The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-11
SESSION OF The SENATE.
Light Demanded on the Questions Be-
fore the Tariff COlleTeGS.

Chandler Wants the Alabama Election
Investigated - A Significant Vote.
The Never Ending Tariff SnarI as
Far From Solution as Ever-Mr.
Vest Wishes ito Turn the Calcium
Light on All the Points of Differ
enee Between the Conferees.
Washington, Aug. 1O-A resolution
was offered by Senator Chandler. rep, of
New Hampshire, aud went over until to-
/ morrow, proposing an investigation; by
the committee on privileges and elections,
of the recent election in Alabama, as to
whether it was full free fair and honest,
/ and whether 1t resulted in the choice OF a
legislature entitled to elect a United
states senator, with power TO send for
persons aud papers,
MIR. Gray, in pursuance of the notice
| given by him Yesterday, moved at 1920
o'clock to proceed to eSecutiye business.
Mr.. Hill demanded the yeas and nays.
! They We're ordered and the motion was
defeated yeas p, nays 32, as follows
| leas-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Black burn.
/ Brice, Cali. Coke, Faulkner Georse Gray,
/ Jarvis, Lindsay Martin NILS, Easco. Ran
! som. Roach, smith, Vest. Villas. Walsh and
! Nays AIessrs Aldrich. Allen. Allison.
! blanchard Chandler, Cullpm, Dolph, Dubois,
| rye, GaliinEer, Gibson, hale. Hansnrough,
! HawieY, Hill. hoar Lodge, Mcmillan, Man
/ dersQn, Mitchell OF Oregon Murphy Palmer,
/ Patton, Peffer Perkins Power Proctor,
| Push, Quay Shoup, Teller ana Wash
The significance of the vete applied to
! the tariff bill rather than to eSecutive
| matters.
Mr.. Hill then rose and offered a resolu-
/ tlon directing the cOnferees on the part
| of the Senate now considering the diler-
! ences between the two houses en- theitarH
! bill to report to the Senate if they are
! likely TO come to an agreement, and, if
not, TO report to the Senate; also to re-
! port the principal items of disagreement,
so that the Senate may take action
| thereon.
! The Vice President announced the ques-
tion to be on agreeing to the resolution
Then MIR. Harris, one of the oonferees,
arose and said MIR Presidents 1t is
! perhaps proper that should saw, as enc
of the eonierees on the part OF the Senate,
! that the representatives of the ma Orty
| party in the two houses have for many
/ days conferred. We have encountered
! serious difficulties and up to this moment
we have reached 40 agreement. There
! are serious differences ia opinion ia re-
! gard to at least three items in
the bill. Possibly if agreement could
! be reached as to these other
/ items might be agreed to. The items of
sugar. coal and iron ore are all three
| items in relation TO which serious differ-
eHees OF opiHiod have been entertained
! Various propositions nave been made pro
| and con, but no one of them has vet
proved quite acceptable 20 the GenfeRees
We are still at variance, no agraemeHt
h.lv vii Il
is, perhaps, due to the Senate
that ! should say As to the
various other items of difference,
/ ! need not perhaps refer to them. They
! are somewhat numerous. But, as / said
before, ! should indulge strong hope
that, if these three things which | have
mentioned were agreed upon, we might
/ reach an agreement on all other matters
But my associates on the conference COM
mittee know quite as much as ! do on
the subject; and would be glad that
they should state 10 the Senate anything
they may desire"
Mr. Harris was asked by Mr. Sherman,
one of the republican oOnferees, whether
/ tho bill was in the possession Of the
Senate, and replied most positively that
it was not. On that statement Mir Sher-
man said that he would object TO the
present consideration o Mr. Hills reso-
| luton, but he was warnOd not to do so by
a chorus of no, - mo- from the repub-
| lican senators, and he withheld the OBJ
| objection.
It was renewed, however, by Mr.
Gray, dem, of Delaware, and after a long
| desultOry argument on points of order
the Vice President admitted thl obJec-
tion and the resolution went over, under
the rule, till tomorrow.
In the course of the debate Mr. Vest
arose and said: $50 far as | am con
cerned, / am heartily In favor of the res
| outiOn. | desire to turn the calcium
light on the differences between
| the two houses and 10 remove
the false issues which have been
made before the country ! shall take
occasion, when this resolution comes up
tomorrow if IL shall be adopted
hope it to state for myself all that
has occurred in relation 10 this bill, and
to put stop to the infamous lies that are
being circulated in relation 10 the demo-
cratic couferees on the part Of the
| Senate
! Mr.. AldriCh, one of the republican CON
! forces, made an Gdroit move to keep tho
| matter before the Senate to-day By Offer
! ing u substitute for Senator Aliens reso-
/ lutiOn-presente q week aRo-to dis
| charge the finance committee from the
/ consideration Of his bills "for the relief
/ Of the several states Of the union" tho
| substitute being an instruction TO the
| Senate tariff conferees 10 report IA disa-
! greemeut. What was then left of the
morning hour was dissipated IN the argu-
meut of points Of order on the substitute.
and then the Senate went into executive
session, and, at 4:30 o'clock ad burned
until tomorrow.
REASONS FOR TIE RESOLUTION.