Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-22
TARIFF IN TIE SENATE.
Hot Discussion Was Unexpect-
edly Provoked.
BLAND STILL lacks A QUORUM.
Many Congressmen Face the Bar of the
House Today to Answer to Charges of
Being Absent without Leave--Arrests
Made the Floor.


Made on the Floor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-The tariff cues
zion came up in quite an unexpected way
in the senate and for two hours it held the
floor to the exclusion of all other business
| The matter was indirectly alluded to by
Senator Voorhees,, who arose to IA question
of privilege to deny newspaper statement
attributing to President Cleveland the en-
tire management of the tariff question and
indicating that the Democratic members
of the finance committee were submitting
to his directions III all matters relating to
the tariff bill
After this denial b. Senator VOORHEES,,
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire pre-
cipitated the discussion of the day by an
inquiry as to the part that Senator Mills
is performing in the consideration of the
bill in committee and whether he is still
acting as the proxy of Senator Mcpherson
since the latter's return to the city.
Senator Voorhees, at first referred Sena-
tor Chandler to The Record for his infor-
nation, but when the New Hampshire
senator insisted upon direct answer Sen
ator Voorhees, finally declared that it was
no business of the senator how the finance
committee considered the bill
This provoked an era of acrimOny, and
for the next hour senatorial courtesy had
no place in this dignified body. Many SEN
atOrS accused each other of unworthy acts
and Senator Vest finally quoted from a
record in an attempt to prove that Senator
Chandler had promised to take care of GER
tain officials in the southern states in 1876
If they would decide against the Democracy
and n favor of Hayes for the presidency
The controversy was finally brought to
a close by Senator Mcpherson and Sen
The former stated that Senator Mills at
his request was still acting as member of
the finance subcommittee, and the latter
declared that he was opposed to public
hearings and did not believe in consulting
the tariff beneticiares in framing Il law
solely designed to check their rapacity and
benefit the whole people.
Senator White made vigorous speech
on the Hawaiian question, in % hich he
supported the policy of ProsidtSy Cleve-
land. His speech closed with an interest
ing debate between Senator Teller aud
himself
congressman Arrested on the Floor.
Mr.. Bland again failed to get Il quorum
on his motion, and after four hours of
fruitless roll calls the house adjourned
The highest number of votes polled was
11O-nine short of Il quorum. The mem
number-were paroled until today and
will be arraigued as soon as the house
meets.
An effort was made to adjourn over
Washington's birthday, but Mr.. Bland in
sisted that if the Democrats of the house
could not do business it was not proper to
fritter away time on holidays, and his sup
pOrters sustained him.
Sergeant-at-armS Snow of the house ar
rested seven members of congress on the
floor of the house for having absented
themselves from the sessions. Deputy
Sergeant-at- arms Hill made eight or ten
made by merely touching the members
and then taking their snarole to appear at
the bar of the house to-day at noon. The
arrest of members on the floor is almost
without precedent.
Speaker Crisp has directed the sergeant
alarms to execute the warrants of arrest
without reference to the place where mem
bers are, and this has led to the unusual
step of arresting members already on the
floor of the house. When brought before
the bar of the house, they will be called
the warrants were issued Monday night.
The names Of the members now under ar
rest are being withheld, owing to the dis
credit attaching to such apprehension.
Deputy Hill continued to make arrests
throughout the city wherever a member
could be found, so that there promises to
be a large delegation of arrested congress-
men brought to the bar of the house today