New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-06
STILL WITHOUT A QUORUM
TARIFF REFCRMER> FIND THtM>tiN Is Az
PITIAHI.E PLIGHT.

| cIII-~pEAKEr CIR INDULitN IN
SOME ARBITRARY RULINGS.
| NY rrtEGn,rE THE THrDrSrl
| WASHINGTON Jan. 5.-Speake: Crisp was MIS-
| taken yesterday when ne expressed the oP'"'o'
! that it would not he difficult TO muster quorum
of the House Of Representatives to pass a special
order requiring that body 70 enter ininieu'"'es
uoon tn. consideration Of a revenue b-sone OF
the mos; vital and important provisions OF winch
nave not vet been submitted to the full Com
mittee on Ways ana Means or made part OF the
official record Of that committee or of the House
and ordering the previous question to take
effect on a specified date on the passage OF th.s
| inchoatc measure The Democratic leaders snow
| ol greater determination than on yesterday or
| the dav before and il was nearly O'Clock Wnen
| they desisted from the vain attempt 10 muster a
| Democratic quorum. Once they came WITHIN nine
| votes Of doing So and g.eam OF nope cheered
| thor, b;,, ON the very next rollcall they fell
| thirteen votes short and threw up the sponge
| DEMOCRATS EVEN. KEFEMNED FROM VoIiN"'
Probably the most dishearenlng feature OF the
DAYS proceedings. 90 far as the advocates ol 'he
| Wilson bill were concerned, was the fact that all
| the Democrats who voted on one or another mo-
| ton in the course OF the day did not all vote on
| tho same notion II they had done so the
quorum would have been found, and their failure
| or refusal to answer to their names on the same
| rollcall was a rather strong indication that the
| Democratic opponents Of the bill were not only
more numerous but more artful than the leaders
had supp
| "JIow many ID the Democratic 'malcontents
| number" asked a Tribune correspondent OF
| Democratic member Of the Ways and Means
| Committee after the House had adjourned.
ooh I 40 not know exactly. probably twenty
| or thirty" was the reply.
is the number larger than 1t was three days
ago.
$50. I thinl, rot Some of them have little
more courage than they had then, that Is all.
They ought to move into the Republican party
where they belong Almost every Democrat VINO
represents a Protection district Is either hght-
ing the bill under cover or not doing anything 10
help IT,"
The opposition To tn" bill in our party -
gaining strength steadily and rapidly. ana the
tide may run strong enough to swamp H. SAID
another Democrat. who has voted on every mo-
ton H. virtually admitted that the prospect
Of the passage Of the bill had become doubtful.
THE SHIP REVENUE REFORM IN DANGER.
Another prominent Democrat. who is strongly
I'm favor 81 the proposed tariff schedules. bat as
strongly opposed 10 an income tax. said: III our
rood shin Revenue Reform is not actually
stuck in a ouicksand. she is dangerously near
it, while the pilots giving contradictory
orders and a considerable part Of the crew is in
open mutiny | was opposed to the caucus at
first. but now | am inclined to favor it. hoping
fha, we may be able 10 muster quorum there,
al least # we can do nothing more.
As might have been expected. tn. Democrats
who are opposed 70 income tax. mainly for
party's sake. have begun to appeal to the
patriotism II the Republican minority to save
he which
~ the Ways and Means Committee has
dug The country will not forgive the Repub-
lcana In Congress II they permit III" majority
To- saddle this odioue and iniguitous tax upon
the country. or n they do not join hands with
patriotic Democrats To prevent IT IL the SUB
stance Of what they seem TO regard az nj once
an irresistible appeal and conclusive argu-
ment They also declare that the situation is
parallel with that which existed last summer
when the Repubican party In Congress. dis
daining partisan considerations patnoucally
jonod with the minority ~ Democrats In an
effort To- save the country from the owl de-
signs 81 the party In power. This is an impudent
declaration. To be sure but II IL not surprising
10 hear IT made by Democrats who stand ready
to vote to reyolu'onize an economic policy under
which the country has prosp"red for thirty
years and adopt one which threatens disaster
and ruin to American Industries and oppression
10 American labor.
REPunIICNNs NOT MINING ~ HE Ff\N.
Thus far Republicans in the House OF Repre-
scntativcs have shown no sign ~ a disposition
10 help the Democrats carry cut their partisan
and unpatrio'c - home. and IT 10 not probabl"
that they will be- silly enough To do More
over. there ar" Democrats In the House net
many, to bc sur,>-who probably viii refuse 70
vote either for or against an income tax In tn"
hope that by doing they will help to defeat
the entire bill Aside from that odious provision.
the opposition t. the bill IL steadily and rapidly
growing. and it's opponents are exhibiting NOR"
courage.
The protests and circumstances against the
measure ave producing marked effect. and they
ar constantly increasing IN numbers anu infu-
encc. Yesterday nearly hundred found their
way into the petition box. and "A still larger
number was received and presented to-day.
Among these 81 Yesterday were IA haf-dozen
from employees Of Massachusetts factories. which
presented By Mr.. Stevens. who IL a Demo
cratic member Of The Ways and Means Commit
tee. and one from l22 citizens Of piqua. Ohio.
which was presented by Chairman Wilson.
The opening proceedings In the House to-day
were marked bv several arbitrary rulings OF the
speaker who not only curly refused TO enter
tain an appeal from one Of his decisions but
made reply which was the reverse of courte-
ous 10 civil parliamentary inquiry from Mr..
Buut"llc. - Mr. burrows granted hear
ing on point ~ order against the extraordinary
report submitted b. the majority of the Com
mite" ON Rules which on its own motion had
undertaken not only to prescribe an order ot
business. bu, In doing so to change several Of
The standing rules Of the House. but the point
was swiftly ovcrru"d.
sneaker Crisp not the only Democrat VINO !
showed that his temper was ruiiicd to-day. lis |
III humor was shared by the champions OF the
Wilson bill. several or whom threatened arr |
vengeance upon the TRAITORS" and "malcon- |
tents" In their own party Who refused 10 help |
make voting quorum The "Cuckoos' were |
also uneasy and angry on account OF tho latest !
Hawaiian intelligence. evidently fearing that II |
true. and realizing that II 90, nothing could |
prevent the passag" of a resolution Of censure |
on the Administration. Some Of them openly |
expressed regret on account Of the policy of sup
PRECISION that has prevailed thus far In the treat
mont OF the Hawaiian question and appeared t. |
Zoe rather anxious 10 have II abandoned
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
Mr. CATCHINGS INTRODUCES THE Order FOR |