The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-09

what Mr.. Gray had said. He said that the
Senator from Delaware had been too severe
In his condemnation of the Mckinley law
a measure dotted and crowded all over
with protection. If protection was uncon-
thing to do. why did he not tell the Sem
ate, in extenuation Of his course, why he
had put protective duty on sugar?
as TO put p raS f dqfy hs
seat Can the Senator not understand
the difference between a protective and rev,
the Republican side at this retort. Mr..
Hoar insisted that an attempt to show that
Increases in. the duties were for revenue
purposes and not for protection was simply
an evasion.
PALMER PUTS IN HIS OAR
When Mr.. Hoar took his seat Mr.. Palmer
felt called upon to defend himself from
several of the insinuations in Mr.. Hoar's
remarks AS far as he was concerned, he
declared that half loaf was better than
no loaf at all. If he couldn't get in
measure framed by his Democratic col
leagues all he desired he would take what
he could set. He then branched off in an
effort to show that Coxeyism is a legfti-
mate outgrowth of the paternalism OF pro-
lection. Those who come 10 the national
legislature asking protection, crying help,
help, save Us or we sink, were Coxeyites
Mr.. Hale inquired. sarcastically. which
bill 1t was that the Senator from Illinois
thought the American people would APP
prove, the Wilson bill, the first draft OF the
Senate bill, the bill introduced by Mr.. Voor-
hees, the bill at present before the Senate
under the management of Mr.. Harris, or
the new bill introduced yesterday. The bill
introduced by Mr.. Jones yesterday was no
more like the bill before the Senate than
the gavel of the President of the Senate
was like an Z flat bugle;. Its makeup
from the foundation was entirely different.
Certainly il 1t was right to pass any one
of these five bills prepared by the majority
ii would have been wrong TO pass any OF
the other four Which BILL he asked, had
received the appreciation of the country
and which part of the country
Mr. Palmer, in response: hss. SAID tnat me ne de- de-
ceived the Endorsement of the country.
What he had said was that the country
had Overwhelmingly disapproved of the
framed was preferable to that Infamous
measure, he asserted that any one of them
appreciation of the people. If Republican
Senators were skeptical or impatient on
this score let them wait for the verdict at
The discussion was closed by the venera-
BILE Senator from Vermont, Mr.. Morrill,.
haired and Sent the with age in his
place, a smile playing about the corner OF
his lips. AS he had on previous occasions
said something in derogation OF the Demo, o.
say something in appreciation. The four
hundred amendments TO the tariff bill
offered on yesterday, he said showed that,
after listening to Republican speeches for
six weeks, the Democratic Senators had
learned something. If the tariff bill were
laid aside for month. and that month
was devoted to study by his friends on the
other side of the chamber, he thought at
the end of that time they would bring in a
bill which would be perfectly acceptable
TO the Republican side, and which would
pass the Senate unanimously: The Senate
seemed TO enjoy the playful joke.
When Mr.. Morrill, took his seat Senator
Quay appeared from behind his huge pile
OF manuscript and resumed the speech he
has been delivering since April 10. No at
tention was paid to the Pennsylvania Sena-
tor, save by the official reporters. He
spoke in a low voice and could not be
heard far from his seat. He completed this
long-detailed account of the processes of re-
fining sugar and took up the subject of
wool and woolens, treating it in the same
exhaustive manner in which he had dealt
with sugar. Several times during the aft
ernoon a call of the Senate had upon
the suggestion of some of his Republican
colleagues. These roll calls gave M. Quay
the necessary breathing SPELL At 4:i5 p. m
on motion of Mr.. Mills, the Senate went
into executive session.