The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-20
THOSE poeGUN BILLS

Knocked Out IN tho PlrSt Round-Repub.
itrans md Conservative Democrats score
Victory.
wAsmsorDs, D. G., August "a
Apparently tho last vestigo Of a posi-.
biltty Of further tariff legislation at this
session Of Congress has disappeared.
and yet there 10 q bare chance that a
formidable attempt may yet DO made to
force q vote upon some ono Of tho pop.
gun bills.
The victory for tho sugar bounty for
the native production and fof tho free
imported article would naturally scem
70 be sufficient warning 10 tho reform
era" that the best thing they can do is
TO drop the whole matter, but they do
not appear to hayo access Of souso from
extrcmo trlbulation. and II is quite pos
siblo that O now expression Of their
weakness will DO made tomorrow In q
vote upon Senator Lindsay's resolution,
counter to tho Murphy resolution, that
tho senate shall not adjourn until some
action IL taken upon what nro. by way
Of courtesy, called tho tariff reform"
measures.
QUAY MADE uts BLuVE
The vote yesterday upon tho proposl.
ton for free aud imported sugar and o
continuation Of tho bounty furnished a
really dramatic scenc. When 1t was an.
uouaced 81 to 20 ia favor Of tho propo.
sitlon, aud MrLaurin, tho newly ap.
pointed senator from Mississippi, at.
tempted 10 break his pair and change
tho complexion Of the vote. Senator
Quay was the frat to spring into the
breach and Withdraw his vote, which
would haVo broken the quorum. and
then other Republican senators, quick
ly seeing Quay's point, announced that
il senators on tho other Sido proposed
to change the result OF tho vote by
breaking pairs they would all withdraw
thoir votes and thus destroy tho possi.
bility Of a quorum.
Oh course, II tho substitute Of Senator
Henderson had bcen defeated It would
not have changed tho sugar schedule,
but tho ready action Of Quay undoubt-
eddy placed tho senato upon record in
favor OF free sugar and q bounty 10 the
domestic producer instead Of unquuli-
fed FREQ sugar or a "1at" advalororn
duty for revenue. II was very pretty
bluff all around, and Quay's hand took
tho pot.
Everybody predicted Friday that II
tho Murphy resolution providing that
thoro shall DO no farther tariff lrgiSla-
ton this session could DO brought to o
vote ii would pass by largo majority.
This proved TO be the TACT in the most
emphatic manner.
A TRIAL oV sTRBsorn.
There was tac,t agreement that IL
there we're no further obstruction to the
appointment Of Senator White to tho
vadlucv In Tho committee on finance tho
resolution OF Senator Murphy should be
admitted to fair ttiai OF strength. Tho
result proved tho accuracy Of tho gen.
oral prediction, as tho vote stood 81 ayes
to 10 noes. eight Democrats and three
Populists voting aye and Allen. tho
Populist, being paired In favor oil tho
resolution.
It was crushing victory for tho anti.
administration, anti" tariff reform" ole
mont Of tho Democrats, aided BY tho
cold Republican vote, and tho TACT that
Lindsay persisted with his resolution
meroly showed tho lcngth to which tho
administration Democrats doslro to
carry their pfotestatiohs in favor Of re-
form for campaign purposes.
It 10 admitted now by Chairman
Wilson, Speaker Crisp and others Of the
most saneuine OF tho reiormers that
thcre Is no farther hope for any OF tho
pop.sun bills.