New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-16

Altar tho President OF the United States had told
! M, coueoeues-for | had not been to the WHITE
! Housc-that the hrl We were preparing II Wo"il
receive his support. although he said he preferred
free coal ana free iron. stu 1t wou.d receive "'
support, and after We had gwen our nf The
bill the President then comes before the
peoplo and denounccs measure when n" nd'l
IN denounce before although he knew It's pro's.o's
This was an act Of gross inJusice 70 mos bos
Who had suffered far more than he. The result mas
WIZ Ia" nn5 riiI he under existing circumstance
that the brst campaign document "a.
nnn[anS Is 'Send@i-w be that letter OF the
President denOuncing the senate ~ st%n -. witch
are now necessary. according TO me ,,es;bear
the Treasury, TO prevent me issue 0 'i''e'
| ing bonds 10 carry on the Government. - mora ~
Row Mr President after two da{s, or NOR" to saw
amcable attempt at M me- ,nn-errees on the
part Of the House entertain the most 81 MIX Of
sona regard and haye no cGa'f, two days
y"rn ~ attempted amicab.6 ADJUSTMENT we iyy
to tn scc to stand had made T. ana
| 10 which We all agreed and then that 90 en- az they
t1hr W offered them to take either fire., ioa al
iron orr st ,hd 5 70 4S between the TO
US lar TO ~ 1hcir taking onehaif and leaving 'he
other half the Senaie had yo, tersood the Sem
80, a't conferrees personally agreed with tne ,h
but we there as confeirees 81 the senate in
structed to maintain the position o. 70 me ex-
rernitv Of standing 10y all the Amendment , ~
S v,ntS without exception. and without luIrhoF ~
amen nm"ndments in order to save the bill yer;
NJ the same time as conferree o on o1 hound
to defend and advocate as far as possGS oe this
sfruction which had been gwen 10 nv frees Ia
nronosition was made to the iouse con H., cItber
pIace one or the other upon the free S, otiano
coal or iron ore. they eNlr.S,ha 30, we had mani
tested would by them IN the same o%t for
iatory and friendly y,o snS two hours came back
and suggested that ii wouid ptooauI'S ~ ~
take free iron ore Instead oil free co''
ALL WAS HARMONY-oVER NIGHT
We told them that that was matter 10 =.
termined 10y them. and we were periec''. "'','"s
to make the change. We theh a'Jo"' .t
sort Of parliamentary peace for the so'ohu u'",
concluding that the matter had been fuily a')nS'en
and that we could make report Enhs ,irne
to them should haN@ s1 h scnst" and the close
voies that must occur here upon any dlsb",eir I'll
9Hestion cbiulns and cut down duties and that II
wouId be dangerous to come ha'k I" ny ~
with reductions upon me "sJhclnlc the glass
GI,'ic ana the other great schedules IN thc p.''
The neN, m" ,r tb ions. then Informed rs that
they had concluded that II wa PES so,I den
,%ar ,ake your choice: be happy win
either IL tother dear chnTmer is away p'a"s"-
A{,cr ", had concluded upon free coal ana ma ,n
settled the sugar question me cnd MAJ, al ,ha,
couforrecs on the part az th" io"SV S''..,. 80,
, .rcd n his duty and that - his coni.rr.',,,
To- demand that W. should iahe up IN. ".or' s W., -,
and go through all % the schrin1ts n,lr * f,te
such adjustments as would not en'"hsef the '""
Oh W NE again informed him that while We werr per
sonall% wiling WI speak for rnyself alone-
while Was personally willing 10 aEI"r 10 my
,nr, TIA, they might proper 10 max" III urI'I
t. get the bill passed through IN" senate. We hstln
ton or even any reduction 81 the duties IA M nii,
would endanger It's passa4'c throufh ne S,nlt' AMI
nn,,ons and from The beginning to the end n
-. IL. .f.~t he
Il most respectfully and kindly thnt our frienis IN
ne other iionf, "n' ,, The ~"nIrion ~ affairs
I'm The senate than they al
Th.lr ira seemed to Dee that FOR some sinister or
hidden purpose were avoiding Al open vote.
They continually demanded 81 ne 20 isk" the biii
Yourselves, conceived with Us ought 60 be- rnaf".
and there !ct the Senate IN The broad. open light
other hand. with ono Wow under heaven. 80 FAR a.
I am concernrd before M ne idea oi avoiding
during this Congress assured thein. and ,very day
,nh ao W, he o1 lofeo ani The countr~ would
be told that the Democratic party was too incom-
petent to make any tariff I'LL AT all
CONVINCED At LAST
While We were hes;stng all the House CON
ferrees were insisting upon taking W all these
schedules and warning them against the
Inevitable result. the Senator from NcwYcrk Mr
HID introduced his resolution which brought about
the vote the tie vote, in which The chair gave tn
deciding vote. 80 well known 10 the Senate and 10
because that vote deruonstratcd beyond all sort OF
question that what We had said 10 them In regard
to the opinion Of the Senate was absolutely and in
What are the salient points in tho senate bill
which have been SO much deridcd ana abused
What has tho Democratic party Of thu country
Term 10 as ,y c5mpard M the mS e ; al hc t@r
false issue has been made before the people. and
purposes. 1t has been teleg-aphcd ana written and
spoken everywhere that the question between
The Senate bill and the Wilson bin That never was
the question. II Is AZ false the assertion SO
often made that this is Democratic Senate This
Is not Democratic Senate the question ~ tariff
reform. am never was 1t n.ver viii be. AZ at
present constituted. But it has been said every
bill and the Senate bill The question ha. been All
the tine between the SENATE bin and the Mckinley
Jaw, Ihat was The choice TO be made. and every
man who understood the situation knew IT,
,, Nv what have we done; The bill which the
n 1I hhs accepiei ana which has gone. or
WI go IN few hour9 10 the President ~ the United
Slate4 puts Wool. lumber salt. copper. buraps
bags. ana cotton bagging fax ana hemp. all agr.-
cultural implenens cotton tics. and binding Irvine
Daony ~ on ne lffe hs' IN aniasonism to The pro-
the duty has been decreased from % cents to 40
cents a ton on lead ore the duty has been de-
creased 0ne-half on zinc and Tin sheets II has been
decreased one-half; woolen gools-,he citadel Of
rage in the Mckinley 81 d nSso RSy q bean out
duced 30 per cent, They have been reduced 81 Der
goods 81 per cent on the glass schedule % per cent
on chemicals when the House bill reduced The duty
only 20 per cent
TALKING WITHOUT INFORMATION
If Senators and the opponents Of the Democratic
party would take the trouble before they crtc.se
IL furiher to turn to the comparison OF the tariff
ana administrative OF 1890 and the bill II n
i,s'. being report No $50 In the Lila Congress:
II they VIII turn 10 the comparative statement from
The Treasury Department they will find this sum
mary nder the present law the per cent ls 1875;
uIIer me mouse D $685. under the Senate bill 3s6
IN othtr words between the Mckinley act and the
Rouse DlI there difference OF II per cent. he
t",rn he Mckinley act and the Senate bill there IS
"a uWtrthce o. over ii per cent-being a differen,la
between the House and Senate bills of per cent
ana we have sugar included In ours while tie House
Dill came. 10 US with raw and refined sugar free
80 Il appears, Mr.. President. that ali this
scandal; all this yltuperation all this crltI
cism, Is upon difference OF 3 per cen. be
tween the 'wo bills. when we have made the
Immense step In advance on the path OF tariff re-
form OF putting wool upon the free list and have Z
reduced The duty upon wooen goods 20 per cert
p. nhnr Ilr...n L..