Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-15
VilTake Their Time
Talk in the Senate About the
Tariff Bill.
SHERMAN AND ALLISON REPORT

That the Senate Bill Is Coming. but De-
cline to Say when-A 'Disorderly' Per-
sonal wrangle Between Two Aged Mem
bers Who Should Know Better-Help
for the Fever District-Prospect for Ad-
journment by the End of the Month
Cow icted Mormons.
WASHINGTON CRY, Sept. The debate |
in the senate yesterday brought out some |
statements relative to the senate tariff bill, |
but nothing definite as to when it will be |
ready Talk was begun by Vest, who. in an
swer to statement by Hoar Thursday that
Representative Scott had subscribed SIC, 900
to the Democratic campaign fund, read
telegram from Scott declaring the statement
untrue The author OF it was The New York
World, and Vest said The World was not a
Democratic paper The debate took wide
range aud Vest coutroverted the imputation
made by Hoar that all the trusts were help
ing the Democracy, and called on Hoar to
prove that there was a Standard Oil man in
the cabinet Vest then drifted to the ques-
ton of the tariff bill The house bill, he
said had come over to the senate on the I'D
of July and had not yet been reported. He
remembered that Sherman had, time and
again, stood in the senate chamber and said
to the Democrats: Bring your tariff bill
here from the house and we will take it up
at once and dispose of itn Where, he asked,
was the Mills bill to-daya
Sherman took the floor and replied to the
accusation that the Republican party had
been tardy in reporting tariff measure.
He said that the finance committee would re-
port Republican tariff bill to protect and
| foster American industries" as against the
"free trade Mills tariff BILL" which was in
| tended to, and did, weaken many Of the in
dustries of the country. He said that the
| bill to be reported would be careful revis-
| ion of the tariff laws; that it would give to
men engaged in the arts the use Of alcohol
| untaxed and sweep away the tobacco tax,
| giving that great agricultural product fair
| and free play in the country" The commit
tee, he said, would take its own time II the
house wished to prolong the session until the
tariff bill was reported. it would have to
wait until the committee was ready to re-
| port Sherman said that the Democratic
party had been fourteen years preparing a
bill, and now, forsooth. it must tax the
Republican party with delay in bringing
in bill. The Democratic party had sent to
been six-yes, eight months incubating The
| Republican party was DESTROYS Of reporting
a complete and studied measure and it was
haunted with he fact that it had been sixty
days preparing it. Sherman referred sew
eral times to the Democratic doctrine as one
verging on free trade, and said that if yhe
principles enunciated in the presidents mes
sage OF last December, and h S recent letter
r,f Ill.
ing tariff laws should be repealed
Vest in reply defended the administration
and its tariff policy. He was followed by
Allison. who attributed the prolongation of
the session to the delay in the passage OF the
appropriation bills, for which the house was
responsible He said that as the surplus had
been reduced to S20,0Oo, 900 there was not
that exigency for the reduction OF the reve-
nue. which had existed Nevertheless, tariff
bill would be reported which would reduce
the revenue at least $50, 100000 1t was i'm
possible for him to say when the bill would
come in. 1t would be reported to the full
committee at the earliest possible moment
How long the full committee would take to
consider it he could not say, but he would as
sure the senator lNestl that it would be re-
ported During his remarks Allison said in
reply to a question from Butler that he
thought the bill would be reported before the
next presidential election. If the senator, =
he said, thinks that the Republican party
shrinks from the responsibility in any sense
of discussing the tariff question in all of its
details, he makes great mistake"
Then the debate took a personal turn, two
of the most aged members OF the senate in
dulging in an acrimonious, and, as the chair
remarked, "disorderly," controversy
: Payne, rising to a question of personal
privilege, declared, in reference to state
nent made by Hoar Thursday as to his sor
Oliver Payne lin connection with the Stand
. ard Oil company, that there was mot
word of truth in it, nor particle of founda
ton for the charge" He spoke of Hoar al
making statements Sin disingenuous anc
, dishonorable way" He denied that there
was particle OF foundation for the ainsin
uation" that Mr.. Whitney, the secretary O
the navy, was interested in the Standard Oh
; company, and read that gentleman's owl
disclaimer in yesterdays papers
Hoar said that the speech of the senator
from Ohio belonged rather to the foul gros
shop, to the place where ruffians and the
companions eongregated, than to the senat4
of the United States He had received ,
good many letters on the subject of tn,
! Standard Oil company land had one of then
e now before him stating the great danger t
the Republican vote growing out of the &C
tivity Of that company.
Payne-Will you read it2
Hoar-I will not
Payne-I guessed you would not
: Hoar-I am not very much moved to an,
I altvrx hat tn hr. k.a1
\ dignation or anger, or anything above tn
feeling of contempt, by the utterances tina
!, have just come from the senator from Ohio
; The history of that senator's accession to thi
body is fresh in the memory of the country
L Payne remarked that the action of the sen
n ate in the matter last alluded to had been
9 condemnation of Hoar's position in it; an
d added, that if that senator was possessed b
" the "conceit" that his partisan discussion
; were fair and honorable, that conceit we
q confined pretty much to the senator himself
r Further on Hoar exclaimed-Mr Pres
+ dent the senator from Ohio is disorderly an
8 insolent in his style of interruptions. 1t
b certainly not becoming in him to ask m
courtesy for such Interruptions. The Who'll
style of them belongs to the low grogger
rather than to the senate
o Butler submitted to the presiding Office
r Ingalls, whether that style of debate was
o order.
l. Hoar-If have said anything out of ordt
= I withdraw it.
Q "The whole colloquyo said the presidin
N officer, "has been disorderly from the begil
b ming, but tine chair has had often, within tn
10 last week or ten days, to call attention
IL proceedings that were disorderly, and do
Is not desire to be called upon daily to rebul
D. violations Of order"
it The disputation between the two senator
IL continued for some time longer.
A Democratic Caucus Called.
WASHINGTON CRY, Sept. ia call hi
been issued by Chairman Cox, of the cauc'
committee for a caucus of the Democrat
y members of the house, to be held in the hs
10 of the house of representatives next Tuesd
evening The order Of business for the I
" mainder of the session is to be considere
and also Oates proposition for an adiour