Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-13

tor Peffer ElabOrates His Remarkable
 Tariff Bill.
 WASHINGTON. April l3,--The Democratic managers of the house decided that the time had come when some effective method should be adopted to force the Republic ans to participate in legislation. Through out the last congress and during he re- cent congress the Republicans have on frequent occasions deadlocked the house for days by refusing the answer to their names, thus breaking quorum. As there was no rule compelling them to vote. and as the speaker declined to adopt Mir Reeds eXpedient of counting a quorum without the authorization of a rule, the house was constantly at the mercy of the minority.
 The question of the adoption of some method to compel the Republicans to vote was agitated during the last congress and at various times during the present ses- sion. Many different plans were offered by different Democra A and there was no inconsiderable numb .~Jt them who favor ed rule which would empC 4 CT the speak CT or clerk to record as present, but not voting" the Republicans who declined to respond to their names.
 Reed Has Been a Thorn.
 Mir. Reed himself has been constantly fighting to force the speaker to adopt the quorum counting device of which he was the author, but there was on the Demo- cratic side a large and bitter opposition to this expedient Some time ago a Demo- cratic caucus was held to consider the matter, but the exigency having passed when the caucus was held nothing came of it.
 For the last few days, however. the Re publicans have blocked business, and there was a widespread belief on the Democratic side that this was ill pursuance of a pre- concerted arrangement with the Republic ans at the senate end of the capitol to de lay all business with a view to postponing action on the tariff bill. Itwas intimated that quorum would hereafter be de- manded not only on partisan measures, but on the routine business of the house.
 Under such a stress of circumstances Speaker Crisp, Mir. Catchings and Mir. Outhwaite, comprising the Democratic end of the committee on rules, decided that the time had come to act. A resolu. ton embodying a new rule designed to fine members Sl0 for refusing to vote was prepared and presented when the house met
 The Democrats were by no means unani. nous in their approval of it. While the general sentiment of the house favored some modification of the rule to accom-. plish the purpose desired, wide difference of opinion existed as to what that moditi- cation should be. Some of these like Mir. Cochran. preferred an out and out quorum counting rule on the line of the amend ment to the rules offered some time ago by Mir. Springer. Others preferred a rule to enforce section 4U of the Revised Statutes, which provides for deduction from the salaries of absentees for such days as they are absent except on account of sickness.
 The Democrats were unable to muster d quorum to act on the new rule, and find ing themselves unable to proceed a resolu- tion was offered to revoke leaves of absence and compel the attendance of absentees By a resort to every means known to par liamentary law the Repu bliaans succeeded in preventing the adoption of this order for six hours and q half.
 Today the struggle will be resumed. It may be that the Democratic opposition to the new rule as drawn will result in its modification or possibly d complete sub Btitution of some other method to prevent fiHbustering, but there is no doubt that when the present 1ruggle is over the wings of the tilibusters will be clipped. and new order of things will be in vogue in the house of representatives. Peffer Pleads For Coxey.
 
 of the senate, and for four hours he con- tinued without sign of fatigue the criticis- ing of the Wilson bill and the Mckinley bill indiscriminately and to sound the praises of a substitute bill which he pro poses to offer. In this Populistic tariff bill everything which the farmer uses is to be free, or practically so while the sup, port of the government would rest entirely on the shoulders of the urban population. Sugar is to be made free with bounty paid to producers for the benefit of the beet sugar growers of Kansas and Nebras. l ka. Instead of a revenue of S10, 0,000,0 00G from an income tax. this feature of his bill would produce $79000,0O0.
 Incidentally he defended the Coxey army of the commonweal and outlined his plan for the amelioration of the condition of tn" people. Referring to the approach of the army, he exclaimed in the language of Is rael of old. We are coming, Father X bra hamI'
 The vanguard is snow bound, under stand he sad He referred to the en trance into Washington last Saturday 1 night of band of 40 men, who were i'm l mediately arrested without committing any otfense,
 They had as much right to come here aa the president of the New York Central railroad or any other citizen. As congress was not bound down to such restrictions he continued, he would insist upon con gress passing a bill obliging the president to provide employment for all men and women of the country. It would not b1 in the way of building good roads, for he thought that a special province of th@ states, but he would set them to work at building a straight double track railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific and an other from the great lakes to the gulf Then the dark clouds would roll away and be dissipated as the morning mist. | Presidential Nominations. | WASHINGTON, April l3.-The president