Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-02
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
ONLY THRhE REPUBLICANS YoTE
IN THE NEHATIREs
A ScathiuE Speech by senator Carr
IIsIe--ENe Shows up the Hypocrisy
of Rauubiican Claims.

oil Republican Claims.
WAsHINaToN, Sept. 3O.-only the Presi
dents signature is now hacking to make thu
Tariff act OF 1890 the law OF the land. The
f1nal vote on the adoption OF the conference
report was takon in the Senate late thii
afternoon. and when tho vice-presideDt an
nouneed that the vote stood % In the affirm
alive and "a in the negative the long con
test was ended.
When the real test came three Republican
senators refused to support the measure
| which they knew would bear heavily upon
the already overburdened masses OF the
people. They were Messrs. Paddock OF Ne.
hraskn, Plumb OF X neas aud Pettigrew "a
| South Dakota. Their votes were thrown
against the bill. They believe they repre-.
sent the Wishes OF the people Of their here.
tofore solidly Republican states, and their
course ought 10 furnish food for renectiou
to the Republican leaders who have SO
stolldly obeyed the directions OF protected
manufacturers, trusts. and monopolies In
making up this new tariff law.
As was stated In theBs dispatches last
night, Messrs. Paddock and Pettigrew were
expected to vote against the bill, and 1t did
not su prise many persons when MIR Plumb
Joined them. Msssrs. Davis, ingalls,, Wilson
OF Iowa, Pierce, Casey and Power did just
what Mr.. Aldrlch had expected them to do,
and voted for the bill, or, as in MIR. Davis
case, were paired Ia Its favor. They are six
Of the nine senators who mutually pledged
themselves to vote against the conference
report II tax was put upon binding twin ,.
Messrs. Paddock, Plumb and Pettigrew nre
the other three who regarded their pledges
as something to be honorably kept.
The feature of tho closing hours OF the
tariff debGte was the speech OF MIR. Carlisle,
who was too III with cold to speak yes
terday. Although the Kentucky senator
had taken an active part In the running de-
bate while the Items of the bill were under
cons Iteration, this was bis first speech
since he took the seat OF Mr.. Beck. To-
night he stands, by universal consent, In
this front rank OF senatorial orators. The
Senate never listened 10 a better tariff
speech. Thole was no attempt at ornamen.
tation, no political buncombe, no cheap
claptrap OF the stump variety about II. II
was plain statement of facts-g compre-
slve analysis of the bill aud logical and
convincing argument. No man on either
side OF the chamber Is better euuipped than
MIR. Carlisle with knowledge Of all the ins and
outs OF past and present legislation In Con-
gress, and with the skill Of u trained lawyer
he made this knowledge effective to-day.
When Mr.. Carlisle began hs speech,
which lasted two and a-half hours, Rspubli-
can senators followed their usual course and
most OF them loft their seats, retiring to
their cloak room to chat and smoke. Mr..
AiuLAtui MAAO wac " OlObb lub uAsGllehlUu lOE
the Republicans, remained. 80 did Mr..
Allison. who was to speak later on, and Mr..
Ingalls,, who had been urged to make a re-
ply TO the Kentucky senator, but who soon
stopped taking notes, as II he had CON
GUIDED he would rather not attempt 10 an
ever such speech.
But Mr.. Carlisle had not had the floor
long before his Republican audience began
10 grow larger. aud senators who looked in
from tins to time to hear what was going
on Dropped Into chairs to listen, and not
many OF them left again while tine Kentucky
senator WAS speaking. All the Democratic
senators In town were on hand. They were
Joined by score or more representatives
OF both parties, Mr.. Mckinley being the
most prominent.
Two or three Republicans were rash
enough to try to break the thread OF MIR.
uarl,sls's argument. One OF them was the
lrrepresslble Mr.. Blair. He put what he
probably thought was 'poser" to the
speaker, whose reply was so prompt and
decisive that Mr.. Blair hurried into the
cloakro7In to get out Of slRht. Mr.. Spoouer
was disposed OF with equal ease by Mr..
Carlisle. Mr.. Aldrich was also unfortunate
Ia his Interruptions, for MIR. Carlisle soon
had him disputing the finance committees
own figures.
While Mr.. Carlisle was receiving con-
CALCULATIONS OF his colleagues for his great
speech, Mr.. Allison said something in de-
fence OF the action of tho Senate conterrees,
the tin plate duty and the sugar bounty.
Mr.. Gray showed that the duty OF 1894 a
ton on steel rails was put on to cover DIFF
fsrenbe Of 10 cents In labor cost between
Europe and the United States. MIR. Stewart
worked In a brief eulogy Of the high pro-
tectod Tariff bill, and then Mr.. AldIich
closed the debate, In a speech lasting one
hour and half.
Like Mr. Carlisle, the Rhode Island sena-
tor spoke from rough notes. He oonflned
himself CHIEFLY to disputing the points
made by Mr.. Carlisle, and he did so as Of
fectually as any Republican senator could
have done il was by far the best speech
made on the Republican side of tho cham
Der and Mr.. Adrlcn fairly earned the con-
g atulations the Republicans ohowered
upon him. hr, Aldrtch and MIR. German
had two.minute discussion as to the effect
Of tbs conference bill upon the revenue
and then the vote was taken. II was
watched with Interest by both parties.
The republicans were not exactly certain
what all their men would do, and the DEM
ecrats were looking for the Republican
break they hoped might come. They listened
close when MIR. DGvls' name was called, and
they heard the Minnesota senator announce
that, il he was not paired with MIR. Gibson,
he would vote for the bill. Mr. Ingalls,,
who has been urged by the leaders to stand
tlrm, voted yea. Then Mr. Paddock was
called. Hs was paired, he said, with Mr..
EGstis, bat as tho Louisiana senator would,
Ii present vote may, he, too, would vote
against the dill. 1t was the fret break In
the Republican line.
The next came wheE Mr.. pettlgrew's name
was called. He was paired with the absent
Mr.. Call, but he would vote nay, he said, as
he and the Florida Senator were agreed.
Tho listeners heard no response when Mr..
Plumb's name was called. The Kansas
Senator was in his scat and looking euuarely
ut the tally clerk, but he made no sign that
he hal henr1 his name. Everybody
Jumped 10 the conclusion that Mr.. Plumb
had decided DOT to vote for the bill and not
to 20 on record against 1t. 1t looked like
dodge" but MIR. Plumb Knew what he
was doing. He waited until the roll call
had ended and ths Vice. president was
about 10 announce the result. Then he
rose and voted nay In his most emphatic
manner. He had made the contrast be-
tween hts vote and that OF his colleague,
Mr. Ingalls,, Rs sharp as possible, and the
beet sugar-makers and wheat growers OF
Kansas can have no doubt as to the record
OF each OF their senators.
The vote was announced by Mr., Morton.
who declared the conference report
adopted. A moment later the doors were
closed for Star Chamber sitting, and the
tariff light OF 1881 Game to az end.
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