The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-23
HILL AND HARRIS HOT
1t Was a Warm Day in the Senate
in More Ways Than One.
With the Thermometer at So the Tariff
Bill Pusher from Tennessee At
tempts to Put on More Steam.
THE NEW YORKER PROTESTS
Then the Passions Of Both Boil
and a Heated Passage Follows.
Senator's Talk All Day on the Income
Tax and Finally Adjourn for Lack of
aQu0rum-Vest's Amendments.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The income
tax feature of the tariff bill was debated
with spirit by Senators to-day despite the
great heat. Mr.. Hill had tilt with Pop
ulist Allen, and later had a passage with
Senator Harris who is In charge OF the
bill. When the usual hour of adjournment
e o'ciocko arrived, Mr.. Hill, who desired
to reply to some of the remarks made to-
day. asked Mr.. Harris to yield to an ad-
journment. as the Senate had been sitting
eight hours at a temperature In the cham
ber OF SO.
Mr.. Harris said that he regretted that
he could not comply with the request. The
country. as well as the Senate he said,
had some rights. as well as Senators. The
country was entitled to know at the earli-
est possible moment what the fate of this
bill was to be. The debate had been going
on since April 2, and he regretted that he
was unable to grant the request. Let
Senators proceed now; let them exhibit
their learning and their rhetoric. he said,
bitterly. Il will not move 20 adjourn as
long as I can hold a quorum here" said
he. cor as long as there is any means of
obtaining a quorum Let US stay here"
he said with a wave of his hand and a
shake of his head. mot always, not all
night. but for reasonable time"
Mr.. Hill called attention to the fact that
this was the first time this privilege had
been refused The Senator from Tennessee
had kept a patient temper until he QIilD
submitted the request. 1t had been ex-
eroised against him because he saw fit to
antagonize this pet scheme that was so
odious TO him and the State he repre-
sented.
Mr.. Harris interrupted him to say that If
progress had been made to-day he would
have yielded to an adjournment.
1.-The Senator says the time has been
wasted" said Mr. Hill.
'It has," calculated Mr.. Harris, gruffiy.
from his seat.
who is the judge?" said Mr.. Hill. "I
say that it has not been wasted. Yester-
day $4,000 was fixed as the exemption in
this bill. 1 argued yesterday that every
$1,000 exempted made it more indefensible.
Yesterday the Democratic supporters of the
income tax stood ready to 7-ote for a $4,000
exemption. To-day the finance committee
brought in an amendment to reduce the
exemption to $1,000. Was that time wasted?
Yesterday 1 argued against the absolute
exemption of savings banks. To-day an
amendment is brought in that exempts
them. 1 think we are making very salts
factory progress. / think 1t cruel, unjust
and unworthy of the Senator from Tennes-
see that he should seek to crowd me to-
night. when desire to reply to arguments
made to-day
II accept the responsibility most cheer
fully" shouted Mr.. Harris, in a disgusted
tone.
81 will make the Senator accept other re-
sponsbilities," said Mr.. Hill. his eyes flash
ing. The New York Senator was evidently
thoroughly aroused.
Proceed" calculated Mr.. Harris, with
out rising from his seat.
81 will not be ordered by you," said Mr.
Hill. turning upon the Senator from Ten
nessee iercely. II will have none of your
plantation manners exhibited toward me-"
Neither do I care for an exhibition of
the manners Of the slums Of New York."
retorted Mr.. Harris. hotly, rising to his
feet.
"They are better than those Of the plan
tations of Tennessee" said Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Harris made no reply, and Mr. Hill
proceeded to call attention to the fact
that he was in no way responsible for the
delay on this bill. If anybody was re-
sponsible for the long delay on this BILL
he said, it was the committee ON rules
and the Democratic majority which had
refused to amend the rules so that they
could control legislation.
Mr.. Hill was proceeding to discuss the
question of changing the rules at length.
when Mr.. Harris, realizing that he could
not force the New York Senator against
his will, maneuvered so that vote was
had upon an unimportant verbal amend
ment, and this disclosing the absence of
a quorum, he moved an adjournment. In
doing so he gave notice that tomorrow he
should ask the Senate to sit until the tariff
bill was finally completed in the committee
of the whole and reported to the Senate.
Then, at 7:10, the Senate adjourned.