The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-14

right he had to make this assumption.
MIR Reed said he did not make any
claim; he had been Informed that the
irregularity occurred. but he had no per
soual information.
souND COMMON sRNsY.
Mr.. Turner proceeded to show that the
present action OF the House was strictly
regular. On all such occasions as this
there was sound common se.se duminat-
Ing Congress which brought order out
OF parliamentary tangies, wAich experts
migth devise. When the Mckinley bill
was passed more than one hundred Of
the amendments were passed with little
or no debate.
"If II took only two hours to impose
the burdens Of the Mckinley law on the
American people" said he should It
take any more than two hours to lift
the burdens from the American people.
Each one Of these items had been dis
cussed for months
Nlr Reed proceed 4 70 discuss the dccls-
ion of the chair and the controversy
over the decision between himself and
Mr. Turner consumed the few remaining
minutes
The question then being put on agree
ing 10 The resolution. SIR. Reed demand
ed a division.
The entire Democratic side rose On
massc. but when the negative vote was
| called for the Republicans sat calmly in
| their seats hoping 10 break a quorum.
| When the Speaker announced the vote
lAN-three more than a quorun-the Re-
puhiCans were somewhat disconcerted.
Mr. Reed. however. demanded the yeas
and nays. The House order was adopted.
yeas l7S: nays "a. not voting, H.
Among the Democrats voting IN the
negative were Messrs. Davcy Robert
son NOuisiana). Covert. Price. and War
ncr. Mr. KnsOrc answered present. but
did not vote
In other respects the vote was strictly
on party lines. Upon the announcement
f...
submitted I'm writing the motion proYid-
c3 for in the order adopted.
Mr. Reed made the point Of order that
the bin was not before the House. The
bin had been brought in. however, during
thc roll call. ANA the speaker p intei .
it, Mr. Reed sat down dlsconsolatelv, ana
Mr. Wilson took the n0or. Mr.. wilson
spoke bat ten minutes al the opening ot
the debate. lie then reserved the balanc'
Of his time ana Mr Reed. the leader
of the opposit tiOn. took The noor Inc
gentleman from Maine aroused his fol-
lowers to the highest pitch Of enthusiasm.
MMILAN's CRITICISMS.
Mr. Mcmillan member II the Ways
and Means Committen. fol owed Mt. Reed
He began bv recalling iu conn elton with
Mr.. Reeds prophecy Of political disaster
10 the Democrats Of the House. the
overthrow of the Republican ltous- aIter
the passage Of the Mckinley bll IN Ih".
After criticsiug MI Reed for not dls-
cd to point out some Of the goo Iea-
lures Of the Senate bin. free Wooi tree
lumber free hemp. etc. ana Ire ItHIt-
tiOus in the grUaTl echc iule. Ihe duties
i'm the chemical schedule I'm the Senate
hin about 10 Ie adopted, he SAD, were
reduced from go per cent 10 y per cent. B.
earth and tartheuWarc from 90 per cent
TO So per cent. metals and metal manu-
facturrs from IS TO 36 per cent; WOoi
and wood manufactures rom u 10 -
tobacco. III 20 l05; cotton, % u 49, nay
hemp and jute. a 20 IL. wool ana "u"l
lens. gS 10 A.. silk and six manufactures
81 10 AS: pnlp and paper. % 70 %; sun
dries from - To- o. Total reduction li.ih
rs per cent. TO IS per cont Mt. HltNll.l.l'
eulogized other features, inciud hs t1
tensions of the free lst and eSps era u
the principle involved i'm the ln'oHi -ttN
provision. which taxed not what peo9ie
consumed hut wnat they mao. .... "a
Mr. Wilson yielded a few minutes ,,s..,, ~
Mr. Ponce tCol). the leader or lhe IoI'"-
lists. who said that tne Popullsts Hd-
Thought. and thought stiiL that the cor
test over the taril between 'ne wv - ~
parties was a good deal of mock cV"-
rict and a sham httl ,.. +be
Mr. cochran tN. Yl was given lhe
c,osest attention by the eNpectaHl gu
leries and was AT times en- .''9 49,
applauQed from either Slde OF lL0 ,.
