The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-24
Will be Taken in the Senate
To-Day.
AN AGREEMENT MADE
FORAKER AND ALLEN DlSCUoo
FRAUDS IN OHIO.
SENATOR TELLER ATTACKS THE BILL
Louisiana's Agent of the Sugar Trust is
Stirred Up by the lust Criticisms OF
Pettus--The Silver Republicans

Stirred Up by the lust Criticisms OF
Pettus--The Silver Republicans
on the Bill.
Washington, d. c., July 23.-The final
vote ON the tariff conference report Will
be taken in the Senat ea t3 p. m. tomor-
row. A unanimous agreement to this ef-
feet was reached late this afternoon,
after an exciting and dramatic debate.
The proposition for the final vote came
most unexpectedly from Democratic
sources. the senior Senate rfrom Ala
bama, Mr.. Morgan, presenting it. 1t was
greeted with shouts Of good, good"
from Senators on the Republican side,
who for the first time saw the path clear
for the final enactment of the tariff
bill. Mr.. Morgan's proposition was cou-
pled with Que that the Senate meet at III
a. m tomorrow. in order tnat speeches
may be heard before the vote is taken.
This was accepted as a whole and the
agreement was formally announced. Mr..
Morgan expressed profound reluctance
in submitting the proposition, but sad
he recognized the right of the majority
to register their will.
The agreement was preceded by the
most heated personal colloquy that has
occurred during the consideration of the
tariff bill, Senators Foraker, of Ohio,
and Allen, of Nebraska, joining issues
over Mr. Aliens charges of fraud in the
Ohio elections of last year.
House bill was passed authorizing the
President to suspend discriminating du-
ties imposed on foreign vessels and COM
merce.
Mr. Allison then moved to proceed with
the tariff conference report, but Mr.. Till
man contested this with motion to take
up his resolution adversely reported yes
terday for an investigation of alleged
senatorial speculation in Sugar stock.
Mr.. Tilman was about to begin a
speech when NJ Allison made the point of
order that debate was not in order and
the presiding officer sustained the point
Mr.. Tiilman thereupon asked for yea
and nay vote, ON which his motion was
lost-yeas Is, nays 35. Those who voted
for the motion were: Allen, Bacon, Bate
Berry, Cannon, Chiffon, Clay, Harris
Kenney, Mills, Roach, Tillman, Turley
Turner and Walthall.
The consideration Of the tariff con-
ference report was then resumed and
Mr.. Teller Colorado took the floor fol
a general speech. He said he did not ia
vor the pending bill and did not believe
it would accomplish the purpose of its
friends. It's passage, however, would dis
pose of the question and enable Con
gress to devote Its attention to other sub
iects. He regarded the money question
as the paramount one. The last cam
paign was not, in his judgment, an in
dorsement of the gold standard.
Mr.. Teller's speech was severe ar
raignment Of the bill and the politica
methods of the last campaign. The gal
leries broke into applause as the Colorado
Senator took his seat. So pronounced
was the demonstration that Mr.. Faulk'
ner. who was in the chair, was obliged
to ran vigorously Tor or1er and to warn
the occupants of the galleries that if the
demonstration was repeated the CALLER
les would be cleared.
Senator White followed, speaking fol
about an hour. He questioned the reye
nue. qualities of the bill.
When Mr.. White closed, Mr.. Mantle
silver Republican,, Montana, briefly ex
pressed his regret that the Senate con
ferees had not been able to retain in the
bill cotton ties and cotton bagging ant
mating and those other things which
the Senate by yea and nay vote hac
transferred to the free llst 1t was In his
opinion a stupendous mistake on the
part of the Republicans looking at il
from a political standpoint. They hat
missed an opportunity to populariZe this
measure.
Mr.. Pettus (Alabama) followed, antag
onizing the action of the conferees ON cot
ton ties, cotton bagging, etc. In asking
that they be placed on the free list he
said he was pleading for the American
farmer.
The profession that this bill was to be
enacted in the interest of American In.
Dor, he denounced as 1'damnable pre-
tense"
Mr.. Pettus spoke leisurely and al
length against the bill. lie referred to the
vote of Democratic Senator (McEneryl
for the bill, although, Mr. Pettus said
not more than 80 men owned sugar lands
in Louisiana.
Mr.. McEnery challenged this state
ment, saying that one-half of the people
of Louisiana were interested directly OF
indirectly in sugar production.
Mr.. Pettus closed with an arraignment
of trusts, and as he sat down he re,
ceived several scattered handclaps
Mr.. Allen (Nebraska) reviewed what
he called the remarkable things of this
remarkable extra session. He referred tc
the inaction of the House of Representa-
tives' its meetings only twief a week