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VOL. LIII—NO. 144.
galveston.
WE ARE RECEIVING
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In Fruits and Vegetables.
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MORTUARY.
GREEN B. WILLIAMS. ■
Corpus Christ!, Nueces Co., Tex., Aug. 12.
—Green B. Williams died at his home yes-
terday afternoon. He came to Texas over
forty years ago and was one of the oldest
settlers of this place. Being a member of
a Confederate Veterans camp the veterans
buried] him. Age 61 years 1 month and 29
days.
IMRIS. iA. V. OBUAUNE.
(Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Tex., Aug. 12.—
The funeral of -Mrs. A. V. Delaune took
place this morning from the Catholic
church. The procession was one of the
largest ever seen iin Beaumont.
OR. JUlDHilS WOUFBNSTEIN.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 12.—iDr. Julius Wolfon-
stein, an eye, ear and throat specialist, died
to-day. He was a son of L>r. VVo'.fpnstein
superintendent of the iNatflonal Jewish or-
phan home.
HOWARD TULLY.
Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 13.—Howard Tul-
ly, a leading business man and alderman
died to-day. '
BOLL WORMS.
Ailede, Parker Co., Tex., Aug. 12—Boll
worms are working in the cotton, butt the
growers .soy they apprehend no serious de-
struction.
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GALVESTON.
BUTTER.
A pure, wholosomo Butter is a desirablo
article. Vast quantities of Butter are con-
eumod—both good ai*i bad. Thore aro more
spurious Butters placod on the market than
any other necessary of life. Great care must
bo oxercised in its production and in its pres-
ervation.
The FOX RIVER BUTTER CO., for whom
we are solo agents, manufacture a Fancy
Creamery Butter unexcelled. The milk usud
in its production is subject to the most rigid
inspection. The packages are lined with
odorless and tastoless paratfine and when go-
ing south of the Ohio river sacked in bur-
laps. It is a great improvement on the old
style.
Ask your grocer for "Fox River" Butter.
It is Fresh, Pure and Delicious.
J1KE Dins & CD.
THE WEATHER.
WASHTNiGTOIN FORlEIOAST.
Washington, iAug. 13.—'Forecast if or east-
ern Texas: Fair; southwest wbids,
dooal forecast.
Local forecast for Texas for twenty-four
hours endtimg at 12 o'clock midnight August
14, 1894:
North Texas: Failr; stationary tempera-
ture.
•C en trail Texas: FVuiir stationary tempera-
ture.
'Waist Texas: DaJlr; stationary tempera-
ture.
Southwest Texiais: Fair; stationary tem-
perature.
•Coast district: Fair; stationary tempera-
ture.
temperature and precipitation.
Temperature and precipitation at Galves-
•ton 'far August 13, 1891, and siin^e January
1, 1894, as compared with the generail aver-
ages:
Normal! (temperature for August 13, S8.
Excess for tlhe day, 1.
Deficiency wince January 1, 53.
iNoinmal precipitation foir August 33, .17.
Deficiency for the day, .17.
Deficiency since January 1, .dO.
temperature record.
Yesterday's temperature record at Galves-
ton as shown by the thermograph on the
roof of the cotton exchange, was as fol-
lows:
7 a. in. 9 a. m. 11 a. m. 1 p. m. 3 p. m. 5 p. m.
78 SO 81 88 90 SO
comparative record.
'Gall vest on weather record for August 13,
1894, with corrcspondiing dates of the last
three years:
Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind.Rain.Weather
8 a.m...80.131 78 87 W .00 Clear
8 (p.m...30.036 83 71 SW .00 Ci?ar
1894 1893 1892 1891
Maximum temperature.. 90 84 £8 8S
M'.nihnuim temperature.. 77 75 sO Si)
Average 'temperature... 84 80 M *4
Preciipdtatljon 00 .'J7 T T
WEATHER SYNOPSIS.
Gailveston, Aug. 13.—Tlhe following dally
synopsis of tlhe weather is furnished by the
officials of the United States weather 'bu-
reau at thiiis pi-ace:
A wed defined Cow pre.ss.ure area is cen-
tral weir Kansas1 and Nebraska. There are
two 'high .pressure areas, one over the A t-
llamtlic states and the other over the gulf
states.
The 'temperature has fallen over the east-
em R'ocky mountain silope and the central
gulf states and lhas risen or remained about
stationary elsewhere.
Good rains are reported from Jacksonville
and New Orleans.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 13.—The following
weather 'bureau stations report current
temperature to-n'ight at 8 o'clock, 7oth
meridian time, as foil lows:
Stations—
Abilene, Texas
AmaiilJUl'o, Texas
Atlanta, Ga
Bismarck, N. D
Cairo, IM..
Ohiairlotte, N. C
•Ohiiicago, lllil
Oiinclimnat'l, Ohiio
'Corpus Ohrls'ti, Texas...
