The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
BUSY IN THE HOUSE
TARIFF DISCUSSION BORDERS on
THE SENSATIONAL.
Several Amendments Presented by
the Ways aud Means Quantities
Are Adopted - Sensational lnci-
dent In Which MIR. johnson lsar-
ttcipntes-lnteresttn Proceedi nx.
in the senate.

Washington, March :M.-T'his was by
far the most busy day the house has
witnessed since the tariff debate be-
gan. The proceedings throughout were
of Il lively order and several times
bori~.'al on the sensational. The
DENT. rats blocked proceedings in the
fist instance by demanding the pres
cnce of a quorum before allowing any
lcgislativa work. Mr.. Richardson of.
fcred dila;ory motions hut finnhy
withdrew them. saying: Let the 9TH,
rr side work out it's own puzzle
There is 10 puzzle" remarked the
speaker. ''eNcept the Incidence Of men,
hers
I'VE have as many present OH this
side as the majority has, observed
Mr.. Richardson.
At this point Mr.. Dingley moved the
approval of the journal, and after an
our and twelve minutes delay it was
SD ordered Icy 2s1 22: to I. On resumption
Of consideration of the tariff hill MIR.
ningley 'inu;,.i".'.; that the ways and
meal $ colnlar:cc had several amcntl-
ment> To oi:t.. The first increased
the Ia'" OIL gclatinr. glue prepared fish
bladd",s valued at not above 10 cents
per pound, from :. to 21-2 cents. The
second placed Il duty of 81 per ton ON
hauNi.lc not refined
Amendments We're adopted increas-
ing the rate on common yellow and
brown earthenwarc," etc. from 70 TO
% per cent AL valorenl. "Cylinderizcd
and crown glass silvered' were placcd
IN the east polished plate glass sill
vrrrd" paragraph.
Mr.. Shaf"rth 'Silver Rep. Colol i'll
Weighed against obstruction. declaring
that the failure of the tariff hill in the
house OF senate would be the most dis
aStrOuS blow that could be struck to
silver. The tariff hill should bc passed
aud the issue clearly drawn between
gold and silver.
\ somewhat sensational scene Oc-
CURED at this juncture which nccessi-
tated the SlmniOning of Speaker Reed
from his room. MIR. Johnson N.ep.,
lnd.' entered an exceedingly vigorous
protest against the irrelevant discus
sions with which the time of the
house was being taken up. and. after
Mr.. sherman of New York. who was
in the chair. had ruled him out of
order. lie continued to protest Then
the chair ordered him to take his seat.
Twenty times the irate lndianan was
admonislled to take his seat. b,l, the
latter continued his defiance The
greatest confusion prevailed. The
lcakrr was hurriedly summoned. Mr..
Johnson continued to stand detiantly
in his place. Suddenly the doors burst
open and the large form of the speaker
came into view. His face was flushed.
AS he appeared on the scene Mr.. John
son quickly dropped down into his
seat.
The speaker looked toward MIR. John
son. who arose and in calm tones said
lir desired to get OH with the bill so
that he would have an opportunity 10
offer some amendments toward the
close. He did not want the bill sent
TO the senate Il crude measure, "for,"
said he. lit has been so characterized
| by the press and the public" He had
protested with feeling and vellemence
but. lie said. he thought the occasion
called for warmth and vigor. His
course may not have been parliamen-
tary. but precious time should not he
wasted In the consideration of IL
measure flaught With such I'M
portant consequences to the Ameri-
can people. Some of the Republicans
applauded Mr.. Johnson.
| The speaker replied in a cOncilia tory
spirit. No mater what the provoca-
| ton for such n protest, he said. the
| gentleman from Indiana could not but
agree that 1t was the first duty Of IL
member to obey the directions of the
l,residing officer. The house then
went back into committee and proceed
ed with the debate.
Before turning to the arbitration
treaty tie senate gave an hour to roll
tine business In open session. IsesOlU-
tionS were agreed to. by Pettigrcw Of
South Dakota. asking the secretary of
the interior for information relative
TO President Clevelands sweeping
order establishing forest reserves, and
by Mr.. Ghllinger of New Hampshire,
calling on the civil service commits
sion for the reason why certain classes
of wOrEmen We're subjected to COM
pettivc examination contrary to the
law eXempting labOrerS from the class
ifiel service.
The first phase of the tariff in the
senate made its appearance in Il sell
ate resolution by Mr.. Allen of Nc
braska declaring that tariff taxes on
articles Of daily consumption should
hot be laid SO as to enrich one class at
the expense Of the masses. Mr.. Hnar.
from the Judiciary committee, reported
favorably the bill to prevent kineto-
scope exhibitions of prize fights in the
District Of Columbia and the terri
tories ald to prohibit the shipping of
material for the exhibition. MIR. Nor
gan of Alabama submitted Il minority
report on the bill for commission To
settle the Central Pacific railroad i'll
dcbtcdnesS to the government. The
bill was passed for the settlement of
all account between Arkansas and the
United States. ], involves a payment
by the state of a balance of $1GO,WHL.
The rest of the day up to :::11 p. m.
was spent in executive session.