Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-26
DEMOCRATS ARE HAPPY Republican Senators Have a
 Family Row. THEY SPLIT ON THE TARIFF Senator Merrill Admits That They Are in the
 Minority. SENATOR TELLER BECAME OFFENDED The Trouble Grew Out of the Vote on the House Tariff Bill, Which Was
 Defeated for the Sec
 ond Time.
SENATOR TELLER BECAME OFFENDED

Washington, Feb. 25.-Durng the course of the morning business a resolution was offered by MT. .Alen, populst, of Nebras- ka for the appointment of James B. Lloyd of North Carolina as second assist ant deorkeeper of the senate.
 Some objections were made by Senators Chandler and Sherman, the former stat ing that he would not consent either to the displacement of an employe or to the creation of a new office, and the latter remarking that an assistant doorkeeper and an acting assistant doorkeeper had been maintained, one on each side of the chamber, one for each political party. This Natter remark was taken up by MT. Allen, who said humorously that the pop ulst party was repeatedly obtaining ac- sessions to it's ranks in the senate and that even the senator from Maine (Mr. Hale) had recently declared himself an adherent of populist doctrine. Qaugh- ter). The populist senators should theie- fore have representative of their party among the officials in the senate. We expect" he added, !" and are living in the confident hope that before the close of this congress a large proportion of the democrats and republicans will, by stress OI be uiINVH lito thC pOH- ulst tent The democrats and republi- cans are at war with each other. The republican party is not harmonious on the financial question by any means, and the democratic party and its chief exec- utive are engaged in a parrot and monkey fight" Oaughter)
 Mr. Platt compared MT. Aliens popu- list growing to the felicitude of a hen over her brood. After some further col ]oquy the resolution went over till tomor- row.
 Mr. Merrill, chairman of the finance committee, called attention to the sub- ject of the house tariff bill He said that there was deficiency of revenue, month by month, which would amount to ESQ., 100000 for the year, the second year of the existing tariff bill It certainly seemed as if something should be done to relieve the distress of the treasury de- partment and do something looking to the revival of business in this coun- try. He therefore moved to proceed to the consideration of the house tariff bill.
 The yeas and nays on that motion were demanded by Senators Stewart and Tell CT. The vote was taken and the motion to take up the bill was rejected-yeas 22, mays 33, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Brown, Burrows, Cameron, Clark Gull lom, Davis Gear, Hale, Hansbrough, Haw1ey, Lodge, Mitchell of Oregon. Mor- Till Nelson Perkins Proctor, Quay, Sherman, Shoup-22
 Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Bate, Ber- ry Butler, Caffery, Call, Cannon, Carter, Chiffon, Cockrell Dubois, George, Cor don, Gray. Harris. Hill, Jones of Nevada, Klye, Lindsay, Mantle, Martin, Morgan, Palmer, Pasco, Peffer Roach, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Walthal White-93. When the vote was announced MT. Merrill remarked that when,on February 13 the same motion was defeated by nta nf fn thnIIOht bill was hopelessly defeated. Still he had felt that it was his duty in so inn portant matter to give an opportu- nifty for a change of mind on the part of some senator's It was perfectly ob- vious now that the republican party was in the minority in the senate. Oaugh- ter on the democratic sde). The bill had been defeated on February 13 by com bination of five populist votes and four republican votes with democratic votes. He did not think from the vote just ta- ken that. there had been any change so far The republicans on the finance committee would welcome any decent bill that would increase the revenue of the government. But, so far as the pres ent house bill was concerned, he did not think that it would be becoming in him to ask the senate for any further con- sumption of time.
 MT. Teller made an angry speech against what he construed to be the meaning of MT. MorrilPs remarks, the reading of the republican senators out of the party. He declared his intention to vote all the time against the house tariff bill and to remain in the repub- Iican party in spite of the suggestion of the senator from Vermont.
 Mir Merrill disclaimed having said anything about reading senators out of the republican party. He had merely said that the republican party was in the minority in the senate.
 Mir Teller DprSiSted in the correctness of his construction of MT. Morrills re- marks, and in the course of his remarks alluded contemptuously to the "Cleve- land democracy and the Morrill, republi- canism." He declared that the silver re- publicans could get along without the party as we'll as the party could get along without-them. They were not to be frightened by the sneers of the chair man of the finance committee nor by the attacks of the metropolitan press.
 Mir Sherman tried to relieve the ques- tion of all partisan considerations and appealed to senators not to inffict such A disgrace on the country and on civilf- zation as to adjourn congress without making a provision to supply the treas ury with sufficient revenues. and that the people would willingly pay tax on tea and coffee or on anything else for that purpose The discussion flowed into the cross channel of pimetaIiism and monometallism, and, in the course of it, MT Platt. republican. of Connecticut. expressed the belief that the republican party would go into the next campaign on the doctrine of bimetallism as laid down in the last platform of the party. > and that when the silver monometallists proposed to antagoniZe protection with the unlimited coinage of silver the death knell of that delusion and craze had been struck
 The last three hours of the days ses- sion were given up to the consideration of fhe Cuhan bellieerepcy resolution MT Morgan concluded his three day speech in support of the resolution as reported from the committee on foreign relations And MT. Gray. democrat. of Delaware. of the same committee, while denouncing