Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-14

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New York (Cockran) in eating from the
feet of the republican parry.
Speaker Crisp was recognized amid
much applause.
As he was about to begin, an animated
conflict arose over the right of MIR.
Reed to close the debate. Mr.. Tracey,
who was in the chair, informed MIR.
Reed that he had four minutes.
"And will use it in my own time"
said Mr. Reed.
"You cannot use it," responded the
chairman, sin closing the debate. If
you wish to be recognized now you can
proceed. will not recognize you to
close the debate"
at is quite fitting" said Mr.. Reed,
chat this refusal to recognize this side
should be part Of the spectacle"
"The gentleman should know" said
Speaker Crisp, that the affirmative of
the proposition closes q debate"
Mr.. Crisp then resumed his speech,
during which he said:
at is very easy for a distinguished
gentleman like my friend from New
York, who, as we all know, with his
ability and aniability, spends but little
of his time in attending to the details
of the business of the House daughter
and applause)-it is very easy for him
to come here and indulge in pyrotech-
MICS, when we who are, as plain, practl-
cal business men, seeking to obtain
some relief for suffering people. But
| want the gentleman to understand,
and / want the country to understand,
that the deserters from the cause OF
tariff reform are not these conterrees
and others who have been making this
great struggle, and who now advise
that this bill be accepted; but the de-
serters are those gentlemen who in the
midst of the fight because they did rot
approve all the provisions of this bill,
hold back and say We will have no
lot or part in this struggle further.
Those gentlemen can receive the APP
probation and applause of republicans
who desire nothing better than the
maintenance OF the Mckinley bill; but
thcy can never meet the appreciation
aud applause OF the plain people of this
doWntrodden by that law" (Appiause.)
In conclusion, only want to say that
so far as am concerned, was willing
TO continue the contest for n better bill
so long as there was any hope of OBJ
tanning it. But when the conferrees on
the part of the House, in whom we
have the utmost confidence, who are
familiar with all the facts, tell us that,
in their judgment, we must take this
bill or be committed to the penalties of
the Mckinley bill, I do not hesitate
moment / take the Senate amend
ments.
As the Speaker closed, Mr.. Cochran,
Of New York, excitediy arose and ask
ed to make a statement Of personal
privilege. There was great confusion.
The chair declined to recognize the
privilege, az contrary to the special rule
Mr. Cochran persisted in his demand
for privileged statement, and, with
some asperity. he said, with reference
to the Speakers reflections upon his alb
sence, that sit was an evidence of the
growth of Georgia chivalry since
Alexander Stephens was replaced in
the speakership by the present occu-
pant of the chair"
The Speaker disclaimed any inten-
ton of rejecting on Mr.. Cochran, but
the incident caused much confusion,
and it was some minutes before order
could be restored.
Mr.. Wilson then arose and corrected
IL statement he had made in his open
ing, to the effect that 800, 900, 600 worth
of raw sugar had been purchased by
the sugar trust in anticipation of the
passage of the sugar schedule of the
Senate bill. He had been mistaken. he
afterward learned. The trust had pur-
chased 5000 tons.
Mr.. Wilson then demanded vote on
the resolution. The yeas and nays
were ordered. Yeas 1S2, nays 105;
present and not voting 3.
The democrats who voted against the
motion we're:
Cochran, of New York Covert, of
New York Davey, ofLouisiana; Dun
ply, of New York Everett, of Massa-
chusetts; German, of Michigan; Hen
dirk, of New York Johnson, of Ohio
Meyer, of Louisiana Price, of Louisi-
ana Tarsney, of Missouri Warner,
OF New York.
The populists voted for the motion.
Just before the announcement, Mr..
Pence (pop), of Colorado, stated that
if his colleagues, Messrs. Simpson, Nc
Keighan and Boen, who were sick, had
been present they would have voted
aye.
The announcement of the vote was
received with clapping of hands and
initiative cock Growing.
A motion to reconsider the vote and
to lay that motion on the table was
made by Mr., Wilson and agreed to
thus making the action of the House on
concurring in the Senate amendments
final.
As soon as the Senate bill was out of
the way, AIr. Wilson brought forward
the "pop-gun" bills and they were pass
ed as follows:
Placing coal on the free list-yeas,
Placing iron ore on the free list-yeas,
163; nays, 102.
Placing barbed wire on the free list
yeas, ISL; nays, ST.
Placing all sugars on the free list
yeas, 276; nays, IL.
When the sugar bill was presented,
Mr.. Robertson, of Louisiana, asked
unanimous consent to offer an amend
ment so as to reduce the bounty grant
ed by the Mckinley law one-eighth
each year until it shall cease after the
year 1907. but Mr. Dockery objected.
This bill was advocated by Mr..
Springer, of Illinois, whose appearance