The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-20
THE HOUSE INSISTS.
The Tariff Bill Goes Back to tho
Conference Committee.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND OBJECTS
The President, in . Letter to tho House.
Urges the Party TO Hold Out for Free
Coal and Iron Orc, and Advises q TIA,
on Sugar.

The President, in . Letter to tho House,
Urges the Party to Hold Out for Free
Coal and Iron Orc, and Advises q Tas
on Sugar.
WASHINGTON, July Gothic Democrats
OF the house Of representatives yesterday,
without division of sentiment, SO far as
surface indications were concerned, and
amid scene of unparalleled enthusiasm,
sent the tariff bill back to conference with
Instructions to the conferees to stand firm
against the amendments which the senate
had placed upon the bill. A special order
was brought in from the committee on
rules, which limited debate on the motion
TO disagree to two hours, and was so
worded as to prevent specific instructions
on sugar or any other schedule.
In the preliminary debate over thu
adoption of this resolution Represents.
tive johnson, the radical free trader from
Ohio, protested against course of pro-
cedure that would give the house no op-
portunity to give specific instructions on
sugar.
The debate which occurred on the adop-
tion Of the motion instructing the house
to insist on its disagreement was prac-
tically confined to Chairman Wilson on
the one hand, and ex-Speaker Reed on the
other, although short speeches were made
by General Wheeler, of Alabama and ex.
Speaker Grow, of Pennsylvania, before
the vote was taken.
The utterances Of Mr.. Wilson, who was
suffering intense pain, and whose head
was bound with a silk handkerchief that
extended to his chin, SO that he was prac-
tically blindfolded, created the most in
tense enthusiasm among his Democratic
colleages. Every sentiment he uttered in
opposition to the concessions which the
senate sought to force was applauded to
the echo, and the climax was reached
when he sent to the clerks desk aud had
read letter from President Cleveland,
declaring that the future welfare of the
Democratic party depended upon the ad.
herence to the Democratic principles upon
which the house bill was framed. He
urged the party to hold out for free coal
and Iron ore, and advising Il tax on sugar,
which he characterized as "a delicate sub
iect."
Mr.. Reeds reply also met with the most
uproarious applause from his political
colleagues.
The motion to disagree was adopted
without division, and the speak-r reap
pointed the old conferees.
After the tariff bill had been sent back
to conference the conference reports on
the naval, military and diplomatic appro.
priation bills were agreed to, and the
house began the consideration of resolu.
ton for a constitutional amendment look,
ing to the election of senators by the peo.
pie. The consideration of this bill under
special order adopted continues today,
and tomorrow bill will be considered to
re-establish railway mail clerks dismissed
between March To- 1880, and May /, 1889
In anticipation of a lively tariff debatein
the senate the galleries were well filled,
but the occupants were disappointed. The
only event of interest in connection with
the tariff was the reception of message
from the house announcing that that
body insisted on its disagreement, and
asked for a furthew conference. Some
time afterwards Mr.. Voorhees, asked to
have this message laid before the senate,
after which he announced that full and
free conference had been had; that the
house conferees had not agreed To tn
senate amendments, and that the senate
conferees had insisted upon them. The
message from the house was then laid ON
the table, to be taken up for considera-
ton today, when Mr.. Hill will move to
instruct the conferees to place iron and
coal on the free list.
Consideration of the Indian appropria.
ton bill was resumed at an early hour,
and was finally passed. The bill as
finally passed carries an appropriation in
round numbers of 80, 1876, 900, being about
g. $50, 900 more than was carried by the
house bill. and an increase approx.
mately of 81, oil 900 over the bill of last
year The report of the conferees on the
diplomatic and consular appropriation