Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-27
STILL HANGS FIRE. Gray's Motion to Insist on a
 Further Conference
NOT REACHED BY A VOTE,
Though Coal, Iron Ore and Sugar Rem ain Protected.
 Good House Day.

noticeable absence of furry and excitement in and about the senate chamber this morn ing, as compared with the scenes of the last three days, and there was a correspond ing falling off in the number of spectators in the galleries. This was due doubtless to the general understanding that the days proceedings were not likely to be of very exciting character; that the programme of the dem ocratic caucus would be carried out without any hitch, and that the request of the house for further conference on the tariff bill would be complied with uncon- ditionally.
 In the morning hour the conference re- port on the fortifcation appropriation bill was presented and agreed to. The confer ence report on the army appropriation bill was presented and went over till tomorrow.
 The resolution offered yesterday by MT. Allen calling for copies of correspondence, teegraphic or otherwise, of the depart ment of justice and railroad officials and United States district attorneys office, during the recent industrial troubles in Chicago, was taken up and agreed to with out objection.
 At2p. m. the message from the house asking further conference on the tariff bill was laid before the senate and MT. Quay withdrew the motion made by him to amend the pending motions Of Senators Villas and Gray so as to put sugar on the free list. At this time very few senators were in their seats. MT. Gray raised the point of r quorum and the roll was called. Sixty one senators responded.
 Then MT. Villas took the floor and ad- dressed the senate in two-honr speech, delivered off hand and with much orator. ical effect. His speech was highly eulo- gistic of President Cleveland, whom ho defended from the charges of duplicity and of improper interference with legislatlous made by Senator German in his speech on Monday. He spoke of Cleveland as the ''great first citizen of the republic" and as the represen tative of the national honor, and he declared with solemnity and ve- hemence that to assail Grover Cleveland was to strike at the republic; that to insult him was to affront every good citizen ,fand to stab him was to sting the heart of every true American.
 On concluding .he withdrew his motion of Friday to strike out the additional dis eliminating duty of E of a ceDt pound on aaeer, and favored MT. dray's motion 10 Insist upon the senate amendments and to Tonsent to further conference. He did this, he said, because he was strict party man R'nd desired to be in accord with his demo- cratic brethren. And he expressed the hope that out of the conference would come measure far better than that which had already passed the senate. All the conferees, he said, knew the sentiment of the senate on the sugar question, and he was sure that sentiment would have its true and proper weight.
 MT. Villas was followed by MT. Stewart of Nevada, who criticised the presidents letter as an invasion of the legislative power such as had cost Charles l his head.
 At the close of the debate the vote was taken on Mir. Hill's motion to recede from the duty of 40 cents ton on iron ore and on coal.
 At the suggestion of Mir. Allison, the mo- ton was divided so that the vote should first be taken on iron ore. The vote re- sulted-yeas 6, nays 65, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Hansbrough, Hill, Irby, Kyle, Peffer-6.
 Nays-DMessrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, Brice, Caf- fiery, Gall, Carey, Chandler, corkrell' nirea' George, Gibson, Gordon, German, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Higgins, Hunton, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Lindsay, Lodge, McLaurin, McMillan, MepI,he1rsSon, gon, Mitchell Of Wisconsin, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Patton, Perkins, PIatt, Power, Proctor, Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Roach, Shoup, Smith, squire, Teller, Iurpie, Vest, Villas, Walsh, Washburn, White--65.
 HiR motion in regard to coal was lost by the same vote.
 Then MT. Caffery withdrew his motion in favor of modified sugar bounty for 1894. Mir. Quay had already withdrawn his motion to have sugar put on the free list, and the only question left was MT. Gray's motion to insist and agree to the further conference asked by the house. AS the vote was about to be taken MT. Vilas' motion to recede from the H cent pound discriminating duty on sugar was renewed by Mir. Washburn, republican, of Minne- sota. A point of order was made against itand that point was discussed without @ conclusion being reached until 5:45, when the senate adjourned.
 INTHB HOUSE.
 MT. Hatch moved that the committee on commerce be discharged from further con sderation cf the bill to prevent adultera- tion of foods and drugs, and that It be re- ferred to the committee on agriculture. The agricultural committee claimed juris- diction of the bill. which had been re- ferred by the house to the committee on commerce. A vote by yeas and nays was made necessary by MT. Coombs of New act on the proposition. The vote was an nounced as yeas 126, nays 76. So the bill went to the agricultural committee.
 Mir. Richardson of Tennessee reported the result of the conference on the bill au- thorizing the Metropolitan Street Railroad company to extend it's lines and change it's motive powers. An underground electric system must be put in by the company. The report was agreed to after an hours discussion.
 The house went into committee of the of Virginia, under the special order adopted Tuesday for consideration of busi- ness from the committee on interstate and