Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-02

not be considered as binding them to
support the report of the conference COM
| mittee when again presented.
Members of the house are pleased with
| the outlook, and it is believed that an
| agreement will now be reached.
In the senate Mr.. Caffery continued his
! speech on the tariff bill, but his remarks
/ 6it not arouse any interest. When ne
| finished Nh. Daniel of Virginia spoke.
Senator Quay gave notice of amendments
to Villas motion TO instruct the senate
conferees tn recede from the entire sugar
schedule and to recede from the schedule
providing for the eighth OF a cent per
pound diff ~srential on ra6ned sugar.
Washington, July 21.-When Mr.. Jones
called mp the CO. ference report on the
tariff bin. Mr.. Villas was Immediately
recognized, but yelled to MIR. Quay, who
withdrew the sugar amen lments he Of
fered just before adjournment yesterday.
The Wisconsin senator began bis
sptech by saying that an extraordinary
scene occurred on Monday last IN the
senate. A democratic senator. said lie,
saw fit TO attack the president without
precedent, he thought, of IL there was a
precedent it was one hat ought to be
Stunned instead of followed. 1t was a
personal assault upon the president and
his character.
Mr.. Villas then reviewed at length the
presidents position in favor of free raw
material his letter of 1887 and other
public utterances up to his message to
congress at the opening of the present
session. Constantly Mr.. Villas declared
Mr.. Cleveland had insisted upon this
principle. 1t was everywhere proclaimed
by his Supporters to be the first step in the
Acknowledgement of labor from the thral-
dom of unjust taxation.
For two hours he held the floor amid
wrapt attention of the senate and gal
leries. delivering his scathing rebuke of
the Maryland senator. He denounced
Mr.. Germans assault as wanton, reck'
{ less and unjustifiable, and though, he
declared that Mr.. Cley Gland needed no
defense at his hands, he took up the
, charges made by Mr.. German and met
0 them with mastery skill and logic. He
[ made his statement, he said, in the in
8 terest Of the truth of history. In con
clusion he eulogized the personal charac'
Q ter and public integrity of Mr.. Cleveland
and said the president could not suffer
from this unjustifable attack of the
n Maryland senator
o At the conclusion of his speech Mr.
Villas explained that in view of the fac
hat Messrs. GoIman, Brice and Smith
f. had assured him that his motion to reced'
= from the 1-Sc differential in favor of thu
v r~efiners of sugar must fail, and the fur
= Their fact that a Democratic caucus hat
q decided to agree to a further conference
Il without instructions, he would WITHDRAW
II the motion. After some general re
% marks by MI. Stewart against the inter
I. s faranaa nf thu axaputiyp with the lppls
Il lative branch of the government, MI
"a Hills motion that the senate recede fror
10 its amendments placing a duty of 4
cents a ton on coal and iron ore wer
voted upon and defeated, the Republic
. ans, except Mr.. Hansbrough, joining
~ the Democrats bound by the caucu
. agreement voting against it. The vot
- stood 6 to 65 and 8 to Ga. Mr.. lrby G
South Carolina was the only other Den
e ocrat except Mr.. Hill who voted for FIRE
y, coal and iron. The Populists, Aller
III Kyle and PETER, also voted for it. Nj
IA Washburn renewed Mr.. Villas motion
instruct the conferees to recede from tn
Is cent differential on refined sugas, bl
9, Mr.. Gray Immediately made the poil
eo of order against it that it was not cor
y petent for the senate to instruct in
question in conference. The point of o
ore was OeDlIeu IOT SOue uinc, puS LAC
=, not ben decided upon when the sena
"a adjourned. There is no doubt, howeve
~ that it will be sustained and this motto
=; ruled out. The general impression is tn
" the bill will 60 back to the conferen'
"a tomorrow.
M Washington, July 2T.-Tbe days Dr
Ia ceeCings in the house were dull in q
extreme ind one 10y one the members le
its their desks. Until there was not \ ha
'ut hundred members in the chamber. I
conference report OIL the notifications /
ad' was agreed to. The day had been E;
Die signed to he. committee or inteTstd
as aad foreign m and some TWEEN
or thirty bills reported from this c"
u.'ttsc were passed. among them til, 1
lowing. Amending the act for the &C
stf, ction of a bridge across rlle ST. Lo'
In river between Minnesota and Wisc"nsi
hen to bri,iye the Usage river In Nissc,'
IVY and the Missouri river neai Dewitt, n