Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-27
BACK TO CONFERENCE.
The Senate Returns the Tariff Bill to
the Conference Committee With
out Instructions.
Iron-clad Anti-Lottery Bill Passes the
Senate-Sugar Trust Discussed
Bad Blood.

Washington, July 27.-There is strong
probability that Senator Hoar's ironclad
anti-lottery bill, which passed the senate,
will become law If its supporters can
secure recognition of it at this session.
The bill is now in the hands of the sub
committee composed of Representatives
Broderick, of Kansas; Bailey, of Texas,
and Goodnight, of Kentucky, who will
endeavor to report it to the judiciary
committee tomorrow.
CONFERENCE REPORT CALLED UP.
At 1905 o'clock to-day the report of
the conference on the tariff bill was called
up by Senator Jones, of Arkansas.
DEMOCRATIC HAVE THE SITUATION IN HAND
noon to-day were that the struggle over
the resolution to agree to the further
conference on the tariff bill asked by the
house would be ended before the adjourn
ment. The Democratic leaders said that
they had the situation well in hand and
they believed the program agreed
upon in caucus would be carried out.
In the morning hour some debate oc-
Cured over the clause of the conference
report on the army appropriation bill
transferring the Apache Indians, held pris-
oners of war in Alabama, to military
reservations in the west. Senator Dubois,
Of Idaho, protested against the sending
of these Indians to Oklahoma.
BAD BLOOD MANIFESTED.
Some bad blood and bad temper grew
out of Senator Blackburn's open charge
that the Republicans were trying to de-
lay action on the appropriation bills.
Messrs. Dubois and Manderson were es-
pecially incensed at this, each accusing
Senator Blackburn of bad faith in reced-
ing from the amendments he had offered.
"You had no right to recede,' said
Senator Dubois.
II had the right" replied the Ken
lucky senator hotly, "and l object to the
senator's attempt to define my rights on
this floor. 1t is piece of impertinence
which resent"
"No more than l resent yours" re-
torted Senator Dubois.
The conference report was agreed to by
a vote OF 4S to Is. Then at :05 Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, called up the con-
ference report on the tariff bill.
SPECULATION ON THE TAR1Fy.
Democratic senators feel very confident
| that they will have the tariff bill back
| from the conference without any instruc-
tions from the senate. While the matter
of instructions depends greatly on the
! vote of Senator Stewart, the general i'm.
preston is that he will not vote at all
and the vote then being tie the motion
to instruct will be lost. 1t is possible
that direct vote on the question may
not be reached.
| Senator Harris, who occupies the chair
will decide Senator Washburn's motion
out of order. An appeal will be taken
and vote come up on sustaining ol
overruling the chair.
wAsHBURN's MOTION LOST.
Senator Harris in the chair sustained
the point of order.
The then pending question was on the
decision of the chair on the points oi
order raised by Messrs. Gray and Mills
against Senator Washburn's motion to
instruct the senate conferees to recede
from the one-eighth of one cent differ
ential on sugar above the fourteenth
Dutch standard.
SENATOR MANDERsON
was Immediately recognized and pro
ceeded to argue against the point oi
order upon which SO much seemed tC
hinge. He maintained that 1t was com
petent for the senate to instruct the con
ferees, and discoursed at length on the
methods of conferences between the two
houses of parliament and congress draw
ing distinction between "a simple" con
ference and "a full and free conference
In the house he declared it had never
been disputed that the house could in
struct it's conferees. Certainly it would
not be contended that the senate had nc
power nor control over its conferees
How could any committee of the senat,
be superior to and above the senat
which created itS There is more involved
in it than simple question. In it is in
volved the right of
THE SUGAR TRUST
which was SO eloquently declared agains
by Mr.. Villas. 1t was said inside and out
side of this chamber that the trust wa
so powerful that it could defeat any bll
that lid not give it wha. it wanted. H.
apprehended this was true, for no matte
how close the senate came to striking a
"the differential" vote was always forth
coming at the last moment to save it
The ruling on this point of order would
determine whether the senate should hav,
the right to pass upon this odious differ
entail, the striking out of which mean
the defeat of the whole bill. Mr.. Man
derson then rekiewed the precedent
bearing on the point of order, citing
numerous cases in the house where tn,
conferees had been instructed.
The vote to lay the appeal on the tabl
was tie-32 to 32-and it was lost.
BACK TO CONFERENCE.
The tariff bill was referred back to tn
conference committee without lnstruc
tions.
THE CENSUS WORK.
The census bureau has begun the worl