The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-08-14
SENATE BILL PASSES.
THE HOUSE ACCEPTS THE SEN.
ATE TARIFF MEASURE.
The Agony Over at Last, SO Far as
Congress is Concerned--ThePres
ident's Signature Alone
Remains to be
Secured.

OCCulCu,
Yesterdays dispatches from
Washington D. c., giving details Of
tariff legislation, contain comforting
assurance, for the great army oi
tariff reform advocates, through
out the entire union. Under date
of August 18th, the leading special
says:
When the house five minutes af
ter the Democratic caucus adjourn
ed there were more members on
the floor than at any time since the
tariff bill was passed. The anxious
public who thronged the corridors
before the doors were thrown open
crowded into the galleries in antlci.
patton of the final see ne in the long
tariff battle. Under the rule, Mr..
Heard, Chairman of the committee
on the District of Columbia, pend.
ing action by the committee on
Rules, claimed the day for the con-
sideration of business reported from
the committee on the District OF
Columbia. At 2;20 Mr.. Catchings
Dem, Miss.) Immediately entered
the hall with the special order OF
| the Committee on rules in his hand.
Mr.. Heard yielded to him and Mr..
Catchings presented the rule. The
full text of the special rule is as
follows:
Resolved, That after the adop-
tion of this resolution it shall be in
order in the House to move that
the order heretofore made request
ing conference with the Senate
on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on H. R. 1864 be rescinded
and that the conferees heretofore
appointed on the part of the House
be discharged from further duty on
that behalf, and that the House re-
cede from its disagreement to the
Senate amendments to said bill in
gross and agree to the same. That
after two hours debate on said mo-
ton (Which shall be indivisible) the
vote shall be taken without delay
or other motion.
Resolved, second, That any time
after the adoption of this resolu-
tion it shall be in order to present
for consideration, without refer
ence to committee, separate bills
placing upon the free list sugar in
all it's forms, coal, iron ore and
barbed wire. Each of said bills,
when presented, shall be allotted
fifteen minutes debate, and at the
end of such debate the previous
question shall be considered, as or
dered thereon, and without delay
of other motions the vote shall be
taken
During the reading of the resolu-
tion there were jeers on the Repub
lican side, Mr.. Burrows calling out,
'silly, silly" when that portion of
the rule relative to free coal, etc,
was read. Mr.. Catchings demand
ed the previous question.
At this stage of procedure ex-
Gar Thos. Reed rose to point OF
order, and it was instantly realized
that the battle was on, and the f.
nal issue between the opposing tar
if forces ready to be joined. The
speech of Mr.. Reed, sustaining the
point of order raised by himself,
was characteristic of the man,
pregnant with partisan bitterness,
only thinly veiled in personal pleas
antry.
The ex-Czar was cleverly answer
ed by Representative Turner, of
Georgia, who reminded the ex.
Speaker that he was the architect
of a parliamentary structure whose
crumbling walls are about to crush
him. In other words, the gentle
man from Maine" was another oi
those unfortunate engineers who
are finally "hoisted upon their own
petard.
Upon final order for the roll cal
the House order was adopted, 17t
to 81, not voting, IL. Among the
Democrats voting in the negative
were Davey, Robertson, of Louisi
ana, Colbert, Price, German ant
Warner. Kilgore answered "pres
ent, but did not vote, In Other
respects the vote was strictly or
party lines.
Upon the announcement of thu
vote, Chairman Wilson immediate
ly submitted in writing the motion
provided for in the order adopted
Mr.. Reed again made the point Of
order that the bill was not before
the House, whereupon the Speaker
| pointed to it.