Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-04

press was to be muzzled in the manner suggested by the senator from South Carolina The era of the Spanish in qusition had gone by and the members of the press, zealous in their duties, were not 10 be dealt with by such methods.
 MT Gallinger closed with an earnest protest against 'Tailroading" the resolu- tion out of the committee In defiance or precedent and the usually courtesy pre- valing.
 T desire to call your attention" again inteijected MT. Tillman, ito the fact that your side is railroading through a tariff bill and as soon as 1t Is passed you propose to adjourn, so that if there is to be any sugar investigation it is time to begin it at once."
 Mr Gallinger was lead into further re- ply. He referred to the futility of in- vestigations and the Humiliation to which senators were subjected in being brought before the former sugar inves- tigation. He again protested against action which would degrade the commit tee having charge of the resolution.
 At this stage an exciting colloquo,y oc- cured which appeared to involve question of vcracity. MT. Tfllman in terrupted it to state that he had 1t from the chairman of the committee that ne was ready at any time to report the res olution back.
 MT. Gallinger stated that such an as- sertion could not be correct as the com mittee had met on the date of the al- legged statement by the chairman and had not reached a determipation
 '"The chairma ! told me he was ready to repon.," insisted MT. Tlllman.
 Here MT. Jones, of Arkansas, the other member of the committee, arose and In positive terms declared:
 The chairman could not have made such a statement. as it is no, correct"
 But he did make f.," asserted MT. Till man.
 Then let him make it here" demanded MT. Jones.
 The senators were facing each other, and the exchange was direct and per sonal.
 MT. Tfllman said he had seen that the republican senators had "caucused at dinner" and had decided not to support lhe resolution. At the same time dem- ocratic senators were also said to be op- posed to investigation. But" he said, turning to his associates, If there is rascality we ought to know it IL lies with you, with your votes, to be relieved of the charges before the American peo- pie"
 MT. Jones, of Arkansas, on behalf of the committee, gave assurance that '.he resolution would be reported in due time, unless taken away from the committee. But aside from this" continued MT. Jones, q cannon shut my eyes to the facts connected with this subject be-
 
 is an honorable body. l believe the sem ators are gentlemen as a rule.' There was suppressed laughter at this qualification.
 Here MT. Hoar, of Massachusetts, de- manded a vote on the motion, and MT. Gallinger moved to lay the motion on the table.
 Mir. Tillman again arose. In view of the fact that two members of the committee had given assurance that the resolution hn taI he IA catA withdraw the motion so that the senators could vdte onthe main question when re- ported without complications as to com mi'tee procedure.
 This closed the nciderit and the tariff bill was taken up. There was a controversy over the par l agraph relating to cut nails. { Mr Vest said the American producer had absolute control of .he ma arksl and exported large quantities of nails. There was nc competition from abroad. and hence no need for heavy rates. MT. Allison explained that the rate was only little above that provided by Mr. Vest and his associates in the act of 1891. MT. Vest moved to reduce the rate on cut nails from six-tenths of cent per pound to 20 per cent ad valorcm. The amendment was disagreed to, yeas, 26; nays, 36, MT. McEnery, democrat, vot- ing with the republicans in the nega- tive
 On paragraph 157 horseshoe nails hob nails, etc., MT. Turpie, of Indiana, moved a reduction from 2A cents per pound to 25 per cent. ad valorem. MT. Turpie said horses were becoming so cheap that horseshoe nails would soon become more costly than the horses. The amendment was disagreed to-22 to 32.
 The bill was laid aside at o'clock and MT. White asked MT. Allison as to his plan with going on with the sugar. sched- ,.IA 1,t toI, htrt nd the point now reached If it was to go over till next week senators ought to know 1t in advance.
 MT. Allison said that the committee had not been asked to have the schedule go over
 At Mr. A1hson's request it was agreed to meet at Il o'clock tomorrow, it being understood that the early meeting was for tomorrow only. At 5:10 the senate went into executive session and soon afterwards adjourned IN THE HOUSE. The house proceedings today were en- livened by single incident, the attempt of MT. Terry, demoelaa of Arkansas to secure consideration as privileged mat ter of resolution for the immediate ap- pointmeBt of the committee on foreign af- fairs, in order, as the preliminary "whare- as recfted, to permit ac ion on the Gu ban belligerency resolution. It was ruled out of order and an appeal taken from the decision of the chair was laid on the table by a strict party vote. MT. Simpson, the popul.sl; leader, was l absent and several bills were passed by unanimous corSer]t.
 The Frye bill to prevent collisions on certain harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States, and the senate res olhtion for the relief of the Fl Paso flood sufferers amended so as tlo make the ap- propriation of $10, 900 available out of the uneXpended balance of the appropr.a ton for the Mississippi flood sufferers were passed, and the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was adopted. During the debate on the Frye bill Mir. Payre, of New York. who had charea of of the measure, said The republicans to a man stood by the speaker.
 We have sat day after day and seen him irsulted, because we knew insults from that part of the house could not hurt him. We saw it tried in 1890 and 1891. We saw him attacked, insulted and even abused with foul names but the abuse reco.lcd upon it's authors and the country sustained the speaker. Evi- dently there are those among us pointing