Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-17
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. II
SENATE,

SENATE.
! There was fair attendance of Sena-
tors at the opening of the days session.
AS soon as the journal was read, Mr..
Harris, acting chairman Of the finance
committee, moved that the Senate fill
/ the vacancy on the finance committee
occasioned by the death of the late
Senator Vance of North Carolina by
the appointment of the Senator from
California-Mr. White.
Mr.. Chandler objected to the consld-
Grafton of the motion now. 1t was
really q resolution, and, as such, it
should go over until tomorrow under
the rule.
81 take it." said Mr.. Harris, THAT
this is privileged motion, and is not
subject to the rule as to ordinary ieso-
lutions.''
Has the Senator any authority for
that propositions" Mr.. Chandler asked.
at is privileged" said Mr.. Harris,
sin fact that it looks to the organiza-
ton of this body"
ut is rather late in the day." said
Mr. Chandler, sneeringly, ito talk
about the organization of this body.
The rules require resolutions to go over
one day, under one objection. The va
cancy has existed for months, and now,
as the session is approaching its close,
1t is proposed to fill it,
1T is not necessary" Mr.. Aldrch
said, Ito make any argument in favor
OF the position taken by Mr.. Chandler
Mr.. Aldrich called attention to the
fact that when resolution was proper
~ made to appoint Mr.. Mills, it Was
laid over. The republicans would, he
said, resist any revolutionary proceed.
ing.
Mr. Harris said he was profoundly
astonished. During the IS years he
mad been in the Senate the majority
had always controlled its committees
aud no voice against it was heard on
the minority side. The suggestion OF
Mr.. Aldrich was, he said, the most
revolutionary OF all revolutionary pro-
ceedings.
Mr.. Henderson remarked that Mr..
Harris's amazement was only exceeded
by his excitement The resolution was
nothing more or less than a resolution
and should be treated as any other
resolution. Republicans had the right
to appeal to the rules.
Mr.. Harris insisted that he had not
offered resolution, but had made 8
simple motion and it could nol go over.
Mr.. Chandler rose. as he said, to pro-
test against the PHILIPPE of Mr.. Harris
against a Senator who simply asked
that the rules of the Senate should be
complied with.
Mr.. Henderson asserted that the fill
ing Of the vacancy could be required
70 be done by ballot, under the rules.
Mr.. Hill said be had voted to put Oh
The free list the articles contained in
the bills now before the committee,
when they were legitimately before the
Seaa.e. and he was not now trying to
s.r4ighten out his record. He would
vote for them again, but was not pre-
pared to say that it would be done
without further amendment or without
the dot,ing of an az or the crossing OF
I'll Some of the Senators had voted
for the tariff bill under agreements
made in caucus If that agreement
was to be rent in twain then he pro
posed to again bring before the Senate
these questions which had been sup.
posed to have been settled in caucus.
Mr. Hill reminded the Senate that,
when the bill was before the finance
committee before, it was against the
income tax and was compelled to adopt
it against its judgment. The Senate
was now attempting to pack the COM
mittee so that any income tax amend
ment should be stitled.
Mr.. Hill also called attention to the
fact that heretofore when vacancies
were filed in committees the democrats
were consulted in caucus. He believed
he might be permitted to suggest that
in the filling OF this important place,
the interest of the great State of New
York might have been considered.
There was nothing in the rules that in
dictated that the filling of q vacancy in
committee was privileged question.
Mr.. Hill spoke Of the privileged char
acter of conference report, and then
called the attention of the chair to its
decision few days ago that motion
to discharge conferrees had to go over
for day. If that had to go over for
day this certainly was subject to that
ruling. He doubted the wisdom of
policy that sought to fill a vancy with
view of immediate legislation. There
would be other and more important
legislation than the four bills now be-
fore the committee on finance.
This interest belonged, he said, to
the democrats alone, and he regretted
a condition of Affairs that enabled the
republicans practically to settle the
question 1t was wiser that democrats
should consult. From the commence
ment of tariff legislation up to this hour
it has been followed by blunder upon
blunder. On the very day the demo-
cratic Secretary of the Treasury was
sending to the Senate a protest against
free sugar, State democratic conven-
tions were meeting and pledging the
party to free sugar.
Mr.. Harris, after Mr. Hills speech,
put his motion III the form of resolu-
ton and asked that it be printed and
go over until to morrow. 1t was order
ed and the resolution to fill the vacan-
cy went over until tomorrow.
After some routine business Mr.. Muir
ply offered a resolution which goes over
until tomorrow, that there shall be 10
further tariff legislation this session,
and then the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House was not in session to-day,
having adjourned yesterday until Mon
day.