The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-24
THU DEMOCRATS SOLID.
Republicans Force q Test Vote
on the Tariff Bill
EVEN HILL BACK INTO LINE.
Senator Gorman's Apology for the
Patching 0f the Measure.
EVEN HILL BACK INTO LINE.
Likely ts Result In Sensational Rere-
Iasfoas- -Cempasisea Of the Three
Iari9 Blis-Is.ier Cennrmed.

authorship OF the compromise amend
menss which consolidated the Democratic
side. and German especially has been SUBJ
jected to much criticism. both in and ont
OF the senate This speech today, replying
in q measure 10 the attacks that had been
made upon him, explaining the necessity
for the compromise, and defining the
theory upon which the modified bill now
before the senate was constructed, at
aracted intense interest 1t was regarded
a an exceedingly able exposition
OF the position of the conserva-
tivcs- Gormans speech furnished the
texts for the Republicans for the
remainder Of the dax HIS statement that
majority Of the eknate wo,.ld support
the bill was put to tho test by Teller. whose
purpose VAS to smoke ont" any latent
opposition on the Uemocrafic side. Cor
mans statement wa Justified hy the vote.
as the Colorado scashsor's molten TO lay
the tariff bill on the tabse was met by an
unbroken Democratic front. Both Hill
and Irby. whose positions have been the
subject of gossip from time to time. voted
with their Democratic associates. as dill
the three Populssts. ipcluding PETER.
The rates fixed today were as follows:
Railway bars, rails. etc. 10 of a cent
per pound; black tagxers iron, between 10
and 20 wire gauge. 7-Io OF a cent per pound:
between - and IS wire gauge. $40; thinner
than Is, lilo, IRON and steel plates coated
with zine or other metals. except tin or
tin plate, x of cent more than the rates
in the preceding paragraph; sheet iron or
steel polished. l4c pqf pound.
Kyle introduced aSesolution q calling for
non-intervention IN Hawaiian affairs,
which went over unt{l tomorrow.
German smoke on the tariff. He claimed
that action had NOT been unusually de-
layed. The Wilson bih had been reported
before its effects upou existing industries
could be properly Hudied. 1t failed to
meet the demands Of che treasury depart
ment and actually decreased tho dencit
created by the Republican prohibitive
duties. The senate always perfected such
bills. yet no sooner did the finance conn.,
niittee begin its work than the Democratic
senators were ipfnksped that any change
would be ss& <144%13 . s,be&sApAisof the
party's promises.n Said Gorman: cit
cannot be denied that the demand for
prompt action seriously impaired the
efficiency of the finance committees work,
and ultimately became so strong that re-
vision was hastily completed and the bill
reported to tho senate. ventured the
assertion il the course of the silver debate
that nowhere was the truth of the old
adagc. Greater haste. less speed. better ex-
emplified than in legislation. So it proved
then. and 20 it will now" In answer to
the Republicans, German asserted that the
bin had been constructed on the Demo-
cratic theory of tariff for revenue, with
such incidental protection a. could be
given consistently to the industries Of the
country. 1t followed strictly the course
marked out by President r eve and In his
letter OF acceptance. This was. not q free
trade measure. but longer step for free
trade than either the Mills bill or the tar
i'll act Of 1881 It was Democratic because
il reduced taxation to the requirements of
the government II was not perfect, but
IL was the most logical. most fair. broad
est, most timely, and would prove the
most advantageous tariff legislation raised
since the Republican party sprung into ex-
istence." German denied that any trust
had dictated any part of any schedule.
Justice to Louisiana required retention OF
the sugar bounty. That the sugar trust
had thrived under the Republican tariff
there could be no question. Whether it
would prosper under the new bill re-
mained 10 be seen.
German depiored fastening the income
tax on the tariff bill. but said he knew the
majority Of his Democratic colleagues diff
fercd from him, and he would vote for the
bill. German was appiauded from the
galleries, aud the senators gathered about
his desk congratulasing him.
Teller said he was interested to learn
from German that the majority of the
senate would support the compromise bill.
He mad known that the party had ahan-
doned the Chicago platform ~ far as sill
yer was concerned At Cieveiaud's dicta-
ton. What he now learned was that
Cieyeiand's utteraIee took precedence
over the plank OF the party platform ON
the tariff. The Maryland senator had not
said that all the Democrats supported the
bi,i. How many PoEulists were counted
on to make up the minority of the senate
Were there any bacxsiders among the
Democrats? These we're interesting ques-
i.oas. and in order to make every senator
show his colors he moved to lay the tariff
bill on the table.
TeIer's motion created CONSERVATION.
Bells rang and pages we're sent 10 drum
gp every available senator. Butler, who
vas found IN q BARRIERS chair, came in
with one side og his face shaved. The roll
call was watched with intense interest.
Tne Democrat line did not show single
gan, aud three Popaiists, Allen, Kyle and
PETER, yoted with them. The motion Was
defeated y to IS The vote in detail was:
Yeas - Aldrich, Allison, Cameron,
Chandler. DAVIS. Dolna, Dubois, Frye.
tialliBscr, Hale, Hsasbrougls, Hawley,
Higgins. Hoar, Lodge. MeMiilan. Man
derson. Mitchell OF Oregon, Morrill,, Pat
ten. Petit grex. Piats, Power. Quay, sher-
man. Shoup, Saaiie. Te.ier-2a
Nays-Asleu. Bate. Berry, Blackburn,
Blanchard. Batter, Caaery. Camden,
Coekre.., Coke, Dan el. Faulkner. George,
Gibson, Gordon, German. Gray. Harms.
Hah, Hanton. Ishy. Jarvis. Jones. ARK,
hy.e, Lindsay. Martin. Miits. Morgan,
Murphy, Palmer, Pascoe. PETER, Pagh,
ksHs m. sAish. Voorhees,, Wash and
" .te-.zs
The pairs were ~ follows, Democrats
being EFst; Ersce and Wogeofs, Gala and
Proctor, Mitchell. Nss. and Carey, Nc
Pseison and CuiioEn, MeLaarln and
n.xoa, Villas and Jones. New. Roach and
Perkins. farpie and Wilson, Vest and
WashbgEn. Stewart was absent and un-
paired
Alison spoke at sesas length in reply to