The morning news., 1894-07-28
SAVED By A CLOSE SHAVE.
The Tariff Bill Sent Back to Confer
enCe BY the Senate.


On the Fight Over Sugar, and Threw
Up the Sponge After Their Defeat.
The Three Populist Senators Vote
With the Republicans-HilI Paired
With Irby.
Washington, July 27.-The struggle
ended in the Senate to-day and the tariff
bill went back to conference 1t was a
close shave, however. The sword Of
Damocles was above, hanging by a thread.
Upon the retention of the one-eghth diff
ferential on sugar, which the sugar sena-
tors and Senator Smith of New Jersey
insisted upon as the price of their sup
mort. and the loss of which, meant the in
evitable defeat Of the measure, the vote
was tie The absence of Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson was almost fatal. BY
dnt of hard work, the republicans
succeeded in mastering the votes of the
populists, Senator Hill of New York and
his Files,Achates, Senator Irby of South
Carolina, who ran away from the fight,
leaving Senator Hill to pair him. They
had thirty-two votes in favor of striking
out the differential. The democrats, with
the excepations named, stood manfully to
two votes against their opponents A tie
was the best the opponents of the bill
could DO, and tie, parliamentary
sreaking, loses, so the differential and
the bill were saved. The republi-
cans who staked their all
on the cast of the sugar
die then threw up the sponge, and
allowed the bill to go to conference with
out further ado. The conferees will get
together, and before the end of next week
the chances are the bill will be a law
On the three points at issue the Senate
will win two and the House one. The
sugar duty will be "fat" and the duty on
coal and iron will remain as it is,
with reciprocity proviso-virtuany as
good as free coal and iron.
An absurd rumor is afoat tonight that
President Cleveland will veto the bill.
He will sign anything that comes TO him.
If any man wants to win money and can
get a bet on a veto it will be like finding
greenbac on the street.
DETAILS OF THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
BY the Southern Associated Press.
Washington, July 27.-There were very
few people in the Senate galleries TODAY
and the attendance on the floor was also
slim. MIR. Harris occupied the chair.
The reading Of yesterdays journal was
dispensed with, and the usual routine
business proceeded. Then the confer
enCe report on the army appropriation
bill was taken up.
In explaining the appropriations Mr..
Blackburn, dem, of Kentucky said the
bill as it passed the House, appropriated
S!3,5S6, J24; and as it passed the Senate
S236ll ,3S4; and that as agreed to by the
ha rod
3s4
The paragraph referring to the Indians
at Mount Vernon barracks, Ala, pro-
voked some discussion, but the report as
whole was finally agreed to.
THE TARIFF BILL TAKEN UP.
Then, at is O'Clock, the House mes
sage, asking further conference on the
tariff bill, was laid before the Senate,
the pending question being the point of
order made yesterday against the motion
of Mr.. Washburn, rep, of Minnesota to
instruct the Senate cOnferees to recede
from the differential duty of one-eighth of
cent pound on sugar, the point of
order beng that it is not in order to give
Instructions in full and free confer
enCC."
Messrs Manderson and Platt argued
against the point of order.
The decision of the presiding officer
Mr. Harris. was in favor of sustaining
the point of order and excluding the
amendment.
The decision was appealed from by Mr..
Washburn, and the motion to lay the ap-
peal on the table was made by Mr.. F'aulk-
ner, dem, of West Virginia.
TIE VOTE.
The vote was taken amid great excite
ment ana it resulted in a tie-yeas 32,
nays 81, The three populist senator's,
IFrr1o a
with the republicans; so did Mr.. Hill,
and the vote of MIR. Irby was paired with
mat of another democrat, Mr.. Smith of
New Jersey. The only senator who, not
being paired, did not vote was Mr.. Stew
art of Nevada. He was present in the
chamber, but refrained from voting The
net result was that the motion to lay on
the table, not having a majority, failed.
THE VOTE.
Following is the detailed tie vote:
,1eas-Messrs Bate, Berry, blackburn,
blanchard, Brice, Call, Cockrell, Coke,
Daniel, Faulkner. George, Gibson, German,
Gray, Hunton Jones OF Arkansas, Lindsay,
mrLaurln, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of Wis
COuSln Murphy, Palmer, PascO, Pugh, Ran
S2n D,tt, Roach, Turpie, Vest, Villas, Walsh and
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen. Allison, Ca
IeY, Chandler, Cullom, Davis Dixon, Dolph,
DuuolS, Frye, Gallinger, Hale. HansbrOugh,
iHaWley Higgins, Hin, Jones. Of Nevada,
.
G Oregon, Patten, PETER. Perkins, Platt,
Proctor, Shoup Squire, Teller and Wash
burn-32
Pairs were announced between Messrs.
butler and Cameron. Caffery and Power,
camden and Pettigrew. Gordon and
wilson, Harris and Sherman, Jarvis and
Hoar, Mcpherson and Morrill,, Morgan
and Quay Smith and Irby-both demo-
Gratis; and Voorhees, and Wolcott.
Mr. Stewart was present, but did not
vote; nor was he paired This accounts
ior the whole number Of senators.
Inen came the question whether the
decision Of the chair should stand as the
Judgment OF the Senate; and it was also
uoclded in the negative in the same way
tle vote being identically the same as
lH the first instance.
WAsnBuHs's MOTION NOT AGREED TO.
ii, Do next vote was on agreeing 10 Mr.
nAShburn's motion and II also failed
lI'W the same cause the lack Of a
."oriiy- the vote being for The third
'hr q: 10 32, bUt this time the repuDl-
'4n senator's and their allies voted aye
-"' lhrdumOeratic senators voted no.
Nrh senator Grays original motion,
~ INSIST aud agree ~ "a further confer
''.' was agreed 20 without division
t LIt same seven cOBleroes were lp-