that
the bill was to take.
UNJUST TO TIE MINORITY.
| On the other hand. the minority OF this commit
tee Of whose rights the Democratic members would
certainly be highly conservative. had no idea what
had been going on In those secret meetings. which
alone had had charge Of the tariff up to the pres
ent day: and TO be called here the 10Th OF No
vember. such time as that. and have such
bill suddenly thrust upon them. 10 make re-
port and make 1t before the assembling of Con-
gress. and to make 1t before the people in such a
time was nothing more nor less than an utterly
unsuitable thing Now. there might be some gen
temen whose names had not yet been disclosed.
some gentlemen yet undiscovered. who understood
this whole complex tariff subject so thoroughly
that they could in three or four days comprehen nd
/ the whole OF H. Hundreds of people had appeared
before the Ways and Means Committee a knowl-
edge Of the. occupation OF each OF whom was
the work of lIfetiine and TO ask the minority 10
record their views in three or four days unen-
! lghtened on the subject by an expression OF pub
| lie opinion by those sources of information
which were Immediately presented when a bill wa
actually under consideration 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 the
report OF committee that did not even have TO
have matters referred to IL by House was
something that certainly was not either suitable
or proper
NIX. WILSON REPLIES.
Mr.. Wilson Dem. w. Val said the gentleman
from Maine was correct In saying that one OF the
objects sough, to be accomplished by the adoption
Of the resolution was to give to the country. as
early might be convenient information as 10
the proposed tariff legislation OF this Congress
Another object TO ripen the preliminary stages