The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-08-14
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate Eli Accepted and Separat
Tariff Bilis Passed.


Tariff Bills Passed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-When the
house met five minutes after the Demo-
cratic caucus adjourned, the members
were standing about in excited groups
discussing this resolution. Under the
rules Mr.. Hurd, chairman OF the COM
mittee on District of Columbia, pending
action by the committee on rules.
claimed the day for business reported
from the committee on District OF
Columbia.
At 80 the meeting of the committee
on rules ended. and Mr.. Catchings i'm
mediately entered the hall with the
special order in his hand. Mr.. Hurd
yielded to him and Catchings presented
the rule, which Was as follows:
Resolved, That after the adoption OF
this resolution it shall be in order in
the nouse to move that the order here
toiore made requesting conference with
the senate on the disagreeing votes OF
the two houses on house bill 1864 be re-
scinded; that the conferees heretofore
appointed on the part Of the house be
discharged from further duty in that be-
half, and that the house recede from its
agreement to the senate amendments to
said bill In gross, and agree to the same /;
That after two hours debate on said
motion the vote ehall be taken without
delay or other motion.
Resolved, Second, That any time after
the adoption OF this resolution it shall
be in order to present for consideration,
without reference to q committee, sep
arate bills placing upon the free list
sugar In all its forms. coal, iron ore and
barbed wire. Each Of said bills when
presented shall be allowed 10 minutes
debate, and at the end OF such debate
the previous question shall be cousid-
cred as ordered thereon, and without de-
lay the vote shall be taken.
REPUBLICAN JEERs.
During the reading OF the resolution
there wene jeers from the Republican
side, Mr.. Burrows calling out, "Silly,
silly"
When that portion of the rule rela.
tive to free coal, etc., was read, Mr..
Catchings demanded the previous ques-
ton, but Mr.. Reed ross to a point OF
order, and the battle was on.
Mr.. Reeds point OF order was that
the tariff bill WINS not in possession of the
house and that therefore, the action
proposed in the report could not be tax
en-. He maintained that in case of an
agreement of congress on bill, either
house could act on report, but in case
OF disagreement, the bill went back to
the body first requesting the conference.
The bill could not be in possession of
~ thn kkn-
could either house act except on papers
before it. The pspsre could not be in
possession of both houses at the same
time. It WAS q parliamentary, az well
as physical fact that the papers could
only be in one place ct one time. Other
wise both the house and the senate
could recede at the same time. What
bill would then be the law? 1t would
certainly puzzle those who were not in
the habit of cutting Gordian knots. Al
the present time, he said, getting down
to the existing situation, the senate was
proposing action on the bill, and the
house was proposing action or it at the
same time.
The house had 10 report on the bill,
Mr.. Reed said, and the senate had re.
pented of its bill. Both were Ashamed
of their offspring Republican applause, }
yet the house was now proposing to grab
the senate bill before il could be repu.
dated by that body and swallow it's
neuHeous meat. Such q spectacle, he
declared, had never before been wit
messed.
II do not expect my argument to have
any effect, said Mr. Reed in conclu
sion, addressing the Democratic side
''but you are like the heathen who have
listened to the Christian missionarisI
without needing them. You have ne
chance of redemption"
The speaker announced that he wal
ready to rule. After q careful statement
OF the situation and the declaration thai
by q special order, changing or suspend
ing the rules of the house temporarily,
the accepted doctrine of Jefferson't
manual was carried out. and after citin,
q precedent in one of Speaker CARLISLE
rulings, the speaker oyerruled the poin
Of order.
The previous question was then or.
dered without division. This gave IF
teen minutes on each side for the dis
cussion of the special order. Mr. Catch
ings did not desire to debate the rule
aud Mr.. Reed took the floor and mad
. very sarcastic speech.
REEDS SARCASM.
"You are going to give the countr,
free sugar" said he, in his most ironi
cal vein, amid shouts OF Republics,
laughter. Gin your minds" amid re-
newed shouts Of deriaion; land free Goa
and free iron ore. You are going to b,
bold and manly as you have been in tn,
backdown without q reference to TIN
committee that stands between you ant
the noble purpose that thrills you."
TURNER REPLIES TO REED.
Representative Turner of Georgia 70.
piled to Reed. and was greeted with ap-
plause by the Democrats, when he said
the gentleman from Maine had built up
parliamentary system, which now re-
acted against him. There was no right
or justice in the assumption that The
action Of the senate in sending the bill
back to the house was wrong. He asket
Mr.. Reed what right he had to max,
this assumption. Mr.. Reed said he die
not make any claim; he had been in
formed that the irregularity occurred
but no had no personal information.
Mr.. Turner then proceeded to shoy
that the present action Of the house WA
strictly regular.
The question then being put on agree
ing to the resolution, Mr.. Reed demand
ed q division. The entire Democrati
side rose en- masse, but when the mega
f;va vote uoo BALLAD for tho Ronu hi; 81 !,