Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-19
Appointed to Fill the. Existing
 Vacancy
ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
No Further Revenue Legisla- ton to Be Had-Porter's Con- firmation in Doubt.
 

WARRINGTON, Aug. 1S.--There was a very slack attendance of senators today, while yesterdays journal was being read, and two motions to dispense with it's read ing were met with prompt objections from. the republican side of the chamber, The resolutions offered yesterday by Mir. Harris appointing MT. White of California tosfill the vacancy on the finance committee were laid before the senate.
 MT. Manderson stated there would be no opposition, he thought, to the considera-i ton of the resolutions this morning. He wished to say for himself and some others, that the stand taken yesterday meant no measure of disrespeot to the senator from California. Recognizing the ability and fitness of that senator there had been no personal feeling whatever in the matter. l But it had been thought desirable that that | important vacancy should not be filled without full consideration. Mir. Hill concurred in the eX press1on of | the hope that the resolution might be | adopted this morning without opposition. The resolution was then agreed to with | out division. The resolution offered yesterday by MT. | Murphy, declaring that there should be l no further Legislation on the revenue laws
 at this session, was then laid before the 1 senate. | Mir. German asked that the resolution be 1 laid aside temporarily, as he wished to. l make suggestion to the senator from | New York. ~.. The request was compiled with and Mr., l German moved over 10 the sea. of MT. | Murphy, where the two senators had a l short conversation.
 In the meantime the vice. president laid | before the senate the resolution offered | yesterday by Mir. Gray sinstruciing the 1 finance committee to report back the free | sugar bill, with an amendment providing a revenue duty on all sugars without any l dfferential duty on refined sugars. .9 l To that resolution a subslitute was of- 1 fered by Mir. Manderson, instructing the l com nittee on finance to report back the bill | leaving sugar free and re- euacting the pro, 1 visions of the Mckinley act for a sugar | bounty. A demand for division on the I question Of Mr. handerson s substitute
 was made by MT. Turpie and long dis l cusson eusued on the parliamentary point | involved in 1t.
 | The president ruled that the vote | should be taken on MT. Mauderson's | amendment and that it was not advisa ble. | The vote was taken and resulted: Yeas 2l, 1 nays 20, as follows:
 l Caftery, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, | Dolph, Galinger, Jones of Nevada, Kyle j. l Manderson, Mitchell of Oregon, Patton, Peffer, Pettigrew, Patt, Quay, Shoup, | i3leWart--Zl
 Nays-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn, | Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George, Cor
 man Gray, Harris, Hunter, Jarvis Lindsay, l Murphy, Pugh, Ransom, Turpie, Vest, I Villas, White-20.
 The following pairs were announced: | Messrs. Hill with Allen, Brce with Vol 1 colt, Camden with Teller, Butler with Cameron, Daniel with Squire, German with | Wilson, Jones of Arkansas with Higgins,
 McLanrin with Dixon, McPherson with
 burn, Mills with Frye, Mitchell of Wis
 consn with Hale,-- Pascoe with Hawley, l Gibson with Powers, Roach with Perkins, | Voorhees with Sherman, Smith with Du-
 bcis, Walsh with Lodge.
 As there was DO quorum voting. the roll
 of senators was called and .fiity-four sena- | tors responded.
 MT. German suggested that as there was l evidently no voting quorum, present., the | resolution be laid aside temporarily, aud | that suggestioniWas agreed to.
 Thereupon Mr. Murphy's resolution was
 taken up and MT. Murphy modified it so as | to read:
 '.Resolyed, That in the opinion of the | senate the enactment of further legislation l or contested matters his session is imprac-
 tcable, and that congress should adjourn | at the earliest possible date. ''
 The vote WAS taken and the resolution
 was agreed to-yeas 27, nays 16. as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bianch- 1 aTu, SiueFy, Ndfeys SnhuoiSfs NuhoiD
 Davis, Dolph, Gallinger, Gibson. German ,
 Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Manderson, Milch-
 ell of Oregon, Murphy. Patton. Peffer,
 Pettigrew, Platt, Pugh, Quay, Roach, Shoup, smith, Siewari-z7.
 l Nays-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
 Cockreli, Coke, Faulkner. George, Harris,
 Hutton, Jarvis, Lindsay, Rinsom, Turpie,
 Vest, Villas, Wbite-16.
 MT. Lindsey offered a resolution deciar.
 ing 1t 10 be the seuse of he senate that
 congress should not adjourn until a bill
 shal1 have been passed removing and dis
 ontiuuing all import duties on refined or
 disco.ored sugars that operate directly or
 indirectly for he benefit of the o-called
 sugar trust.
 Mir. baaderson moved to amend tho
 resolution by adding to it: "And that the
 finance committee report with all possible
 speed the amount of profit to result from
 ihe tariff bill 10 the whisky or alcohol
 frust."
 MT. Chandler also offered an amendment
 to Mir. LiLdsay's resolution 10 the effect
 that all the provisions o the bill, by what
 ever name known aud whichever aod
 wherever it may be found, which passed
 the house on the 13 h of August, 1894,
 ''are repealed, aunuiled, cancelled aud
 made void and of no effect" [Laughter. At 2p. m. tbe morning hour having ex-
 pired, Mir. Lindsay's resolution, with