The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-10
.CU8RENCT LEGISLATI0y
Receives a Setback by the Vote
Of the House.
THE CARLISLE BILL DEFEATED.

Ahougn Une measure has NOT Come 70
Vote the Defeat of the Rules Committee
Practically SbaIves tho Rili for the Pros
-. s..
WAsrIrNqToN Tan to 49, Tho Corlisle
currency bill which has been under de-
bate in the house for about two weeks
was ditched Yesterday 1t had not strength
enough to stirmount the first pnrliamcnt-
ary obstacle placed in its path The com
mittce on rules. in obedience to the decree
of the Democratic caucus on Monday.
brought i'm an order TO close general de-
bate and proceed under the fiye-minute
rule until Saturday. when the final vote
should be taken.
But the suppnrters of the hill showed a
lameutablc weakness. They were unable
to order the previous question. the demand
therefor b,iug refused first bv a rising
vote of 92 to lOl and then on an ave and
nay vote of 12t to 120 The advocates of
the bill were dumfounded when they dis
covered that they had been beaten i'm the
preliminary sl,irmish. and the order was
withdrawn This was the first reverse the
committee ON rules had suffered i'm four
years. An ANALYSIS of the vote shows that
ali of the 124 votes in favor of the motion
were cast by Democrats. while 50 Repub-
licans, 80 Democrats and 8 Populists voted
against it. OF the 30 Democratic votes
against the motion it was pointed ont that
"a were cast by Democrats defeated for re-
election.
After the vote the diplomatic and post
office appropriation bills were passed. The
former carries 81 ,562 ll8 and the latter
S9.442, ,952
After the adjournment of the house Sec.
retary Carlisle was in Sneaker Crisn's pri-
vate office for an hour comforting with
house leaders on the effect of the reverse
suffered by the currency bill The secre-
tary expressed regret that the rule had
been defeated and he shared the view of
others present that the defeat closed the
prospects of the bill in it's present form.
Now that the rule was defeated. Mr.. Car
Isle agreed with the house leaders that it
was desirable to let the bill rest for a time
He did not suprest anv new measure or
any material changes in the present one.
In the senate Mr.. Cockrell. from the ap-
propriations committee, reported the ur-
gent deficiency bill. In reply to a dues-
ton by Mr.. QUAY. Mr.. Cockrell said the
committee had made Ii amendments to
the bill as pussed by the house to those
provisions relating to the income tax.
Then Mr.. Quay sprang a sensation by
referring to the defeat of Mr.. Penrose as a
candidate for the Republican nomination
for mayor of PHILADELPHIA. Mr.. QUAY
said:
81 desire. if the senator will permit. to
commend the matter to his attention and
consideration, because it is too late TO in
troduce an amendment of that character
at present in the senate. ask the SEN
ator whether it would not be well in the
BILL instead of smothering the names and
salaries of employees in the reports made
by corporations under the income tax law,
to compel a publication in such form as
that the list of names and salaries of such
employees shall be accessible to the public.
"a circumstance which happened within
the last thirty-six hours has called my at
tention to the probable Importance of
something of that kind. Ithappened that
a gentleman who is very high I'M political
position in the city of Philadelphia. no
less a parsonage than a national commit
teeman, in conversation with a distin-
guished member of the other branch of
the national legislature, and judicial Of
lcer of the CITY of PHILADELPHIA and one of
| the leading members-probably the lead
| ing member of the Pennsylvania state
senate-when giving as "A reason why he
could not preserve plighted faith, and
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