Evening star., 1894-02-17

aside the fact that he is not supposed TO
be in thorough sympathy with the Wilson
Dill, he is not sufficiently well grounded in
tarln facts TO approach the subject with
the easy confidence which convinces. Mt.
darrls is one of the Oldest members OF the
senate lie is a student and has been
through so many tariff discussions that At
would be surprising IL he did not know
most OF the arguments almost by heart. He
VIII enter more or less into the running de-
pate. Joe Blackburn knows more about
horses than he does about tin plate, but
ne Is master of retort, and he viii be
heafd from occasionally. So will Haw1ey
oI oonhecucut, who is little heavy in
argument, but well grounded in fact
voorhees, Better I'm "a Set speech.
1t is odd that Mr.. Voorhees,, the chair.
man of the finance committee. should no, n.
the leader of the tariff debate. but Mr..
VOORHEES, is much better In a set spe4ch
than he is in a choppy argument. During
tne mckinley bill discussion Mr.. Voorhees,
oehVered speech OF great length from
manuscript Mr.. Morgan is another Sen
aoor VINO usually prepares a tariff speech
OF some length. He has a record of a
speech which occupied three DAYS I'm de-
livery and which did not tire him very
inucn, either. His speeches read like noi-
rous. - AA'oHoso-
Mr. Cullom. as a presidential possibility
always puts himself on record on the tari-r
SDeeCh-
rill, the father of the Senate ana the sanS,a.
republican member of the finance committea
VIII make his regular speech in defense ~
pr. protectloh- He prepares il with great care
anu READS from manuscript, ALWAYS to an
attentive audience In fact there o. e.
SENATORS who Will not make set speeches
on the Wilson bill. Each of them consi5
sta,,s a. outy TO his state to tell how he
STANDS toward protection, and why. There
VIII VIII De chance for all of the orators
Ior the Senate never attempts 10 shut
on 1I the prepared oratorial EFFORT as The
mouse does. And all of the Senate sr,aechas
VIII undoubtedly be delivered on the $500
moor There is no such thing as .slas,1a 80
print i'm the Senate "
banSs me or OFaer % OF the speech-making is in the
S nahds OF the Vice President He NAV recoe
me ME whom he pleases. Mr. Stevenson win
LolloW ms customary rule in the tarffY dis
Siss SSssioH. on here several orators from each
@ ,ue oI one senate expect to speak ne win
arrange 10 recognize them rnatelv-6rst
Geinocrat and then a republican.
me names OF those who are 10 be recos-
which the Vice President has ~ - pepe,, alSs,
before him. This slip of paper tells bsr,
VINO rs TO make the first speech and tvent,,
senators might address the chair In
ppPosluon TO the gentleman whose mama
headed the list and Mr.. Stevenson rrorid
pass over them all. II a Senator wishes 70
s,ie spesh at length he must make arrange
ihents IN advance with the presiding officer
Clerks Preparing Data.
The Senate clerks are nrenarip,- g.
/
heavy siege Of work. Already petitions ana
memorials for and against features Of tba
"iison Dill are being received Bent. Dur-
Iee' the tariff expert of the finance commit
Tee mas several thousand of these in his
roon' all jacketed and prepared for refer
ehce- Ihere was a time when petitions IN
Congress were carried in the mails free n,
charge Happily. the law has been repealsd
III IL was re-enacted in these days of ma
chlne-made petitions there would have 70 be
special set OF clerks assigned 10 the 6,,,,,
OF entering petitions on the journal ana ,.,,
ting them through the red-tape ,lrocess NV
Nhch they eventually become a pernanen.
.sature e OF the nles of the Senate. Many OF
these petltions are from boards of trade ana
other commercial bodies, but most of them
are stereotyped affairs. printed AZ some cen
tral once and distributed all over the Uni
TED states for signature These petitions
clog the files. but they are of little welsh.
with Senators. In fact, mot one in a hundred
of them is read
The Senate discussion on the tariff fs nm
sidered Of more importance than the sehe,a
In the House, because the Senators are srn-
posed TO be much more Independent of ex-
eSulINe ihnuence, and. I'm fact, they have
SHOWN their Independence in dealing With
the Presidents nominations And. more
over. when the House was discussing the
tarlu lhere We're two great possibilities that
the wilson bill would not reach the Presi-
dent-now there is only one obstructfon ON.
position in the Senate.
May he Prolonged.
There is very little doubt in the minds of
any of the democratic Senators thai the
debate may be prolonged for several weeks
Republican Senators are anxious to delay
the vote in the hope that influences NAV be
brought TO bear which will defeat the hill
altogether. They have the precedent of a
three months debate allowed TO the demo-
Gratis when the Mckinley bill was under
the democrats will be willing to accord them
the same privilege of discussing at length
the Wilson bill. OF course. the situation is
In their hands If they wish to lake nd-
vantage Of IT. Under the rules OF the senate
debate can be prolonged by a stubborn mi
norlty from the beginning of a session until
lts close, for the purpose of preventirg the
the history Of the Senate it adjourned with
out the transaction of any business because
the membership being divided equally he
tween the two parties. the democrats would
not agree that the vote Cf the Vice Presi-
de1t should be cast 20 clecc q republican
secretary and other officers. This IS one OF
the Few instances in which the power 10
nliUusts= in the Senate has bean used IN
legislation in one notable instance recently--
at tine time when the Mckinley tariff bill
ana the federal elections bill tknown a. ths
force bill'D were under discussion. A lead
ing republican member of the Senate conn
:niIsee on finance said on the day the force
bill came over from the House THAI u cord
not pass the Senate He said tnat .hs demo-
Gratis threatened that IL she republicans d,d
not consent to let IL go over TO -he neAt ses
sion they would proi0ng debate on the tariff
bill until that measure, too. would Le en-
dangered- The passage of the tariff I'LL was
a political necessity. this Senator ssli ard
the republicans must let the force hill go.
The event proved the accuracy OF his 1udg-
ment. The republican Senators dropped the
force bill TO save The tariff Till.
No Attempt to FiIibuster.
1t is notable fact that no attempt was
made TO prevent the passage OF the McKin-
ley tariff bin by filibustcring. In the same
way republican Senators will offer no OBJ
lection to the passage of the Wilson bin
after they have had a good opportunity 70
debate ii and make it, IL possible. SO un-
acceptable to some of the democratic Sena-
tors that it will not command -he necessary
majority when IL is put OF passage. Several
republican Senators said, just before the
vote on The Mckinley bill was taken, that
two, and possibly three democratic votes
could be had IL they were needed. The dem
ccrats who were said TO be available for the
passage OF the Mckinley bill al that time
are still members of the Senate, and the
vote on the Wilson bill ought TO show how
much truth there was in the statements
made by the republican Senators four years
ago. But, unless the republicans believe