Denver, Ccxl
Dodge Oi'ty, Kan
iDaivempiort, Iowa
Fort Iwmiit'h, Ark
'El 'Pa^o, Texas
Galveston, Texas
Jacksonville, Ma
Kansas City, Mo
i jit tie Rock, Airk
'MemplhOs, Tenn
MlJi'es 'Oi ty% /jVIon t
Montgoni<#y\ Ala
»Na:slh Villi e, Tenn
New Orleans, La
'North Platte, Neb
Oimaiha, Neb
OkOalhoma City, Ok
Faileistune, Texas
Pil'ttsbuirg, Pa
Sain Antonio, Texas
Slhreveport, La
St. Viincent, Miinn
St. Louis, 'Mo
St. 'Paull, M:nn
TEXAS COTTON REGION BULLETIN.
Texas cotton region bulletin for the
twenty-four 'hours ending at 6 p. m., 75th
imeiljdiian time, August 13:
Max. Min.Rain-
Riailn-
Temp
fal'l.
SH
.00
84
.00
80
.06
84
.00
S)0
.00
84
.00
.SO
.00
S2
.00
82
.(H)
82
.()0
94
.00
72
T
94
.00
90
.00
, 84
.00
70
.48
94
.00
92
.00
88
.00
76
.00
&
.00
92
.00
74
1.88
92
.00
.00
90
,00
90
.00
78
.00
90
.00
88
.00
60
.04
90
.00
7G
.00
82
.04
Galveston District—
Temp. T(*mp. far..
Galveston
... 90
77
.00
AibiOeine
... 90
m
.00
Bell'ton
.... 102
68
.00
Bremhiam
... 94
70
.00
'Ooinsicama
... 96
70
.00
'Ooininnbia
... 92
70
.00
Ouero
... 92
76
.00
DaKias
.... 9l>
66
.00
Hearne
.... 90
68
.00
Houston
.... 92
68
.00
iH unitsv.il'.e
... 94
70
.00
Dong view
... 96
74
.00
] iUii ing
... 94
70
.00
Orange
.... 92
74
.00
(Palestine
... 96
72
.00
Partis
.... 100
70
.00
Sun Anton)o
... 94
*4
.00
<San Marcos
... 94
74
.(X)
Fthicrniain
... 93
74
.00
Tyijer
..- 94
74
.00
Waco
... 96
72
.00
Weather,ford
... 92
70
.0)
Means
... 94.0
71.3
.00
COTTON REGION
Cotton region bulletin
four 'hours endln
tiime, August 13:
District-
Atlanta
Auigusta
Ohaiiveston
Galveston
Little Rock
iMemiplhiiis
(M'OibJle
'Montgomery
N ew (Means
Savannah
VUcfkisburg
Wilmington
Means
BULLETIN,
for the twenty -
at 0 p. m., 75th meridilan
No.
Sta'ns.
.. 11
.. 10
5
oo
12
.. 14
.. 9
.. G
.. 12
.. 13
.. 7
.. 10
Max.
Temp.
94
96
92
94
98
96
92
94
94
90
94
92
Mim.Rain-
tfemp. fail.
72 .01
.31
.10
.00
t
x-00
l\09
.09
.29
.:u
.33
.07
70
74
72
72
72
72
72
72
72'
72
72
94.3 , 72.0
.22
FIRE RECORD.
BAGGAGE ROOM.
Rockdale, MiJam Co., Tex., Aug. 13.-—
Yesterday evening Are was located In the
baggage room of the International #nd
Great Northern depot. One of the boys in
lighting a lamp in. the baggage roow
dropped a match, which went through/ if
crack In the iloor an<l .ignited a lot of paper
underneath, buit at tthe time was not no-
ticed by the young man. When first seen
by parties It ihud commnnlcatedi to the
floor which was well saturated with oil
and grease from the oil cans stored there,
and a bundle of sample cotton and the lire
was beginning- to make good heridway. By
prompt action on the part of some of the
depot employe® and a prompt response of
the lire company the blaze was soon sub-
dued. Damage digfat.
Highest of all in Leavening Power—Latest V. S. Gov't Report.
BIRDIE'S SONG SUNG.
Great Is Protection in the House of
Gorman and Vost a
Prophet,
THE HOUSETAKES MEDICINE
It Goes Promptly Into the Business of
Passing Some Tariff Item Bills and
Passes Four More.
