The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-16

my connection with it is now ended, l
simply answer him as Marmion to
Douglas: Lord Angus, thou hast
lied"
Mills Hot Shot.
AT the conclsion of Senator Vests
speech Senator Jones offered an
amendment to the sugar bill, which
was read for information. It's object
was to levy duty of 80 per cent on
sugar with no protection to the trust.
The amendment was not in order, as
the bill was not before the Senate.
Senator Mills then delivered the
speech which he has been treasuring up
for several days.
''The bill which has been pending
here" he said, land which is about to
become law, does not reflect the senti-
ments of 10000 people of the United
States. No Republican wanted it, no
Populist wanted it, and few Democrats
wanted it. The great mass of people
condemned it."
He exclaimed dramatically: 1.-The
bill was dictated by five or six or seven
men on this floor. My friend from
Missouri (VesD is right in saying there
is no Democratic majority on this floor
for tariff reform. There are four parties
on this neutrality-suspicious., Democrats
and 'conserva tives.' The conservative
balance of power made the bill, we
to become a law. 1t was an issue be-
tween the Senate bill and the Mckinley
law. We were between the devil and
the deep sea and rather than see the
bill go to the devil we went tc The deep
! sea. 1t is better than the Mckinley
! law"
Turning to another branch of Mr..
/ Vests speech he said:
L regret TO see my friend attack the
president OF the United States. L be-
lieve he is honest. believe he is trying
TO carry out the viii of six million
Democratic voters. The letter of Sec
rotary Carlisle is condemnation of the
presidents letter to Mr.. Wilson. The
presidents letter to Mr. Wilson was
written because we departed from the
Democratic principles of free raw ma
terials. The president wanted to give
employment to the idle people of the
country.
! I'VE don't accept this as the final
settlement of the tariff. We intend to
continue the crusade of tariff reform
until the people are no longer ground
down by burdens which are made to
enrich the few
/ Mr.. Mills said his purpose was to
challenge the assertion of the secre-
tary of the treasury that the removal
of the sugar duty would cause de-
felt. If the duty were taken off SUI
gar, he declared, the treasury would
still have more money under this bill
than could be economically spent by
the government. The estimation upon
which Mr.. Carlisle's statement was
made he based on the reports of 1893,
under the Mckinley law. The whole
history of the tariff legislation demon
strated that the reductions of duties
resulted in increased importatons and
increased revenue.
10 oi1taiI1a6 there was no nppeS-
sity to secure one dollar Of revenue
from sugar. The only thing that re-
conciled him to the duty on sugar was
that if there was a surplus over in
terest-earing bonds could be purchas-
ed. But he preferred to put sugar on
the free list.
Does the senator mean that he will
vote for free sugar i'll the face of the
statement of the secretary of the
treasury Mr.. Mcpherson asked.
Il will replied Mr.. Mills; las have
said, the secretary of the treasury has
copied these figures from the Finance
committee based upon The importa-
tons of 1893. No allowance is made
1or the largely increased importations
under the lower rates. The Senate has
the facts
Mr.. Mills said, in conclusion, that he
hoped the senator from Tennessee
would withdraw his motion to refer.
Harris is 0bdurate.
Mr.. Harris replied he had great re-
spect for the opinion of Mr. Mills, but
in view of the letter of Mr.. Carlisle
he would prefer at this time to take
mis- judgment rather than that OF the
senator from Texas, and would insist
on his motion.
Mr.. Villas replied to some of the OBJ
serVations of Mr.. Vest, taking issue
with him.
Mr. Villas drifted into the discussion
of the discriminating duty in favor OF
the Sugar trust, and finally decla red
the bill should not go to the Finance
committee.
IF the bill is not referred to the Fl
nance committee" asked Mr.. Mitchell
Republican,, of Oregon, do you IA
vor the bill as it came from the
House?"
Mr.. Villas replied he considered SUI.
gar a legitimate object of revenue. but
the people should be rid of the trust
However, rather than have the trust
profit to the extent of untold millions
he would be willing TO sacrifice the
revenue from sugar.
Mr.. Henderson Republican, of Ne
braska, said if the senators on the
side had concluded he would move
to adjourn, but at the request of Mr.
: Dolph, however, he allowed a motor
to go into executive session to take
precedence. Mr.. Gray Oemocrat, o.
Delaware, demanded the yeas anC
nays, and the motion was defeated;
, to 81.
The session concluded with a hum
. orous passage at arms between Messrs
Harris and Chandler
Adjournment was had at 5 O'clock.
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