St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-14
WILSON SCORES TRUSTS.
Re Accepts the Senate Bill
as Being Far Preferable
to MeKinleyiSm.
WILL CLEVELAND SIGN 1T :?
Sill May Become a Law With
out the Presidents Sig
nature.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 49, The 10 e
struggle over the tariff bill came to
close at 6 O'Clock this afternoon, when
the house, by vote of 1S2 to los, de-
cided to discharge the house conferees
from further consideration of tine bill,
recede from its opposition to the 634
senate amendments and agree with the
senate. The house made an absolute
surrender. The result grew directly
out Of tire sensational course of
events in the senate and at the capitol
precipilated by Senator Hill on Friday.
Up TO that time the house cOnferees had
stood firm against the senate amend
ments, especially on the three dis
puted schedules of coal, iron ore and
sugar, and the temper and voice of the
house was for war-war to the end.
But the indications that the Democrats
of the senate might be able to longer
hold majority of the votes IN line for
even the senate bill, and that the bill
was
In Desperate Jeopardy
forced the house Democrats to take
action. The Democratic conferees of the
house at last admitted that they were
beaten, and that another vote could not
be riSked in the senate. that it must
either be the senate bill or no bill. The
whole question was precipitated at the
caucus held just before the house con-
vened today, at which, after thorough
review of the situation and speeches in
favor of receding by Speaker Crisp,
Chairman Wilson and others, it was
decided to take the senate bill
and Immediately afterwards pass
separate bills placing coal. iron ore,
sugar and barbed wire on the free list,
and by so doing place the house on rec
ord and at least partially overcome the
humiliation involved in its defeat. The
programme arranged in caucus was
carried out to the letter In the house,
after an iron-clad special order. The
scenes in the chamber throughout the
times sensational. The galleries were
packed, and the members applauded
and cheered their respective leaders to
the echo. Under the tens of the order
but two hours were allowed for debate
on the main proposition to recede and
agree to the senate amendments
to the tariff bill. A parliamentary skir-
mish preceded the pitched battle, but
points of order raised by the RepubI-
cans were swept aside. The speaker
ruled the house with an iron hand. The
principal speeches for and against the
main proposition were made by Chair
man Wilson and Speaker Crisp OH the
one hand. and eX-Speaker Reed and Mr..
Burrows on the other. There was no
time for preparation. and all the
speeches were hot from the forges of
the brain, and were greeted with round
after round of cheers and applause.
Bourke Cochran, of New York, and MIR.
Tarsney, Of Missouri, both Democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee, delivered
Scathing and Sensational Speeches,
denOuncing the surrender of the house
as indefensible and cowardly. The
speaker replied to Mr.. Cochran, whose
effort was brilliant one, with so much
temper that the latter took it as a per-
sonal affront, although the speaker dis
claimed such intention, and made a
vicious lunge at Speaker Crisp. There
was no attempt on the part of the Dem
ocratic leaders to claim victory. They
all admitted that they we're accepting
the Inevitable, justifyIng their action
on the ground that the senate bill was
Infinitely better than the Mckinley
bill.
The most interesting speech of the
day was Mr.. Cockran's eloquent appeal
to Chairman Wilson TO name the Demo
Gratis in the senate who threatened the
defeat of all tariff legislation If the at
tempt to adjust the differences between
the two houses was persisted in, but
MIR. Wilson made no response.
When the vote came to be taken at 6
o'clock thirteen Democrats-Messrs
Bartlett, Cochran. Hendrix, Dunphy.
Warner and Covert, of New York; Da-
sey. Meyer and Price, of Louisiana,
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