Waslhiinigton, Aug. lS.—fSpeoial.]—1"Never-
theless and notwithstanding 'Mi'jss Birdie
Al/lend'4-le wlf'l now 'Siing tli.it affecting song
entitled 'Down in tlhe Vail "
Tlhiis remark was j-ocui try .paisised from
mouth to mouth this morning and 4m -it was
the expressed view of the pmbf'ic as to the
fate of the senate foul'l. Ttii- mnotation came
from a story told by Senat or Vest. When
the Louise conferees wet uli'h tlhe senate
conferees tliey were ftrig'hly indiignant at
tlhe provisions of the senate biOi. Tlhey de-
•moiuniced it as 'be«ing born in corruption and
•reeking In sin in aill Its parts. To thiis
Mir. Vest answered tlhat he was reminded
of a story. He said in a western town there
was a low vai'iety sh-ow, w-liere 'the stage
manager announced the .partis of t'he actors
and actresisieH. One evening ihe anniounced
that the celebrated serio-comic performer,
MOss Birdie Al'lendalle, voea •.st, wiho 'had
dh'anm'ed the crowned •hea.h of Europe,
•would sing that pathetic --.wig entitled
"Down 'In the Val'ley."
Hhere,forth there were a d zen men w'hio
said 'Mdisa Bardie cou'Id <n.»t s.ng; that her
voice lollilled people very 'bad and that her
dhainacter in alii respects was not good.
But 'the stage manager, innperturbably
agreeing to alii that 'had 'been said, irepl'ied:
"Nevertheless and notwithstanding, Miss
B'lirdie Allien dale wil'l a-lng 'I)oiwn dm the
VaOley.' "
Any one can see the application. It was
near t'hie 2ld of June wlhen tlhe bill passed
the senate. Senator Ve3t witih the fiK'iistra-
tlon declared that as bad as the senate
•bilil was, as dilsireputable as it was, never-
theless and notwiith«9taaid'ing the ihouse
wo'U'ld ihave 'to take fit, and so ih'ls word
came to ipatsis, for to-day .M'-s Birdie Alilen-
daile sang and was iMistened to, for the
ih'onse took the senate biK, sugar, coal, 'iron,
'barbed 'wire amid alM, and iswiai'/.owed it at
a gulp.
'Proim 'Saturday the inevitable confronted
the Ihonse peotpOe. After the 'house con-
ferees 'haid linterviewed .M-i\ Caiffery of
Louisiana and found that <he and Mr.
Blandhard and Mr. ATXen were going to
vote agailnst the senate (bill or any other
•b'H'l 'Wlhr.'dh came bick to tih'1 senate without
a provision fctr a bounty on ^ugar th'is y< ar,
tlfreire was no more (hope, am 1 i<t was -appar-
ent tlhat, just as Senator Wst ihad »a.'ld,
nevertheless an:I notwltjistan ling, 'Mil®.? Bir-
die A.Tendja'le .would singj, oir, in other won* Is,
that the ihotee wouM I have > take the sen-
ate bin.
absollttely fuse
Having made tup thei'r m'nds beeaw»A of
the peirrect Mgiht 'thrown on the .situation,
the (house confsreee were not slow to shape
up matters for a surrender. They started
the call for a caucus. The speaker signed
it and so did those Who ihad been standing
to such conferees througih al'I their 'hard
and unappreciated fight. Tihe caucus met
at 10 o'clock. Mr. W: son explained the
efforts made .by h!m and those who Stood
W.th ihiim and -the rea- >ns Why they could
not 'succeed. He was listened to and the
sympathy which all Pelt for Mm gradually
cuirdled into 'indignation, and w'hen it was
agreed to stand to the senate 'bilil, because
noUhing else abetter could <be done, the dem-
ocratic side had it's knock-out.
Then 't was quickly resolved that If the
Ihouse Mil 'had been butdhered by those
wiho wanted a protective tariff on coal,
iron tore and sugar and barbed v/ir\ the
protection on these articles should be
stricken down. Tlhe suggestion was no
siooner made than ad':<ptr'd. There was quite
a row In the caucus. The majority felt
'indignant ait the straits to which it 'had
(been put, and It wis in no thunuor to submiit
to any npn'ons adverse to it.
Bourke Cockran ma 1 • a. speech, a kind of
Tihiermopy to"?, st. and - s 11 HI -1heire- iis- bu t - on e -
messenigeir-deft effort.
Mr. Cockre<l'l of Toxn^ to'Jd Ihilm that <ad-
vice from visiting stat men was not soug'ht
and ought not to be 1. ard. Mr. Cockran
ih'is been a.teent. about hialif bis t'im\ but
usual'liy slhows up on groat occasi'.oos. The
miggesttio'n of Coickre'.i brougflit down the
ihiou.'e, but the great orator from .Ve-\v York
was not abaslhel. He w -nt on and declared
tlhat it was sihiamefu'i to run from i. shalow
and wanted to know w<ho the m a of the
-senate were that threatened to del at tariff
legislation i:f their demands wer^ not ac-
ceded to.
Mr. 'Crisp answered sharply and Mr. Wi<l-
som answered in a placn ting way.
Mr. Robertson of Ivouiaiana made a
last appeail for sugar and then 111 o'clock,
the biour for the meeting of the ho'i \ liuv-
iii'g nearly arrived, the body diss rved, to
meet in regular sesj-'ion, and it m-'t, .mad
and determined.
