The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-30
TILE CONFERENCE REPORT
Before the Senate and Will be
Adopted To-day.
MORGAN And SHERMAN
Tho Principal Speakers OF the Re.
sFectiye Sides-Cariisic May hd.
dress tho Scnatc-Pcnsion Bills
Observation-Disclosures Ncws.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Sept. 20.-The
conference report on the tariff bill was
presented to the Senate to-day and Mr..
Aldrich said that tho conference report
and the bill as modified by it we're priut.
cd, and he did not deem any further ex.
PLANTATION OF It's provisions necessary.
llo hoped the Senate would be able to
reach vote on tho report at an early
hour this afternoon. He had no knowl.
edge OF the intention OF Senators on the
other side OF the chamber in regard to
debate, but he wa. aware Of the anxiety
of Senators on both sides TO arriye at un
early conclusion OF tho business OF the
session, and with that object in view he
should ask for vote rs soon as it could
possibly be had.
Mr.. Morgan Dem said that the tariff
bill as manipulated by the Republican
conierees OF both houses, had many new
features which neither the House nor
the Senate had voted upon; but it was
impossible to 40 into discussion OF the
charges. They were all OF real import.
anceto the neoplc, but the parliamentary
law applicable to the present stage OF the
bill denied TO Senators the privilege OF
separate vote on any one OF the numer.
oua changes. 1t was bolus that had TO
be swallowed whole or to be rejected.
All that could be done was to discuss in
general way the principles on which
the measure was founded. The only
great leading principle Of the bill was
high taxation OF the people and greater
profits to those engaged in manufactures,
III the early part of his speech Mr.. |
Morgan commented upon some remarks
made by Mr.. Hiscock during the tariff
debate rejecting upon the South and
Southern Senators, aud said that it was
not the State OF New York that sent
that Senator to the Senate, but gerry.
Wandering. lie (Mr Hscock) was the |
child OF the gerrymander. The Ian.
guage OF his diatribe, Mr.. Morgan said,
#as in good New York style. The soul
OF the Senator had sat before mirror
when he drew that picture. Itdid not
show what Southern men had done, but
itrrilected what would have been the
Senator's conduct and feelings il he had
suffered what they had been compelled |
10 suffer. The South was merely mute |
victim OF the tariff bill.
After an allusion to the English corn
laws. he spoke OF Mr.. Blaine rs a new
Golden, and OF the President Ms a e,ur-
rccted John Blight. Both demanded
that flag OF truce should be constantly
borne by guard OF honor ut the head
OF the marching column OF the home
market league. That white flag had |
been borne into the Senate with mes.
sage from the President on the 10Th of |
June, 1890. The amendment which |
had been offered in the Senate by Mr..
Hale, 10 carry out the reciprocity
ideas OF the President and Mr.. Blaine,
had been voted for by every
Democratic Senator and had been voted |
against by every Republican, including
the Senator who Offered it. 1t was a ]
mocker ofreciprocity that made actual |
reciprocity impossible, and Mr.. Blaine |
reproachcd Democratic Senators with |
grouudless and insulting accusations
because they voted against the amend.
ment OF the Finance Committee, which |
had successfully antagonized 10 his own |
amendment. The Finance Committee |
excused itself ior its reciprocity
amendment on the ground that
it was very, very small baby;
that it could not live long; that it was |
little doll with which the Republicans
might amuse themselves. 1t was the
Punch aud Judy show at horse fair,
intended to amuse the crowd while the
iokers were growing rich by selling their
old stock OF spawned animals. The FL
nance Committee could never have sup
posed that anybody except the unin-
formed masses would be, for one instant,
mistaken in the stamp OF fraud which
that reciprocity section put on the tariff
bill,