The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-19
DISAGREEMENT
REPORT.
Chairman Wilson, Despite
Great Suffering, Appears
on the Floor of the
House.
TWO HOURS FOR DEBATE
Then the House Will Reiterate Its
Position on the Tariff Bill
Jim Smiths Attitude.

WASHINGTON, July 10, 1894. Chairman
Wilson of the House Committee on Ways
and Means was in his committee room this
morning and prepared to make the report to
the House today on the result of the confer
ence on the Tariff bill Mr.. Wilson is, how
ever, very sick man. This morning his
right eye still wore a bandage and
was SO badly swollen as to be absolutely
closed. The right side of his face was dis
torted out of all semblance to his natural ex-
preston. Altogether Mr. Wilson had the
appearance of one suffering great pain. He
said that he was unable to get moments
leep last night SO excruciating was the pain
in his eye and face, and that
while he was worse Yesterday than
the day before he was still worse
tlday. Despite all this, he insists upon per-
forming his duty as chairman of the com
nlittee in making the report to the House.
Mr. Wilson said he would call the report up
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal There would be two hours debate
divided evenly between the two parties.
JIM SMITHS BAD POSITION.
The attitude of the House will decide the
course of debate in the Senate If the House
engages in personalities it is quite probable
that the Senate will deal with the subject
without gloves; but those who are engi-
Houses are endeavoring to get rid
of the report without friction and without
reflection upon any one. IL is reported that
Senator Smith of New Jersey has prepared
a speech of about two minutes in length,
in which he will, as soon as the
disaereeing report is made to the
Senate outline the position of the Senate In
regard to the bill, as he understands It, and
will also outline his own position.
1t is said by those who profess to
know that the New Jersey Senator
win have some strong remarks to make upon
the action of the Senate conferees in reced
ing from some of the amendments made to
the cotton and woolen schedules, which
were engrafted into the bill III the Senate
after a hard fight and that he win warn
the Senate that its agents in confer
ence are trifling with the temper of the SEN
ate when they seek to undo what was Gone
in the Senate only after sober reflection and
in the interest OF all concerned.
IN THE HOUSE.
The House galleries bore living evidence of
the public interest in the Tariff bill. For
the first time in nearly month the benches
on all the galleries, except the dlplo-
matte, were filed, in anticipation of the
debate ON the report of the conferees. There
was added also the interest in the report that
Representative -G--R. Breckinridgs of
Arkansas mad been selected as Min
ister to Russia. which was pleasantly dis
cussed on the floor. While the journal
was being read, Wilson. Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, with his
face entirely hidden by a handker-
chief which bound the bandage he has
been compelled TO wear over his eyes, in
which is located the neuralgia troubles
from which he is suffering, accompanied by
Mr.. Breekinfidge, came into the House. As
they appeared the clei ks voice was drown
ed by the applause which went up.
r.. +y1I~- ~, 4; ~f
journal Mr. Cultivate dem, o. presented
an order from the Committee on Rules. pro-
viding that when the conferees on the
Tariff bill report their disagreement
it shall be in order to move that the House
insist upon its disagreement to the Senate
amendment in gross; that motion shall be
discussed two hours when, without in
teryening motion. the vote shall be taken.
Ii the motion shall be agreed to, the Speaker
shall name the conferees on the part of the
House, and the bill shall then, for the time
being, pass from the consideration of the
House.
Mr.. Hopkins, rep ILL., asked that the
gentleman from Ohio consent to an amend
inent limiting the debate to four hours, but
he declined and the original question was
ordered on the resolution.
TON REED TAKES A HAND.
Mr.. Reed rep, Me.) said that he would
say nothing on the resolution, except that
there iIttu DoeH nope on Uno OIileI Siu0.
especially, that this would become Il really
deliberative body, but for himself he had
doubts. about it in view of what
had occurred in the past He yielded to Mr..
johnson, Dem. o. who opposed the adop-
ton Of the rule for the reason that by his
Interpretation Of it, the right to instruct
the conferrees to bring in a report
upon a partial agreement was not
reserved He warned the House that if the
rule was adopted it would deprive itself of
the power to consider the sugar
schedule, except in association with
all other items in tine bill. In view of the
scandal that has been created over
shis subject, be thought the House should
have the opportunity to express itself upon
it separately 1t had been reported,
Mr.. johnson said that if the items of the
bill were separated, one from an
other. then it would be defeated If that
were so. he continued, the subject went be-
yond the question of schedules. 1t brought
no the question whether or not trusts had
grown so arrogant on protection that they
are able to dictate legislation whether Con-
gress be Republican or Democratic.