Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-08-02
IT WILL co BACK.
Senate Agrees to a Further Con-
ference on the Tariff Bill.
The DEBATE on POINTS OF ORDER.
4 Scene Of Indescrlbable Confusion on the
Announcement Of the v0te-HOuse
Without y Quorum Private
Pension Bills.

VArHiNuAoN, " Ouiy so. Ho nCuhtC
at o'clock yesterday, after week Of
senatorial speeches, agreed to the fur
ther conference Of the tariff bill asked
BY the house Of representatives. The
test OF strength came on Mr.. Wash
burns motion that the senate recede
from that portion Of the sugar amend
ment placing differential of 4 Of
cent on sugars above l6 Dutch stand
ard.
After an hour and half Of debate
on the pending points of order the
president pro tenn Mr. Harris, who
was in the chair in the absence of Vice
President Stevenson, sustained the
point of order, and ruled the, motion
out, The decision was Immediately
appealed from and motion made to
lay the latter motion on the table
Both motions resulted In, tie vote,
Mr.. Hill and the populists acting with
the republicans in an effort to get
direct tvote of the senate on Mr. Wash
burns motion. Intense excitement
prevailed, owing to the closeness of
the vote. In case of tie the motion
Is lost according to parliamentary law
The failure to sustain the chair on
the appeal brought the senate to the
direct vote on the Washburn motion.
Upon the result hinged perhaps the
fate OF the measure. But, though the
republicans scored the victory in secur-
ing the vote on The one-eighth differ
entail, it developed they had no reserve
strength, and the vote on the Wash
burn motion also resulted in tie.
and consequently was lost. All the
democrats, save Mr.. Hill and Mr. lrby,
who were paired in favor of striking
out the one-eighth, stood by the eau
Gus agreement and voted against the
motion. The repl leans also present
ed solid front, Mr.. Quay, who voted
for the one-eighth when the bill was
in the senate, joining his colleagues in
the hope Of beating the bill in this in
direct method. The three populists
acted throughout with the republicans.
After these votes no attempt was
made to delay matters. and the reso-
luton to agree to a further conference
was agreed to without division. The
chair then reappointed the conferees.
& : sssrs. Voorhees. Jones. Vest, Harris,
Sherman. Allison and Aldrich.
In the morning hour some debate oc-
Cured over clause in the conference
report on the army appropriation bill
transferring the Apache Indians held
as prisoners of war in Alabama to mill
tary reservations in the west. Mr.
Dubois protested against sending those
Indians to Oklahoma. Some bad blood
and temper grew out Of Mr., Black
burns charge that the republicans
were trying to delay action on the APP
preparation bills. Messrs. Dubois and
Henderson were especially incensed at
this, each charging Mr.. Black kburn
with bad faith in recedng from the
amendments they had offered.
"You had no right to recede," said c
Mr. Dubois. /
II had the right" replied the Ken '
lucky senator hotly "and | object to t
the senator's attempt to define my r
rights on this floor. ltisa piece of i'm c
pertinence which | resent" a
mo more than resent yours, re- t.
torted Mr.. Dubois. The conference il
report was agreed to-3s to 49, 81
AT los Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, called s.
up the conference report on the tariff
bill. The pending question was the ii
decision of the chair on the points of "
order raised by Messrs. Gray and Mills a
against Mr. Washburns motion to in u
struct the senate conferees to recede
from the one-eighth of one cent differ
ential on sugar above IS Dutch stand
ard. Y
Mr.. Henderson was Immediately
and proceeded to argue
against the point of order upon which
80 much seemed hinged.
Mr.. Platt followed in opposition to
the point Of order. II.
Mr. Harris then gave his ruling. The
point of order of Mr.. Gray, he conclud-
ed, was therefore sustained.
Mr.. Washburn appealed from the de-
rision of the chair, and Mr. Faulkner
moved to lay the appeal on the table.
The yeas and nays were demanded.
As the roll call proceeded the senate
became very serious and Mr.. Pasco, in =,
,harge Of pairs, hustled about the floor. =, !"
The announcement of the result-yeas. ~
y; nays, 32-caused sensation, as it ~
meant failure of the motion to lay .,
Mr.. Washburn's appeal on the table, a, a.
md prospectively vote on his motion a. a.
% recede from 4 of a cent ditferential. y" y,
The motion to lay on the table hay- u" m
ng been lost on the tie vote, reverted ~, .n'
IN the main question, that of sustain vi
ng the chair The roll was called
mid the most intense excitement. 1t
llso resulted 81 to 32, and according TO tn
parliamentary usage, wasdeclared lost. he
This vote was identical with its prede- Cr
essor The decision of the chair was Gil
therefore, not sustained. and the mo- at
ion of Mr.. Washburn to instruct the br
onferees to recede from the senate tn
mendment was in order There were Mi
oud cries of vote, vote from Mr. his
Ildrich and other republicans, and con-
ternation was written on the faces of
nany democrats.
Without further ado the clerk obeved la
he instructions of Mr. Harris and be- wa
an calling the roll. Another tie as'
fas the word that went hurriedly wa
bout while the clerk was footing up u, .ra
he totals. Deep silence reigned sAIr. -
Iarris arose TO announce the vote my
Upon this question, said the pre-
ding officer with ring of jubilation I
! his voice, ''32 have voted in the str
and 3s in the negative, and thi
le motion is lost" pa
Mr. German Immediately called fer an,
ote on the resolution to agree to the des
quest OF the house for further con. san
renee, but It was agreed to without str,