New-York tribune., 1894-04-29
WOULD VOTE FOR ANYTHING
MR. HARRIs's ADMISSION REGARDING
THE TARIFF BILL.
BEING GoADED BY MR.. HALE THE SENATOR
FROM TENNESSEE SAYS HE WOULD SUPPORT
ANY MEASURE. NO MATTER HOW oBJEc-
TIONABLE IN ORDER TO GET RID
OF THE MKINLEY ACT.
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Washington. April 8-To-day's session Of the
Senate was cut short by the delivery Of eulogies On
ex-Repressntative Lilly, Of Pennsylvania, who diel
last winter. and the debate on the Tariff bill lacked
very noticeably the interest with which yesterdays
exciting session Unexpectedly invested Mr..
Hale however. gave a spicy personal and political
turn to the discussion by contrasting some Of the
outspoken opinions OF leading Democratic Senae
tors, expressed last February. with their present
feeble and vacllating subservience to outside In
fluences and their avowed readiness to accept ana
pass amy kind Of a tariff bill"
Mr.. Harris replied with labored defence OF the
proposed surrender OF the Finance Committee to
pressure from the Treasury and the White House.
admitting that he had now reached the point where
he would vote for any scheme OF tariff taxation
commended to him from the outside. II only II con.
tained clause repeating the Mckinley law.
Progress in secret with the Administration
bill seemed TO have come to a standstll to-day, for
no new changes made public by Mr.. Brice and
the other Senatorial advance agents Of the latest
revise" Senator Sherman took occasion this after.
noon In debate to warn the majority that a bill 50
continually changing in form practically came to
the Senate without consideration in committee and
would necessarily be subject TO unusually close ex-
animation and discussion and he gave formal no
tee that the minority could not consistently with
its duties to the public allow the pending bill TO
pass without rigid and painstaking consideration
of each of the many alterations in duties which
may finally be accepted embodying the purposes
Of the real or nominal managers OF the bill.
The most interesting feature OF to-day's debate
occurred when. in reply TO some remarks by Mr.
Hale Mr. Harris said: Il do not know what amend
ments will be offered TO the bill from this side or
from the other side For my single self. as mem.
Der of the Finance Committee and as member OF
the Senate | shall not hesitate one moment 70 en-.
tertain propositions. however Objectionable, IL the
result be great reduction Of the duties imposed
lor thn Msfs
Mir Iiae-~I will ask the Senator one square ques-
ton The provision Of this bin touching sugar Is
Finance Committee and take M It that s the Senator
Il assented TO 1t as member OF the Finance Com
mittee." Mr. Harris admitted.
proSon nf In m said Mr. Hale @ What % viii Be
the position Of the Senator when he Is asked to vote
o e or
but Is In the interest OF the rener ana 50 enangs;
WIN the Senator vote for 1t on the theory that II
Il am as little in favor" Mr.. Harris declared EN-.
phaticay. "of aiding and benehting the sugar
rehners the Sugar Trust as the Senator from
Maine, any man in this Chamber or outside Of IL
But II to make such concessions lndispensa-
BILE necessity pass bill TO reduce taxation and 70
repeal the infamies of the Mckinley act I would
glory in accepting them" applause on the Demo-
That tells s'' the whole @ story" Mr. Hale exclaimed
with an air OF extreme satisfaction: The Senator
has let II all out No matter what offensive pro:
points the Senator will vote for every one them
for the sake of getting the bill through. he mas
stated in few words, and much better than I
could all that seeking to bring before the
Senate and the country"
They much less Objectionable said Mr..
Harris than the policy OF the Senator from Maine
and his Mckinley act that | scarcely imagine
a proposition that would not maintain prefer
able TO IT, and II had decide between continuing
the Mckinley act in force substituting II with
nt least better-although not so much
better as I desired-I would vote for the latter.
hope the Senator from Maine understands my
position on the question"
IT do do. thoroughly, said Mr. Hale. COM