St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-28
WILL CONFER AGAIN.
Senate Agrees to the Request
Of the House.
KASRByRNS MOTION LOST
Hill and the Populists Vote
With the Republicans.
CHAIR SUSTAINED BY A TIE.
further Conference Agreed
to Without a Division.
STEWART D3DGES THE VOTE.
intense Excitement During
the Roll Calls.
intense Excitement During
the Roll Calls.
DE&0c3ATS WERE Jys.LARE.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The senate
at o'clock this afternoon. after week
of senatorial speeches, agreed to the
further conference on the tariff bill
asked by the house OF representatives.
The test of strength today came on MIR.
WaShburn's motion that The senate re-
eede from that portion of the sugar
amendment placing a differential OF
One-eighth OF cent on sugars above
No. l6. Dutch standard. After an hour
and half of debate on the pending
points of order, the president pro te m.,
Mr. Harris, who was in the chair in the
sustained the point of order, and ruled
The motion out. The decision was i'm
medIately appealed from. and motion
made to lay the latter motion on the
table. Both motions resulted in a tie
vote, Mr.. Hill and the Populists acting
with the Republicans in the effort to
get direct vote of the senate on Mr..
Washburn's motion. Intense. excite
ment prevailed owing 10 the cIoseness
of The vote. In case of a tie the motion
Is lost, according to parliamentary law.
The failure to sustain the chair on the
appeal brought the senate to the direct
vote on the Washburn motion. Upon
THE RESULT HINGEn
perhaps the fate of the measure. But.
though the Republicans scored the VIC
tory in securing the vote on the q diff
ferential, it developed that they had no
reserve strength, and the Vote OH the
Washburn motion also resulted in tie,
and consequently was lost. All the
Democrats save MIR. Hill and Mr.. Irby,
who were paired in favor of striking
put the &, stood by the caucus agree
ment and voted against the motion.
The Republicans also presented solid
front, Mr.. Quay, who voted for the e
when the bill was III the senate, Joining
with his colleagues in the hope of beat
Ing the bill 10y this indirect method.
The three PopuliSts acted throughout
with the Republicans. After these
votes no attempt was made to delay
matters. and the resolution to agree to
4 further conference was agreed to
without division. The chair then re.
appointed the conferees, Messrs. Voor -
hees. Jones. Vest, Harris. Sherman,
Allison and Aldrich. and the senate.
after transacting little routine busi-
ness, adjourned till Monday.
IN THE MORNING HOUR
some debate occurred over a clause in
the conference report on the army ap-
preparation bill, transferring the Apache
Indians held as prisoners of war IN Ala
bama to military reservations In the
West. Mr.. Dubois (Rep., ldaho) pro-
tested against sending these Indians to
Oklahoma. Some bad blood aud temper
grew out of Mr.. Blackburn's charge
that the Republicans were trying to de-
lay action on the appropriation bills.
Messrs. Dubois and Henderson were
especially incensed at this, each charg-
Ing Mr.. Blackburn with bad faith in re-
ceding from amendments they had Of
fered.
You had no right to recede," said Mr..
Dubois.
81 had the right" replied the Ken
tucky senator, hotly, land l object to
the senator's attempt to define my
rights on this floor. 1t is piece of I'M
pertinence which l resent"
mo more than | resent yours" re-
torteu Mr.. Dubois.
The conference report was agreed to-
3S to IL. Then, at los, Mr.. Jones, of
Arkansas, called up the conference 1e-
port on the tariff bill.
THE PENDING QUESTION
was the decision of the chair on the
points of order raised by Messrs. GRAY
and Mills against Mr.. Washburn's mo-
tion to i0Struct the senate conferees to
Tecede from the one-eIghth of one cent
differential on sugar above 10 Dutch
standard. Mr.. Manderson was Imme-
diately recogniznd, and proceeded 10
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
methods Of conference between the
two houses in parliament and in con.
gress, drawing distinction between q
''smple" conference and "fulI and
free" conference. In the house of rem
TeseutatiVes. he declared, 1t had neye,
been disputed that the house could in.
struct its conferees. Certainly il could
not be contended that the senate had nc
power or control over It's conferees
How could any committee of the senate
be superior and above the senate which
created itP There was more involved
in this than simple question. In II
were involved the rights of the sugar
trust. which was so eloqueutly de-
claimed against by Mr.. Villas. 1t was
said inside and outside Of this chambe,
that the trust was SO powerful that 1t
COULD DEFEAT ANY BILL
that did not give it what 1t wanted. Ht
apprehended that this was true, for. n,
matter how close the senate came I,
striking at the differentlal, vote wa
always Forthcoming at the last momen
% save it. The ruling on this point o