The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-18

wAsuSorox, August " At the
opening Of tho session OF the senate To-
day breeze occurred over Ihe attempt
Of the Democratic majority to Oil the
vacancy on tho finance committee. nee
Ossary to act on the free coal, free iron
ore, barbed wIro aud sugar bills. As
soon as the reading Of tho journal was
completed. Mr.. Harris moved that the
senator from California, Mr.. White, DO
appointed to oil tho vacancy caused by
the death OF Senator Vance.
Mr. Chandler intcrpoSed an objection.
Senator Harris then Withdrew his mo.
ton, and later put it in the form Of
resolution, and 1t went over until to.
morrow.
Mr. Harris made the point Of order
that his motion was privileged because
| IL looked to tho organization OF the sen.
ate. He called attention 10 the fact that
the vacancy on the finance committee
had existed for months. aud that it was
proposed now to ill It at the very close
Of the session.
Dir. Aldrich agreed with Mr.. Chan.
dior that tho point OF order would not
hold. When Mr.. VOORHEES,. chairman
Of the finance committee, had moved
that Mr.. Mills be appointed TO the va
cancy caused by ihe resi- Rnation OF MI.
MCPHERSON, Mr.. Hoar had objected to
tho resolution and it had gono over I'M
der the rules.
Mr.. Harris still insisted that as the
motion looked to the organization OF
the senate, It was not subject to tho or
binary rules. The course Of Mr. Chan
dler he condemned rs the most revolu-
tionary OF revolutionary suggestions,
and it was received by him with such
astonishtnent that no confessed he
could hardly restrain himself.
Mr., Chandler declared that IL came
with III grace from MIR. Harris to con-
| demn a request made under the rules Of
which he (Mr. llarris) was such mas
ter. He resented Mr.. Harris's imputa-
ton as uncalled for, and warned him
that no would have to DO older than he
Is now before he could successfully over.
ride the rules he had helped to frame.
Then Mr.. Hill got the floor and pl lung
cd Immediately into criticism OF the
legislation which the filling OF tho va
cancy was designed to expedite. 30 far
as the bills placing coal. iron ore and
sugar on the free list werO concerned he
had voted, he said. for them when thoy
wero legitimately before the senate, and
he was not trying TO escape from his
record now. lie stood ready to vote
again TO put them on tho FREQ list
"DemOcratic conventions" said Mr..
Hill, "all over the country arc adopting
resolutions in favor OF free sugar. and
upon the heels OF the almost unanimous
vote OF the Democrats OF tho house
came the letter OF tho secretary nj the
treasury saving that the placing OF
sugar on the free list would be suicidal"
II Il was necessary TO have tho duty on
sugar retained thcre ought to have been
consultation before an attempt was
made to place 1t on tho froe list In the
spirit OF harmony he would suggest
conference and that this matter would
be allowed to 60 over go that Demo-
cratic conference might be held to de-
,ermine what was the best thing 10 do.
Mr.. Harris then put his motion in the
form Of q resolution and asked that II
be allowed to 60 over.
Mr.. QUAY objected to its introduce
ton until other morning business was
| disposed Of, and Mr.. Harris was COM
PEELED To wait, bnt his resolution was
finally read and went under the rules.
The conference report.on the deticien-
CIV bill was submitted by Mr.. Cockrell.
dem. Mo-, ami agreed to.
A resolution was then presented by
Mr.. Murphy, dem. n. Y, which being
objected 10 went over until tomorrow.
II declares that in view OF the stat0-
ment contained in Secretary Carlisle's
letter that the estimated surplus reve-
MUGS for tho year would not exceed
100000 It is the senso OF the senate
that no further tariff legislation should
be attem pied at this session.
Mr.. Chandler's resolution for tho in.
yestigntion OF tho Alabama elections
went over another day pending Mr.
Morran's return. Mr.. Jones (Dem.,
ARK. reported the resolution author
izing tho committee on interstate and
foreign commerce to sit during the re-
cess OF Congress and inquire whether
the Southern Steamship and Railway
COMPANY has violated the Interstate
com merce law, aud it was passed.
Tho resolution authorizing tho COM
mittee on commerce 10 visit the Pacific
coast and select site for deep water
harbor was also passed after some dis.
cussion.
Tho house bill amending the internal
revenue laws by repeating the cinuses
in the recent tariff act oxempting from
taxation alcohol used in tho arts was
referred to tho committee on finance.
Mr.. Gray Democrat, Delaware),
offered the following resolution, which
wus ordered to lie on tho table:
Resolved, That tho finance committee
be directed to report without delay the
house bill 1911. etc. so amended as to
provide for revenue duty on all sugar
without any ditierential duty on re-
fined sugar.
At 1885 p. m. the senate adjourned.