The Portland daily press., 1894-08-14

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the demand for the bill for the purpose
OF taking other action upon it. What
situation should we be in Mr.. Reed
| SAID he did not know that he SHOULD
succeeded in convincing the majority
that they were wrong in this matter,
and would put them where the heathen
| were who heard the missionary. They
would have no second chance for re-
demption. Naughter).
Speaker Crisp, in ruling upon the
| point of order, said consideration of the
| point of order made by Mr.. Reed it
| was necessary to look not only at the op-
| position of the bill, but also at what
was proposed to be done by the resolution
| reported. A fter reciting various stages
in the progress of the bill to the present
! time, the Speaker said as to its parli-
| amentary status Mr.. Reed had correctly
| cited the scope andseffect of the Jefferson
manual. This rude, however. he said,
| proposed to change the Jefferson man
ual. The question was not whether what
| ing to that authority, but whether the
| change in rules would be valid, legal
and binding. The House, Mr.. Crisp
said, had right to change it's rules
| based on the manual, as well as any
| other rule, and the case cited by Mr..
| Reed from the 3Sth Congress was not in
| point. AS to the legality of the proceed
| luS, uitC ODGdhCI uO lOuAO pIOCcA-
ent in the proceedings of the 42d Con-
gress, which was on all fours with the
action proposed. In that instance the
| bill was introduced in the Senate after
reaching the same stage as the tariff bill
at the present, on motion of Mr.. Har-
| Ian, one of the conferees. The Senate
| discharged it's conferees and receded
| from the disagreement to the House
| amendment and the bill became law.
| At the same date (June 10, 1922, the
| Journal of the House showed the bill
was in that body. The object of all con-
| ferences, said Speaker Crisp, was to get
| the minds of the two houses together.
| While the conference committee was still
in existence it has been held that. one
house might precede from disagree
ment to amednments of the other
| house ana permit the bill to
| become law. In support of this posi-
| tion, the Speaker had the clerk read
| from the decision of Speaker Carlisle to
| the effect that where the conferees dis
| agreed the situation was different from
| the other cases, and the House might
| vote to change it's action upon the bill
without resembling the previous votes on
| contrary character. "In brief" said
| the Speaker, :" the point of order made by
| the gentleman from Maine is overruled
aud the question is Of ordering the pre-
| yious question"
L ne previous question was SeCOuO6Q
without division. and the Speaker recog-
nized MIR. Catchings, Democrat, of Mis-
| sissippi who half rose from his seat SIM
| ultaneously with Mr.. Reed The former
indicated his willingness to yield to Mr..
| Reed, but the latter sat down, as if IN
willing to deprive Mr.. Catchings of the
| floor.
| Mr.. Catchings persisted in keeping his
| seat, and Mr.. Reed spoke. Mr.. Reed told
| the Democrats their feeling were perfect
| ly natural. The job they had to do was
| such that the sooner they got over it
the better they would feel. daughter
and cries of "voten). They were going
| to tranple on thesbarriers which preserve
| the rights of the people in order to per-
! form an act which would he ta steful to
| gentlemen differently situated from
| themselves. Uaughter). You are going
| to do it in defiance of all your declara-
tions, he said; "you are going to die not
only in the last ditch, but in the lowest
part of the ditch. You are going to
enact bill which you believe not to be
an honest bill, and you are going to ac-
company 1t with parade that you also
| know is not honest. You are going to
desert the roll of "of honor (Laughter)
| to trick yourselves out with gewgaws
contained in this proposition. You are
going to give us free sugar, yes, in your
minds Qaughter); You are going ito give
US free coal; Oh my friends. Then you
are going to give US Tree iron; you are
going to do it in free and manly way,
| like the backdown you are making here
| Qaughterssand applause). You are going
| to have no committee of this House., not
| even your own plant committee to
stand between you and the noble pur-
| pose that thrills your souls daughter. }
| You fear the bill for free sugar will be
contaminated by passage through COM
mittee' which may have become an Zap
pendage of another portion of what has
| been discovered as a legislative branch
| of this country. You are going to
march to free coal over the dead bodies
| of the ways and means committee. You
! are going to have free iron ore in def
ance of the rules of this house, in de-
! fiance of the principles which you al
ways proclaimed necessary for the due
transaction of public business. You
| are going to give half an hour to the
| discussion of free sugar in all it's branch
es You are going to give / 5 minutes a
side to dispose of the question OF coal
! You are going TO give / 5 minutes on a
side to discuss the question Of iron. You
| are going to give an hour on side to
| discuss the 600 amendments. not one of
which was touched sby this House, a
| tenth Of a second for each amendment.
| (Laughter.) Now how do you like the
whole programme YOU who are going to
| 1G DAY, HOW 10 you Ike IL. lOouO-
cratic shouts of first-rate", and laugh
ter.) Mr.. Turner, Democratic memb ber
of the committee on ways and means,
followed Mr.. Reed. The period for de-
bate ON the passage Of the resolutions
having expired, a vote was taken, re-
sulting, yeas 1873, nays 8. The Republi-
cans did not vote. The three negative
| votes were cast by Democrats. The
yeas and nays were ordered. just as the
| clerk began TO call the roll, Mr.. Wilson
asked if it would be in order before the
| vote was taken to have the Presidents
letter read again for the information of
the House. Laughter).
| The vote resulted, yeas 176, nays 81, with
one present and not voting. Democra tic
| cheers greeted the announcement. Mr.. viii
son offered a motion providing for the order
\ heretofore adopted for further conference
| with the Senate on the tariff bill be re-
| scinded, the conferees appointed under the
order be discharged. and the House reced
from the disagreement to the Senate
| am endments to the tariff bill.
| A vote taken on the report of the commit
tee on rules to concur IN the Senate amend.
ments to the tariff bill was agreed to yeas
1871, nays l05, present not voting OF paired
| l.
The announcement of the vote was an.
nounced with clapping OF hands and cock
| crows. motion to reconsider the vote
and lay the motion on the table was made
| 1yJM Mr. a.Ad IN hr