The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-14

consideration of the further urgent de-
ficienoy bill was resumed, and an
amendment was offered by Cockrell,
chairman Of the committee on appro
priations. appropriating $40 600, de-
foiency for the wages OF workmen and
adjusters at the Philadelphia mint.
In connection with the amendment,
Cockrell read letter from Mr.. Pres
ton, director OF the mint, stating that
the deficiency is due solely to the large
coinage OF gold required to meet the
demands Of the treasury. He gives
the amount OF gold coined at the Phila
delphia mint since July at $6l,5l7, 4s5;
in subsidiary silver, 3l,2S9, 900, and in
minor coins, S704, 496. The amendment
WAS agreed to-
AT o'clock the tariff bill WAS taken
up. and PETER continued his speech on
the subject, the fourth iustallment. lie
concluded his speech in about three
quarters of an hour, and in closing
defined the platform on which he stood
as regards the tariff bill. lie was ut
terly opposed, he declared, to the
modern system of protection, OF which
the Mckinley bill was an exam pie.
He would havs favored the Wilson bill
as 1t came from the House. either with
the Immediate or gradual wiping out OF
the sugar bounty.
81 am ready for free trade" he said,
"if the rest of US are, but as long AS nv
neiRhbors claim protection for manufac-
turcrs | shall claim protection for the
products of tho farm. am opposed to
tn bill now before us because it dis
~ ifr1ir M nc i,,,r
sent; because il removes the duty from
the farmers wool while retaining it on
tho manufacturers cloth, and because,
while favor tho income tax az a good
step in that direction, this bill does not
go far enough. The bill, taken as a
whole, do not regard as any provo
mem on the law now in force and as to
wool and sugar it Is much worse
Mitchell (Rep Ore }, next addressed
tho Senate in opposi sion to the bill. Mr.
Mitchcll's attitude towards the bill was
very clearly defined In his opening re-
mark he said it WAS destitute of single
good point. 1t breathed the spirit of
free trade with all its blighting conso-
qucnces and it merciiessly assailei
capital and labor alike
At the close Of his speech Cockrcll
moved to proceed to the consideration
Of tho further urgent deficiency bill;
but Chandler interposed with a motion
TO adjourn, and called for the yeas and
nays The vote resulted: Yeas, 0 (all
Republcans); nays, 27; no quorum.
Then there was roll call which showed
tho presence of 43 members, exactly q
quorum.
Hill inquired as to how many pairs
had been announced on the voting, and
waa informed that the number OF pairs
was nine. See that" said be; "if
these pairs had been entered on tie
journal, quorum would have been
&C ually present"
81 object to discussion Chandler
interposed. There is no deba table
question before tho Senate "
Everything is debatable in this
Senate" said Hill.
81 make the parliamentary poin. as
there were thirty six Senators voting
and nine pairs announced by Senators
prest mt, that made quorum actually
present, and the Senate is entitled to do
business under well-regulated rules
that have prevailed in other bodies and
ought to prevail here"
Tho Senator from New York" said
lloar, desires to pay tribute to the
tagacity of the late Speaker of the
House of Representatives that is all"
Tho point Of ORDER" added Butler.
calls attention to the additional fact
that our friends on the other side are
klibustering very indust.iously against
the tariff bill"
eve will take tho responsibility of
that" said Gallinger.
Il desire to inquire of the Senator
from New York" said Quay, "whether
he wishes to suggest that the Reed rule
DE enforced?"
81 do not ecogniza the fact" Hill re.
Piled" that Reed has any monopoly
on pile rule like this, which can be
adopted by any body and which can be
recognized as existing on the ordinary
principles Of parliamentary law"
Does the Senator from New York"
Chandler asked tauntingly, "claim tho
rule as his own by right of discovery"
II decline to answer the question"
Hill good hum oredly replied.
After some further bantering the
Vice President was about to rule on the
point when Cockrell interposed with
motion to proceed to executive business.
The motion WAS agreed to and after {.
short session the Senate, at 6 p. M, ad
journed until to morrow.
General Debate TO End April 23.
Mr. Harris, on the part OF tho Demo-
Gratis, and Mr.. Aldrich on the part of
the Republicans, had q conference this
afternoon. which resulted in continu-
ance of the present truce in the Senate
throuR hout next week with tho under
standing that tho general debate should
end Monday, April SO, when tho tariff
bill shall bu taken up ana discussed by
pa'agr apis.
Suicide of IA Wealthy Merchant.
New YORK, April IS Josiah b.
blossom, GO years old, wealthy retired
merchant. shot and killed himself at