Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-16

son had right TO be heard, because he was
the exponent of the majority of the House.
Reed asserted that the chairman of the
committee on ways sni m eans had not sub
mitted his amendment as coming from the
committee. If he had done so, he might
have had the right TO submit others in the
same way, hut whatever he had submitted
was in his individual cspacity. In his iadi-
vidnal capacity he could not mcnopol,ze the
time, because he was not then an organ of
the House. The committee on ways and
means was the organ of TIE House, and
whenever Wilson spoke ia his official
capacity as chairman OF that committee, he
was the organ of the House.
lie did not NJ .sn TO say that it had been the
universal custom, without deviation, to
pass amendments from one side of the
House to another, bat he did say that it wss
the custom, almsOt unbroken, TO pass from
one kile to the o.her in speaking, and In
every other way, under the five minute
rule. He laid it down as = principal that 1t
was the duty of the Chair to SO alternate
recognition, so TO do justice on both sides.
The alternstion would seem TO be the
simplest and justest way.
I McMLlin Dem } of Tennessee main
tanned that Wilson was entitled to offer all
his amendments to the bill before giving il
/ to the other side to be amended. The
friends of the bill had the first right TO per-
feet il as far as they could. He stated that
when the Mex nley bill was undr discus
/ sion the chairman submitted all lis amend
mpnts first and the Democrats did not
object.
| Snoderass (Dem.) of Tennessee, sug-
gested that the question might be settled by
the chair without SO much debate.
The gentleman" said Reed, "seems to
| be m)re arxious for a settlement than for
Just settlement" (Rennblican applause
| Burrows ORep OF Michigan, saii that
hat was contendvd for on the other ii le
would conf1e the power of oifeIing amend
ments to the chairman of tie committee on
wsys and msans He burrows was seek
| ing to establish the rights no. only of the
members on his side of the chamber, bat
those of the memb; RS on the other side.
! Wilson said he had no deposition to pre-
vent any member from offering amend
ments and having them disposed of. Wh'n
the Mckinley bill was before the House,
Mckinley offered amendments not author
izej by the committee on ways and meais
The Chair ssid he hal been q ked by the
CERT lsman from West Virginia TO recognize
him, ana had done SO.
asked privately or publicly" queried
Reed.
Chsir-Privately in the ordinary mau
| ner.
Reed (to the Chsir). Was the gentle
man from Wts Virginia on his feet when
the gentleman from Michigan al lrcssed
the Chair.
| Chair-The question of recognition rests
largely in the discretion of the Oh tir. The
gentleman from West Virginia informed
the Chair that he had certain amendments
to offer which woull occupy but short
time The record OF proceedings when the
| Mckinley bill was under consideration
shows that Mckiulay offered SO amend
men.s before any one else was recog-
nized. Mr.. Mckinley, b eing interrogated by
the then minority, as to how many amend
men,s he had in his desk, declined 10 state,
and said lie would offer amendments until
he got action on ali of them. In addition
to that, the gentlemen representing the t en-
III ijr ty offered II amendments and were
recognized for that purpose; and the gentle
men repre- septing the minority were only
permitted 10 offer no amendments" Dem
ocratic applause.
The Chair recognized the gentleman
/ from West Virginia. The amendment
offered ~ Wilson was TO insert, in gage 45
of the bid, line ), the words "New Zealand
hemp" and strike out, in the same para
graph, the words land cables and cordage
/ ,aada of hemp" so the paragraph would
read Gables, cordsge and twine (ex-
ceptng binding twinel. composed in whole
or part of New Zealand hemp, istle or tan
/ pico fibre, msniia sisal grass or sum, 10
/ per cent ad valorem.
! Morse (Rep.) of Massachusetts, moved to
amend the amendment by striking out of
the paragraph the words 'except binding
twine," anil also to strike binding twiDe of
| the free list, After long discussion
! Morse's amendment to the amendment was
\ rejected and Wilson's amendment agreed to.
! The next amendment offered by Wilson
was to insert on page Al, paragraph 80, line
/ I2, the words "including all cotton duck"
SO as to put that article on the 50 per cent
! list. THIS amendment was after n short
| discussion, agreed to. The next amend
ment was to iusert on page go, paragraph
4lj. line 81, the words "and sweat feathers,
| bindings ,braids and tips when cut to lengths
for trimming felt or wool hats"
| The amendment gave rise to heated
discussion, in the course of which DeFor-
rest, (Dem.) of Connecticut, admitted that
| it wns suggested by Lin. He spoke Of the
! 400 liatters 10 Dsnbury, Conn, %~ho had
| been shut out by their employers under the
prettnce that they were afraid of the ef-
| fects of the passage of the Wilson bill.
| Nothing, be said. could be more false than
that objection. The fact was that the sus-
| pension of operations in DaDbury by the
| hat manufacturers was due to persistent ef-
| forts on their part TO crush out the trades
unions. That effort had been carried on
almost since the Mckinley bill went into
operation.
Cochran (Dem.) Of New York asked De
/ Forest whether be meant to maintain that
the rate of wages depended upon trades
unions or upon the law of supply and de-
mand.
PAYNE said lyon must first give the
manufs cture,s ability to pay the wages as
a condition of precedent
but will be do it." Cochran asked i'm
petuously, will be do it if he can help i:!'