Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-20
THE BATTLE BEGUN.


who will waive for few days Aeff con.
venience md comfort and pleasure sad private
business, and will remain in their seats from 10
in the morning till in the evening and ali
night long, il necessary; if there are forty
three republican Senators who believe
in protecting American citizens. here within our
borders as they believe in prstsctinS them Auy-
where eiseiin the world; If there are ferry three
republican Senators who believe in enacting Q
tariff law; If there are forty three republican
Senators who believe in epactiny national
election law and If these ferty-three
republican Senators will aeres. fifst.
that the previous question shall be
adopted as one of the rules of the United States
Senate, then IN three days time that rtfle viii
be adopted in the Senate; and IN ten days time
a tariff ball wilt be passed by the Senate: and
in ten days thereafter an election bill, too will
be passed. If, on the contrary, there are re-
publican Senators enough SO welded to the old
rules of the senate as that under no circum :
stances win they vote fer the previous ques-
ton then You might ~ well bid
sooD-BYx TO TIE ELscrrox ssIL
now and today. There 10 not republican
Senator on this floor who does not know that it
is absolutely impossible to pass tariff bill
through this Senate with the election law "a
menace to the other side) behind it, There is
notarepublican Senator here who does not know
that between now and December time enough
cannot be found to pass both the tariff bill and
the election bill 1 do not place the re-
sponsibility for the defeat of the cleo
ton bill On Senators who are now
proposing that that bill shall be postponed.
place it on those Senators who declared in q
republican conference held earlier in the sea-
sen that they would not support rule for the
previous question. Cowardice never yet won
n battle and never yet retained q friend
"a portion of Mr.. Frye's speech was ap.
plauded in the galleries.)
Mr.. RIscocK AGAINST THE REFERENCE.
Mr.. Hiscock said that the Senate had now
before it all the propositions and that refer.
ence of them to the committee on rules would
in his judgment, result in further delay. Moth
ing. he believed, would come cut of tho refer.
ence that would either affect or solve the
situation. The propositions, he said. are here
let us consider them, vote upon them in due
time and acquiesce in the final result / am
opposed to anything in the nature Of delay, and
therefore shall vote against the motion ia
refer to the committee on rules.
MR.. EDMUNDs REPLIES TO MIR. FRYE.
Mr.. Edmunds-The Senator from Maine has
according to the newspapers) made it desir-
able that / should say word. / agree with
him that cowardice never won battle, and /
agree with him that cowardice never robbed a
man and never did forcible injustice to any
body; that is not what it does. There
are two kinds of courage. One is that,
having made up your mind that You
want another mans property, you 60 and take
it and not be afraid Of him. Another Is that
having made up your mind to put muzzle on
everybody, at any time that i. pleases your
own sweet will, you get the power to do 1t
in advance. That is not my kind of
courage. 1 have that kind OF courage
that shall vote with the greatest satiafac ton
for the proposition Of the senator from Penn
sylvania, aided Gas hope) by the votes of gen.
tlemen of different political opinions from
mine-wirh the addition that We will consider
Que other great public measure-greater
than the tariff measure; more necessary to be
disposed of than the tariff measure. If it is
evil, defeat it, if it is good, pass it.
THE TARIFF BILL KNOCKS OUT THE QUAR- REso-
LUTON.
While Mr.. Edmunds was speaking the clock
in the Senate chamber struck the hour Of IL,
and thereupon the presiding officer (Mr. In.
galis) laid before the Senate as ''the unfin-
ished business" the tariff bill.
Mr.. AIdrich was asked to let the tariff bill be
laid aside temporarily until the pending reso-
luton and amendments were disposed of, but
he declined doing SO, particularly as Mr..
Evarts said that there were good many
remarks to be made in the Senate before
the vote could be taken, and as Mr. Cullom
added that he would also have something to
say on the subject None of the democratic
Senators gave any sign or made any comment,
except when Mr.. Pugh questioned Mr.. Hoar's
personal allusion.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the pend
ing question being on Mr.. McPhersons amend
ment to strike out of paragraph 159. page IS
referring to penknives, erasers and razors),
the classfications and the compound duties
and to substitute uniform rate of As per cent
ad valorem.
The paragraph and the amendment to i,
gave rise to long discussion. carried on by
Messrs. Mcpherson. Vest, Gray. Carlisle and
Daniel on the democratic side and by Messrs
Aldrich, Platt and Hawley on the republican
side.
Mr.. Daniels remarks were not confined to
the subject of cutlery, but took in the whole
question of the protective tariff and its evil
results on the agricultural interests.
HOVTSE