The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-05-24
The Maryland Senator Told The Senate
All About the Tariff.
AS HIS PARTY VIEWS 1T
Allison Wasn't In Good Humor-Hlil
Took His Stand With the
Democrats and so Did
the Populists.

Teller's motion. Teller's motion was de-
feated by a strict party votes yeas, 3S
nays.
Senator Germans speech was the
feature OF the days session. lie and
Brice have been credited by tho opposition
with the joint authorship of tho com.
promise amendments, which consolidated
the democratic side, aud German especi-
ally has been subjected to much criticism,
both in and out of the senate. His speech
to-day, rcplyInc in n measure TO the at
tacks that have been made upon him. ex.
plaining tho necessity for a compromise
and defining the theory upon which the
modified bill, now before tho senate, was
constructed, attracted intense interest. 1t
was regarded as an exceedingly able ex.
position of the position of the conserya-
tiyes.
Germans speech furnished the texts for
the republicans for the remainder of the
day. Ills statemen, that the majority of
the senate would support the bill was put
TO a test by Teller, whose purpose was 10
"smoke outn any latent opposition on the
democratic side. Gorman's statement
was justified bv the vote as the Colorado
senator's motion to lay the tariff bill ON
the table was met by an unbroken dem.
ocratlc front. Both Senator Hill and
Senator Irby, whose positions have been
n subject of rossip from time 10 time.
voted with their democratic associates as
did the three populls;s.
KYLE introduced a resolution calling for
a non.intervention in Hawaiian affairs,
which wen; over until tomorrow.
German smoke on the thrift. He claimed
that action had not been unusually de.
layed, The Wilson bill had been reported
before its effect upon existing industries
could be proporly studied, II failed "a
meet the demand of the treasury depart.
ment and actually increased the deficit
created by republican probibitiye duties.
The senate alvays perfected such bills.
vet no sooner did the finance
committee begin its work than
the democratic senators we're in.
formed that any change would be sc,
down as .be,rayal of the par,y's prom.
ises," said German. at cannot be de.
Med" lie continued, "that demand for
prompt action seriously IMPAIRED the efii.
cheney of the finance committee work and
ultimately become so strong that revising
was hastily completed and the bill re.
ported TO the senate. Iyentured the as.
sertion, in the course of the silver debate,
that nowhere was the truth of the old ad.
age, Greater haste, less speed, better ex.
emplified than in legislation. So il proved
then and SO it will now"
In answer TO republicans German rs.
serted the bill had been constructed on
the democratic theory of tariff for reve.
nue. with such incidental protection as
could he given consistently 10 the indus.
tries of the country. 1t followed strictly
the course marked out by President Cleye.
land in his letter of acceptance. This is
not a free trade measure, but a longer
step for free trade than either tho Mills
bill or the tariff act Of 1883. 1t was dem.
ocratic because il reduced taxation to the
requirements of the government. II was
not perfect, but il was tho most logical.
most fair, broadest, most timely, and
would prove the most advantageous tariff
legislation raised since the republican
party sprang into existence. German de.
MED that any trust had dictated any par.
of any schedule. Justice to Louisiana re.
Qulrpu the retention oil the bounty. That
the sugar trust had thriyed under the re.
publican tariff there could be no question.
Whether it would prosper under the new
bill remained to be seen.
German deplored the fastening of an in.
come tax on aho tariff bill. but said he
knew q majority of his democratic col.
leagues differed from him and he would
vote for the bill. German was applanled
from the galleries, and senators gathered
about his desk and congratulated him.
Teller said he was interested 10 learn
from German that the majority of the
senate would support the compromiso
bill. He had known the party had aban.
doned The Chicago platform as far as sill.
yor was concerned at Cleyeland's dicta.
ton, but he now learned that Cleyeland's :
utterancc took precedence over the plank
of the party platform on the tariff. The
Maryland senator had not said tha, all
democrats supported the bill. How many
populisis we're counted on TO make up the
minority of the senate? Were there any
backslidars among the democrats? These
we're Interesting questions and in order 10
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