Gar as his sledce-hammer blows We.
ALT at the Mckinley law or me och"to
biu MIR Cochran was deeply IN edlI,','
and his protest against the con ia"'iiiii'' 80
of this tariff legislation recdleu .,is ~
mons speech of protest at the O"i0's'
Convention.
rAn,NrYA ATTACKs rHT BILL.
~ o-.~.,.o,. Dem MOI followed in a
I ,,.!i- +t,cll ON me senate bill. He ld
ne highest authority IN thc DeIl'- t,,', ','e
marty had stigmauzed the Dl'i a. nm
S,lfh' norQdv and dishonor. ll ms 80 ,
"t-i,,tfor heartily concur, 6"lt
d, a., .,. ,v' oand feeling thus it would De- "
.-oI dfshonOr to me TO vote loI '"I'
iU and ] shall not DO so: . o,.-ls,,ea
49,. ,,aS hearty Republican applduSc
az the announcement ol Nti.,,acart IN,
e,,.lch which was most SlshltcaH' 't
Ssi,. ~ his membership on the Ways ana
Means Committee
MR.. WILSON'S IMPORTANT HXPLANAIl"N'
y,.,t,.r Crisn closed the debate. AFTER
ha had done so, Mr. Wilson arose anu 70
r4cfrd a statement ne hdd iiap. 'l il.. ' ..,,
opening to the erect t5"3 Nro ,,',r.ha.ad
worth Of raw sugar had peeh lluI- ~ - -
law no sugar Trust I'm anticipation OF ne
ma seage of the sugar Sche4ulr ol W
S.r.ta hiil he had been HlslaNtH' Ic
afterwards learned. Inc ll"'' ""' l''
chased 44SoOJ tons. ,, 800. ID. g,,
"How much is that IN dollars and cents'
"Abont ~ 100. 0Oo" replied Mr. Mcmillan.
In concluding Mr. Wilson said that ms
was moi a time for Democratic enthusl-
aem. II was plain Democratic necessity
But if the Democratic party, was 10 HEe,
III ID dll live, it would not lay d'Nu us
weapons until II had made II Impossible
in this country TO lay burdens on one
class Of our citizens for The enrichment
of another.
THE VOTE or THE RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Wilson then demanded a vote on
the resolution. The yeas and nays We're
ordered and resulted-yeas lS2, nays 100;
present and not voting ..
The Democrats who voted against the
motion We're: Messrs, Cochran q. -,
Covert (N. ". Davie O.a). Dunphy u.
". Everett (MassD, German (Alich.),
Hendrix q. ", Johnson Ohio). Mycr
NaD. Price Ua), Tarsney (MoD Warner
N. y.
The Popusts voted for the motion.
During the afternoon there were many
senators present, and nearly all of them
remained until the BIN passed. Among
them were Messrs Brice, Gray. Lindsay,
Coke George, Chandler. Davis and Pat
ton.
FIRST OF = HE FREE list BILL
Mr. Wilson then Immediately arose and
offered the first Of the separate free-llst
bills. in accordance with the resolution
adopted by the caucus II provided for
the free admission. upon its passage, or
LiturninOus coal shale, slack and coke
The vote upon the bill by tellers was S
10 47.
MIR. Reed raised the point Of no quorum,
and Mr.. Wilson lDem.l demanded t,le
yeas and nays. The bin was passed
yeas. 100: nays, 10i; answering present, /.
Twenty-One Democrats voted against tne
bill as follows Messrs. Anderson, BANK
head. BOatner. Burnes Grain. Davey,
benson Edmunds, Epes, Krebbs, Nc
kaig. Oates, Reilly, Robbins, swanson,
Tucker. Tyler. Wise. Weadock, Wheeler