The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-04
The Democratic Policy Will
Admit of No Delay.
SENATE PASSES SEALING e,Il.
The House at Last Gets Quorum and
Unseats Representative Joy.
Hnborn. Of Californis. to he ouseea
Next-Commander Clark 60 Re In
Charge Of sns Bering Sea Fieet-En-
glands Esquimait Fleet Inade deq uass-

WASHINGTON CRY, April S-The general
public did not seem 10 have as much in-
;erest IN the senate today as yesterday,
and the attendance did not indicate that
the second day of the tariff debate Was 10
excite as much interest as the first.
The resolution offered \ abort time ago
by Pesfer. directing the finsnce committee
to prepare bill for the repeal of ali laws
which give the secretary of the treasury
authority to issue interest bearing bonds,
was laid before the senate. Sherman
moved that IL be referred to the committee
on finance, as it Was very important
Stewart opposed reference OF the resolution
TO the finance commitse. and urged its inn
mediate adoption. The resolution went
over till tomorrow, in order TO allow the
introduction of 3 bill to carry out the
awards Of the tribunal on the Bering sea
question. The latter bill was passed
Harris gave notice that after tomorrow he
would ask that Immediately after the
transaction of the regular morning bust
ness the tariff bill bs considered.
AT ? O'Clock the tariff bill came up, and
Allison addressed the senate. In his open
ing remarks he complained OF the meth
DDS pursued in the preparation Of the bill.
OF the incomplete hearing in the commit
tee, and of the difficulty experienced by
the minority Of the committee in getting
information a. to the bill. He reviewed
the course of the tariff bill to show tho
leisurely manner In which the Democrats
had hitherto pushed it. The house Of
representatives elected in fs9s favored .
change Of tariff policy. but the president
did not regard this policy Of sufficient
ffv.v> ~ No IA >aft TIA IL
did. however, call congress together for the
consideration of other matters. The COM
mi,tee on ways aud means. however,
which Was primarily charged with the con-
sideration of questions of revenue, was
appointed at the extra session. On de-
cember ~. 1898. only few days after the
convening of congress. it reported to the
house what is known as the Wilson bill,
and which passed through the ordinary
stages of the house. appeared in tho
senate on February 2. 1894. and was
on that day referred 70 the committee on
finance. 1t was not reported to the senate
until seven weeks afterwsrd. "And I
say" exclaimed Allison. shat this bill
was never considered line by line and
paragraph by paragraph. Iststs what 10
known to every senator. 30 IL Ii worth
our whiie for N 70 consider what ssnction
10 10 be given to the report that commit
tee brought into the chamber, IL being prac-
ticaily tho conclusions of only three men,"
II Was most plain by the proceedings in
this chamber that the bill came to the
senate as minority and not ~ . majority
report. Only i've out Of eleven members
of the committee gave their support to that
feature. II may say" went on Allison.
.that am embarrassed in the exafnina-
tion of this bill by the fact that We have
not yet bsen supplied With the necessary
statements and points Of the bill to con-
slider il AZ . great bill. as IL ought TO bs
considered" There Was not an industry
in the country which would not be Injured
by the bill, while many Of them would bs
strangled to death.
Allison went on to argue against the
feature of the bill changing duties from
specific to ad vaiorsm, and showed the
difficulty of getting just apprasement of
their value. Hcrave notice that at the
proper time he would offer an amendment
providing that the values in tho bill be
ii xed by tho prices In the home market in
stead of abroad.
Call here ssked Allison to yield for q mo-
ton to 20 into executive session. This
vas the signal for lively debate. which
came upon the senate with the suddennsss
of . cyclone, and in which Harris and
Frye played the leading roles. The former
said he hoped Allison would continue his
speech and finish 1t today. The vice pres
iden, interrupted the discussion TO read a
message from the president transmitting .
report of tho secretary Of the treasury in
closing the final report Of the agents Of the
United States before the Paris tribunal of
| arbitration. also the protocols thus far re-
eeived. and other papers relating to that
matter.
Frye mere entered into the discussion
with caustic remark about 'raiiroading''
| the tariff bill through the senate, and q
| reference 10 Harris two notices In one day
| of his intention TO drive the bill through.
| After further sharp colioquy tho incident
closed and the motion of Call 10 proceed
| to the consideration Of executive business
/ prevailed. After q session OF an hoar and
. quarter the doors were opened and the
| senate, at SIS. adjourned.
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