Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-08-02
BACK TO CONFERENCE
THE TARIFF BILL AGAIN TEMpOR.
ARILY DISPOSED OF.
senator Washburn's Motion to lie.
cede From the Dl6erenitml ON Su.
gar In Defeated by a Tie Vote and
the Bill II Sent to Conference.

the Bill II Sent to Conference.
Washington, July 2S.-At 1906 Mr..
Jones of Arkansas called up the con-
fercncesreport, OH. the tariff bill.
The pending question was the decision
If the chair on points of order raised by
Messrs. Gray and Mills against Mr..
Washburn's motion to instruct the SEN
ate conferees to recende from the. Is of
/ cent difterential On sugar above IL
Dutch standard. Mr.. Marderson was inn
mediately recognized and proceeded to
argue against the point of order upon
which so much hinged. He maintained
with vigor that it was competent for the
senate to instruct its conferees. Mr..
Henderson described at length the meth
DDS of conferences between the two
houses in Iarli III cnt and in congress,
drawing distinction between Il simple"
conference and ''full and free confer
Clce.
In the house of representatives he de-
Glazed it had never been disputed that
the house conll instruct its confcrees.
Certainly it could rot be eontendcd that
the senate had no power or control over
its conferers. How could any committee
of the senate be superior ind above the
senate which created it? There was more
involved in this than simple question.
In it was involved the rights of the sugar
trust, which was so cleo, emily detained
against by Mr.. Villas. 1t was said inside
and outside this chamber that the trust
was so powerful that it could defeat any
bill that did not give it what it wanted.
He apprehended that this was true, for
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striking ut the differential, vote was al
ways coming at the last moment to save
it. The ruling on this point of order
should have the right to pass upon thos
odious differentiar, the striking cut of
which meant the defeat of the whole bill.
Mr.. Henderson then reviewed the
precedents bearing on the point of order,
citing numerous cases in the house where
the conferees had been instructed.
Senator Harris, in the chair, sustained
the point of order against Washburn's
motion. An appeal was then taken.
The vote required on Mr.. Washburn's
and resulted SO to 80. The senate having
cured on the motion of Mr.. Washburn
" AuSCA uSI lAO COAICACCS W ACSCuC AAOA4
the 1-S cent differential on refined sugar.
Result, 80 to 81. Motion not agreed to.
The bill was then sent to conference
without instructions and without division
of the senate, no vote being taken on the
motion to send the bill back to confer
ence.
The votes on the three motions were as
follows:
Ayes-Bs tie, Berry, Blackburn, Blancl-
ard, Brice, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel,
Fla, lkner, George, Gibson, German, Gray,
Hunton, Jones (Ark.), Lii dsay, Nc
Laurin, Martin, Mills, Mitchell (Nis),
Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Ransom,
Roach, Turpie, Vest, Walch, White-32.
Nocs-Allen, Aldrich, Allison, Carey,
Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolpl,
D.hois, Frye, dalli'-ger, Hale, Hans
breugh, Hawley, Hill. Higgins, Jones
(Nev.). Kyle, Ladge, Mcmillan, Mander-
son, Mitchell Orr, Potion, PETER, PeEk-
ms. PlHtt, Proctor, Shoup. Squire, Teller,
WasLMlrn-32.
Stewart did not vote. The pairs were
as follows, those first named ic each pair
fa, oring the motion ard those last named
opposing it Gordon end Wilson, Jarvis
and Hoar, Butler and Cameron, Harris
and Sherman, McPhersen and Morrill,,
Morgan and Quay, Smith and Irby (both
Democrats), Camden and Pettigrew,
Voorhees, and Wolcott and Caffery and
Power.
4 scene of i1extricable confusion fol-
lowed the last vote. The Democrats
were wr;nging e, CHI others hands ell
Enthusiastically. Their colleagues from the
other end of the capitol rushed down the
aislcs and congratulated them on the
victory, and tie spectators in the CALLER
les realizing that the tension was over,
drew long breath. The chair reappoint-
ed the conferees, Messrs. Voorhees,, Jones,
Vest, Harris, Sherman, Allison and
Aldrich. 1t is thought that the senate
bill as it practically now stands will be
agreed upon in conference the report will
be accepted during the coming week and
congress will adjourn within ten days.
In the morning some debate occurred
over q clause in the conference report on
the army preparation bill transferring
the Apachee Indians held as prisoners Of
war in Alabama to military reservations
in the West. MIR. Dubois Rep., Idaho)
protested against sending these Indians
to Oklahoma. Some bad blood grew out
of Mr.. Blackburn's charge that the Re-
publicans were trying to delay action on
the appropriation bills.
Messrs. Dubois and Henderson We're
especially incensed a. this, each charging
Mr.. Blackburn with bad faith in receding
from amendments they had offered.
You had no right to recede," said Mr..
Dubois.
II had the right" said the Kentucky
senator holly, land object to the SEN
ator's attempt to define my rights on this
floor. 1t is piece of imrertinence which
1 resent"
No more than 1 resent yours" re-
torted Mr.. Dubois.
The conference report was agreed to-
80 to II.
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