The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08
sENAroR voORmEEs,s VIEWS.
lie says the senate Ought to Concede
Free Coal and Iron.

Free Coal and Iron.
Chairman voorhees, Of the finance COM
mittee has been unable to attend the con-
ference on account Of i'll health and is still
confined TO his house. He has not yet
been heard from on the points now at
issue among the conferees. It has been
assumed that he stood with the senate
conference managers. not only for the
senate duty ON sugar, but also for a duty
on coal and iron ore. He announced the
contrary i'm an interview with a reporter
for the Associated Press who called upon
him at his house today and asked him
for his views. He talked very freely. ad
vocating such concessions on the part of
the senate as would bring about d speedy
agreement and took strong ground in
favor Of yielding 10 the demands of the
house for free coal and free iron ore. He
said
'It seems to me there ought to be but
little if any, difficulty in reaching an
agreement between the two houses. The
Ways and means committee of the house
did not i'm the first instance. report in
favor of free sugar. but were overruled by
the house ana free sugar put in the Wilson
bill. ] would gladly have concurred IN
this. but ii was soon aScertdined with
mathematical certainty that such a bill
could by no possibility pass the senate
ION this point of difference between the
two houses 1 look upon the presidents
letter to Mr.. Wilson as a help rather than
a hindranca toward compromise settle
meut. The concession which the pres-
dent advises the house to make on sugar
IS liberal and ousnt 10 be at once salts
factory 10 every legitimate sugar interest.
+ can entertain no doubt that it viii fur
nish the basis Of successful sugar
schedule. Mr. Caffery has announced I'm
the senate, as l understand him, that
Louisiana will accept A. per cent. ad
\ n ha
trust, especially If the bounty, or at least
a portion Of il. is continued TO the plant
ers few months longer Under these
circumstances / am unable 10 see how
the sugar issue can remain any longer an
obstacle to an agreement.
The only other points OF serious
trouble are embraced in the question
whether coal and iron shall be free or
have a tariff duty laid on them of 40
cents per ton. These are exceedingly
small and insignificant items of contro-
versy on which TO defeat a great na-
tional system of revenue reform, oDstruct
all legislation looking to that end, dis
appoint and derange every business of
the country, greatly emOarrasS the demo-
cratic party and inflict the gravest ca
lamities on all classes of people If leg
islation shall entirely fail at this time.
owing 10 a STUBBORN disagreement as TO
whether there shall be a small duty on
coal and a small duty on iron ore or
whether these two articles snail be on
the free list, the men who make that re-
suit inevitable may rest assured that
they viii be held in everlasting remem-
bTance and everlasting eXecration. They
will be hanged in effigy from one ocean
to the other and their names will be
pillories in the estimation of the Ameri-
can people. There is so little ground in
my mind now for a final disagreement
that those who continue 10 insist on
small things and thus compel such dis
agreement will be held as criminals by
all just-mnded people.
THE sugar schedule being practically
out of the way, as 1 have shown by con-
cessions the senate ought, i'm my judg-
ment. 10 concede free coal and free iron
ore: and, of course. it would do so but for
a membership i'm that body which could
be counted on the fingers of one hand. I
have no disposition 10 reflect on the mo-
tives of those who differ from me IN
opinion, but this small minority of the
senate having substantially carried their
point on sugar. can very easily and very
hOnorabiy afford to make concessions on
coal and iron. Such action on their part
and the great results which would fol-
low would be hailed by the American
people blessed deliverance from the
present crisis i'm our affairs"