Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-05
he would address the senate upon it next

he would address the senate upon it next Thursday.
 MT Quay offered his resolution to re- commit the house tariff bill, with the free silver substitute, to the finance commit tee with instructions to report them as such propositions, and asked for imme- diate consideration.
 The objection came again from MT. Hill and the resolution went over ill tomor- TOW.
 Mir. Hale moved to proceed to the con- sideratioh of the urgent deficiency bill.
 MT. Call asked to have the reports of the committee on foreign relations made the special erders while MT. Dubois de- sired to have his resolution taken up for the distribution of appropriation bills among the several committees.
 MT. Hale's motion was voted on by yeas and nays and seemed to make a test question, the friends of silver voting against it almost solidly. It was defeat ed, yeas 25, nays A.
 Mr. Dubois then moved to proceed to the consideration of his resolution so as to make it the unfinished business. This was agreed to, yeas 49, nays "A.
 MT. Dubois having thus had his resolu- ton made the regular order," moved that it be laid aside temporarily and the urgent deficiency appropriation bill pro- ceeded with, as suggested by MT. Hale.
 MT. Hale saidd that he thought the sen-
 
 that the matter had better be settled at once. The committee on appropriations was very deSirous of knowing whether 1t was to be subjected to the censure of the senate for reporting appropriation bllls If the resolution was adopted the appro- pria tions already reported ought to be referred back to the appropriations com mittee and distributed. He was entirely willing, therefore, that the senate should dispose of the matter nom.
 Various senators-That is right. Let dispose of the matter now.
 MT. Hale-The senate has decided to take up this resolution dismantling the committee on appropriations. If the sen te is to do so, as appears indicated by the two votes just taken, the sooner the committee on appropriations acts tne better. I am desirous that the matter shall be disposed of at once, so that here after members of the committee on ap- propriations shall have more leisure than they have had heretofore and might at tend to other business.
 MT. Dubos--I have no idea that sena- tors care to debate this question: They are thoroughly familiar with II. mere fore I ask that the vote be taken in ac- cordance with the wish of the senator from Maine.
 MT. Bate moved to proceed to execu- tive business.
 MT. Hill hope thst the motion will be
 
 matter out now as any other time.
 Mir Bates motion was defeated.
 A point of order was made by MT. Al drich that the resolution must go over for one day under a rule which makes it obligatory in cases of proposed amendments for the rules. The point or order was discussed at considerable length Finally the vice-president ruled against MT. Aldrichs point of order and the discussion proceeded on the merits of Mir Dubois proposition.
 MT. Sherman spoke generally in It's fa- yor and thought that there should be no feeling about it on the part of the com mittee on appropriations. He would vote for the five last clauses of the resolution those referring the Indian appropria- ton bill to the committee on Indian af- fairs; the river and harbor bill to the committee on commerce; the fortihcatlon bill to the committee on coast defenses; the district bill to the committee on the District of Columbia, and the pension 10 the committee on pensions.
 The resolution was advocated by MT: Lodge as necessity and beneficial change and by MT. Blanchard as meas ure of rescue from the "monopohstic dominance" of the committee on appro- priations, while it was opposed by MT Hale as a revolutionary movement.
 At 5:30 the matter went over without action and the senate went into execu- tive session, adjourning shortly after- r1c