The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-12
NO DEFINITE ACTION AS YET.
The Fate of the Tariff Bill Still
Uncertain.
Vote on Hills Motion Instruoting the Som
ate Conferoes on the Tariff Bill to Re-
port Whether the Conferees OF the Tw O
Houses Were Likely to Agree-A Tie.
Vice-President Stevenson Co the Rescue
OF tho Party-The Day in the House.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Today's pro-
ceedings in the Senate we're of most
interesting and exciting character, in
volving as they did the success or de-
feat OF all tariff work OF the session;
and it was only by the casting vote Of
the Vice. President that the Democratic
party was saved from bad repulse, IL
not complete overthrow
The day began with debate upon
the resolution offered on Friday by Hill,
instructing the Senate conferees on the
tariff bill to report whether the con-
ferees of the two houses were likely to
agree; and il not to report Disagree
ment. Hill modified his resolution by
inserting an additional clause requiring
the bill to be handed to the secretary
OF the Senate for such action as the
Senate might desire to take up on it.
The Significance OF this clause was
that II the bill were so delivered to the
Senate the House could not have the
chance (Which has been rumored as one
OF the possibilities Of the occasion) to
| agree to all the Senate amendments and
thus have the bill sent to the President
without any further action on the part
of the Senate.
The debate for nearly two hours Was
directed to that phase Of the question
At last action was precipitated by q mo-
ton made by Mr.. Cookrell to proceed to
the consideration of executive business
| That motion was justly regarded by
Hill as hostile to his proposition, and he
| promptly demanded the yeas and NAYS.
These were taken and were watched
with the most intense interest and ex-
| element by Senators OF all parties and
by an immense crowd OF spec ators in
the galleries.
! The result was announced by the
Vice-Pre sident as: Yeas, IS; nays, 35,
and he promptly gave his vote in the
Affirmative, thus defeating the Hill reso-
luton for the time being. 1t has now
| gone to the calendar, whence it ca n only
be taken by majority vote, although q
similar resolution may be offered at any
time. Beside the seventy Senators who
voted there were fourteen paired, the
only Senator left unaccounted for being
Mr.. Stewart Pop New, who was pres
neutrality. The three other Populists,
Allen, Kyle and PETER, with the two
Democratic Senators, Hill and Murphy,
voted with the Republicans. All the
other Democratic Senators remained
true to their party feslty.
The announcement of the vote re-
lieved the extreme tension which had
seized upon Senators and spectators.
The Vice. President directed the gal
leries to be cleared and the doors to be
closed and thus ended an incident which
had threatened to bring to naught the
whole tariff work of the session.
| In the House.
The session OF the House to-day was
confined to the consideration of two
items in the sundry civil appropria ton
bill upon which the conferees had found
themselves unable to agree. The first
related to the irrigation and reclama.
ton Of arid lands and as to this the
House voted to recede from its agree
ment to the Senate amendment with an
amendment of it's own.
The amendment directing the Secre
tary OF the Treasury to purchase the
Malone lot for site for the Govern
ment printing Office at cost not exceed
ing $3.50, 900 was the last remaining item
OF disagreement to be acted upon. The
proposition to purchase the Malone lot
(the Senate amendment was defeated
1877 to So. The proposition to purchase
ground adjoining the present site and
extend the building thereon was agreed
to-13S to Al.
Immediately after the House ad-
| journed call WAS read for caucus Of
| Democratic members for 10 o'clock
Monday morning. The call was received
with applause from the Democrats, tho
Republicans keeping silent.
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