The evening world., 1894-08-18
SENATE IS ALL DONE.
No More Tariff Legislation in the
Upper Chamber
A Vote in Favor Of the Earliest
Possible Adjournment.
White, of California, Is Appointed
20 the Finance Committee.
(By Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON, Aug. lS.-When Sena-
Tor Harris's resolution for the appoint
ment of Senator White. of California, to
the vacancy on the Finance Committee
was laid before the Senate at 12.l5 to-
day.
Mr.. Henderson Rep., Neb.) said there
would be no objection to the resolution
to-day, and explained that the opposition
yesterday contained no reflection on the
Senator from California, Mr.. White.
Mr.. Hill concurred with Mr.. Mander-
son, and expressed the hope that the
resolution would be passed. 1t was then
adopted without division.
The Murphy resolution, declaring
against further tariff legislation. went
over temporarily at the request of Mr..
German.
The resolution of Mr.. Gray dem.
DELI, instructing the Finance Committee
to report back the Free sugar bill with
an amendment to strike out the one
LAID before the Senate.
Mr.. henderson onered an amendment
instructing the Committee to report an
bounty of existing law.
Mr.. Gray demanded division of the
question. Some debate occurred on the
Parliamentary SlIud tlOn.
Vice. President Stevenson held that
the vote should be FIRST taken on Mr..
Manderson's amendment to Instruct the
Committee to report back an amend
for the Mckinley bounty on raw uO-
nestle sugars. Great interest was
manifested in the result of the roll
call.
The two Louisiana Senators and the
three Populists voted in favor of the
Henderson amendment, which received
u yeas to 20 nays. The point of no
quorum was then raised and the roll
The call developed the presence OF
flfty-four Senators, eleven more than a
quorum, though no quorum had Voted.
At the request Of Senator German the
Gray-Manderson resolution was tempo
rarily laid aside to wait for a voting
quorum.
Senator Murphy then called up his a res
legislation at this session.
Mr.. Murphy offered an amendment to
his resolution declaring IT to be the
tariff legislation should be considered at
this session. ana that 1t was advisable
to adjourn at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Without a word OF debate the vote was
taken on the resolution as modified 1t
was carried, q to IL. the vote in detail
being as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison. Blanchard, Gallery,
=
ger, Gibson German, Jones tNev.) Kyle, Man
dsrson. Mitchell tore.J, Murphy Patton. Pener,
pettigrew, Plat; fugh Quay. Roach. shoup.
Nays-Bate. Berry. blackburn. Cockrell. Coke,
Faulkner. George. harris, Hrnton' Jarvis Lind
The pairs announced were as follows.
The first named would have voted in the
affirmative II present;
1 Asn with With a Tesr with Ie nfes
Cameron with Butler: Squire with
Daniel; Dubois with Smith; Dixon with
McLaurin: Frye with Mills; Power with
Gibson; Wilson with Gordon; Hale with
Mitchell CWisD: Hansbrough with Pal.
mer; Hawley with Pasco: higgins with
Jones (Ark); Hoar with Morgan; Nc.
MILAN with Irby; Morrill, with with Msp pl; ,
with Roach; Sherman with Voorhees,
Lodge with Walsh.
A great deal of confusion followed the
announcement; in the midst Of which
lu%~n expressing It to be the sense OF
TN Senate that Congress should moi
ah arm until a bill had been passed re-
refined sugar which would operate fol
the benefit of the Sugar Trust
He asked for the immediate considera
9n n of the tn m she
luton so as to instruct the Finance
Committee to report back the amour
%: Of profit to be derived we'd by by, the Whisk ss
hands OF the President.
Mr.. Sherman (Rep., Ohio) took tn
floor to indulge, as he said, In SOM
plain talk" He reviewed the blunder
made by the Democrats In the genera
conduct of the long tariff fight.
The result Of the blunders In detail
Mr.. Sherman said, was that from fift.
found in the bill as II would be signe
by the President. Already several er
rors of great Importance had been dis
covered. One OF them, that providing
for the free entry Of alcohol used in tn
arts. would. II uncorrected, cost tn
Government twenty OF thirty million
of revenue annually
Mr.. Gray Dem., Del), who followe
Mr.. Sherman, thought that no matte
what the result of the coming election
might be there would never be anothe
Mckinley law. The people were heart
lily tired Of the scenes of the past Win
ter, which resulted 'front.' he McKinle
law: Privilege died nard. Intrenche
behind wealth and power. great cor
porations struggled and struggled sue
cessfully against the curtailment Q
their privileges.
Mr.. Plat (Rep.. Comm also submitte
some remarks. and at 2 o'clock, the eS
piration Of the morning hour. the reso