Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-11
Of the Alabama Election Asked for
 by Chandler.
MORE TARIFF DISCUSSION
Oates Applauded by His Col Ieagues-Atlanta's Exposi-
 ton Appropriation.

WARRINGTON, Aug. 10.-A resolution was offered by Mir. Chandler, and went over until tomorrow, proposing an investi- gation by the committee on provisions and elections of the recent election in Alabama as to whether it was full, free, fair and honest, and whether it resulted in the q choice of a legislature entitled to elect a United States senator, with power to send for persons and papers.
 Mr. Gray. in pursuance of the notice given by him yesterday, moved at l2:2o o'clock to proceed to executive business. MT. Hill demanded the yeas and nays. They were ordered, and the motion was defeated-yeas 21, nays 32, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Bate, Berry. Blackburn, Brice, Call, Coke, Faulkner, George, Gray, Jarvis, Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Pasco, Ransom, Roach, Smith, Vest, Villas, Walsh and White-21.
 Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blanchard, Chandler, Cullom, Dolph, Du- bois, Frye, Gallinger,. Gibson, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Lodge, McMillau. Manderson, Mitchell of Oregon, Murphy, Palmer, Patton, Peffer, Perkins, Power, Proctor, Pugh, Quay, Shoup, Teller and Wash burn-32.
 The significance of the vote applied to the tariff bill rather than executive session matters. Then MT. Hill rose and offered resolution directing the conferees on the part of the senate now considering the differences between the two houses on the tariff bill to report to the senate If they are likely to come to an agreement, and if not to report to the senate, also report the principal items of disagreement, so the senate may take action thereon.
 The vice-president announced the ques. tion to be on agreeing to the resolution.
 Then Mir. Harris, one of the conferees, arose and said: 'It is perhaps proper that part of the senate, that the representatives of the majority party in the two houses have for many days conferred. We have encountered serious difficulties, and up to this moment we have reached no agree ment. There are serious differences In opinion in regard to at least three items in the bill. Probably if an agreement could be reached as to these, other items might be agree d to. The items of sugar, coal and iron ore are all three items in relation to which seriops differences of opinion have been eptghined. Various propositions have k nade pro and COZ, but no one of them [ proved quite acceptable to the con We are still at variance, no agfe having been made. This much itis ps, due to the senate that l shot As to the various other items of d l need not, perhaps, refer to them. y are somewhat numerous. But, as Id De1ore, shouiu lnduise strong hoM that if these three things which have mentioned were agreed upon, we might reach an agreement on all the other matters. But my associates of the conference know quite as much as do on the subject, and l would be glad that they should state to the senate anything they may desire.
 Mir. Harris was asked by MT. Sherman, one of the republican conferees. whether the bill was in possession of the senate, and :nl tf al f1,ot it ,of On that statement MT. Sherman said that he would object to the present consideration of MT. Hills resolution but he was warned not to do so by chorus of "No, no'' from republican senators, and he withheld the objection. It was renewed, however, by Mir. Gray, and after long desultory argu- ment on points of order, tue vice. president admitted the objection and the resolution went over under the rules till tomorrow: arose and said: ssSo far as I am con- cerned, am heartily in favor of the reso- Iution. Ide Sire to turn the calcium llght on the differences between the two houses and to remove the false issues which have been made before the country. l shall take occasion when this resolution comes up tomorrow, if it shall be adopted-ss hope it wiil-to state for myself all that has occurred iu relation to this bill and to put stop to the infamous lies that are being circulated in relation to the demo- cratic conferees on the part of the senate."
 MT. Aldrich, one of the republican con- ferees, made an address to keep the matter before the senate today by offering sub stitute for Senator Allen 's resolution, pre- sented week ago, to discharge the finance committee from the consideration of his bill "for the relief of the several states of the uuion,'' ie substitute being an instruction to the seuate tariff conferees to report disagreement. What was then left of the morning hour was dissipated in the argument of points of order on the sub stituts, and then the senate went into ex- ecutive session 4 and at 4:30 o'clock ad- journed until tomorrow.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 Representative and Governor elect Will liam 0. Oates of Alabama reappeared on sence of six weeks. He was enthusiasti- cally received by his political associates and warmly greeted by his political oppo- nents, with whom he is g person al favorite. His return was signalized by the appear ance of a basket of handsome orchids and roses on his desk.
 The session of the house today was slmost wholly taken up with the confederation of the first con nference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. The principal subject of discussion was the appropriation to enable the government to make an ex- hibit at the Atlanta exposition, which af- forded an opportunity for several to make 'bridge the bloody chasm" speeches that were applauded warmly.
 The vote on the amendment showed that the house three to one favored making the appropriation, but wanted 1t to be in the form of the house bill on that subject. The senate amendments increased the to- tai of the appropriations by s, TOY ,662