The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-14
BOWING TO FATE.
Leaders of the House
Surrender.
GORMAN HAS HIS WILL.
One Man Stronger Than Grover
Cleveland.
THE SENATE BILL ACCEPTED.
Futile Effort to Cover Defeat by
Passage of Four Free
Trade Bills.
THE SENATE BILL ACCEPTED.

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Trade Bills.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.-Strictly &C
cording to the programme outlined in
Fridays dispatches to THE CALL. the
House to-day concurred in the Senate
amendments to the tariff bill. 1t now
goes to the President for his signature,
and, as decided upon Friday night between
Crisp. Wilson and other House leaders.
separate or ''popgun" bills placing coal.
| IRON, sugar anG barbed wire on the free
list were passed by the House tonight.
The majority of the Democrats. while
expressing themselves as pleased with
| the result, are among themselves very
much disappointed. Indeed, most of them
| consider it most humlliating backdowD.
The crowning work of one years tariff
| tinkering was farcical, and is so regarded
by Republicans and Democrats alike. Not
only has the House of Representatives
tamely submitted to the Senate's dctation
| of terms, but it was a most abject. dis
honorable surrender. The Republican
members of the conference committee
during the entire five weeks the bill was
n conference were not called into consul
taLion. although there were over 800
anne ndments to the House bill
The manner in which the bill Was pre-
sented in the House to-day and railroaded
| through is regarded as one of the most re-
! markabe parliamentary proceedings on
record. In the mo st rbitrary and tyranni-
cal manner, the Rules Committee brought
! in a rule calling for the previous question
| on the proposition to recede from the dis
agreement and concur in the Senate
amendments. and allowing only two hours
de bate, one hour on each side, for the con-
sideration of more than 600 amendments,
some IF them of vital importance.
| According to parliamentary usage and
precedents the bill should have remained
in possession of the Senate. Reed
showed this beyond all doubt. But Chair
man Wilson had smuggled the bill from
the conference committee room and it had
been in his possession for four or five days.
| Reeds denunciation of this sort of
bunko parliamentary proceeding was ter
/ rife. He was at his best, and during the
fifteen minutes allowed his side on the rule
4 closing debate. he seered the Democrats un-
mercifully. Sarcastcally referring to a
passed that body and its author was borne
triumpbautly from the chamber upon the
shoulders of two enthusiastic admirers,
Reed facetiously intimated that it would
now be in order for them TO carry the hon.
orable gen nteman out on a shutter. At
this there was uproariOus laughter on the
floor and in the galleries.
The Democrats did not relish the Maine
mans. sarcasm. however, and sat about
| with long faces. Wilson was very plainly
much discounted. There was a sickly
smile on his face, and be tried his best to
look cheerful, but il was dismal failure.
Reeds allusions to President Cleveland's
letter to Wilson stigmatizing the Senate
bill as perfidious and dshonorable were
greeted with mingled shouts of laughter
and applause on the Republican side
The proceedings were at times uproari-
Gus and the presiding officer had the great
est ificulty 10 preserving order. Wilson
OF Washington, the irrepressible and in
trepid representative from the far Western
State, constantly interrupted the proceed
| ings with some pointed and witty taunt
directed against the discomfited Demo-
Gratis. At one stage he cried out in his
shrill voice: "Sugar has gone up FIVE
| points"
| This was certainly unparliament tary Ian
guage, but it was nevertheless true, and
| his sally was greeted with loud and de-
risive laughter from the Republican side
and from the galleries.
Toward the close of the debate Crisp and
Bourke Cochran became engaged in per-
sonal controversy. and it seemed for
awhile that there might be resort to
fisticuffs. Cockran's Irish was up and he
spoke his mind freely in denouncing the
cont BILE and cowardly surrender of
| the House Democrats.
| OF course no one expects that any one of
the so-called "popgun'' bills will be acted
upon in tue Senate. Even the House lead
ers do not expect they will be. This is
merely little buncombe. They want to
| throw the responsibility on the Senators.
| The plan is for the House to remain in
session reasonable length of time, as if
they were waiting and expecting the Sem
ate to pass them.
| Senator Stewart said tonight they would
never be reported by the Finance Com
mittee. If they should be reported they
would never pass the Senate, for there is
combination of Senators who would
stand together to prevent the passage of
either one of the four bills. The two
Louisiana Senators would of course op-
pose free sugar. the Maryland Senators
would fight free coal, the Alabama Sena-
tors would stand in to prevent the pas
sage of the free iron bill, and these six
could rely upon Senator Smith. 1t is easy
to see that there is no chance for either
one of the popgun bills to become law.
Speculation now turns upon President
Cleveland's signature or veto of the tariff
bill. Opinion seems about evenly divided.
He cannot sign this "perhdious and dis
honorable bll' without stultifying himself,
while if he vetoes it he will actually show
| his preference for the Mckinley bill, and
| this yunnld of cnnrsa ne enui va lent q