Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-14
FREE COAL, Iron Ore, Barbed Wire and
 Sugar Is What the House Has Finally Agreed Upon After Accepting the Senate Tariff Bill as a Whole. s4ip
 A Death Struggle Was Made for Four Articles of Commerce,
But by Heavy Votes They Were Placed on the
 Free List.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The principal matter before the senate today was the conference report on the sundry civil ap- propriation bill. The conference had agreed upon all the subjects in dispute be- tween the two houses except as to about dozen, on which further conference was asked. Chief of these was the question of the site for the new government printing office. The senate, when the bill was be- fore it, had adopted the amendment for the purchase of what is known as the Malone lot, and the house had substituted for that provision looking to the retention of the present building and the acquisition of ad- joining property on which to erect addi- tional Buildings.
 As it was understood that the house was unyieldingly opposed to the Malone site, MT. Sherman, in order to defeat the house proposition and to prevent any decision of the subject at the present session, moved to recede rom the senate amendment, and although that motion was ruled out on a point of order, it's purpose was attained by the senats refusing on yea and nay vote (22 to G0 to agree to the house substitute. That action cleared away the parliamentary objection to MT. Sherman s motion to recede from the sen- ate amendment. which motion was renewed by Mir. Aldrich and was carried by vote of 26 to 19. The effect of this is to take from the bill all provision for the printing office site and p let the matter go over till next session.
 Among the matters on which further conference is to be held are the amend ments as to the Atlanta exposition and as to the Ford s theater disaster.
 The house joint resolution extending till August "A the appropriations for the expenses ofthe govern ment, was laid before the senate, and objection to it's second reading having been made by MT. Aldrich it was laid over till tomorrow.
 There was short executive session be- tween F and o'clock in which the Chi nese treaty was ratified.
 The house bill authorizing the Kingston branch of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad company to construct bridge across the Contentnia creek in North Caro- lima was reported and passed.
 At the reou ouest of Mir. Chandler his reso- lution as to the Alabama election went over till tomorrow, MT. Morgan not having Yet reached the city.
 At3 D. m. the senate adjourned until to- morrow.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 After the reading of the journal Mr. Say. CTS offered a joint resolution extending until the 24th instant the provisions of the joint resolution carrying forward the ap- propriations upon the basis of those for the past year. MT. Cannon, republican, of lliluOlb, dnkcu MT OdytfH AC taOuBut nO had given himself enough time. MT. Say CTS answered that if there was o agreement on the sundry civil appropriation bill by that date there possibly would be none at all. The joint resolution was passed.
 The District of Columbia business was undertaken, but discussion of the first bill callad up was interrupted by the introduc- ton of the expected order from the con- mittee on rules relating to the considera- tion of the tariff bill and cognate measures ,I, ,sxl, uad hxyh hr Eofn
 It provides first that it shall be in order after the passage of the order to move that the action of the house requesting further conference on the tariff bill be rescinded; that the conferees be discharged from further duty in connection herewith, and that the house agree to the senate amend ments in bulk, which motion shall be de- bated two hours, when the vote on its adoption and the motion shall be indivisi- ble. General leave to print on the subject is given for ten days.
 Second, That it shall be in order after the introduction of the order to present in the house and consider without reference to any committee bills for placing sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed wire upon the free list. Thirty minutes shall be given for the discussion of each bill, and then vote shall be taken,
 MT. Catchings moved the previous ques- tion, and MT. Reed raised point of order against the resolution.
 The speaker-The gentleman will state it.
 Mir. Reed said that a portion of the reso- lution proposed action upon bill which, In bis opinion, was not before the house, and therefore it was not in order for the house to pass the resolution. MT. Reed explained the parliamentary situation from his standpoint, asserting that in the pres- ent condition of affairs it was possible for the senate at this moment to agree to re- cede from it's amen dments to the bill, while the house is proposing to recede from 10 ricor 1anf 70 th.. rftt annta and which bill would become the law would