The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
SENATE AGREES TO FURTHER
CONFERENCE ON TARIFF.
Senate Adheres to Its Amendments to
the Tariff Bill but Agrees to Further
Conference With the House.
Cleveland Deeply Interested.

Weeh VI senatorial epeocneSj hgTeeu 10
the further conference on the tariff bill
asked by the house of representatives.
the test of strength today came on
Mr.. Washburn's motion that the sem
ate recede from that portion of the
sugar amendment placing differ
entail of Sc on sugars above No. lG
Dutch standard. After an hour and
half of debate on the pending points
of order the president pro tenn, Mr..
Harris, who was in the chair in the
absence OF Vice President Stevenson,
sustained the point of order and ruled
the motion out. The decision was
appealed from and a motion made
to lay the latter motion on the table,
Both motions resulted in a tie votes
Mr.. Hill and the Populists acting
with the Republicans. Intense ex-
element prevailed owing to the close.
ness of the vote. In case of q tie the
motion is lost according to parlia-
mentary law.
The failure to sustain the chair OIL
the appeal brought the senate to q di.
rect vote on the Washourn motion.
Upon the result hinged perhaps the
fate of the measure. But though the
Republicans scored victory in So
curing the vote on the l.So differen.
tial it developed that they had no re-
serve strength and the vote on the
Washburn motion also resulted in q
tie and consequently was lost.
All the Democrats, save
Messrs. Hill and Irby, who were
paired in favor of striking out the 1-8,
stood by the caucus agreement and
voted against the motion. The Re.
publicans also presented solid front;
Quay, who voted for the 18 when the
bill was in the senate, joining with his
colleagues in the hope of beating the
bill by this indirect method. The
three Populist senators throughout
voted with the Republicans. After
these votes 10 attempt was made to
delay matters and the resolution to
agree TO q further conference was
agreed to without division. The chair
then reappointed the conferees,
Messrs. Voorhees,, Jones, Vest, Harris,
sherman, Allison and Aldrich, and
the senate, after transacting little
routine business, adjourned until
Monday.
THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-In the morn
ing hour of the senate some debate
occurred over a clause in the confer
ence report on the army appropriation
bill transferring the Apache Indians
held as prisoners of war in Alabama to
military reservations in the West. Mr..
Duboir, Republican of Idaho, pro-
tested against sending those Indians
to Oklahoma.
Some bad blood and temper grew
out of Mr. Blackburn's charge that the
Republicans were trying to delay ac'
ton on the appropriation bills. Messrs.
Dubois and Henderson were especially
incensed at this, each charging Mr.
Blackburn with bad faith in receding
from amendments they had offered.
You had no right to recede," said
Mr. Duboir,
II had the right" replied the Ken
lucky senator hotly land | object to
the senator's attempt to define my
rights on this floor. 1t is piece of
impertinence which l resent"
mo more than resent yours" re-
torted Mr.. Dubois.
The conference report was agreed to,
SO to 18. Then at :05 Mr.. Jones of
Arkansas called up the conference re-
port of the tariff bill.
The pending question was the de-
cision of the chair on the points OF
order raised by Messrs. Gray and Mills
against Mr.. Washburn's motion to in
struct the senate conferees to recede
from the one-eighth of | per cent diff
ferential on sugar above 1G Dutch
standard.
Mr.. Henderson was Immediately
recognized and proceeded to argue
against the point of order upon which
so much hinged. He maintained with
vigor that it was competent for the
senate to instruct its conferees.
Mr.. Henderson described at length
the methods OF conference between
the two houses in parliament and in
congress, drawing distinction be-
tween "a simple conference and q
'full and free" conference. In the
house of representatives he declared
it had never been disputed thrt the
house could instruct its conferees
Certainly it could not be contended
that the senate had no power or con
troll over it's conferees. How could
any committee of the senate be super
ior and above the senate which Great
ed II? There was more involved In
this than simple question. In il
vas involved the rights of the sugal
trust, which was so eloquently dclaim
ed against by Mr.. Vilas. 1t was sale
inside and outside of this chsmbe
that the trust was so powerful that 1
could defeat any bill that did not Civ
il what it wanted. He apprehende(
that this was true, for no matter hoy
close the senate came to striking. ever
at the differential vote was Away
forthcoming at the last moment t
save it. The ruling on this point {
order would determine whether tn
senate should have the right to pas
upon this odious differential, til
striking out of which meant the defea
of the whole bill. Mr.. Henderson n
viewed the precedents bearing on I'll
point of order, citing numerous il
stances in the house where the COZ
ferees had been instructed. He al:
gave precedents in the parliamentaI
history Of the senate.
Mr. Platt. ReUublicaD of Connect