The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10

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mlttee on Interstate commerce N ,,, LII
,n,o 'ne prevention OF competition hv ~.
yo,nt tranlc association, cpmposed ~ ,hs
anyways OF the country: also the rcnor, al
combination Of the -four and m,,linc Il,
terests OF the country. also the renor,sd
eor M OF the window glass Interests
me PHI providing free honest Ads on
Cav pao.ic iands In Oklahoma Territory
lor actual and bona fide settler. and ~
serving Tho public lands for that purnoss
was made special order TO follow thn
immigration bill. WV" 'nc
me calendar was then taken TN. tho
hrst bill being one approprsstinr In o ne
70 me representatives Of Erskine 4. Aiie,
LOT an invention in breechloading guns. Tn, ,
Oil was passed.
AZ this point Mr.. Allen (pop., a, Ne.
braska made an unexpected n,ove nv nv
pos,ng 10 take UP the Dinghy tariff nil
win us free silver substitute.
Mr' Alien asked unanimous consent 70
luxe inc Dill up. and Mr.. A!drich objected
Mr. Alien then moved to take up the nil
| mere was much commotlon at the ,n
| cxpected appearance Of the question ard
p 1855 hurried lor the leaders Of the various
Mr. Plat gained time by having the bin
read In full. '"e VII
After whispered conference between
Messrs Plat and Aldrich, the latter with
ureW objection to taking up the bill,
| Il renew 1t and object" interposed MIR
Palmer. posea MT,
Then ! move to take up the bill" said
Mr. Allen with emphasis.
mis- rrecipitatcd roll cali the question
De'ns. shall the Dingley tariff BILL with
Its silver substitute, be taken up
me roll call proceeded amidst the great
est interest. II resulted as follows
epublicans--Aldrioh. Camerou
Cnandler Clark. Davis. Elkins, Frye. GAL
finger, Gear. Hale. Hansbrough,s Hoar.
Lodge, Mcmillan. Mitchell tore.), Morrill,
Nelson. Perkins. Plat, Pritchard, Quay.
sherman and Wolcott Democrats Gordon
Morgan, Murphy. Pugh. Roach Smith. Pop
ulists--Allen. Butler, Kyle, PETER. Stew
art. Observation-Disclosures Total, So.
Nays--Republicans. Carter. Baker. demo-
Gratis, blackburn, Blanchard. Daniel. Fauik-
ncr Gibson. German, Harris, Hill, Jones
tArk), Martin, Mills, Pascoe. Turpte. Vest
| Waithali; independents, Cannon, Dubois
Mantle. Total FL.
The announcement Of the vote was NOR.
OF surprise than Mr.. Aliens llrst move
Mr.. Aldrich quickly interposed a mo-
ton to refer the bill to the committee or
finance with instructions to report the bill
without he free silver amendment.
This brought Mr.. Allen 10 his feet In
an energetic protest. He said the repub.
lican party had prevailed at the recent cleo.
ton and were now looking forward to ef
iecting tariff legislation. Throughout the
campaign they had promised the people tar.
In legislation. Why. therefore, should the,
hesitate now? The Nebraska senator dc.
ciared that the senators across he aislc die
not want to take UP the tariff question a,
all. :"
Mr.. Chandler responded suggesting tina,
the recent election had not only brought
| forward the tarin question but had retired
! the silver question so far as indepeudent
action by the United States alone was con
cerned. He asked, therefore, whether Mr.
Allen was ready in good faith to take IN tn,
Dingley bill and free 1t from the sllyeI
amendment.
Mr., Allen replied that the silver question
was FAR from settled, Six million votes la,
been registered for silver So far as tn,
taritt was concerned he wanted the re-
puhlicans to get into the saddle
Mr.. Allen declared the republicans bet
abandoned the Dingley bill.
Nothing OF the kind" remarked Mr.
Gailinger, soto voce, from his seat.
| III is so announced in the Republican
newspapers today" declared Mr.. illnn.
Let me ask the senator" interposei Mr
chandler. III he is so anxious about tn,
.arih question, VIII he be an aid to rid thi
hlli OF the silver amendment SO that tn,
original tariff measure can be acted upon,
Il VIII act in my own way" ,espondet
Mr. Allen without bowling my neck to tn,
republican yoke" Wv
Mr. Aldrich and Mr.. Allen INDUCED 4,
a further colloquy, the former endeavorin
to secure final vote. lie wanted a tim
hxed now or hereafter, but Mr.. Allen de
ciared that 1t was futile to talk of a vot
| now when the republican senators had n
idea OF passing the Dingley bill In its orig
innl form.
Mr. Hale came into the debate with a.
inquiry Of Mr. Allen as to whether II wa
| proper to proceed to tariff legislation whe
the republican senators expected to have
clear majority in the next senate carabl
OF effectively conducting the debate.
Where will you get that majority" ask
ed Mr.. Allen amid laughter
i II said expected. answered Mr. Hale
He then went on 10 say that II was mani
fest that the republican party felt tina
they were not in the position that they ex
pected TO be in the next congress, and tina
1t was manifest from this condition III
more effective question could come later,
Mr.. Harris tDem.) of Tennessee moved
change OF the Aldrich motino referring I
the committee without instructions, whc
was accepted.
At this point the morning hour. whic
lasts until o'clock. expired, and the heat
:. ed controversy went over.
This leaves pending the motion to refe
! the Dingley bill to the finance committee
but the motion has no privilege giving
preference tomorrow.
I Efforts to secure an adjournment and a
executive session were successfully resist
ed by Mr. Lodge, who succeeded In havin
the immigration bill taken up He yielded
. however, to a personal request from MI
!, Gibson lDem.l OF Maryland for time to loo
into the bill. and then, at 2.20 the senat
went into executive session and soon afte
: adjourned.
The House,
Washington, December 9.-The hous
, held a three hours session today an
, passed a dozen bills OF minor importance
among them the followng
To extend for ave years the time in whlc
the univ ersity OF Utah shall occupy land
granted to it; to authorize the abandonln
OF Fort Bidwell military reservation in Cal
itornia as a training school for Indians; !
confirm certain cash entries for pubic land
in Arkansas made under the gladuatio
act of 1854. to provide for the location an
purchase of public lands for reservoirs !
Montana. South Dakota and Wyoming I
p1otect settlement rights where two
, mare persous settle on the same lane D.