The Dickinson press., 1894-08-18
A NEW TARIFF DEAL
THE HOUSE WINDS Ut THE WORK
IN SHORT ORDER.
1t Recedes From Its Disagreement
to the Senate Amendments and
Then Pasxcs Separate. BILLS Placing
Iron, Coal, Bnrbed Wire and Sugar
ON the Free List.

lOI decided to discharge tic house con-
ferees frOln further consideration of the
bill, rctCdc from its opposition to the
O34 senate amendments and agree to
the sels;tte. 1t was Il complete victory
DfOr the senate. The house made all
absolute surrender. The result grew di.
rectly out of ;hc sensational course Of
events at the senate and of the capi-
tol prccipitatcd by Senator Hill ON
Friday. Up to that time the house coll
ferces had stood firm against the scll-
ate amendments, especially Oh the three
disputed schedules Of cual, iron ore and
sugar. and the temper and voice Of the
Louise was for war-w::r to the end.
But the indications that the Demo
Gratis of the senate might not be able
to longer hold Il majority OF the votes
in line for even the senate bill, and that
the bill was in desperate jeopardy
forced the house Democrats to inMetli
ate action. The Democratic conferens
of the house ut last admitted that they
were beaten, and that another vote
could not be riskcd in the senate; that
1t must either l,c the senate bill or no
bill. The whclc question WAS precipi-
tated ut the caucus held just before
the house convened to-day, :!: which,
after a thorough review of the situation
and speeches i'll favor OF rcccuins by
Speaker Crisp, Chairman Wilson and
others, it WAS decided to take the sen
ate bill and Immediately afterward
pass separate bills placing coal, iron
orc, sugar and barhed Wire OH the free
list, and by so doing place the house on
record and at least partially overcome
tue humiliation involved in its defeat.
The programme arranged in the cali
Gus was carried cut to the letter in the
house after an iron clad special order.
The scenes i'll the chamber throughout
the day were exciting and ut times SEN
sational. Tho galleries were packed
and the members applaudcd and
cheercu their respective leaders to the
echo. Under the terms OF the order
but two hours were allowed for debate
on the main proposition to rcccde and
agree To the senate amendments to the
tariff bill. The parliamentary skirmish
which preceded the pitched battle was
full Of points Of order raised by th.
Republicans. but they were swept aside
The speaker ruled the house with an
iron hand. Bourkc Cochran of New
York and Mr.. Tarsncy of Missouri,
both Democratic members of the ways
and means committee, delivered scatl-
ing and sensational speeches, denounC.
ing the surrender Of the house rs indie.
fensible and cowardly. The speaker
replied to Mr. Cochran, whose effort
WAS a brilliant one, with so much
temper that the latter took it rs a per-
sonal afiront, although the speaker dis.
claimed such intention, ind made a
vicious lungc at Speaker Crisp. There
was no attempt on the part Of the
Democratic leaders to claim victory.
They all admitted that they We're ac-
Cepting the inevitable, justifying their
action OH the ground that the senate
bill was infinitely better than the Nc
Kinley bill.
The most interesting speeches of the
day was NIr. Cockran's eloquent ap-
peal to Chairman Wilson to name the
Democrats in the senate who threat
encd the defeat Of all tariff legislation
il the attcmpt to adjust the differences
between the two houses was persisted
in, but Mr. Wilson made 10 response
When the vote came TO be taken tliir.
teen Democrats, Mcssrs. Bartlett. Cock
ran, Hendrix, DunpIiy, Warner and
Covert of New York, Davcy. Meyer
and Price Of Louisiana, Everett Of
Massachusetts, German Of Michigan,
johnson Of Ohio and Tarsncy of Mis-.
souri,, voted With the Republicans
against the resolution. The Democrats
then put Through, one after another,
what the Republicans dcridcd as pop
gun bills, placing coal, iron ore. barb"d
wire and sugar OH the free list, and
which, in the brief debate on each Of
the bills, they maintained would be
passed only to 80 to their death in the
senate.
There is unqucstionably good author
ity for the statement that the president
will neither sign nor veto the senate
tariff bill, bu: let it become Il law with
out his signature under the tcn-lays'
provision of the constitution.