The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-08
REPUBLICAN, TRHACHERY
The Currency Laid on the
Shelf While the Tariff
Is Dragooned Along.
HOUSE PRACTICALLY GAGGED
The Conference Committee Already
Named-RuIe to Restrict De.
baters to Twenty Minutes.


posed message of the President to Con-
gress recommending the appointment of
q commission to consider the question
of a revision of our currency and national
banking laws will not be transmitted to-
day, nor for several days, if it goes
in at all, which is matter of doubt
The President is now undecided wheth-
er or not to send in any message for the
reason that q number of the most i'm
portant leaders of the party in the Sen
ate and House have made strong rep
reservations to him of the inadvisability
of sending a message to Congress while
the tariff bill is in conference. Senators
Allison and Quay, Representative Dingley
and other party leaders called at the
White House this morning and had a
long conference with President Mckinley.
They urged him to reconsider his de-
termination to send special currency
message to Congress and gave as a rea-
son that the sentiment in Congress was
such that it would be likely to arouse
feeling and cause friction that would de-
lay speedy final action on the tariff bill.
After the conference Secretary Porter
announced to the newspaper men that it
had been decided that it would not be
and that 1t would not go in for several
days at least, and might be deferred al
together during the special session of
Congress.
The House Committee on Rules decided
today to present a special order sending
the tariff bill to conference as soon as
it was received from the Senate. This
will give but twenty minutes debate on
yr,l.z +,;o,
an agreement for time to debate the con-
ference report but none was made. The
Republicans offered day and the DEM
ocrats asked for three or four days.
There was full attendance in the
House to receive the return of the tariff
bill which was sent to the Senate March
81, ninety days ago. The galleries were
also well filled with spectators. A lively
incident occurred Immediately after the
reading of the Journal. Mr.. Lewis Dem.,
Wash.) was on his feet clamoring for
recognition as soon as the Journal had
been approved, but the chair announced
message from the Senate. Amid a
burst of applause from the Republican
side Secretary Cox of the Senate then an
nounced the passage of the House bill
379 (the tariff bilD with sundry amend
ments upon which the Senate requested a
conference.
k Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., Pap and Mr.. Lewis
both claimed the attention of the chair
as soon as the message from the Senate
had been read. Mr. Dalzell had a special
order from the Committee on Rules to
present and the Speaker was disposed to
recognize him, but Mr.. Lewis loudly de-
manded to be heard on a matter of the
highest privilege, affecting the integrity
of the House.
Mr.. W. A. Stone and several other
Republicans called vehemently for the
regular order. There was a great deal
of confusion. Mr.. Lewis was gesticulat-
ing wildly in the area in front of the
Speakers chair. At last the chair de-
cided to hear Mr.. Lewis, who proceeded
in an excited manner to declare that the
House was a disorganized body without
legality and that constitutionally it was
dissolved.
AT last the Speaker put an end to Mr..
Lewis speech by ruling that he had not
presented a question of privilege.
THE gentleman having stated his
proposition namely, that this is not a
House. said the Speaker 'the chair rules
that he does not present a question of
privilege
Mr.. Lewis attempted to appeal, but the
chair declined to entertain the appeal.
Mr. Lewis thereupon subsided and Mr..
Daizell offered the special order agreed
upon by the Committee on Rules.
It provided that Immediately upon it's
adoption it should be in order to move to
non-concur in the Senate amendments to
the tariff bill and agree to the conference
asked for by the Senate with provision
for the appointment of conferees and the
REMEMBERING of the paragraphs of the
bill.
The debate upon the special order was
in no way sensational. Mr.. DalzeIl brief
ly explained that the purpose of the or
avoid delays and to Immediately send the
bill to conference. There were about 500
amendments and the sooner the conferees
began work the sooner would an agree
ment be reached. In reply to question,
Mr. Dalzell said that of course, if the
resolution was adopted no vote could be
had on separate amendments
If we adopt this order and send the
bill to conference will opportunity be
given to move concurrence at future
time?" asked Mr. Swanson (Dem.,. Va-).
That depends on the ACTION of the
House. replied Mr.. Dalzell
Mr. Dngley called attention to the fact
that these proposed proceedings were ex-
actly similar to those had when the Will
son bill was sent to conference in 1895.
On that occasion, he said the other side
When Mr.. Dalzell concluded he yielded
ten minutes to Mr.. Bailey. the minority
leader, but at the latter's request in
creased it to twenty minutes. Mr.. Bailey
in turn yielded portion of his time to
Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee and Mr.. Swan
son of Virginia. The former tried to Of
setting aside tomorrow for the considera-
ton Of the Senate Cuban be1ligerency
resolution and Saturday for the consider
alton of the bankruptcy bill, but Mr.. Dali
zell said he had not yielded for the pur-
pose of amendment. Besides, he sub
name.
Mr. McMilIin argued that if the House
was to proceed at last to do business
those matters should be disposed Of
You should enact legislation said he
ITO release the people from the bank
and to aid the people of Cuba in their
struggle for freedom.
Mr.. Swanson contended that the House
should have an opportunity to vote on
such of the amendments as they now de-
sired to act upon Mr.. Bailey, in closing
ity had been given assurances of reason
able time for debate when the conference
reoprt was presented to the House the
adoption of the special order would not
have been antagonized., He defended the
course of the Democrats in sthe Senate,
there to delay action on a partisan tariff
measure and cOntrasted with that the
refusal of the House to consider
resolution and the bankruptcy bill, both
of which, he said, were approved by the
Mr. Bailey S allusion to Cuba was warm
n applauded by the Democrats, who re-
newed their demonstration when Mr..