Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-01
PREPARED FOR A LONG FIGHT.
The Senate Recommits the Tariff
Bill Without Making Re
communications

Washington, D. c., July 27.-Inside in
formation from both sides in tue tariff
fight today shows that there is more dan
ger for the Democrats than at any time
in the past 1t is now conceded that it
Will be finish fight between Cleveland
and German. The President, being sup
ported by Speaker Crisp and Chairman
Wilson, who have absolute power in the
House, seems to have the advantage.
If the bill is Indefinitely postponed in the
Senate before being sent back to the
conference committee, German will win.
If it goes back to conference and is re-
ported back without agreement, and is
then indefinitely postponed by the Sen
ate, Cleveland will score victory. Mean
time the Republicans are going to do all
they can to complicate the trouble. 10
day Cleveland, in speaking to a Demo
cratic congressman, was lavish III his
praises Of Senator Hills course in the
Senate. The President says that Hills
speech was stronger than any of his
friends III the Senate were capable of de-
liveIing.
The struggle was resumed as soon as
the Senate convened. The pending ques-
ton was the decision of the chair on the
points of order raised by Messrs. Gray
and Mills against Mr.. Washburn's mo-
ton to instruct the Senate cOnfereeS to
recede from the one-eighth Of 1 cent diff
ferential Oh sugar above 1G Dutch stand
ard. Mr. Henderson was Immediately
recognized and proceeded to argue against
the point of order upon which 50 much
seemed hinged. He maintained with Wig
or that it was competent for the Senate
to instruct its conferees. Mr.. Henderson
described at length the methods Of confer
ences between the two houses in Parlia-
ment and in Congress, drawing a dis
q
and full and free conference. In the
House he declared it had never been dis
puted that the House could instruct its
conferees. Certainly it could not be con-
tended that the Senate had no power nor
control over its conferees. How could
any committee of the Senate be superior
and above the Senate which created it.
There was more involved in this than in
simple question. In it was involved the
rights Of the sugar trust, which was so
eloUantly detained against by Mr.. vi
las 1t was said inside and outside of
this chamber that the trust was SO pow
erful that it could defeat any bill that did
not give it what it wanted. He appre-
hended that this was true, for no matter
how close the Senate came to striking at
the dtferential q vote was always forth
coming at the last moment to save it.
The ruling on this point of order would
determine whether the Senate should
have the right to pass upon this odious
differential, the striking out of which
meant the defeat of the whole bill. Mr..
Henderson then reviewed the precedents
bearing Oh this point of order. citing num-
erOus cases in the House where the CO.
ferees had been instructed
Mr. Harris, who was in the chair,
sustained the point Of order and an APP
peal was at once taken. a motion was
made to lay the appeal on the table The
vote TO lay the appeal on the table was a
tie-32 to 32-and was lost. The mega
tive vote consisted of twenty-eight Re
publicans and Messrs. Hill DEM, Allen,
Kyle and PETER Pops.). Mr.. Stewart
did not vote. Those voting in the affirm
alive were all Democrats.
The vote required on Mr.. Washburn's
appeal from the decision of the chair and
resulted: Yeas 30; nays 30, the Senate
having failed to sustain the chair the
vote REQUIRED on the motion of Mr..
Washburn to instruct the conferees to
recede from the one-eighth differential
on refined sugar The vote resulted:
Yeas 80; nays 81, and the motion was
not agreed to.
The bill was then sent to conference
without instructions and without divi-
sion of the Senate, no vote being taken
on the motion to send the bill back to
conference