The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-30
IN THE SENATE.
Messrs. Sherman and Paddock on
1.-THE Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, September 29.-In the Sem
ate the conference report on the deficiency
bill was presented by Mr.. Hale who stated
that the amendment relative to the French
spoliation claims was expunged owing to the
refusal Of the House conferrees to agree to
the Senate amendment or to any proposition
modifying it, The report was agreed to.
The conference report on the tariff was
then presented by Mr.. Aldrich and read at
length.
Mr.. Aldrich said the conference report and
the bill as modified by 1t were printed and he
did not deem any further explanation OF its
provisions necessary. He hoped the Senate
would be able to reach vote on the report
at an early hour.
Mr.. Morgan said the tariff bill as manipu-
lated by the Republican conferrees Of both
Houses has many new features which neith-
er the House nor the Senate had voted upon
and which were of real Importance to the
people, but the parliamentary law applicable
to the present stage of the bill denied to the
Senators the privileges Of separate vote on
any one Of the numerous changes. After an
allusion to the English coin laws he spoke
of Mr.. Blaine as the new Golden and of the
President as a resurrected John Bright. Both
demanded that the flag of truce should be
constantly borne by guard Of honor at the
head of the monarchy column of the home
market league.
Mr.. Morgan in the course of his remarks,
referred to the reciprocity section of the bill
as utterly and ridiculously unconstitution-
al
Mr.. Sherman defended the section as one,
the principle of which was recognized in
other statutes and had been supported by the
courts.
Messrs. Carlisle and Morgan argued that
the section went far beyond the point where
somewhat similar power could properly be
lodged in the President or any other officer.
In that connection Mr.. Morgan read Mr..
Sherman's recent letter to Erastus WimaD,
favoring reciprocity with Canada.
NJ. Sherman said that he always held that
1t was by mutual legislation and not by
treaties tnat reciprocity measures could be
carried out. The other day he introduced a
measure looking to action by Congress in
that direction, the bill making coal duty free
from Canada, to take effect when Canada by
similar law admitted coal from the United
States free. At the close Of Mr.. Morgan's
speech, Mr.. Aldrich said that If no other
Senator desired to speak, he would call for
a vote on the conference report. Mr.. Cock
rell said Mr.. Carlisle desired to be heard on
the question, but was somewhat indisposed
today. Mr.. Aldrich was quite willing to
have Mr.. Carlisle's remarks postponed until
tomorrow, If some time tomorrow could be
| fixed for the vote.
Mr.. Cockrell said that as matter of course
Mr.. Carlisle would proceed today If abso.
| lutely necessary. Probably one or two 9th :
| Senators might want to be heard who did
| not expect the matter to be disposed of to-
| day. There would not be a moments time
| consumed unnecessarily on the Democratic
side of the chamber in discussion, as there
| had not been from the beginning.
Mr. Carlisle said 1t seemed to be expected
| that, having been member OF the confer
| ence committee, of the finance committee,
| and Of the ways and means committee, he
would say something before the debate
| closed, and he expected to do so, but he was
| suffering somewhat from a cold today and
| would prefer to speak tomorrow. Ii abso-
| lutely necessary he would proceed tnls al.
| ternOOn. So far as he was concerned ne mad
| no objection to having the time liked Tor tax
ing vote. $1,000. =.
| have o'clock tomorrow liked as the time Tor
Mr.. Cockrell objected to any cast iron rule
Mr.. Aidrich then gave notice that at 5 30
| he would move for q recess until this eve
ming.
| Mr.. Aldrich's notice. He did not believe
| the country would view with entire unaDi'
| nifty and complaisance the hnrrying Of such
| an important taxing measure through its last
| stages, without Senators having had the op-
| portunity to examine the conference report
| and to know what 1t proposed. He demand
| ed, In the name of the people who bear the
| burden Of the tariff act, that there should be
| at least a reasonable time given to examine
| the conference report ana make inquiries OF
| the Senate cOnferrees about 1t.
| Mr.. Sherman addressed the Senate In gen.
| eral defence and advocacy of the PRINCIPLES
| of protection. He believed the new law r.
be the beacon Of prosperity to the whole
| country. He looked upon 1t as fair and iusi
to all sections. 1t would be more beneficial
| to the South than to the North. AS to the
| reciprocity feature Of the bill, there was, he
said, nothing new In the idea of reciprocity
| IL had been before the country since The
canadian reciprocity treaty Of 1854
| Ihat treaty had not been satisfactory Il
the people of the United States, partly
because they thought the people Of Canada
mad not behaved themselves we'll during thu
American civil war. AS to the advantage oI
trade either way. each side claimed that the
other side gained by it, at any rate that re
ciprocity arrangement had been abandoned
and another treaty afterwards made Will
Canada had also been abandoned, mainly OF
account of the fisheries. As to the sugal
question, he would have given the people
the benefit of free sugar up to No. 20 Dutct
standard, in the belief that some. higher
grades would enter into competition Without
having passed through the reineries;; He
feared very much the power still resS Slng N
the sugar refners would enable them n con-
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