Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-28

some day next week to vote on the bill a. it came from the house without amend ments, and he thinks that u candid propo sition. do not"
 Ut is well understood that in the game to which the senator from California re fers," asserted MT. Aldrich. ''that mar could easily decide to call hand the next day always" Laughter
 But few minutes have transpired, replied Mir. White, and in view of the dignified dilatoriness manifested on that side of the chamber there can be no claim of undue expenditure of time on this"
 Sufficient time has transpired to hold q Democratic caucus" said Mir. Aldrich.
 Mr Gray remarked that the proposition of Mir. Aldrich was agreed to by the sena. tor from Tennessee (Mr. Harris) as soon as the senator from Kentucky had taken his seat.
 If the senator from Rhode Island chooses to back out of it, let him do it like 8 little man, said MT. Harris deliberately. You directly proposed to the senator from Kentucky to vote on the bill at o'clock. l have your language here,' Oap- ping the official report, which he had ob- tained from the official reporters(. "The very moment the senator from Kentucky took his seat 1 addressed the chair, was recognized and accepted in good faith the proposition of the senator from Rhode Is land from which he seeks now rather in gloriously to retire." Great Democratic laughter.
 II made no proposition" declared Mir. Aldrich 'I simply asked a question. Democratic cries of oh, ohHl I did not say for myself or for others on this side of the chamber that we would accept the measure. My proposition was to take a vote on the bill as it came from the house, and renew that proposition
 "As understand this controversy" said MT. Teller, entering the discussion, "the senator from Rhode Island rendered an in- Quiry to the other side of the chamber. After a consultation they answer the query. No senator on that side of the chamber dare to assert that the bill as it came from the house or as it came from the finance committee is the bill that is to pass the senate"
 We are willing to vote on it now," de clared Mir. Gray.
 "Oh," said MT. Teller, the senator knows the tricks of conference committees. He knows that in conference it can be fixed In that way it can be made pala- table to those on the Democratic side to whom it is now unsavory.'
 MT. Voorhees, Denies.
 8 nial on the statement that new bill was in preparation. 50 far as l know" he said, there is not one word of authority or of truth for the statement that new bill Is ill process of preparation or will be offered here within the next 3ew days or weeks or months. This bill will take the usual course of all bills and will be sub ject to amendments.
 "The statement made by the senator from Rhode Island that last night in the finance committee 300 amendments or 1OO or two or one were agreed upon or even dis cussed is untrue.'
 But the interest in the battle had disap- peared, the bugle sounded a retreat, and the most dramatic incident of the senate tariff debate closed.
 Two speeches were made during the day -one by Senator Lindsay in favor of the bill and the other by Senator Cullom against it, while Senator Dolph delivered another installment of his speech. began several days ago. Again, just before the close of the days session, when Senator Harris asked Senator Dolph how much more time his speech would occupy, Sena. tor Chandler was on his feet to suggest in a mischievous way several points which he hoped the senator from Oregon would touch upon before concluding his speech.
 
 with question, but the cross firing was cut short by Senator Harris motion to pro- ceed to executive session.
 Pension Bills Passed.
 Twenty-one private pension bills passed tells the story of the days work in the house. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, who has been harassing the Democratic side daily for a week to force action on these pension bills, finally succeeded through the aid of MT. P1ckler of South Dakota, who has been acting with him, and the bills were passed in 21 minutes. The beneficiary of one of the bills-an old lady of 36, totally blind the widow of soldier of the war of lSl2- had died since her bill was reported from last Friday nights session. When it was read and about to be placed upon its pas sage, MT. Taylor of Indiana interrupted Never mind, Mir. Speaker said he. That bill can be laid aside The old lady is dead" The members who had been chat ting and laughing stopped.
 There was n moment of silence. The re lief for which the old lady had been striv- ing so long was at hand; but, like many other congressional claims, it came too late. The clerk paused and then went on reading the next bill. The remainder of the day was devoted to the consideration of private bills, but only one-that to re imburse Hiram Johnson and some other Tennessee war claimants-was disposed of, and it was recommitted for further inves- tigatiOn.
 One other bill was taken up-a bill to refer an Alabama cotton claim to the court of claims. It met with strenuous opposition, however, on the ground that it would open the way to other cotton claims aggregating Sl2O, ,0O0, 900 and was not voted upon before the recess. The evening ses- sion was also devoted to pension bills.
 Cleveland Will Visit Morgan.
 RIRNINGHAM Conn Anril 2S-It is sl1.