The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-21
THE TARIFF IN THE SENATE.
MCPHERSON Announces hrs INTEN-
ZION TO TOTE FOR THE BILL.

A Diss-..isn =. 60 n. Present Fseii.s ef
the People 80 the suhiect Of TsriR Re-
foru-sesster NeMnisn shews the Eaeet
or the nni On Oar Trade with Canada
WARRINGTON. April 2o.-Another question Of
personal privilege. arising out Of the condem-
nation By the Minnesota Democracy Of certain
Senators for their supposed position on the
Tariff bill. was brought up In the Senate to-day
By Senator Mcpherson Of New jersey. whose
name was mentioned in that connection. He
quoted from New York evening paper and
said;
"Ihsd supposed that every Senator on this
floor. every citizen OF my State. every repre-
sentative OF . newspaper in the Senate gallery.
knew full well that since the Tariff bill has
bsen reported to the Senate. so long as It rec
NAMED an improvement on the Mckinley dill
In respect to customs duties. / had announced
my intention TO support II to the full. did
not suppose that snyb body was In doubt about
that. The correspondent Of the paper in ques-
ton was early informed In regard to my POSI-
ton and purpose. He admitted to me very re-
Gently that no hal so advised the publication
ofice In New York. have no complaint to
make against this wanton. deliberate mis-
representation from such q source. Yet / take
this occasion to remind that journal that It is
far more honorable to tell the truth than to
circulate falsshood."
Three spseches in opposition to the Tarin
bill were afterwsrd made by Republican Sena-
tors-Gallinger OF New Hampshire. Mcmillan
Of Michigan. and Dolph OF Oregon. the latter
leaving his speech unfinished. During the de-
livery OF Mr.. Gallingsr's speech there was
lively discussion as to the present feeling OF
the American people on the subject OF tariff
reform.
Mr. Gray Dem. DELI having referred to the
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favor Of tariff reform. Mr.. Gsllinger pointed to
the recent vsrdicts Of the people against the
Wilson bill.
Mr.. Gray declared that there had been no
election since 1892 In which the tariff was an
issue.
Mr.. Gallineer replied that in the two recent
Congress elections In the State OF New York
tho tariff question was the only question at
Issue, and that In one Of them q 10000 Demo.
G fsa,S %1i ssndidsts sested while IL Ii;
other case Pen 0 S6S majority OIL naa
x man Of Mr., GslIilgeE's intelligence ought
New York turned on local questions as to Tam
2a.Ish :.s ssss sss a. one MI e.
:S Ssaf. n on the Rsd t.r QUESTION shsre
anything in the signs Of the times; II was per.
hesrtily alex Of the results OF the election Of
1882. They were. with great unanimity. op.
p pondinS bill aimed at. it was a nondescript
lection, but would BE- a thousand times worse
" "a s .ianiacsnt fact ia this, said Mr.
Aldrich: The influential Democratic press Of
prsis. for the two speeches made on the other
side Of the chamber ia oppos,lti9n t. the
W:ss wSo /. not broadly in Sympathy with the
efforts made by the Senators from New York
and New MI Je5 Si. b iSso shnp. Where Il Vii
conform with Dsmocratic doctrine and prinei-
After this episode Mr.. Galiinger proceed
with the delivery OF his speech He spoke for
nearly three hours. reading his speech from
printed slips. hut delivering 1t with much
'o MT MS Me- i 81 Michigan gave an interest
Teal nS snd 70 orcsS way The a1eson 81 close
relations which apparently have existed be-
fr"% es , Of the new Canadian tariff. He showed
that the Wilson Ks PHI H. thH Dssd sass. o. Cone
t: country and rh Gsnas tss
Boards Of Trade Of Chicago MilTsukes De
troit. oswsgo. and other cities The senator
Ing lands and timber limits enormously in
creased In value. whereas Canada shut out
autiss rom " aSo"t = per cent. to over
so per cent. In so far as the pending
measure dealt Win tRnauh. ne bhlu. II WAS
open to all the objections hich had led to the
abrogation Of the reciprocity treaty. 1t was
political not com m ercial union, that promised
the greatest advantages to both countries; for
the American lived only under hi own flag
and under 1t led the way across the border
Canada, with all her undeveloped wealth. had
no charms for him.. But political union would
dot Canada with American cities, enlarglng
Am srican markets. and augmenting the op-
portunitiss for en- ployment.
Mr. Dolph tRep., Or then addressed the
Senate In opposition to the bill He had been
speaking thres. quarters OF an hour only when
the hour for the daily closing OF debate ar
rived. He will continue his speech tomorrow.
Notice was given by Mr.. Gray Dem. Del II
an amendment to the rules to the effect that
no Senator shall read his speech or read from
any book or paper except to quote an authority