The galleries wenv well filled when 'the
ihouse met with that interminable and
never ceasing yawping element of Ameri-
canism when there is anything of a sensa-
tional nature on 'hand. Since there has
been talk of bombs and the like the door-
keepers allow just enough people in the
gallerf.es to fill the seats, not a man nor a
woman more; then tih^y stop the influx
un'tiil some one goes out, and another per-
son 'is admitted to till the vacant space.
So there were great crowds on the outside
and in the galleries anxious to see what
would be the outcome.
•The morning hour was consumed with
vociferous applications on the part of con-
gressmen who wanted private bills parsed
for their aid at home. The committee on
rules was out framing a rule limiting de-
bate on the tariff bill and the bill to put
sugar, iron ore, coal and (barbed wire on
the free list.
Ou'thwailte of Ohio was absent, and it
looiked for a time as if the decision of the
caucus would Haive to lie over to another
day. But he came in about 1 o'clock and
was Immediately taken into the bosom of
the committee on rules. Thiere was a
-breath of relief on the part of the demo-
crats when it was known that tin- Ohio
.man was in. It only required two min-
fites after'his arrival to settle matters. The
committee on rules brought in a rule to
limit debate to two hours on the motion to
agree to the senate bill, and .half an hour
to the bills to put sugar, coal, iron ore
and barbed wire on the free list. (But then
the fight, all on one side, began. WT ion
offered the resolution !■' agree to the sh ,fle
amendments. He explM-ir k! that 'he did not.
do this of ihii'3 own vol it ton but at the com-
mand of th>e democratic caucus. The wihole
of his remarks, condensed, were that the
question of whether MoKtnleylsm should
exist or a (modification of that iniquity
should be entered into wias all that con-
fronted the ihouse now. die did not like the
senate bill. There were provisions In it of
protection, 'but as .far ms the ihuuse could
promise these protectiw features would be
cut off the law and he askied that the bill
ibecome a law.
Reed, answering for the republicans,
sneered and scolded. He had a splendid
opportunity, and, great as'h«e is, forgot him-
self and finally played the balby in refusing
to exhaust ,ihe four minute# allowe<i him.
Finally .he gave two of them to Wilson to
make a closing speech, thus turning off in
a half way joke bis mistake coming from bis
anger at ascertaining that the democrats
were in earnest.
iBourke Cockran made a strong speech, as
•he always mojkes bagging tihe democrats
to stand out against the hluf -of the senate
and when Mr. Crisp replied, Mr. Tracey of
New Yorik tbeintf in tihe chair, tlhat Cockran,
ihad not been here to know the trials of the
iiouse, Cockiun got mad and beliowed like
a Bashan bull, whatever that may mean.
He oo mi darned that •Crisp knew why he had
'been absent, intimaOing it was sickness in
his family, and when Crisp endeavored to
reply to him the republicans howled to
di\x\Vn his explanation.
1 arsney took a 'hand, Reed having given
him three minutes, (and declared that it
would be dishonor to Vote for the senate
bill and 'he would never do it, whereupon
the republicans roared again: but lina 11 v
the di.scuasion end'ed and tihe roll was
called for a vote The decision of the cau-
cus was agreed to by a vote of about sev-
enty-five for the majority.
Then the -free coal 'bill was called up and
passed in three-quarters of an .hour.
The free iron ore tbill passed in as quick:
time.
The sugar bill went the same way.
The free barbed wire bill was put down
the same as the rest, and. as the demo-
cratic caucus piYimised, while democrats
had to swallow certain chings to get a bill
they would disgorge on the same day.
THE DECISIVE CAUCUS.
Washington, Aug. 13.—An hour before 10
o clock, the time set for the democratic
caucus, members began to arrive at tihe
capitol and 'hasty consultations were held
on the course to be pursued. Speaker Crisp
was joined in his private odlce by Chair-
man Wilson and Representatives Turner,
McMiHin and Montgomery, making the full
membership of tihe house democratic con-
ference committee. Representative Breck-
inridge of Arkansas, an advisory member
of the conference, was also present. I»t was
a final consultation on the line of action
to be presented by the house leaders to the
caucus. The meeting lasted until it was
time for the caucus to convene.
In the meantime there was a scene of
animation on the floor of 'the house. Rep-
resentatives Tracy, Straus, Warner and
others passed among their associates and
stiffened up the sentiment of loyalty to
the conferees. It was apparently uphill
work, however, as the current of feeling
among the rank and flle of the members
seemed to be setting strongly in favor of
accepting the senate bill without further
delay.
At 10 o'clock Speaker Crisp and the con-
ferees filed out of the speaker's office and
took seats in a body in the forward part of
the democratic side. There was an omin-
ous silence as they came in. At that time
158 democratic members were on the floor.
