The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-04-13
MORGAN FOR TARIFF REFORM.

The Senator Explains His Position
and Announces His
Views.
Yesterdays Congressional news
from Washington announces that
Immediately after the opening of
the Senate Mr.. Morgan of Alabama,
took the floor to reply to the charge
that he was opposed to the present
tariff bill. He spoke in a good-hu-
mored way about it, but was en-
phatic that he would vote for the
bill; that he was satisfied with it as
it stood, and that he would endure
some fatigue in extended sessions
to get a vote on it.
He then referred to a manifesto
of the Minnesota Democratic Asso-
citation, in which a number Of Dem
ocratic Senators (among them him
self were alleged to be IN league
with the "Hill-Gorman-Pugh com
bination" in opposition to the tariff
bill, in which they we're called
masked Democrats "That," " re
marked Mr., Morgan, is the French
method of trying a man in his alb
sence and without serving notice
upon him." He expressed himself
as satisfied with the bill now before
the Senate as it came from the fl
nance committee, and it was his
purpose to vote for it without any
amendments as far as he knew, He
was willing to sit up for several con
secutive nights to accommodate
Republican filibusterers by listen
ing to their speeches. Hehad been
tariff reformer before many of
the gentlemen who had issued this
diatribe against him, and he had
never relaxed his purpose and de-
sire to have fair, just and equita-
BILE system of taxation in the Unit
ed States.
Mr.. Hale, who had the floor
against the measure, was extreme
ly facetious, and said he was glad
to yield time to any other Demo
crat who wanted to make confes-
sion.
Pugh of Alabama and Camden of
West Virginia we're not present,
and as their names were mentioned
with Morgan's, everybody looked
for them, German, who was also
mentioned, was present, but he put
on his sphynx look and seemed to
think that his fidelity to the meas
ure was so well known that it would
be preposterous for him to say any
thing.
The article complained of was an
address by the Democrats of Mime
sofa, and fairly sized in it's anathe-
mas on those who stood in the way
of the passage Of the tariff bill. The
Senators can hear utterances from
the country as quickly as any law
makers in the world, and these
meetings and addresses from the
people demanding that the bill be
disposed of are having their effect.
The Senate will now discuss the
tariff bill from to 3 o'clock in the
evening for perhaps a week, This
has been agreed to, and probably at
the end of that time the Democrats
will endeavor to lengthen the time
to several more hours a day. This
policy of taking more time each day
for the consideration Of the bill will
be pursued till the final test of "sit-
ting out" the minority will come.
Everybody at this time is trying to
guess how the final vote will be- No
guess should receive any attention,
because those Senators who are
considered recalcitrant are perhaps
waiting for home developments,
1t has now developed that Mr..
Irby Of South Carolina is a very UNI
certain parsonage in this. matter.
Asked a few days ago what he in
tended to do when the time came to
vote, he roughly avoided the ques-
tion and expressed a general dissat-
isfaction with the bill
The Republican victories are hav-
ing some effect on the Democrats,
not only as to the tariff but other
matters about which they differ,
They feel that other subjects calcu-
lated to stir up strife ought to be
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