Rock Island Argus., 1894-03-08
TWO WEEKS MORE
Before the Senate Oratory Be.
gins on the Tariff.
SUB B-CoMM1TTEE THROUGH AT LAST

A Newspaper Charge Brings Out the state
ment That the Delay Has Been All
Caused. by McPherson; Also That the
Newspaper Is Liar-Seigniorage Bill
. Comes Near Slipping Through-House
Passes the Pension Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Just before
leaving the Capitol Voorhees,, chairman of
the senate committee on finance, ordered
the issuance of a call for n meeting of the
fuil committee today at II a. m. As he
lett the'b building he said the meeting was
for the purpose of considering the tariff
bill, which would then be submitted He
at the same time reiterated the statement
made on the floor of the senate that the
committee would be given few days to
consider the bill as whole, and that after
1t should be reported to the senate Mt least
week of additional time would be per.
mitted for the preparation of speeches be-
fore there would be an effort to have the
bill taken up in the senate.
Sugar Up to the Last Moment.
The Democratic majority of the finance
| committee held meetings at irregular in
terrals during the day and informal ses-
sions were generally engaged in confer
ence among themselves and with other
senator's. Much of the day was given I'D
to comforting with the senators ,vho are
understood to desire changes made in the
bill, and during the afternoon Hill. Cor
man, Smith, Catfery and Brico were ed
mitted in n body TO the committee room
f,,e ,,,1
portions of the bill to which they object.
Is understood that they presented yigo-
Gus opposition to portions of the bill. 1t
Is generally understood that up to the la st
the contention over sugar prevented an
agreement.
A Wild Stock BrOking Yarn.
During the session of the senate McPher-
son arose to aquestion of personal privilege
and proceeding to deny the statement in a
New York paper that he and Senators
Brice and Vest had invested heavily in
sugar stock in New York. Upon return
ing from a recent southern health trip he
learned that his New York brokers had
bought for him 600 shares of sugar stock,
which he had Immediately sold at n loss,
as it might lead to contention. He did
not own any stock sold in Wall street ex-
cept Atchison stock Wolcott suggested
that, in view of the action antagonistic to
silver which the senate might take he
would advise the senator to sell his Atchi-
son stock. Laughter
Takes the Whole Responsibility.
Continuing Mcpherson said that as a
great deal of criticism as to the delay in
reporting the tariff bill to the senate had
been made, he would say the Irresponsible
lty is NINE and mine alone. l found the
tariff bill made up by the subcommittee
in lines altogether too low. l have not
been in favor of a gigantic slide downward
from the Mckinley bill to revenue bill. |
have asked for higher rates of duty On
some articles than was put on in the bill. |
take the entire responsibility for the delay
on myself, and take 1t off the shoulders
OF the other members of the committee -
Vest characterized the story as scandalous
and the man who spread it as liar.
The Seigniorage bill Nearly Passes.
Ihe most sensational feature of the SEP
ate proceedings was the sudden waking I'd
OF the anti-silver men when they found
that the seigniorage bill had been read the
third time and was ready to be put on its
passage. Sherman moved to refer to the
finance committee and in the course of a
speech in opposition to the bill said that
its object was TO divert trust fund from
Its legitimate purpose-a thing which in
ONO would be penitentiary offense His
motion was defeated, however, and the bill
taken up as unfinished business, and al
most before any one was aware of what had
happened it passed its third reading and
was on the point of passing the senate.
Then its opponents recovered from their
surprise and endeavored TO prevent its pas
sage, and on request of Sherman it went
over, but the situation in the senate is en-.
tirely silver. 1t was only by courtesy
that Harris permitted the bill to 20 over.