Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-26
DANIEL AND UUNTON. Virginia's Two Senators Express
 Their Views
AS TO THE TARIFF BILL.
Desultory Day in the House. Invalid Pensions Acted
 Upon.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Today's debate in !Le senate on the question of agreeing 10 the request of the house of representatives for a further conference on the tariff bill was not of so exciting or interesting character as WAS the debate on the first three days, and there was not an illusion made, except very remote one, to the presidents famous letter to MT. Wilson. There were three speeches ma0e-the long est by Senator Caffsry of Louisiana and two short ones by Messrs Daniel and Hun ton of Virginia. MT. Caffery's speech was in advocacy of his motion to have modi- fled sugar bounty paid for 1894 and in favor of fair revenue duty on sugar. Fail ing in getting such protection for the sugar interests of Louisiana MT. Calf ry de llred, ''more in sorrow than in anger," that himself aud colleague would be forced to antagonizs the bill and party ties which now bound them to the democratic party.
 The speeches of Messrs. Daniel and Hun- ton were called out by desire 10 correct an error in the report of MT. Gorman's speech of Monday last, which represented them, with senators from four or five other states, as being so inimical to the house bill that they would have voted againstit. MT. Daniel declared that he had named no con- ditions to command his vote, and that, whether the bill as it would be finally fixed in conference suited him or not, 1t would have his support. MT. Hunton expressed himself in favor of the proposed duty of 40 cents a ton on coal and iron and of 40 per cent ad valorem on sugar as fair revenue duties, and hoped that there was patriotism enough in the democrats Of both houses to give and take.
 A motion was made by MT. Quay, repub- licau, of Pennsylvania, to so amend the motions of Messrs. Villas and Gray as to put sugar on the free list. The whole mat ter then went over till tomorrow without Q, Nion.
 .s sdDuring the morning hour there were ten Wills taken from the calendar and passed; Ice conference report of the legislative, ex- acutive and judicial appropriation bill was presented and agreed to, and a resolution was offered by Mus blen and went over till tomorrow cali IsAoI copies Of all tele- grams and CON dence of the depart ment of justice NiyS the representatives of railroad companies and with the United States district attorney of Chicago on the subject of the 'srecent industrial troublessI in that city.
 In the continued absence of the vice president the chair was filled by MT. Har- ris, who submitted commun ication from the state department with report of the proceedings of the French legislature on
 
 American senate and house on the occa- sion of the assassination of President Car not. They were ordered to be published in the Congressional Record.
 Mir. Daniel, rising to personal explana- tion, quoted from report of MT. Germans speech in two of the Richmond papers, the Dispatch and Times, paragraph to the ef- feet that the representatives from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia were so opposed at the out set to the house bill that they would not support it. He had been assured by the senator from Maryland that he had not used that language, and that the report was erroneous. He (Mr. Daniel) had sim ply to say that from the outset of the great struggle he had felt profoundly convinced that no greater calamity could befall the country, in an economic sense, and under present conditions, than the failure of the democratic party to enact into law req sonable tariff bill. In all his meetings, discussions and suggestions he had always stated, as he did now, that he named no condition to command his vote; that whether the bill suited him or not 1t would command his support. His judgment was that there was no subject body like the senate could be called upon to legislate which so much demanded the spirit of con ciliation and compromise as tariff bill. And it was still his opinion that any man 'whosoever he be, or in whatever department" who laid down an arbitrary statement that this item or that item must not be compromised, did not occupy as broad position as patriotism demanded. He regarded the delay in the passage of the bill as great misfortune to the country and to all of it's people. The smallest might criticise, but only the wise could achieve results, and in his judgment wis. dom as to SO vast subject would be found ever in the spirit of compromise and conciliation.
 Mir. Hunton, the other democratic sena- tor from Virginia, said that the press in its report of Mir. Gorman's speech did in- justice to himself and his colleague, be- cause there were not two senators who had made more sacrifices in order to obtain an early passage of the tariff bill. He con- fessed that he was earnestly in favor of the revenue duty of 40 cents ton on coal and iron ore, but the day had never come and never would come when he was not willing to make sacrifices in regard to those duties.
 As to sugar he thought that the proposed rate of 40 per cent ad valorem was also fair revenue tariff. And these duties af- forded at the same time incidental pro- lection to sugar, coal and iron ore. That was his idea of proper tariff reform. As to the one-eighth of Q cent per pound addi. tional discriminating duty on sugar he said that he was not in favor of protecting trusts, but was, on the contrary, violently opposed to it, but when it was recollected that the Mckinley bill gave one-half of cent discriminating duty, and the senate bill gave only one-eighth of a cent, no one should hesitate moment in allowing that one-eighth. He thought that there was patriotism enough in the democrats of both houses to give and take. They would thus geta bill which if not satisfactory to him. self or to other senators, would be so much better than the Mckinley act that they Ixl 4olr &oI if lad