Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14
ALMOST 4 FIST FIGHT.
COCHRAN MAKES A LUNGS An
sPEAr<En CRISP.
The rarin Debate In the House Was
Almost pusi,sstsc Encounter Dur
ing the Closing Hear~--sop,c Final
scathinE words.


Washington, AuS, ls-The long
struggle over the tari1 hill came to a
close at c o'clock this evening when
the house by a vote OF Is2 10 los de-
cited to discharge the house conferees
from further consideration OF the bin
receded from It's opposition TO the ga
amendments of the senate and agreed
10 the same. II was a complete victory
for the senate. The house made an
absolute surrender. The result grew
directly out OF the senatorial course Of
events at The senate end OF the capitol
preeipita1ed by Senator ilin on Friday.
Up 20 that time the house conierees
had stood firm against the senate
amendments and especially On the
three disputed schedules OF coal, iron
ore and sugar and the temper aud voice
OF the house WAS Tor wRr--war to the
end. But the Indications that the
Democrats OF the senate might be
unable to longer hold a majority OF The
votes In line Tor even the senate bili
and that the bill WAS In jeopardy.
forced the house Democrats 10 iuimcdi-
ate action. The Democratic confeTces
OF the house at last admitted that they
could not be rislted in the senate, that
IL must either be senate biil or no bill
The wnule question as precipitated at
the caucus held just before the house
convened today at which, after a
thorough review OF the situation and
speeches by speaker Crisp, Chairman
Wilson ANA others decided to take the
senate bill and immediately afterwards
separate bills plnolng coal, iron ore.
sugar and barhed wire ON the free
list. and by doing SO placed the house
on record and nj least partially over
come the humiliation involved In It's
defeat The program arranged IN the
caucus was carried out 10 the letter in
the house after an ironclad special
order
The scenes in the chamber through
out the day and evening were exciting
and at times sensational. The galleries
We're packed and the members APP
plnuded ana cheered their respective
leaders to the echo. Under the terms
Of the order but two hours were all
lowed for debate on the main propo-
siticn to recedc and agrec to the senate
amendments to the tariff bill a
| parliamentary sltirmish preceded the
pitched battle but points OF order
raised by the Republicans were swept
aside, The speaker ruled the house
with mn iron hand, The principal
speeches We're made by Chairman VII
son and Speaker Crisp on the one hand
and eN-Speaker Rood and Mr. Burrows
on the other. There was no time for
| preparation and all the speeches were
hot from the forge OF the brain and
were Eroetad with found after round Of
applause
Bourke Cochran. OF New York. and
Mir. Tarsnoy of Missouri both members
| OF the ways and means committee, dc
| llVered soathinE and sensational
! speeches. denouncing tho surrender Hs
oowardly and indefensible. The speak,
er replied TO Mr.. Cochran, whose effort
was a brilliant one, with go much
temper, that the latter took II as n
4 personal affront although the speaker
4 diHclaimod such intention, and made a
| vlscious lunge at Speaker Crisp. There
was no attempt on the part OF the
! Democratic leaders TO claim Il victory
/ They all admitted that they were nc
cepting the inevitable. lustifylng theit
action on the ground that the senate
bill was infinitely better than the Nc
Kinley bill.
The most startling feature or tho
day. perhaps. was Mr.. Cocllran'a elo-
quent appeal to Chairman Wilson to
| name the Democrats In the senate who
threatened the defeat OF all tarim leBis-
| iation II the attempt 10 adjust the dlf-
ferenees between the two houses was
persisted in, but MIR. Wilson made no
response.
When the vote came TO be taken at
| o'clock. thirteen Democrats, BARTLETT
Cochran. Hendrix. Dunphy Warner
aud Covert OF New York; Dayey Meyer
| and Price Of Louisiana. Everett Of Mas
sachusctts; German. OF Michigan,
Johnson, OF Ohio. and Tarsney OF Mis-
souri, voted with the Republicans
against the resolution. The Democrats
| put through one OF thoir what the Re-
| publlcans derlded as the pop-gun bills
| placing, conl, iron ore. barbed wire and
sugar on the free list, and which In the
brief debate on each OF the bills, they
maintained would be passed only TO 90
| 10 their death In the senate.