St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-29

NO Quorum in the House -
Breckenridge Denied a New
Trial.
WASHINGTON. April 2S.-The OPEN
Ing Of the senate proceedings today was
a repetition or that of yesterday. Be-
fore the reading of yesterdays journal.
Mr.. Frye remarked sarcastically that
such an important document should not
be read in the absence of the senator
from Tennessee, Mr.. Harris, and of a
quorum. The roll was called. and at
HOY quorum appeared, and the read
Ing of the journal was completed. The
house joint resolution authorizing the
secretary of the treasury to make partial
payments on vessels constructed and
repaired under the control OF the treas
ury department to the extent of IS per
cent of the work done was passed.
Mr.. Harris, at 80 o'clock, moved to
take up the tariff bill.
Mr.. Allen asked permission to con-
slider the calendar, but Mr.. Harris stated
that the tariff bill was more important
than all the bills on the calendar put
to insist on his motion. The yeas and
nays were demanded and the motion
was agreed to-31 to 10.
Before the actual consideration of the
bill began Mr.. Stewart gave notice that
next Monday he would address tue SEN
ate Oh the pending bill.
DOES NOT SATISFY HALE.
The fact that many amendments were
to be proposed to the tariff, making a
compromise bill, was again the prom
inent feature of the early hours of the
senate, and was brought out by Mr..
Hale. of Maine. He spoke briefly of
the pending amendment-the change of
date for the taking effect of the bill, and
said that the senator from Tennessee
who had charge of this bill affecting the
industries of the whole country pro-.
posed new to decide that on the SOth of
June, only siXty-fve days ahead, it
should take effect, and that every re-
ductlon of duty, every change affecting
Industries, should then become law.
Now" he said, 81 appeal to the sem
htor from Tennessee to let this part of
the blll-the date when it shall take
effect-remain Enacted upon until we
have more daylight. until we can see
through and know what is likely to be
done. While we do not believe, Mr..
President. that the senator from Ten
nesSee has the slightest conceptions
OF what this bill will be when il
passes. if it ever does pass, do not be
heve the senator from Tennessee knows
what is going Oh i'll corn ers and holes il
the walls to fix up bill which will be
acceptable to the m aiority. There is
some plan, some sche me afloat to fix {
bill which will be acceptable to a MA
jority of the Democrats. Six weeks agt
the senator from Ohio (Air. Brice
threw s1me light on what was going
On"
THE BRICE INTERVIEW.
Mr.. Hale had read the interview will
Mr.. Brice to which he had referred, anc
in which Mr.. Brice was reported Il
have said that a compromise measure
would be agreed upon and presented t.
she senate as amendments to the pend
Ing bill. and that the income tax, witt
certain notifications, would be re-
tanned. No man who was engaged III
making up this new proposition had
seen fit to deny it, and, as the senator
from Rhode Island had said yesterday
no matter how many denials were made
thirty days. perhaps less time than that
would disclose to the country the secre
proceedings which were going on
''Did any one doubt" he asked. "tha
the sugar schedule would be fixed up tt
suit the refiners, and that the sugar
producers of Louisiana and Nebraska
would be ground between the up
per and neither millstones. Did not tile
senator from Tennessee know thai
the stock of the sugar trust hao
risen from SIS to l03 as result of the
proposed compromises. Did the senator
doubt that tie whole metal schedule