The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-11
END OF THE TARIFF TALK
THE SENATE PASSES THE BILL BY
A VOTE OF 40 TO 40.

Senator Hiscock Makes an Attack on
the Democratic Senators and Party
MIR. Vest Belittles the Importance OF
the New Yorker-Vance Closes for
the Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-The final vote
on the tariff bill was taken this afternoon,
rnd IL passed by strictly party vote of 40
to %. 1t should have been 80 to 20, but some
republican senator broke his pair. It is,
however, believed by the democratic SEN
ators to have been mistake, which will be
explained tomorrow. The republican
majority in the Senate is 10, and the vote
should only have shown 10 majority. The
bill will go back to the House tomorrow.
A conference will be ordered at once, and it
1t is believed that congress will be ready to
adjourn, and will adjourn about Sept. %.
CLOSE OF THE DEBATE.
(By the associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-In the Senate
this morning the tariff bill was taken up.
the question being on its passage, and six
hours being allowed to close the discussion,
after which a vote was to be taken.
Mr.. Hoar opened the debate on the repub-
lican side, devoting himself principally to
the reciprocity feature of the bill.
Mr.. HiscocS followed. He commenced
his speech with bitter arraignment of the
democratic senators, who, he said, had sur
passed their predecessors and them
selves in charlatanism, demagogue-
ism, Misrepresentation, and insincsre
professions of devotion to the indus
trial interests of the country. He ex-
tended his attack to the Democratic party,
which he characterized in terms similar to
those applied to the senators themselves.
Mr.. Turpie followed in opposition to the
bill.
VEST SCORES HIsCoCK.
Then Mr. Vest paid his respects to Mr. His
cock. He would not, he said, emulate the
example Of the senator from New York and
follow him into the domain of epithet and
vituperation. That senator had charged the
Democratic party with being a party of
ruffianism and crime, and had charged the
democratic senators with being charlatans,
demagogues, and dishonest and habitual
slanderers. The Democratic party and
every gentleman would, Mr.. Vest de-
clared, treat that senator's assertion
with contempt. The Democratic party,
amid all its misfortunes and mistakes,
had a record which no other political
organization could produce. For century,
in peace aad in war, in sunshine and in
shadow, its flag had floated in every town
ship, county and state in the union, and
would continue to float until the country
itself ceased to exist. The democratic
senator's had met lions in debate, and could
disregard the vituperation of the senator
from New York. The Democratic party,
battered, torn aud lacerated in many a
deadly conflict where life was the forfeit of
the game, would turn aside from the smaller
enemy whose only means of offense and de-
fense was noisome filth, which poisoned the
surrounding atmosphere.
FALLAcIEs OF PROJECTION.
Turning his attention from Mr.. Hiscock
to the tariff BILL Mr.. Vest characterized it
as the elimination of what was called the
protective principle in this country, and as
glaring Illustration of the historic truth
that class legislation never receded. The
high protective tariff system was, he said,
an unnatural political srimulant. Like all
stimuants, it was a violation of the laws
of health. 1t was violation of the funda-
mental principles of honest and fair govern
ment. He congratulated the country on the
passage of the bill, because he believed that
the sooner the crisis was reached and the
issue brought to finish, the better it would
be for the country and all its material in
terests.
HoPELEssNEss OF THE FIGHT.
Mr.. Vance said that, in closing the debate
on the democratic side be was performing
a duty, but that he knew that his action
was hopeless. 1t had already been decided
that the bill was to pass. For many weeks
the democratic senators had had no hope of
any other result aud their effort had been
(knowing that the bill was to pass to ex-
pose its inequalities, its iniquites and It's
injustice to the people. One objection Mr.
Vance had TO the bill was that
it was intensely ana scandalouslv
sectional. It made sugar free; ana sugar
was southern product. 1t made mac hinery
for making beet sugar in the northwest
free; and it maintained the duties on the
cane sugar machinery of Louisiana. Rice
was southern product, and the duty on
rice was reduced. Binding twine for west
ern fields was made free; but the duty on
cotton ties was tripled. lie believed that
The western farmer would be ashamed to
look in the face of his brother farmer Of the
south, after that unjust discrimination.
ONE REDEEMING FEATURE.
The bill had but one redeeming feature,
and that was it's intense and naked selfish
ness, which would be the means of arousing
the conscience of the American people and
OF lehutLE 10 ItS repeal NO IOrce In Cn0
moral world or in the physical world was
lost. The man who threw a stone at dog,
but missed the dog and hit his mother-in-
law, said that he was very sorry he had
missed, but he thanked God that the stone
was not wasted. Laughter
The presiding officer (Nr. Ingalls, an
nounced the close Of the three hours to
which the democratic side was entitled.
Mr. Vance-Mr. sWeler, when supervis-
ing "Samive" writing his first love letter,
said: Sammy, my son, amt that a rather
sudden pullin' up" daughter. / will OBJ
serve the admonition of the President.
Mr. Jones of Nevada delivered a learned
and philosophical address in commendatiou
of the policy of the protective system and
illustrative of its effect ON developing the
mechanical arts and industrial forces of the
nation.
Mr.. Jones' speech was cut off, like Mr..
Vauce's, at the end Of convenient para
graph, by Mr.. Ingalls, announcement that
his time was up.
THE BILL PASSED.
The vote was then taken and the bill was
passed by 40 yeas to 20 nays, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair,
Cameron. Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis,
Dawes Dixon. Evarts Frye, Hawley. Higgins,
Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, Nc
MILAN, Henderson. Mitchell, Moody, Paddock,
Pierce, Platt, Plumo, Power, Quay, Sanders,
Sawyer, Sherman, SDooner, Squire, Stewart,
StockbrIdge Teller, Washburn, Wilson of Iowa,