The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-30
A SPLIT on THE TARIFF.
THE SENATE REPUBLICANS UN-
ABLE TO AGREE.


Have Two and the Democrats One
Ready by Aug. 10.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Senators Alli-
son. Aldrich and Hiscock, with the assist
ance OF all the republicans but Senator
Sherman. and all the democrats but Sena-
tor Vance, executed a counter coup detdt
lust before the adjournment of the finance
committee this morning that made Senator
Sherman's steady brain whirl. In two
days' work the whole committee have
disposed of just four of the 126 pages
of the Mckinley bill, leaving out all posi-
BILE hearings. This indica ed that it would
be nearly two months before the bin could
be reported with amendments or substitute
to the Senate With the hearings which
would almost certainly be granted it seemed
likely to be quite three months before it
could be reported.
had BEGUN TO TALK OF RECESS.
The republicans were beginning to talk of
recess of congress from July to Oct.
TO give the finance committee chance 10
perfect bill or bills The whole subject
seemed likely to go over until the next ses-
zion without action. Now the democrats
want bill passed-the Mckinley bill, If
possible-as The true measure of the repub-
lean majority. Hence, when taey saw
where Senator Sherman's slow system
would come out, even at the rate of ten
hours work a day, including Decoration
day, as Senator Sherman proposed, they
very willingly assented to Senator His
cocks proposition to divide into subcom-
mittees according to politics and prepare
separate bills, which Senators Allison and
Aldrich warmly advocated to save time.
WASTE OF TIME.
1.-THE present method" said Senator Car
Isle to the committee, ''is simply waste
of time. Let us divide in committee as we
shall divide in e. house and each side pre-
pare its own bill and get il into the Senate
as quickly as possible. The county wants
action on this question. 1t does not want
it kept hanging all summer"
Senator Sherman had no argument to bring
against this except the assertion that his
way was after all the shorter way if the
committee would only work holidays and
ten hours every day. But this did not even
hold Sc, ator Morrill,, who had helped him
upset Senators Allison and Aldrich on
Tuesday When the vote was taken Sena-
tor Sherman stood alone on his own side.
Senator Vance was the only democrat who
voted with him.
EFFECT OF THE DECISION.
The reversal of the committees action
means the passage this session of a tariff
bill, and a prolongation of the session to
that end. Three bills are to be reported
from the finance committee-the Mckinley
bill. su pported possibly by Senator Sher-
man; the committee bill, prepared by SEN
ators Allison and Aldrich, making consid-
cradle reductions, and bill to be prepared
by Senator Carlisle for the democrats up-
less the latter should decide to
content themselves with a minority
report. Whatever reports are made,
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Mckinley bill, for the republicans of the
Senate are hopelessly divided on it, and the
matter will finally be settled in conference
committee ONE time before Aug. Is. Mean
while. Senator Sherman will be on the war
path to trip up the agile Allison and
Aldrich.
DETAILS OF THE COMMITTEE FIGHT.
by the Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May ga full attend
ance of members of the Senate finance COM
mittee was present this morning when the
tariff bill was taken up for consideration.
Mr.. Carlisle took his seat at the foot of the
democratic side of the table, and entered
into the discussion with earnestness.
Mr.. Sherman, in the opening, suggested
that the committee take up the bill in par
agraphs, and either pass them for future
action or agree to them as they stood in the
to, with the understanding that any par
agraph which was agreed to might be re-
called for further action.
The first schedule is the chemical sched-
ule, and before entering upon that Mr..
Aldrich suggested that it would be well to
decide whether or not the committee would
agree to recommend free alcohol in the arts,
for it was the opinion of the committee that
if that should be done it would affect the
rates on other items in the schedule.
NOT TO COME IN FREE.
After brief discussion 1t was voted not
TO recommend free alcohol in the arts.
The text of the chemical schedule was
then gone over and thirty-eight items
were checked off. OF these, however thir-
teen of the most important were passed
over without action. The committee had
in this way disposed of 4 of the 126 pages of
the measure when the hour of IL o'clock ar
rived. and the question of future meeting
was preached. MIR. Sherman moved that
the committee meet tomorrow Memorial
day and continue its work. This was DIS
agreed to without discussion.
Mr.. Sherman, in speaking on the subject
advocated daily sessions of ten hours du-
ration in order to complete the bill for re-
port to the Senate at the earliest practicable
day. This suggestion met with opposition
from both sides.
CARLISLE OBJECTS TO WASTING TINE.
Mr. Carlisle said he wanted to be entirely
frank on this subject. While per-
fectly willing to sit ten hours a
day discussing the bill, he be-
lieved it would be waste of time. All the
time the committee had so far spent on the
measure he believed to have been wasted
by reason of the conditions under which it
was proceeding.
Mr.. VOORHEES, stated that the place for
discussion upon the tariff bill was in the
Senate, and he conceded with Mr.. Carlisle
in his views. The Republican party, he
said, wanted tariff bill constructed on the
lines of protection; the Democratic party
wanted bill on the lines of revenue. The
way to do was for a majority of the repub-
lcan members of the committee to agree
upon their bill, and the democrats to do the
same, if in their judgment the report of a
minority measure was deemed desirable.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
Messrs. Hiscock, Jones and Morrill, spoke
In a similar strain, and then Mr.. Hiscock
moved that a subcommittee on each side be
appointed to prepare such schedules as
would be advocated by its party on the
floor Of the Senate; that the republican sub
committee, as fast as it prepared its sched-
ules, should submit them to the democratic
subcommittee, and the latter furnish its
Al IL.