Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-14

and a sham battle. He was convinced t ~,
M Mrs s spre when he be saw the mock fury Of
P PT aSSelSisS sau rs I'D not kngx what the
f aois q 5b tbs ans Or sa Is sSsed
YORK In the ehair-"unless It Is YOU. Mr..
speaker This sally at Mr.. Tracey's ex-
pense brought down storm Of applause.
o onr; renee quickly apologized to the chair
anu SAID amid renewed laughter he Thought
.ne member In the chair was the new
mouthpiece of the administration mt.
Strauss of New York;
Any measure was A measure for The -
ilef OF the masses, Mr.. Pence proceeded az
repealed the Mckinley law,
~, N CONCLUSION he paid glowing tribute to
When " , nsoh, he plight not be alive he said,
Mnen the battle for tariff reform was CON,
stmmated, though he might stand here 10.
DAY accepting the inevitable
bourke COckran's Protest
MT cochran, TO whom Mr.. Reed WELDED
twenty-five minutes. was the next speaker.
ne declared most emphatically that the
senate Dill represented a departure fror,
principle and was almost bitter in his dso.
iaraucn that true tariff reform bin. such
as the Wilson bill was as Il PASSED ,ba
House, ought to pass or none al All 2u,hS
are the secret er emies, these shadows thsS
threaten the bill IN the Senate?' he adSaG
men. men ne declared that he for one would
peen discovered. He portrayed the tarfff
conferees as climbing up a hin ana &c.,.
ing they had fought a battle there with an
Invisible enemy and then saying that thew
did not dare return and fight that battle
sgain.
1t was very evident in the course Of Mr..
Cochrans remarks that he had not the
democratic members behind him He an
pealed TO Mr.. Crisp in his remarks to sup
port some Of his statements but the Speak,
er said nothing.
After brief ereechaS NV Mags~.
and johnson of Ohio, Speaker Crisp, in an,
sWer 10 cries of Crisp. Crisp" from the
republican side arose.
Speaker Crfsp's Remarks.
Il only desire" he said ".in the few min
utes allowed me TO publicly assume my full
snare or responsibility for the action this
side of the House is now arked 10 take. ana
to aver in the face of my colleagues ana
the country that We are doing what I'm the
judgment Of those who have been activeIy
engaged IN this struggle, those who have
taken earnest part in the fight, Is for the
the democratic side) II is very easy for a
distinguished gentleman like my friend
from New york, who, as we all know, with
all his ability and amiabiIfty spends hut
little Of his time In attending 10 the details
OF the business Of the House daughter ard
applauseD, II is very easy for him 20 come
mere and indulge in pyrotechnics about
principle, when we, who are here as plain,
practical business men, are seeking to OBJ
tain some relief for a suffering people.
But want the gentleman 70 understand
ana want the country 70 understand that
the deserters from the cause Of tariff re-
form are not these eonferees and others
who have been making this great struggle
and who now advise that this bin be &C.
cepted, but the deserters are among those
gentlemen who. In the midst Of the fight,
because they do not approve all the pro-
visions Of the BILL hold back and say: I'VE
will have no lot or part In this struggle
further applause on democratic side)
Haff n Loaf Better Than No Bread.
I'VE are not discussing a theors. We be-
lieve in the homely phrase that when PEG,
pie are starving, half loaf is better than
no bread Therefore we say we will take
the Senate bill; but before this House adj
journs tonight, IL our friends will stay with
us"
Many members on the democratic side
| shouted We will do it,
Mr., Crisp COMMUNICATIVE will send to
the Senate, crystallized into form of acts
passed In this hall, bills making sugar free
Qoud applause, making coal free Genewed
applause), making iron ore free continued
! applausel, and making barbed wire free,
Renewed applause. II my friend on that
side is so much concerned about these ar
ticles. let him stay here and vote with
US. Laughter and applause).
II there Is a sugar trust In this country
which Is dominating legislation the repub-
lican party created Il (applause), and al
though this bill does not destroy that trust
than one-half Of the protection accorded
70 that trust CApplause) If there is a
coal combine the legislation Of the re-
publican party built IL up. and although
We do not make coal free in this bill We
reduce the duty from IS to 40 cents IL
there is steel and iron combine the same
remark applies. Going through these sched-
ules, while they are not all We wish, they
are-and we want the country 20 unders
stand 1.-THE best We can now get. She
moment We get this We intend TO move
forward; we DO not intend there shall be
any backward step In tariff reform. loud
applause) We believe that the adjourn
ment of this Congress without the passage
of some tariff bill would be a blow 10 tariff
reform, from which 1t would not recover
for years TO come" Oong Continued ap-
plause on the democratic side)
Mr.. Cockran's Question of Privilege.
When the Speaker sat down Mr.. Cochran
arose The House was In an uproar. Vote,
vote" was the cry In answer TO his address
to the chair Finally, after prolonged
clamor on the democratic side, Mr. Cock
ran shouted i rise TO a question Of per-
sor al privilege" The chair will hear the
gentleman" was the reply OF Mr. Tracey,
who was presiding.
The House, however, was unwilling to
hear Mr.. Cochran, and again q perfect
storm was raised, Kisses being a feature,
Finally, enough quiet prevailed for Mr..
Cochran TO declare with a personal bitter
ness that is not often seen on the floor,
that the Speaker knew well enough the side
causes Of his absence sickness IN Mr..
Cockran's family, and his reference TO abb
sence was a sample of the growth Of Geof-
sia chivalry since Alexander Stevens was
replaced In the Speakership by the present
occupant Of the chair
My action now" said Mr.. Cochran, rs
not due to my absence in any way, and the
gentleman from Georgia knows IT," Cheers
from the republicans followed this remark,
and Speaker Crisp Immediately rose TO dis
claim any personal ailuslon IN the matter
stating that he did not mean 10 say any
thing more than that Mr.. Coclran's alb
sence prevented him from being informed
on the real situation, and the necessity 81
accepting compromise"
The Vote.
This ended the incident and the vote was
then taken on the resolution and the accept
ance of the Senate bill. The democrats who
voted against Il were:
Cochran, New York; Covert, New York;
Devey, Louisiana; Dunphy, New York; Ever
EFT, Massachusetts; German, Michigan;
Hendrix, New York; Johnson, Ohio, Meyer
Louisiana; Price louisiana Tarsney, Mis-
souri,, and Warner New York
The populists voted for the motion.
Jusv before the announcement Of the
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