As Mr. Wilson passed through the cor-
ridior to the house lie was asked the result
of the conference in the speaker's room
but answered: "I can not make it known
yet." «
Chairman Holm an called the caucus to
order promptly and the call for the meet-
ing was read. The roll cal'l, which followed,
took some time and members shifted un-
easily for the decisive action ahead.
Chairman Wilson took the floor imme-
diately after the .roll call and began a
statement of the situation. He spoke calm-
ly and dispassionately and received the
closest attention. Members left their seats
and crowded eagerly about him. listening
Intently to every word. It ils seldom that
such eager interest has been shown ait a
caucus. Mr. Wilson began with a recital
of tihe difficulties that have been encoun-
tered. He went over each stage of the
situation with much detail. He said that
each step had been pursued with an ardent
desire to support with honor the desires of
the ih'ouse and to resist what were regard-
ed as the unreasonable demands of the
senate. Mr. Wilson did not confine (himself
to genera,Mzatiou. He took up the con-
tested schedules, particularly sugar, coal
and iron ore and reviewed the differences
in conferences on these main items. He
took up each proposition on sugar and
spoke of the vast profits to the sugar
•trust which would result from any of these
propositions. He did not indulge in the
sharp criticism that was expected on the
motives of the senate conferees. Mr. Wil-
son spoke of tihe fight made by the Ihouse
conferees and for a specific duty on sugar
on the ground that under an ad valorem
system it would be impossible to tell on
account of the invoice -methods the exact
advantage which would accrue to the sugar
trust. lie made the remarkable statement
that he had been credibly informed and
believed that the sugar trust had. ant'lc!-
oatina: tihe enactment of the senate sugar
schedule, purchased $112,000,000 worth of
raw sugar. If this was true, he said, the
profits accruing to the trust from this in-
vestment in advance of the enactment of
the senate schedule would be at least $40,-
000,000. Mr. Wilson alsp dwelt at length on
the embarrassment attending the efforts to
adjust the coal and iron schedules. "The
great battle," said Mr. Wilson, warming
up to his subject. "Is between the American
people and the sugar trust. It is a battle
in which .the trust has taken the people by
the throat and it. will never end until we
throw off the grip."
Tliere was nn enthusiastic applause at
tlhifl. He proceeded to state that the house
conferees had been willing to concede al-
mrst everything except 'those vital items
of sugar, iron ore and coal, that the sen-
ate conferees had also seemed willing to
c.;ii code much and held much the same
vV'WS, but were apparently dominated by
the knowledge that if they conceded w.hat
they 'themselves were willing to concede,
the bill could not pass and the agreement
would be useless. Mr. Wilson concluded by
saying that be bad now become satisfied
it was either the senate bill or no legisla-
tion. Mr. Wilson closed: at 11.05 o'clock,
having talked just an hour.
"Mr. Montgomery then took 'the floor and
substantiated what Mr. Wilson bad said
as to the details of the conference.
Speaker Crisp followed Mr. Montgomery.
He spoke with much spirit and earnestness
and the caucus was soon in a tumult of
enthusiasm, round after round of applause
greeting bis utterances. He spoke of the
critical condition and of the apparent need
to accept the senate bill, and then if need
be, to introduce separate bills for free
sugar, free iron and free coal. Mr. Crisp
followed in the line of Mr. Wilson, saying
that it was either the senate bill or no bill.
He said tlhat as long as there was a des-
perate chance of securing concessions
Which the house demanded, he was in favor
of standing out, but he was now satisfied
that the time had come when further In-
sistence by the 'bouse was useless. He
closed bis remarks by offering a resolution
instructing tihe house conferees to recede.
A great burst of applause greeted tihe
reading of the resolution, but a half dozen
Irate democrats were on their fleet demand-
ing recognition, prominent among them be-
ing Bourke Cockran of New York. Owing
to the lateness of the hour a rule was
adopted limiting further speeches to five
minutes. Then Mr. Cockran, being recog-
nized. delivered a vigorous and eloquent
speech against surrendering 'to the senate.
"Better no tariff legislation than the senate
bill," he said. Mr. Cixrkran declared that
tihere was no necessity for the bouse to
surrender as yet and challenged Mr. Wil-
son's statement that four democratic votes
in the senate would be lost if the fight pro-
ceeded. He demanded the names of the
four senators, but Mr. Wilson refused to
give them.
The previous- question on bhe Crisp reso-
lution was ordered by 102 to 21. FMflteen
ml notes' debate was then allowed.
Mr. McMiMin followed in vigorous style.
Tie repudiated the statement made by Mr.
Cockran thi.t the senate bill was worse
than the McKinley law.
Mr. Robertson of Louisiana objected to
tlhe resolution on account of the free sugar
provision and generally protested against
the treatmen t of I Louisiana.
At the hour of 12 o'clock, when the house
time to meet approached, the cry of "Vote!
vote!" went up from the impatient mem-
bers.
