St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-03
MR.. REED SAID

MIX. REED SAID
the resolution was unsatisfactory in
character and unreasonable in it's de-
mands. The country was entitled to
speedy Information as to the new tariff
bill, and if he thought opposition to the
resolution would delay that information
he. would hesitate to oppose it. But the
resolution would neither give the coun-
try information nor advance the bill.
The matter of tariff was committed to
n ways and means committee, duly
authorized to act upon 1t, yet that COM
mittee has not held a single meeting.
nor, indeed, has the subject been allud-
ed to i'll the committee. All the majority
members of the committee had to do
was to report the results of the work of
some gentlemen at present unknown.
1t would be unjust to the minority to
expect them to get together and in q
rev DAYS prepare a report Oh the bill.
Mr.. Wilson said the resolution was
fit of the earliest possible information
concerning the proposed legislation.
and TO get the bill through all the pre-
llmlnary committee stages so that its
consideration could begin Immediately
after the regular session convened.
There was, he continued, no mystery
about the preparation of a tariff bill.
The minority were not ignorant of what
was going on. He had himself invited
every Republican member of the COM
mittee, with the possible exception of
Mr.. Reed, who was absent, to come to
the committee room and see what was
going on. 1t this case the Democrats
had not been compelled to rely on the
beneficiaries. They had been trying to
do justice to the people and the tax
payers. and they had been working
faithfully preparing a revenue bill that
would meet the verdict of the people.
1--WE want it put through the parlia-
mentary stages before congress convenes
in regular session." he concluded, land
we do not want to be guilty of the dis
courtesy of giving the bill to the public
before we have submitted it to the Mi
nOrity of the committee.
WHEN CONGRESS CONvENES
we desire to enter upon the duty COM
mitted to us by the American people,"
Mr.. Reed responded briefly, and then
the vote was taken.
The Republicans in the house refused
to answer to their names on the Wilson
resolution, and there was not a quorum,
the yeas being 157 and nays /. Mr..
Catchings, of Mississippi, at once en-
tered a motion to reconsider the vote by
WINCH tile mousse d agreed 10 adjourn
on Friday. He said the motion would
be entered and the resolution recalled
from the senate.
Mr.. Reed. of Maine, asked If a motion
could be entered when there was NO
quorum, and the speaker said it could
be, or the member might lose his oppor-
tunity to enter his motion.
Mr.. Wilson, of West Virginia. at once
moved a call of the house. 1t is the in
tention eff the Democrats to get a quo
rum to pass the resolution.
A resolution vas adopted revoking
leaves of absence and i%nstructing the
sergeant-at-arms to arrest absentees.
The tie-up In the house is occasioned
by the fact that the house passed the
adjournment resolution before Mr.. vii.
sol put in his resolution to authorize
his committee to sit during the ap-
preaching recess. and it was upon this
resolution that the Republicans raised
the point of no quorum. The adjourn
nIeut resolution in the senate was re-
ferred to the committee on approprla-
tions, 80 that there is good prospect OF
delaying the adjournment.
For three hours the members Of the