The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-14
The House Ratifes the Action Of the
Caucus and Recedes From
Its Position.
DEMOCRATS HAD A AQUORUM,
Which Somewhat DiscOmftted the
Republican Side---Reed Raised
q Point Of Order.

tenfion OF the Democratic managers OF .
the house TO finish up everything during !,
the day. The committee on rules win |,
prepaFe special order to carry ont the
mandates Of the caucus. The intention
Ii TO pass the tariff bill and then will
follow the other bills named in the eau
Gus resolution. These bills have all
been prepared, and though not reported |
from the ways and means committee or
in regular order, these preliminaries can
be dispensed with under special order
from the committee on rules.
Republicans Refused to Accept.
The committee on rules had only q
short session. The Republicans listened
to the terms proposed by the Democratic
members and refused to accept them.
The Democrats proposed allowing an
hour to debate upon accepting the sem
ate amendments, and 15 minutes on each |
| of the other bills, which it is proposed
to bring in as two separate measures,
and TO allow no amendments to be Of
fered 10 the bills.
The rules committee has prepared and |
| viii make at once report for the inn
i mediate consideration of the the senate
i tariff bill, to be followed by the separate
bills for sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed
wire.
Catchings Presented the Report.
At 2:25 Mr.. Catchings was recognized
and presented the report providing for
the passage of the tariff bill.
| The special order provided first, that
Immediately after the adoption of the
order it would be In order to consider a
resolution discharging the house confer
ees on the tariff bin from the further
duty of considering that measure, and
that the house recede from its disagree
meuk In gross to the senate amendments
to tile bill, and agree 60 tho same, and
beAdnd. tlAAk IL shall be Ia order at any
time thereafter, to consider bills for free
coal, free iron, free sugar and free
barbed wire. The resolution allowed
two hours debate ON the taaiff resolu-
tion.
:, During the reading of the resolutions,
there were jeers from the Republican
side, Burrows calling out ''silly, silly,
: when that portion Of the rule relating to
4
J demanded the previous question, but
Mr.. Reed
Arose to Point of Order,
and the battle was ON. MIR. Reeds
point was that the tariff bill was not in
i, possession of the house, and that, there
fore, the action proposed in the report
t could not be taken. He maintained that
Il In case Of am agreement of conferees OF
IS a bill, either house could act ON q re
d port, but i'm case of a disagreement, th,
d bill went back to the body first request
!. ing the conference. The bill could no
l. be in possession of both houses at th,
it same time; neither could either hous,
70 act except on papers before it. Th'
le papers could not be in possession of boil
a. houses ait the same time. 1T was par
1T liamentary as well as physica
q fact that the papers could onl.
be be i'm one place at one time
D. Otherwise both the senate and hous
a. could recede at the same time. Wha
bill would then be law? Tt would Ger
tainly puzzle those who were not in tn
I. habit Of cutting Gortlian knots At th
3 present time, he said, getting down +
n the present situation, the senate wa
Il proposing action. The house was pre-
y posing action at the same time. Bot
I. were ashamed of their offspring [Reput
4 lican applause Yet the house was noy
4 proposing to grab the senate bill befor
!. it could.be repudiated by that body an
u swallow it's nauseous meal. Such
spectacle, he declared, had never befor
been witnessed.
81 do not expect my argument TO hay
u amy effect, said Mr.. Reed in conclt
PIP sion, addressing the Democratic sid,
oI .sbut you are like the heathen who hay
20 listened to the Christian missionar,
ls, you have no chance Of redemption y
= The Speakers Ruling.
The speaker announced that he WI
ready to rule.
h After careful statement of the situi
O0 tion, and the declaration that by sp
q. cial order changing or suspending Il
Bn rules of the house temporarily, the q
ld cepted doctrines Of Jefferson's manu-,
were carried out, and after citing
precedent In one Of Speaker Carlisle
rulings, the speaker oyerruled the poil
- of order The previous question the
aa was ordered without division. Tn
- gave 10 minutes ON q side for discu
81 sion Of the special order. Mr.. Catcl
81 ings (Dem., Miss. did not desire to d
=. bate the rule. and Mr.. Reed took tl
boor and made uery sarcastic speecl
IS Representative Turner Of Georgia r
8 Piled to Mr. Reed and was greeted wit
d. applause BY the Democrats.
In Mr. lurnsr proceeaeu " SNOW IN
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