The evening world., 1894-07-27
BACK GOES THE BILL.
Senate Refuses to Instruct Its
Tariff Conferrees.
Parliamentary Battle Ends in a
Series OF Tie Votes.
No Division on tho Final Question
of Returning the Bill.

tby Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 27.--In the morn
ing hour In the Senate some debate oc-
CURED over a clause in the conference
report on the Army Appropriation bill,
transferring the Apache Indians held
as prisoners of war in Alabama to mil
itary reservations In the West.
Mr.. Dubois Rep.. Idaho proested
against sending those Indians to Okla
homa.
Some bad blood and temper grew out
Of MIR. Blackburns charge that the Re
publicans were trying to delay action on
the appropriation bills. Messrs. Dubois
and Henderson were especially incensed
at this, each charging MrBlackburn
with bad faith in receding from amend
ments they had offered.
you had no right to recede," said
Mr.. Dubois.
II had the right. replied the Kentucky
Senator, holly, land object to the Sen
ator's attempt to define my rights on
this floor. 1t Ia a piece of impertinence
which I resent"
mo more than l resent yours, re-
torted Mr.. Dubois.
The conference report was agreed 10
is to IS.
Then at 10 o'clock Mr.. Jones. of Ar
kansas, called up the conference report
on the Tariff bill.
The pending question was the decision
of the Chair on the points OF order raised
by Messrs. Gray and Mills against Mr..
Washburn's motion to instruct the Sen.
ate conferrees to recede from the one
al .,f .lnl
above l6 Dutch standard.
Mr.. Henderson GRep.. Neb) was lmme.
diately recognized, and proceeded &c
argue against the point OF order upor
which SO much hinged. He paid a high
compliment to the parliamentary abilit,
OF Senator Harris. the President pro tenn.
| who was to decide the question. But h,
maintained with vigor that It was com
petent for the Senate to instruct its con
ferrees
How could any committee of the Sen
| ate be superior and above the Senate
| which created 1t! There was more in.
| vo,ved In this than a simple question
In II was involved the rights OF the
Sugar Trust. which was so elequently de.
claimed against by Mr.. Villas. 1t was said
the Trust was so powerful that II could
defeat any bill that did not give It what
1t wanted. He apprehended that this
was true. for no matter how close the
Senate came to striking a the differen
| tial a vote was always Forthcoming
| from members at the las: moment tc
| save 1t.
The ruling on this point of order would
| determine whether the Senate SHOULD
have the right to pass upon this odiou:
| differential, the striking out Of which
meant the defeat OF the whole bill.
Mr.. Plat CRep.. Comm followed in op
position to the point Of order. declaring
that on two occasions the presiding Off
Ger OF the Senate Ton one Of these occa
sions Mr.. Sherman) held that a motor
to instruct conferrees was not in order.
Senator Harris. in the Chair, sus
tained the point OF order against Wash
burns motion, and an appeal was taken
The vote on a motion to lay the appea
on the table was a tie-a2 to 32-and wa
lost.
Tae yeas were: Messrs. Bate, Berry
Blackburn. Blanchard, Brice, Call. Cock
reli, Coke, Daniel, Faulkner, George. Glib
son. German, Gray. Hunton, Jone
(Ark.). Lindsay, McLaurln. Martin, Mills
Mitchell CWis) Murphy, Palmer, Pascc
Pugh. Ransom. Roach. Turpie. Vest
Villas, Walsh and White. Total, 81.
The nays included Hill Dem. n. y
Allen, Kyle and PETER, Popuhsts, an
twenty-three Republicans. Stewart di
not vote.
The vote then required on Mr.. Wash
burns appeal from the decision of tn
Chair. and resulted: Yeas, 80; nays. 81
The Senate having failed to sustain
the Chair, the vote required on the mo
ton OF Mr.. Washburn to instruct tn
conferrees to recede from the one-eightl
differential on refined sugar.
The vote on Mr.. Washburn's motion
resulted: Yeas. 80: nays. 30. Motor
not agreed to.
The bill was then sent to conferenc
without instructions and without divi
sion of the Senate, no vote being takel
on the motion to send the bill back.
The vote was the same on each roll
call where the tie is reported,