The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-04
ONLY hill WILL bolt.
Democratic Gaseous Insures Pas
sage Of Tariff Bill.
kickERs WHIPPED INTO LINE.
Eastern Senators Compelled to Accept
the Income Tax.
k,ckeRs WHIPPED INTO LINE.
The Amendments n the Compremiss
BflI NumsYoas, bus Net Msae Publfc
The House Discusses aAo River
and HarbsP Btll.

WAsHrysyos CrrY. May A-By q vote Of
81 to /, six OF the forty-four Democrats
being absent. the Democratic senators in
caucus today adopted resolution to sup
port the tariff bill Of the finance commit
ments that have been agreed upon by the
many conferences of Democratic senators
during the past two weeks The resolution
Was presented BY German of MARYLAND,
chairman of the caucus, and discussed at
some length, as the session lasted from
few minutes after 8 o'clock until nearly
o'clock. The absentees were: Mills,
Murphy, Irby. Butler. Gibson and Lind
say. It was claimed that they were all
accounted for. and assurances we're given
that they would support the tariff bill.
The only persons in whose absence there
might be any significance were Murphy
and Mills, the understanding being that
all the others were in accord with any bill
supported by the majority of the Demo
cratic senators.
Mills was not at the senate during the
day, and the call for the caucus was sent
to his house. 1t 10 believed he has some
objections to the concessions that have
been made, but he had previously an
nounced that he would support any bill
that provided for reductions in the
present Law. Murphy's caucus notice
was also sent to his residence, q he was
absent from the capitol. His position has
oil along been one Of doubt. but several
Democratic senators assert that he will
support the bill and he 10 counted in the
forty-thres who are claimed - certain to
vote in favor of the BILL The other
absentees are either ont Of the city or
failed to secure notices in time. None of
them have nssn counted - against the
bill. and 1t was said they would indorse
the action Of the caucus.
In presenting the resolution and stat
ing the object Of the caucus, Senator
German made . conciliatory speech. He
said It was necessary to make concessions
in order to secure the united support of
the party. and he further asserted that it
would need Democratic majority to pass
the bill. He stated that concessions had
been made on all sides, and il was bs.
iieved the measure with the proposed
amendments would now meet the support
which was absolutely necessary to pass .
Democratic tariff bill.
Senator Jones Of Arkansas. the member
Of the finance congsnittes Who had taken
the most active part in the preparation Of
the amendments known - the compro-
mise bill, made q speech in which he ex-
planned ct length the proposed amend
ments. and told why they were necessary.
He did not discuss or read all Of them. but
al nd hA
fecting the greatest interests.
Senator Mcpherson spoke In support Of
the resolution and dwslt at some length
on the concessions which the Northern
and Eastern Democrats had been Obliged
to make and what they had to give up in
order to meet the demands of the South
and West. He claimed that the conces-
sions that were talked Of by the other
senators were not wholly on one side.
Palmer and Villas made long and vigor-
Gus speeches urging party harmony and
the necessity Of early action.
Great interest conferred in the speech of
Senator Smith. of New Jersey, and his re-
marks were received with q great deal of
satisfaction, for while he said he was not
satisfied With the bill and Was unaltsrably
opposed to the income tax. he was ready
to support the measure with the amend
msnts which had been agreed upon,
though he claimed that what were called
concessions by the Southern and Western
men were but small compared with the
concessions which Eastern senators made
in supporting the bill with the income
tax provision.
Hill Was not placated. He spoke only
short time. but 1t was long enough for him
to convince the caucus that his vote would
not be for tho bill If the income tar re-
mained IN it He sara his position was
well known: he had made his statement
before the country. and there was nothing
to add to what he had said. Without
saying 20 in direct terms. there were none
who listened to him who believed that he
would support the bill.
The vote showed what those Who had
called the caucus expected. The confer.
ences that have been going on among the
Democratic senators for two weeks have
given the leaders the Information as to
how the different senators stood, but they
wanted official caucus action upon what
had been agreed on in the conference
room. The roll was called IN order to
place oil on record. and thirty-seven SEN
ators voted in favor of the resolution and
one tHiill against IL. The vote Was re-
ceived with genuine qualification. as many
of the senators believed il signified that
the tariff bill would pass.
The senators present we're Bate. Berry,
Blackburn. blanchard. Briee, Caffery.
Call, Camden, Cockreil, Coke, Daniel.
Faulkner. George. Gordon. German. Gray,
Harris, Hill. Hunton. Jarvis. Jones, Nc
Laurin, McPhersen, Martin. Mitchell of
Wisconsin. Morgan. Palmer, Pascoe,
Pngh, Ransom, Roach. Smith, Tnrpie,
Vest, Villas, Voorhees,. Walsh. White
Jones said the sngsr schedule had been
changed 80 as TO provide for an ed valorem
duty OF 20 per cent. and an additio al
duty of !. of . cent on refined sugar,
with penalty Of one-tsnth Of . cent on
sugar imported from countries paying a
bounty on sugar. with the Mckinney
bounty 10 stand until January l. 1895. He
said that the ad vslorem tar was not ma
teraiiy different from the sugar provision
IN the pending bill He also stated that a
large number Of other amendments had
been made. but did not mention them in
detail, except 20 say that in no case had
duties been fixed as high as in the Nc
kiniey Law. He said that many conces-
sions had been made to the Eastern ann
Northern Democrats by changes from ad
valorem TO specific duties. and tha. il as
hoped when the new bill should - pre-
ssn,ed IL would command the solid Demo