New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-09
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

.,.rro>, lima S.-The Democrats are III
.u,,hla about the Tariff Comhissioh' ~
IH,o,ce Committee this morning senators D"'
~ ,ho only Democrats present made an az
.oct unon the nominations urging mdnS o'J'N .4
18th AGAINST individual members anu '-".-9
4bo general character OF the ~
rbo committee however. notwithstanding '-0'
;oo+iors voted. the Republicans all Delns Piu'O"'
40 re,or+ the nominations fayorabiy' lno D''"0
cats of the Senate thereupon decided 10 no''
,,s for the purpose of attempting 10 c'''0'
,bo;r onpositGn to confirmation, anu eVOuiN" ~
oorlv adiournment of the Senate To chdoic tn0i" W
do On They were in caucus about an hOur' '"'",9
four Democrats being present senator Day "'O'
,cnorted the Commission bill III the senate anu i'
sl, ern,,orted it, first gave voice TO his mug
- uo sa;d he slpposed, as he had a right TO
~ IL +lo Commission would be composed Oh eA-
.,o. :; ,,,litical economy men who had gwen 'he'i
i,oe to the s.udy of its general principles ana VINO
oorId instinct Congress and the country III lesdiu
81 Tbev were TO attempt to harmonic Oil inter-
o..s He nov, believed that the object Wnch COh-
,,ross had in view in passing the Commission OIL
bs5 been defeated by the way 1t was proposed 10
o,,.c,,te the law. He did not believe there was
s;,le member Of the Commission VINO
had made a study Of political economy OF
l,rovv ANYTHING about the matter III hahd'
They knew what they wanted for Themselves WhaI
their own interests and those OF their fellows III
lmsiness demanded, but nothing more Inc uepatc
Incoming general much personal criticism OF lhe
Com;nis ion was INDUCED in. Mr.. Hayes, IL was
CHARGED. was the foremost agent OF the WOOL ihah-
nfacturers and always appeared here IN washington
10 advocate their interests when any measure aiiect
ing them W as pending in Congress Mr. Garland wasa
wool grower and was president OF WOOL Growers
Association. These two wOuid, OF course, De uuanIe
to recommend ANYTHING which might De Tor the IN
terests of the country at large II IL was NOT at ne
same time favorable TO their own interests. br
Underwood a friend OF Senator Brown, ieCon-
mended by him for place Oh the Commission, 4,
would of course defend the iron lntcres's, us WOuu
Mr. Oliver of Pennsylvania. Mr.. henner, pr sideht
of the Louisiana Sugar flanteIS 4ssoclS tS "a
tion wOnld give away everything else ior the
sugar interests. Governor Phelps, " h0 the missouri
Senators thought was the best man on the Colnlnis
sion, but about whose views III regard 10 the tariu
there was some doubt had declined to serve. The
Democratic members of the COMMISSION were III no
sense representative of Democratic opinion IN re-
spect TO the tariff. Senators Jonas and Brown de-
Tended their own friends on the COMMISSION, hen,
Der and Underwood respectively, ana ANNOUNCED
their intention TO support the nominations. Ihey
could not consistently do otherwise NO Votes
were taken as it was found impossible to unite the
party but il was the understanding that the noli-
nations would be opposed III the Senasc Dy nearly
all the Democrats. 1t was said that Senator van
Wyck would JON the emocrats III opposing con-
firination. No one could speak Tor Judge JAWS,
but the impression prevailed that lie WOuu VOte
with the Repubcaus Senator McPherS0n who
was NOT present was expected to vote for conirma-
ton Ex-Governor Phelps, of Missouri who has
declined to serve upon the Commission, does n0t
give any reasons for his action. Senator COckrell
saws that ne would have made an excellent Coninls-
si0ner but that he had not been informed that the
Missouri Senators were urging MN lOr the place
and had probably made his arrangements for the
summer When the nomination was made the two
Senators, Cockrel and Vest, telegIaphed hun an
nouncng the fact. The following Is his reply re-
CeiYed this morning:
UNION DEPOT KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 8.
To Senator's VEST and COCKRELL~
Your dispatch received Am route for New Mexico.
Present to the President my thanks for thc great honor
he has rendered me- which respectfully decline. Ac-
cept my thanks for your kindness. JOuN ,. fHELPs
1t is believed tonight that the Commission will
lie confirmed by a small majority.