The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-14

for Him-Bitter Attacks Alternate
With High Praise of the Senate Bill.
Washington, Aug. 13.-Iu the House
to-day after the reading of the
journal Mr.. Sayers offered a joint
resolution extending until Aug. "a
the provisions of the joint resolution put
ting forward the appropriations on the
basis of those for the past year. Mr..
Cannon, rep, of Illinois asked MIR. Say
ers if he though the had given himself
enough time. Mr., Sayers answered that
if there was no agreement on the sundry
civil appropriation bill by that date there
would probably be none at all. The Joint
resolution was passed.
District of Columbia business was un-
dertaken, but the discussion of the first
bill was called up, and was interrupted by
the introduction of the expected order
from the committee on rules relating to the
consideration of the tariff bill and cognate
measures, which was proposed by Mr.
Catchings.
THE SPECIAL RULE.
1t provided, first, that it shall be in
order, after the passage of the order, TO
move that the action of the House re-
questing a further conference on the
tariff bill be rescinded; that the conferees
be discharged IRON further duty in con
nection Herewith, and that the House
agree to the Senate amendments in bulk !;
which motion shall be debated two hours.
when the vote on it's adoption
and the motion shall be indlvisible
General leave to print on the sub, ,ect is
given for ten days,
2. That 1t shall be in order after the
annntIOp of q nd 70 II, . ~,
House and consider without reference to
any committee, bills for placing sugar,
coal, iron ore and barbed wire upon the
free list. Thirty minutes shall be given
for the discussion of each bill, and then
the vote taken.
MIR. Catchings moved the previous
question, and Mr.. Reed raised point of
order against the resolution.
The Speaker-The gentleman will
state it.
Mr.. Reed said that portion of the res
Olution proposed action upon bill, which.
in his opinion, was not before the House,
and therefore it was not in order for the
House to pass the resolution.
KNoTTY QUESTION.
Mr.. Reed explained the parliamentary
situation from his standpoint, asserting
that, in the present condition, it was pos
agree to recede from its amendments
to the bill, while the House is
proposing to recede from its dis
agreement to those amendments. And
which bill would become the law would
puzzle everybody except those persons
who cut gordian knots and do not unite
them. He REINFORCED his position that
the House was not entitled to the custody
OF the bill and papers by quoting from a
a hrr - .rfNt-.
eighth congress, wherein he declined TO
receive a conference report purporting to
be made by MIR. Washburn because the
House was not entitled to re-
ceive it. He also read from Jeffer-
sons Manual to show that the
papers ih the case belonged TO the
house asserting to the request for a
conference. Mr.. Reed suggested this
situation: Suppose at the same moment
the House took the action proposed in this
order, the Senate should demand the bill
for the purpose of taking other action
upon it, what a situation should we be in?
Mr. Reed said he did not know that he
should succeed in convincing the majority
that they were wrong in this matter, but
he would put them where the heLthens
are who have heard the missionary-they
will have no second chance for redemp-
tion. Laughter.
THE SPEAKERS DECISION.
Speaker Crisp, in ruling upon the point
Of order, said that in consideration of the
point of order made by Mr. Reed it was
necessary not only to look at the position
of the bill, but at what is proposed to be
done by the resolution reported. After
reciting the various steps in the progress
of the bill to the present time.
the speaker said that as to
its parliamentary status Mr.. Reed
had correctly cited the SCOPE and effect
of Jefferson's Manual. This rule, how
ever, he said, proposed to change ,Jeffer-
sons Manual, and the question was not
whether what was proposed to be done
was according to authority, but whether
the change in the rules will be valid
legal and binding. The House. Mr.. Crisp
said, had the right to change rules based
on the manual as well as any other rule
and the case cited by Mr.. Heed from the
Thirty-eighth congress was not in point.
AS to the legality Of the proceeding, the
speaker said he had found a precedent in
the proceedings of the Forty-second con
Rress, which was on all-fours with the
action proposed
CASE IN POINT.
In that instance the bill was introduced
in tine Senate, and after reaching the
same stage as the tariff bill at present. on
motion of Mr. Harlan, one of the CON
ferees, the Senate DISCHARGED its con
ferees receded from it's disagreement to
the House amendments and the bill be-
came law. At the same date June 10.
1852 the Journal of the House showed
that the bill was in that body. The OBJ
ject Of all onferees, said Speaker Crisp.
was tor get the minds the two houses
together; and while conference com
mittee is still in existence, IL has been
held that one house may recede from its
disagreement TO the amendments of the
other house and permit the bill to be-
come a law.
In support Of this position, the speaker
had the clerk read from a decision OF
Speaker Carlisle, which was TO the effect
that where the conTerees disagreed. the
situation was different from that of other
cases, and that the House NAV vote 10
change its action upon the bill without
resembling previous votes of q contrary
character.
In brief" said the speaker, "the point
of order made by the gentleman from
Maine is oyerruled, and the question Is
upon and ordering the previous question" ."
The previous question was seconded
without division, and the speaker rec
ognized the gentleman from Mississippi.
(Mr. Catchings), who had arisen from
his seat simultaneously with Mr.. Reed
The former indicated his willingness to
yield 10 Mr.. Reed, while the latter sat
down as II unwilling 10 deprive Mr.
CatchinQs of the floor