Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-23
BOUTELLE AND CRISP.
Lively Tilt Between the Speaker
and the Maine Congressman.
HOUSE ADJOURNED IN A TANGLE.

HOUSE ADJOURNED IN A TANGLE.
Amendments to Retain the Sugar Tariff
and the Bounty Beaten - Wheeler H.
Peclkham'B appointment - An Appeal
From Hawaiians.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-The proceedings
in the house were full of surprises. BY a
special arrangement agreed upon last Fri
day three hours were given for the cOnsid-
GRAFTON of the sugar schedule, but the en-
tire day was consumed on this subject,
barring three-quarters of an hour taken up
by the reading of the Hawaiian correspond
ence, and when a recess was taken the
house was in a parliamentary tangle such
as old members have not seen for years,
and two of the vital propositions relating
to sugar were suspended, like Mohammed's
coffin, between heaven and earth.
The Louisiana delegation and those
Democrats who are opposing the income
tax proposition made strong appeal for
duty on sugar, claiming that it was a rev.
enue article and that the Democratic plat
form demanded that it should bear its bur
den of taxation. The Republicans gener-
ally, especially those from Nebraska and
other sorghum or beet sugar producing
the Mckinley law.
When the vote came, the radical Demo
Gratis were triumphant and the sugar men
hopelesSly beaten at every point. The
amendments to place duty on sugar
were defeated, and an amendment to abol-
ish the entire sugar bounty was carried by
d vote of 1876 to 90. Some of the Republic
ans voted with the radical Democrats upon
this proposition. Later on the Republic
ans also voted with them to place refined
sugar upon the free list.
Adjourned In a Tangle.
When the house adjourned, there was
pending an amendment by Mr.. Robertson
to place upon all sugars testing by the
polariscope not above IS degrees 1 cent per
pound, and for every additional degree
3-10O cent additional, and upon all sugars
above 10 Dutch standard an additional
duty of $50 cent per pound, to which the
committee had added Mr. Warmers amend
ment to abolish the duty on refined sugar.
The effect of the adoption of the PROPOSE
ton as 1t stood was the subject of such a
diversity of opinion that the adjournment
was had to give the parliamentarians a
chance to examine into the matter
Different views existed on both sides of
the house. Speaker Crisp, Mr.. Richardson,
chairman of the committee of the whole,
and the Republicans generally believed
that the effect of the adoption of the prop
osition would be to place raw sugar on
the dutiable list and refined sugar on the
free list, white Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Blanchard
and others We're of the opinion that the
Warner amendment served to vitiate the
substance of Mr.. Robertson's amendment
and the adoption of the proposition would
be TO leave both raw and refined sugar
upon the free list.
1t is probable that a way out of the tan
gle will be found by motions to reconsider
the vote by which the Warner amendment
was adopted and that the two propositions
will then be modified so as to permit a sep
arate vote upon EACH
Scene In the House.
After the reading of the Hawaiian CORE
spondence Mr.. Boutelle rose and demanded
recognition on point of order. He charged
that it was apparent from the three success
sive messages sent to the house that the
government was engaged in fomenting in
surrection in a country with which the
United States was at peace.
He desired to call up his privileged reso-
luton. Hot words between Mr.. Boutelle
and the speaker followed. Mr.. Hatch asked
that Mr.. Boutelle's words be taken down,
and Mr.. Boutelle was ordered to take his
seat.
Tie refused TO 90 so, ana the Sergeant-at-
arms, with the silver mace, was called upon
to support the speakers authority. Great
excitement followed. The rule was read,
and then the speaker recognized motion
to resume the consideration of the tariff
bill.
On n division Mr.. Boutelle made the
point of no quorum. The Republicans re-
fused tc vote on Boutelle's point of no quo
rum. Tellers were appointed, and for
quarter of an hour it looked as though no
quorum could be found and that the tariff
debate would be suspended for the first
time since it began. Committee rooms,
restaurants and lobbies were called on for
members, and Chairman Wilson was final
ly able to go ahead with a bare quorum.
Civil Service In the Senate.
The civil service law again came in for
its quota of criticism in the senate, and
late in the session Senator PETER, the Pop
ulist senator of Kansas, sought in a long
argument to show that the proposition of
the secretary of the treasury to issue Unit
ed States bonds is directly without author
ity in law.
At the conclusion of Senator Peffer's re-
marks the discussion quite naturally re-
verified to the silver question, in which
Senators Allison, Teller, German and 9TH
ers all took part. The resolution went
over to a future date, when Senator Stew
art will make some remarks ON the subject
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