Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-03
HIS RESPECT FOR THE BILL
Texas Man Moves to Strike Out
Enacting Clause.
Was Out OF Order but Gave Notice
He Would Bring IL Up
When Ii Would he En-
tertaincd.

Washington. March 26.-The consld
GRAFTON Of the schedules of the tarft hil
in detail for the purpose of amendment
was preceded today by the recitation o
Lords prayer by Chaplain Coudcu.
The house then went into committo.
of the whole and the clerk was instruct.
ed to begin reading the bill.
Mr.. Lanham. dem, Texas. asked il 4
would be in order at his time to NOV,
TO strike out the enacting clause, which
he stated, if adopted, would operate as q
rejection Of the bill.
Chairman sherman expressed the
opinion that the motion was in order.
The motion created temporary con.
sternation in the republican ranks. fui
there was not a quorum of the commit.
tee present. II ii was apparent that ,
larger lumber OF democrats were IL
their seats than republicans. Mr. Ding
ley, chairman of the ways and means
committee, suggested that the motion
ne held In allegiance until some prog
ress had been made in the reading oi
the bill, when there would be a larger
attendance present. To press the motion
now would result only in delaying con
sideration of the bill until j quorum
could be obtained.
MIR. Lanham suavely stated that tn,
motion expressed his ~antagonism to TIA,
bill, and he desired to press il TO A vot>
now.
Mr. Dalzel, rep, Pennsylvania, sale
that gentlemen on the other side had
been clamoring for debate. and they
kn'w that the effect of The motion, II
agreed To, would simply be to cut on
fn, Ekt, ,fn,, lga-,,F go.
that they did not want that discussion
Chairman sherman ruled that under
the special order the motion by the gen
ueman from Texas WAS not then i'm or.
der.
Mr., Lanham-Wnl thu chair kindly
inform me at what stage Of the proceed
ings II win be In order? When there
shall be a full attendance Of members?
Chairman Sherman-Whon the gentle
man proposes the motion again the
chair Will rule upon 1t, Republican ap-
plausoD
When the Introductory paragraph hal
been read Mr., Dockerv. dem, Missouri.
offered an amendment authorizing tn
secretary of the treasury, when h
should he satisfied that any article ol,
the dutiahle list was being manufdc.
ulI'u ana IT'S production ana price con-
trollcd by a trust in the United states,
then he should admit the article to the
United States free Of duty.
To this Mr.. Dlnglcy made the point ~
order that the amendment related to
the free list ana thar had not yet beer,
reached.
Mr.. Dalzell made the further point
that congress could not confer sucn
power ON the secretary of the treasury,
and in answer to questions stated that
no such power was conferred by the bill
upon the president I'm respect OF tho
reciprocity features.
Mr. Dockery said he had drawn tha
amendment while having In mind tn,
authority and power conferred 10y the
nineteenth section of the bin upon the
secretary Of the treasury to suspend the
prohibition against the importation on
meat Catt}n ana hides into the United
States und,r certain conditions.
The Senate.
Washington, March 2G.-In the al.
sonce of the vice president tn, senat,
was presided Oven today 10y Mr.. Fry,