Mr. Robinson contlued to urge that It
would be bad l'aith to cut olT the Louisiana
planters from the bounty on this year's
crop, on which they had reckoned when
they put it in.
During the fifteen minutes' debate Chair-
man Wilson arosi: and pleaded with the
caucus not to take action to-day. He said
•that, whatever was the mind of the house,
there was no necessity for immediate and
hurried action.
Mr. McMillin of the ways and means
committee also made a speech. He de-
clared in favor of the i'risp resolution
saying the senate bill was much better
tban tb* McKinley law. A div^ioa on
5STABLIS1IED 1842.
the resolution was then demanl.xl, so as
■ le on th.
*. to
' '"ion
. "Uo. '
'JJo,
(list part,
the senate
for Hepur-
resolution
to in-
to have a. sep'
reee.le froi
amendments '
ate bills. The ,
was adopted by
and tlb' second , part wWih..Ion.
•Among those who voted agaiii*' ^the reiso-
lution were the Louisiana memoers, Messrs.
\\ arner New York, Strauss. Tra.-v of
New York, Tarsney of Ml.-wjar!, i o.-kran
ot New York, Covert of Ne.v York Dun-
ph.v of New York. <"ooii>er of hvli.vt i. John-
son of Ohio and Kilgore of Texas, the
Maryland delegation, HayiiT, M. K.)>
Rusk and Talbot, tinvkinri l*e of .Ai'>r.n-
sa«, a member of the ways an I humus
committee, and Wllilams of Mi-nissoipi,
Most of those who vot.xj against th>- M-.-t
Part or the resolution voted for ths'eonil
part.
The resolution of .Ip'a.tor Crisp was
adopted, arj follows:
Resolved, .that it Is the sense of tills
caucus that the order heretofore made re-
quesittns? a conference with the senate on
the disagreeing votes of the two houses
in house resolution No. 49 be rescinded; tiha-t
thi> conferees heretofore appointed on the
part of the house be discharged from fur-
ther duty in that behalf, and that the
house recede from Its disagreement to the
senate amendments to said bill and agree
to th same.
Resolved, further, that the house shall
at once proceed 10 the consideration of
separate bills placing the following articles
011 the free list, viz.: Sugar In all its forms,
Iron ore, coal and barbed wire. The com-
mittee on rules is requested to report an
order providing for the prompt considera-
tion of istich motion and bills.
This was adopted by an overwhelming
vote, the nays being almost Insignificant.
Representative Tucker of Virginia then
Offered a resolution (thanking and commend-
ing the house conferees for their loval
service. Tills wan adopted vvitti approval
and the caucus adjourned.
PitOOBJEDtNiOB IN TIME HOITSR.
Washington, Aug. 13.—The long struggle
over the tariff .bill came to a close at fi
o'clock this evening when the house, by a
vote of 1S2 to 105, decided to discharge the
•house conferees from further consideration
of the bill, receded from its -opposition to
the 634 amendments of tihe senate, and
agreed to the senate bill, it was a complete
Victory for the senate. The house made an
absolute surrender. The result grew direct-
ly out of the sensational course of events
at the senate end of the capitol, precipitated
by Senator Hill on Friday. Up to that time
the house conferees had .itoo:! firm against
the saniate amendments, and especially of
the tihree disputed schedules of coal, Iron
ore and sugar, and the temper and voire
o'f the house was for war—war to t'he end.
iBut the Indications tlhat 'the democrats of
the senate mlgiht be unable longer to hold
a majority of the votes in line for oven .the
senate bill and that the 'bill was in Jeop-
ardy, forced the house democrats to Imme-
diate action. The democratic conferees of
tihe house at last admitted that they were
beaten and that anoliher vote could not
!be risked In the senate; that it must be
senate bill or no bill. The whole question
was precipitated at the caucus held Just, be-
fore tlhe ^ouse convened to-day, at which,
after a thorough review of the situation
and speeches by Speaker Crisp, Chairman
Wilson and others, it vmt decided 'to take
the senate ibill and immediately afterward
•Introduce separate bills placing coal. Iron
ore, sugar and barbed wire on the free list,
and 'by so doing place the house on record
and at least partially overcome the humili-
ation involved In Its defeat.
The programme arranged In the caucus
was carried out to the letter in the house
after an ironclad special order.
Tiie scenes In the chamber throughout the
day and evening were exciting ana at
'times sensational. The galleries were
packed and the inemibers applauded and
cheered their respective leaders to the echo.
Under t'he term.s of the order tout two
hours were allowed for debate on the main
proposition to recede and agree to the sen-
ate amendments to the tariff bill. A par-
liamentary skirmish preceded the pitched
battle, but points of order raised by t'he
republicans were swept aside. The speaker
ruled the house with an iron hand.
The principal speeches were made by
Chairman Wilson and Speaker Crisp on the
one hand and ex-Speaker Reed and Mr.
