The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-28
BILL IS LOCKED
IN HOUSE SAFE
The Senate Finally Decides, After Two Tie
Votes, 10 Stop Its Fighting.
TARIFF conferences RESUMED
After an Afternoon of Anxiety and
Agony the Senate Decides to Re-
commit the Bill to Conference
Without Observation-Disclosures Will
Say What the Expected Effect of
This Action Will Be- The House
Proceedings Devoid of Interest.
WASHINGTON, July 27.

CIPHE struggle in the senate today
on the issue of sending the tariff
bill back 10 conference without
instructions or conditions was
short, sharp and decisivs. 1t began
with renewal of the discussion of the
point of order made on Senator Wash
burns motion to instruct the conferees
to recede from the additional diffsren-
tial duty Of one.eighth of a cent per
pound on sugar. The point Of order
that had been taken on that motion
WAS that it was not in order, inasmuch
as it proposed to interfere with full
and free conference" Interest aud
speculation in the situation closed
about Mr., Stewart Of Nevada, once a
X publican now Populist, and always
free silver man.
II Mr.. Stewart felt that he held the
key to the situation he did not show it.
He read a newspaper intently while the
debate on the Gray point Of order was
in progress. What made Mr.. Stewart
so interesting figure WAS his action
in voting yesterday with majority of
the Democrats, instead of opposing
them, against receding from the SEN
ate amendments placing a duty on coal
and iron. If Mr.. Irby. the Tillmanite
from South Carolina, had been present.
he too, would undoubtedly have shared
the interest given Mr.. Stewart, but
Mr.. Irby left here for his home last
night after deserting the regular Dem.
ocratic column and voting with Mr..
Hill and the Populists on the free iron
and coal motions. He secured pair,
however, with Senator Smith, of New
Jersey, on the sugar schedule, and by
this means and through the position of
Mr. Stewart the tariff bill was left in a
most interesting condition Of uncer.
tainty.
THE REAL FUN BEGINS.
Mr.. Chandler suggested that the
small number OF senators present was
hardly adequate to the intellectual
struggle going on, and he asked for a
call Of the senate, which was ordered.
MIR. Harris. the president pro tenn, de-
livered his decision on the point of
order when the quorum appeared. He
decided that the power of each house
was as absolute and complete in the
absence Of instructions as at any other
time. AS every feature Of conference
report must be submitted to the senate
for its approval. no power of the sem
ate was lost by failure to support or
decision to support. He sustained
Senator Grav's point of order. and de-
clared that Senator Washburn's mo-
ton could not hold.
Senator Wasbburn Immediately no.
ted an appeal, and Senator Faulkner
moved to lay the appeal on the table.
The yeas and nays were ordered. The
vote on the motion to lay the app,al
from the chairs decision on the table
resulted in tie vote, yeas 80, nays 80.
and according to the parliamentary US
age the nays had it.
ANALYZING THE VOTE.
The three Populist senator's. Allen,
of Nebraska; Kyle, of South Dakota,
and PETER, of Kansas. voted with the
Republicans. SO did Senator Hill, and
the vote Of Senator Irby WAS paired
with that Of another Democratic sena-
tor, Mr.. Smith, of New Jersey. The
only senator who, not teing paired,
did not vote was Mr.. Stewart. of
Nevada, who refrainsd from voting.
Pairs were announced between Seua-
tors Butler and Cameron, Caffery and
Powers, Camden and Pettigrew, Cor.
don and Wilson, Harris and Sherman,
Jarvis and Hoar, Mcpherson and Nor
rill, Morgan and Quay, Smith and Irby.
both Democrats. ana Voorhees, and
Wolcott.
Then came the question whether the
decision of the chair should stand as
the judgment OF the senate. and it was
also decided in the negative in the
same way, the vote being identically
the same as in the first instance. The
next vote was on agreeing to Senator
Washburn's motion. and 1t also failed
from the same course-the lack of a
majority-the vote for thu third time
80 to 32; but this time the Republican
senators and their allies voted aye and
the Democratic senators voted no
Then Senator Gray's original motion
10 insist and agree to q further con.
ference was agreed to without di
vision, and the same seven oonferees
were re-appointed, Following the an
nouncement Of the result Of the last
vote there was much confusion owing
to the exchange of congratulations
among the Democrats that the crisis
had been 30 happily passed. Quay then
arose to address the senate with an
other nstallment OF his tariff speech.
Mr.. Quay, however, did not speak
long. He said he desired to make
some observations for the benefit OF
the conferees and secured leave to
print them in the record. The senate
then proceeded to routine business.
TARIFF BILL IN THE SAFE.
Under tho rules of tho house today's
session was subject to motion to con-
slider bills on the calendar, but when
Mr.. Dunn Dem, N. G., made the mo-
tion the house refused to agree to IL.
The agreement of the senate to the re.
quest Of the house for q further confer.
euce on the tariff bill was commune
Gated by Secretary Cox. of the senate,
and the bill again sent to the con.
fereea
The tariff bill. five minutes after the
action OF the senate had been COM
municated to the house by Secretary
Cox, was carried to the room of the
committee on ways and means and
locked up In the safe. Much concern
was felt by members Of the house,