Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-01

shall insist on ifs being reported 10 tne
senate. printed, and laid on the taD'e.
20 that every senator can scrut'h'ze anu
lee prepared 70 express his Judgment "po"
IT, 49,. Ar wo,co,, asked.
.for the Finance Committee, with the
Knowledge resting IN their breast that
there are 10 be amendments offered. TO
nrrssnt this bill for IN 10 vote on ny SEC
tons? Is It not the only fair ana the
only UPRIGHT thing for the committee 10
take back this bin and fix II up ana
then present IL TO us7'
Mr.. Teller Joined In Mr.. Wolcotte sue'.
gestions. and Mr.. Aldrlch said II was evi-
dent that the majority Of the Finance
Committee was as far from agreement
touching the terms OF the bill as II was
three months ago. IL was due To the
country and to the Senate to Know what
bin the Senate was 10 be asked 10 con-
slider. 80,
House bill 1854" said Mr.. Harris. rs
the bill which the Senate II asked 70 con-
slider"
Mr. A,drlch was about 10 read the Car.
Isle interview published this morning. but
was cut off by a demand from Mr.. Alien
for n vote upon the pending question:
motion 10 take up the tarin bill. ITO
motion was agreed to and the bill whs
taken Up.
ALDRICH AGAINST VOORHEES,
Mr. Aldrich referred to Mr. Voorhees,
statement last Saturday that he tAldricno
had uttered an untruti In saying that
some three hundred amendments M"
been agreed 10 in conference between 'he
Secretary Of Treasury and some Demo-
cratic members Of the Finance Commit
tee.
MFR. Voorhees, disclaimed any Intention OF
peryonal offence He had merely wan'eh
10 convey to the Senate and TO the couh-
try the fact that the Senator WAS taikihS
on false information. as he was now,
When the Senator from Rhode lsland
stated the other day that there were ="
ar Syp amendments agreed upon he Noor-
hoes, said that the statement was not
true. and he repeated now that II was not
true-not one word or H.
"Do,,btiess." Mr.. Voorhees, added. there
were amendments in contemplation. put
the statement Of the Secretary OF 'he
Treasury as published In the newspapers
was merely coniectural as TO what might
happen. lie wished TO make no question
Of yeraci,y With the Senator from Rnoue
Island, but his informant had lhforh,u
him falsely. and II. after that he maze
the assertion again. he wouid 90 IL OH MS
own responsibility"
Mr.. Aldrich: Il am informed ana be-
lleve that at this very moment In the
neighborhood of 200 amendments nave
been practically agreed upon between the
high contracting parties, winch wiz
change completely the character OF the
pending measure. Now what desire 10 I'M
nrnss i,pon the Senate and the country ''s
The fact that to-day. three months aiter
the massage Of the bill In the House Oh
Representatives the official representa-
tives of the majority in this BODY are 10
nearer a conclusion as to the character OF
the bill than they were three moh'hs
ago"
Mr. Mills characterized the discussion
started by the other side as a pyrotechni-
cal display from the enemy. got UP lot
the amusement Of the groundlngs anu
Of those in the pit. He declared that the
r,,lea of the Senate ought 20 be changed
and then the bill which responded to IN
wishes Of the majority "ouid pass
promptly. 60,
Mr.. VOORHEES, quoted from the Record
few messages In Mr.. Shcrman's speech
of last Saturday, comprising the SEN
tence this bin has never been consider,
cd by the Committee on Finance ana
produced the journal OF the committee
showing that the bill had been reported
to the full committee on the 9Th or March
Mr.. Sherman being present; that IL re-
manned subject to consideration by the
committee until the Goth OF March; that
1t was actually considered by the fun
committee for twelve days. or ten days,
excluding Sundays. and that amendments
had been offered by Senators Sherman
and Morrill,. discussed, and some OF them
agreed to. He added that his respect for
the character of the Senator from Ohio
prevented him from characterizing as the
circumstances would warrant the reck-
lessness and carelcssness evinced In that
Senator's statement
Mr. Sherman insisted that his statement
was substantially true. because any at
tempt to change what had been agreed
upon in advance by the majority OF the
committee was 80 utterly useless that the
minority should have declined to present
any amendments at all. The fact re-.
manned, he said, that the bill had not
been treated as other tariff bills had been
treated 1t had not been read In full
committee, sentence by sentence. with an
opportunity for friendly suggestion and
discussion.
Mr.. Morrill,, another minority member
OF the Finance Committee. made state
ment TO the like effect.
NO MORE CONCESSIONS.
Mr.. Voorhees, read the Journal of the
Finance Committee from the 9Th TO tina
18th of March to prove the correctness
of his assertion. in contradiction OF Mr..
Sherman's statement, and added, with
strong emphasis: Whatever may be the
feeling In the matter the income-tax will
stay In this bill. / have made all the
concessions TO the trusts and to the great
protected industries that l shall make. !
have gone to the limit l see what Is In
the newspapers as well as others. There
x.ill In I n NJ "a "A
amendments of certain character-for
example, to the administrative features
of the measures. ! would be willing even
to adopt amendments to the administra-
tive features of the income-tax. But AZ
to interfering with its vitality, Its sub
stance Its force. l never intend to yield.
AS to conceding further TO the sugar
trust, or anything on the subject OF sugar.
I never intend to so a hair farther. III
am overruled by my own party. Will go
with my party. unless there be something
in IL so fragrant and outrageous that II
would not be preferable to the existing
law. In other words, 80 long as the mea-
sure before us is an Improvement on tho
monstrous system of injustice now on the
statute-book. l will embrace It. But as
TO making further concessions for the
benefit OF trusts or Of any kind OF pro-
lection indicated In the papers, 1t may as
we'll he known now as at any other time,
that shall not be party 10 II"
Mr.. Chandler inquired Of Mr.. Harris
when he could have the opportunity OF
making some remarks which he had kept
bottled up since last Wednesday. and was
told that the obstacle was the fact that the
floor had been held FOR the last two
weeks by Senator'S Quay and Dolph. who
had EARNED 1t out" He hoped that that
Of In o.
day.
BITTER ATTACK ON ALDRICH.
At this point in the proceedings Mr.. Tur.
Die rose, and in voice quivering with
passion, attacked Mr.. Aldrich, charging
him with having put forward three lies.
gross. palpable; three lies basely porn:
1.i,,,l lDi.