Burrows on the other. There was no time
for preparation and a'.l the speeches were
•hot from the .forge of the train and were
greeted with round after round of applause.
Bourke Cockran of New York and Mr!
Tarsney of Missouri, both mein'bers of the
ways and means committee, delivered scath-
ing and sensational speeches, denouncing
the surrender as cowardly and indefensible.
The speaker replied to Mr. Cockran!
whose effort was a brUBiant one, with so
much temper that the latter took it as a
personal affront, although the speaker dis-
claimed such intention, and made a vicious
lunge at Speaker Crisp.
There was no attempt on the part of the
democratic leaders to claim a victory. They
all admitted that they were accepting the
inevitable, Justifying their action on the
ground that the senate bill was Infinitely
better than the McKinley bill.
The most startling feature of the day,
perhaps, was Mr. Cochran's eloquent ap-
peal to Chairman Wilson to name the dem-
ocrats in the senate who threatened the
defeat of all tariff legislation if the at-
tempt to adjust the differences between
the two houses was persisted in, but Mr.
Wilson made no response.
When the vote came to be taken at 0
o'clock thirteen democrats—Bartletit, Cock-
ran, Hendrlx, Dunphy. Warner and Covert
of New York; Davey, Meyer and Price of
Louisiana; Everett of Massachusetts; Gor-
man of Michigan; Johnson of Ohio, and
Tarsney of Missouri voted with the repub-
licans against t'he resolution. The demo-
crats put through Olio after the other what
the republicans derided as the popgun bil's
placing coal, iron ore, barbel wire ami
sugar, on the free list, and which. In the
brief debate oil e:u3h of the bills, they main-
1 ained thait lliese would be passed 'only to
go to their death in the senate.
When the Ihouse met this morning
tin minutes after the democratic ,-aucus
adjourned there wer,- more members on
the floor than at any time since the tariff
bill was passed. I'lie anxious public who
thronged the corridors before tile doors
were thrown open, crowded into the gal-
leries in anticipation of the llnal scene in
the long tariff battle. Under the rule Mi-
Heard, chairman of the committee on the
District of Columbia, pending action bv
the committee on rules, claimed the day
for the consideration of the business re-
ported from the committee on the District
of Columbia.
AI 2.110 Mr. Catch lugs entered the hall
with the special of Hie committee on rules
.in ills hand. Mr. Heard yielded lo him
but Mr. Catehlugs presented Ihe rule Tie'
full text of the special rule Is as follows'
Resolved, that after the adoption of tills
resolution It shall be in order In the house
to move that the order heretofore mad"
requesting a conference with the sonaie
on .the dlisjLgreeing votes of the two housts
on hou.s'e record 4864 be rescinded: that
the conferees heretofore appointed on the
part of ttie house be discharged from fur-
ther duty in til.II behalf, and that the house
recede from Its disagreement to the scnuie
amendments to said bill in grows and agr.«
•to the same; that after two hours' debaie
on said motion | which shall be Indivisible!
the vote shall be taken without delay or
other motion.
Resolved, secondly, that any time after
the adoption of this resolution it shall
be in order to present for consideration
without reference to a committee separate
bills placing upon the free list sugar in all
its forms, coal, Iron ore and barbed wire,
each of .mid bills when presented shall
be allowed fifteen minutes' debate, and at
0Utt LEADING BRANDS
OF FIVE-CENT CIGARS:
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From $'!8 to $3'J Per lOOO.
V.
Sori'l nq a trial order and got tho bestgoodi
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Whisky and Cigar Dealers. Houston.
AUG. 14, 1894—NO. 122.
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tho end of such debate the previous ques*
tlon shall be considered a.* ordered (there-
on, and without delay or other motion,
the vote shall be taken.
During: the reading* of the resolution thora
were Jeers on the republican side, Mr. Bur-
rows calling out "Silly! silly!" when thait
'part of the rule relative to free coal, etc..
was read.
Mr. Catching demanded the previous
question, but Mr. Reed rose to a point of
order and the battle was on. Mr. Reed's
point of order was that the tariff bill
•was not in possession of the house, audi
therefore the action proposed in the repont
could not be taken. He maintained that
in case of an agreement of conferees on a
pill either house could act on a report,
but In case of a disagreement ithe bill
went back to the binly liiist requesting the
conference. The bill could not be in posses-
sion of both houses at the same time,
neither could either house act except on
papers before it. The papers could not bo
in possession of both houses at the name
time. It was a parliamentary as well -as
a physical fact that the papers could only
be in one place at a itime. Otherwise both
the senate and hous*1 could recede at the
same time. What bill would then be law?
it. would certainly puzzle those who were
not In the habit of cuit'ting Qordlan knots.
