New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-09
MR.. GORMAN'S VICTORY.
HIS NEW TARIFF BILL NOT YET BIZ.
FORE THE SENATE.
1T WILL BE PRINTED AND THE AMENDMENTS
REGULARLY OFFERED BY PARAGRAPHS
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IGNORED
IN THE MATTER.
lnr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUyE.l ]

iBY THE TRiBuNEl
Washington. May s.The new German Tarih
bill made its entry to-day into the Senate IN q
manner thoroughly characteristic OF the burrow-
Ing methods to which II owes its successful
suppression Of all other Democratic schemes OK
tariff legislation. The new bill. which is to be
accepted as the finished effort OF the party In
Congress at reforming the Mckinley tariff, has
so far been submitted to committee in either
House. and the only parliamentary status which
Is to be asked for 1t until it's provisions are en-
grated on the skeleton of the House bill Is that
of simple leave to print" The 400 ODD
amendments by means OF which Mr.. German
has transformed the Wilson bill into illogical
measure Of moderate protection" are to lie on the
able in the Senate with notice that they VIII
be called up as the various paragraphs which
they modify so materially are reached. No pre-
tence will be made of seeking an approval Tor
them in a regular or formal way from the FL
nance Committee whose chairman and leadins
members were so completely ignored in the prep
aration Of the substitute" that they conhdingiy
fell into the egregious blunder Of publicly de-
nying any purpose on the part OF the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate TO repudiate the rihdhee
Committees now defunct bill.
This ostrich-ke exploit Of Messrs. voorhees,
Vest and Mcpherson has subjected them to so
much weIl-deseryed and contemptuous ridicuis
within the last week that their natural author
ity in the management of tariff legisla ton has
been completely destroyed; Mr.. Jones. OF Arkan-
sas who has all along represented on the COM
mittee Mr. Germans wishes and policies, pelns
now the only member Of the Finance Committee
In the confidence Of the managers OF the ne"
bill or actively engaged in beating up votes ior
it's support. Mr.. German undoubtedly mas oeen
quite Indifferent from the start as to whether the
new substitute received the approval OF the FL
nance Committee or not. and II Is more than
likely that the 400 odd amendments reported To-
day would not under any circumstances nave
been submitted to the discredited judgment OF
Messrs. VOORHEES,, Mcpherson. Harris and Vest.
MR.. GoRMAN's ADRoITNEss.
Tho MARYLAND Senator has, however, adroit1y
avoided giving further open onence 70 the melh-
bers OF the committee by pointing out TO them
that II Is impossible with the existing vacancy
on the Finance Committee still untitled TO SUBJ
nit the new bill to committee vote. Mr..
Vance's place on the committee has. indeed been
kept vacant by Mr.. German mainly with this
contingency 1T view. for with hve Repuphcah
votes TO Offset five Democratic ones. the Finance
Committees powers have been practically sus-
pended. and the direction Of all tariff legislation
!
Committee Mr.. Voorhees,. TO the chairman Of the
Democratic steering Committee, who is none
other than Mr. German himself
Mr. Voorhees, Is anxious to have Mr.. Mills put
on the Finance Committee in order to break tho
existing deadlock. But this Mr.. German viii not
allow at least for the present nor rs II certain
that the vacancy will be filed at all until Mr.
Gorman's new Tariff bill is put beyond the
chance OF alteration. either in the Senate or In
the committee The Maryland Senator himself
Is clearly entitled to the post on the Finance
Committee made vacant by Mr.. Vance's death.
He has no important charmanship Of his own.
and as the real leader of his party in the Senate
should have place on both the really controlling
Senate committees-those Appropriations and
Finance Mr.. Beck, OF Kentucky, who held be-
fore his death much the same relations 10 the
party In the Senate as Mr.. German does now,
was honored by this double committee assign
ment while, on the Republican side. Mr. Allison
does now similar double duty on these two
powerful and influential committees.
Mr. Jones' the nominal father Of the "substi-
tute." although a member Of the Finance Com
mittee himself says quite frankly that the COM
mittees formal sanction Of the amendments
will not be asked and is not considered as at ell
material THE amendments will not be re-
ferred to the Finance Committee" Mr. Jones re-
marked this morning. There is no need OF such
n course. Everybody knows they are the amend
ments which the majority have agreed to- They
will simply lie or the table and be acted on at
the proper time as IL they had the committees
ERRORS IN THE REPORTED AMENDMENTS
A reprint of the new bill has been made to-day.
Mr.. Vests alterations in the income
tax section the amendments in all cover eighty
seven pages within thirteen pages Of the COM
plete tariff schedules Of the original bill. The
types last night made the increase OF duty on
cigars and cigarettes in the new bill to be from
SO a pound to So a pound with an additional %
per cent ad valorem. The new figure is ~ IN
stead of Sc a pound. The raises" on collars.
cuffs and shirts received by Mr. Murphy fall. 1t
seems a shade below the existing rates instead
of equalling them. The present specific duty on
collars and cuffs made o. linen Is resored-3O
cents per dozen pieces. The additional ad va
orem is 30 per cent. while the Mckinley law
allows 40 per cent. The Mckinley duty on shirts
IS So per cent ad vaoreni. The Gorman-Murphy
luty is to be so per cent. "Troja fut" seems to
be an exploded dctum so fa- as tariff legislation
n the United States Congress is concerned.
Opinion on the new bill runs all one way. even
Democrats confessng privately, at least. that the
substitute is a complete surrender of Democratic
principles to the demands OF the handful OF
Conservatives" Republicans generally pro-
lounce the bill bad one. because inconsistent
md irregular in Its construction. and say that
[ Is a confession of the impractcability or tho
mpossibility Of free trade 1t is an abandonment
Il the Democratic declaration for low duties and
ID vaorem. and leaves ,he party in defenceless
position. Senator Allison said to-day that the
Democrats had made complete surrender ana
hat the bill would pass
Senator Aldrich said that the Democrats nad
Iba ndoned their position, that the amendmens
we're increases running from 10 per cent to 200 per
ent. yet that the b.ll was not satisfactory as
Protection measure for the reason that the pro-