The sun., 1894-05-29
FATE OF THE TARIFF BILL.
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The New senator fro- asorx,s MAKES
ui. Maidsp speech In Favor of the mn.
WASHINGTON. May 2s. Senator Hill ls conf
5.nt tonight that the pending TarlI DILL,
with lts income tax rider and compromise
amendments. can, and will. be defeated in the
senate lie says that II vote had been taken
to-day the bill would have failed to pass.
Tho tariff tlnkers have not finished their
,ob vet By any means. Further concessions
ara necessary to retain the votes OF those
senators whose support has been secured
by amendments In the way Of higher
rates OF duty upon articles In which they or
their con stituents are Interested. and II is al
ready agreed that these shall be granted.
several Senators who are known to be oppo-
nents Of the income tax and other features OF
sItion known publicly and that they have not
done 90 is due to the fact that they have d.
rect understanding with the managers OF the
lIll to secure further concessions before the
bill comes to . vote. They are keeping silent
because they have everything to gain and
nothing to lose By pursuing this policy for the
present.
There were two men on the floor OF the
Senate all the afternoon who are generally
supposed to he closely conn ected with the bill.
hut who really are not These were Repre-
.entatives William L. Wilson and Senator
Nocrh ses. One 10 the author Of the original
bill. and the other is Chairman Of the Finance
Committee to which 1t was referred In the
sennte. Mr.. Voorhees, has nothing to do with
the bill except to occasionally arise In the Sem
ate and perfunctorily endorse H. In doing
this he has been obliged to take very much for
granted because he had little personal knowl-
edge OF what amendments have been made. As
FOR Mr.. Wilson. he seems to be utterly forgot
ten in the present discussion. and his bill has
been altered to such an extent that he would
not recognize It II he saw 1t on his desk. The
Chairman OF the Ways and Means Committee
10 still interested In the nsmssake, however.
and this afternoon he consulted Senator Jones
on the advisability OF making several unim-
portaut changes which had suggested them-
selves to him Like all the other radical tariff
rsfrrmers In Congress Mr. Wilson has come to
the conclusion that tho German compromise
has swallowed up the Wilson tariff for rev.
,nue bill and ike Mills and tine others Of this
class he is now ready to vote for It.
While Mr. Wilson was on the sofa talking
about his unfortunate progeny with those who
are now caring for II. Mr.. Vest was In CONSUL
tation with Senators Dubois. Cameron. and
others on tho Republican side OF the chamber.
D. kn .nai. Lac ~ w,f
making concessions to the opponents OF the
bill. When the m etal schedule WAS under con-
sideratlon Senators Cameron. Quay. and other
Repu biicans secured the adoption Of amend-
ments simply by suggesting them. Senators
Dubois and Shoup In like manner have got
everything they wanted in the way Of protec-
ton to the lead products. and the applications
Of other Senators who seek to increase rates Of
duty are being received aud fayorably acted
apon.
Tho test vote on the bill is apt to como when
the sugar schedule 10 reached. This may oc-
cur on Thursday or Friday. but is apt to go
over until the fret OF next week. = To-day. for
the FIRST time since the beginning OF the tariff
debate In the Senate. q Democratic Senator
found It convenient to quote from one OF the
tariff bulletins which were compiled at the in
stance OF Chairman Voorhees, Of the Finance
Committee. 1t was during the consideration
Of the lumber schedule that Senator Vest took
up one OF the bulletins and read q few extracts
from the statement OF lumber expert 10 sup
port OF the Dem ocratic position. Thus far the
Republicans have had practically monopoly
in making citations from the Voorhees, tariff
bulletins. as tho tone OF n large majority of
them 10 pitched at n high protection key;
shortly after Senator Walsh took the noor to
speak on the tariT quest on to-day. Senators
Hale A!lTich. Lodge. and n few other Hepub-
Hcans conferred regarding the adylsability OF
calling an early caucus Tor dlseussl9n ON the
line II campaign to be pursued on the sugar
schedule.
The lepubi!cans believe they have the power
10 ContrOl the senate on this matter. After a
proposition 10 ma ain the present bounty 10
voted down. the majority will have to put
sugar the free list, rely ing on the assistance
Of few Democrats and at least one OF the
IoIull,ts.
This motion. II made by a Republican. will
he done at a time when that party believes it |
has the votes to defeat the com mittess propo-
tition. aud not until then. The Repu bllcans
believe that II they can succeed In doing this
they can defeat the bill