At the present time, he said, getting down
to the existing situation, the senate was
proposing action and the house was pro-
posing action at the same time. The house
had now repented of the bill, Mr. Reed
said, and the senate had repented of its
bill. Both were ashamed of their offspring,
fRepublican applause.| Yet the house was
not proposing to grab the senate bill be-
fore It could be repudiated by that body
and swallow its nauseous meal. Such a
spectacle, he declared, had never before
been witnessed. Mr. Reed sarcastically re-
ferred to Mr. Bunn 1 Jem.| nf Nort^ Caiv..rui,
•wiho attempted to Interrupt him, as a man
who had been lato in getting on the roil
of honor, but wis now In a hurry to gcit on,
tho roll of "dishonor." "1 do not expect
my argument to have any effect,," sa.id
Mr. Reed in conclusion, addressing the
democratic side, "but you are like the
heathens who have listened to (the Chris-
tian missionaries. You have no chance of
redemption."
The speaker announced otoat he was ready
■t»o rule. After a. careful statement of the
sutua'Lion and the declaration that by a
•special order changing or .suspending the
rules of the house temporarily, tfte accepted
doctrines of JeflVrsin's Manual were carried
out, and after citing a. precedent in one of
Speaker Carlisle's rulings, the speaker over-
ruled the point of order. The previous
question was then ordered without divis-
ion. This gave fifteen minutes on each side
for discussion.
Mr. Oatchings did not desire to debate the
rule and Mr. Reed took the floor and made
a very sarcastic speech. "You are going
to (give uhe country free sugar," said he, ia
'his most Ironical vein amid shouts of re-
publican laughter, "in your minds," ha
added, amid renewed shouts of derision,
"and free coal and free iron ore. You are
going 'to lie bold and manly, -as you ihave
'been in this backdown, without a reference
to the committee that stands between you
and the noble purpose that thrills you."
CApplause an-l laughter.]
Representative Turner of Georgia replied
to Mr. Reed and w is greeted witih applause
by the democrats, lie said th* gentleman
from Maine had built up a parliamentary
system which now reacted against himself.
There was no right or justice in the as-
sumption that the action of the senate in
sending the bill back to the house was
erroneous, lie asked Mi. K.-. i what r\ghe
he had to rmike this assumption.
Mr. Reed said he did not make any
claims; he had been Informed that the ir-
regularity occurred, but he had not present
information.
Mr. Turner then proceeded to show that
the present action of the house was strictly
regu l?ir.
The question fhen being put on agreeing
to tlhe resolution. Mr. Reed demandjed a
division. 'The entire democratic side rose
en masse, 'but when the negative vote was
called for the republicans calmly sat in
their seats, hoping to break a quorum. When
t'he speaker announced the vote. 188 to 3,
twelve more than a quorum, the republi-
cans were somewhat disconcerted.
lTpon the announcement of the vote Mr.
Reed made the point of order that the bill
was not but'mv t'he house. The speaker
answered bh<at the bill was then on the
speaker's table.
Mr. Reed said that he did not see how
Uhat could be, but it. appeared that tlhe
ho use conferees had placed' the bill In the
speilv'T's hands as s.i.m as the resolution
was adapted. Mr. iRt d, however, qulokl/
demanded the yeas and nays.
Before the clerk 'began calling the roll
Mr. Wilson [rep. | of Washdng'ton brought
r in-
be
down a. round of republican applause by"
nocently asking the sneaker fir it would
in order before the roll was called to 'have
the preisklient's letter again retad.
Tin* speaker rapped him to order with his
gavel, and the roll call proceeded. The
house order was adopted, il.7t> to not vot-
ing 11. Among file democrats voting In the
nvnative were havey. Robertson of Louisi-
ana, Covert, I'niee, tJorman, Warner, Kll-
gore answered "present," but did not vote.
In all other respects the vote was strictly
on parly lines.
Those answering present and not voting
were Messrs. Baker of Kansas, Bell of Col-
orado, Black of Illinois, Boen, Davis, Har-
ris. Hudson, Huteheson, 'Kiilgore, Mc-
Dowell and Pence.
t poll the announcement of the vote
Chairman Wilson immediately submitted
in writing the motion 'provided i'ur in the
order adopted.
Mr. Reed again made the point of order
that the bill was not before the house,
whereupon the speaker pointed to it.
Mr. Heed sat down disconsolately and
Mr. WUson took the tioor, lie spoke
calmly, but eloquently, the democrats
crowding about, him and listening: Intently
to his every word.
"Mr.. Speaker," he said, "I (have made
the motion which I have sent to the clerk's
desk not on my own responsibility or from
my own volition, but as the official organ
of the caucus of my associates on this
side of the house and by their direction.
1 shall say very little myself or* tills oc-
casion in advocacy of 'the motion, and C
shall be sincere and frank in what I shall
submit to this house. 1 do not pretend
that 1 am gratified wPth the outcome of
this prolonged controversy. 1 do not pre-
tend that up to the very last moment E
had not cherished the hope and the fakhi
that we should reach another and a better
and more satisfactory conclusion on tiix*
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