Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-18
NOT i "GOLD Bug .
Silver Men Want White
on France Committee.
HAR us MAKES STATEMENT.
Republ cans Think They Have Had
Enough For This Session.
HAR us MAKES STATEMENT,

WAsHINGIOS, Aug. Is The senate heIo
brief bat Interesting sssion, which was
largely devoted to discussing the proposed
appointments Of Mr.. White Of California
% the vacancy ON the finance committee.
During the course of the debate Mr..
Hill delivered "A little tariff speech, and in
cidentally entered "A plea for the calling of
caucus 10 consider the appointments, 50
that the state Of Now York might have
some voice in selection i'm which it was
30 vitality interested. The resolution,
however, went over without action until
today.
The conference report on the last OF the
appropriation bills-the general deficiency
bill-was adopted.
Resolutions wero offered and ordered to
lie on the table as follows: BY Mr..
Murphy, declaring IL TO be tho sense Of the
senate that no further legislation should
bs attempted at this session, and by Mr..
Gray, directing the finance committee TO
make a prompt report on tho house free
sugar bill, but Offering no amendment for
a revenue duty and no differential duty to
rohners. Tho house bill 10 repeal so much
OF the recently enacted tariff bill, as
exempt from taxation, alcohol used in the
arts and manufactures, was received and
referred TO the committee on finance.
Silver Men Want White.
The Democratic steering committee, at
the suggestion of the Democratic members
of the finance committed decided yesterday
10 I'll the vacancy on that committee
This was found necessary, If any report Is
TO be made on the four tentative bills II
also decided to recommend that White OF
California should be selected He is In
favor Of reporting Immediately all Of the
bills back 20 the senate, and SO announced
20 his friends.
Mr.. White was named by the silver men
on the committee, who said they would
not agree 10 let any man go there who had
voted against silver in the recent fight on
the repeal bill, the man for that place
must be- they said, a well-known silver
man, and not gold bug" There Is
likely to be much contention over this
question before IL Is ended.
Harris Warning.
Senator Harris, acting chairman of the
senate finance committee, has informed
his Democratic associates who favor free
sugar that it is useless TO attempt to pass
that measure OF any other proposition in
terfering with the sugar schedule In the
tariff bill just passed. He further In
formed them that even should the existing
vacancy be filled, giving the Democrats u
majority the Republicans, with the as
sistanco of the Democrats and the Louis
lana senators who are opposed to
free sugar, would make it impossible TO
secure action on any measure relating to
sugar that they might report. The Repub-
licans could, he said, II they were SO dis
posed, prevent the filling of the vacancy
on the finance committee for several days
by antagonizing the selection which the
Democrats might make.
Republicans and Sugar.
Senator Harris is right in his assertion
as to the attitude of the Republicans in
the pending sugar question. They are de-
terminod not to allow any action TO be
taken that il not in conformity with their
views and ideas on this question. Several
amendments have been proposed restoring
tho county, repeating the differential duty
In the sugar schedule Of the tariff bill, and
also the repeal Of the entire tariff bill
There are several others which will be
dropped Ii tho measure comes before the sem
ate all of which will lead TO an extended
discussion. The Democratic members of
tho committee and their associates IN the
senate now fully understand this, and are
satisfied that 1t would be impossible to ac-
complish anything in the direction pro
posed by them, If they are to remain here
two months.
Republican Senators Hold a Caucus
after the adjournment Of the senate yester-
day to consider the question of party ao-
ton, with reference to tho appointment OF
g a n
of the policy TO be pursued generally with
reference TO the free sugar bill and other
supplemental bills.
The caucus adjourned without having
accomplished u great deal. Senator Aid
rich brought up tho question of Republi-
can interference with the selection of a
Democrat on the finance committee, when
Senator Pettigrew stated that there was
no need OF discussing the question, as
there were eight White Republicans who
would not egree to 1t, as IL would result In
breaking dp all party discipline In the
senate. The matter was then dropped.
AS TO taking action on the filling OF the
vacancy tho general feeling was that no
party action was necessary.
The resolution Of Senator Murphy was
discussed, and IL was decided that the Re
publicens would support, in modified
form, which would not specify tariff legis
lation, but would state, in view of the fact
that the session was so near the end, that
1t Is impracticable TO pass any contested
legislation during the remainder Of the
session, and that 1t Is the duty OF congress
to adjourn as soon as possible.
The Republicans claim that any separ-
ate tariff bill 70 which there Is an objec-
ton will be debated until it Is defeated by
lack of a quorum, and that it is useless to
make any attempt to secure the passage OF