The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-14
Tariff Reformers to Substitute Practic-
ally Another Wilson Bill for the
Senate compromise.
SENATORS FEARED A TRAP
Scheme the Result of Each Mans
Political Ambition.
Evidence that Crisp Is Only Carrying
Out the Policy Of the President
Senate's Course Doubtful.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May l3.-The most in
teresting development of the present tariff
situation in the Senate is the complete
reconciliation between Speaker Crisp and
Senator Mills. 1t will be remembered that
the hot contest for the speakership Of the
Fifty-second House left an ugly scar in the
shape OF a personal enmity between Mr.
Crisp and his defeated antagonist. Mr. Crisp
sought to conciliate Mr.. Mills by the offer
OF a good committee, but the Texan sulked
and rebuffed every attempt made by Mr.
Crisp to re-establish their former intimacy.
But the complete shipwreck of all Mr..
Mills's free-trade hopes that occurred when
the German compromise tariff bill was
brought into the Senate and the certainty
that the only hope of the Mills type of
tariff reformers'' now lies i'm the nerve of
the men whom Speaker Crisp will appoint
as conferees on the part of the House. have
impelled Mr.. Mills to appeal TO Mr.. Crisp
for succor. Mr. Mills made the first step
toward reconciliation and Speaker Crisp
very courteously met him half way. The
two men have buried all differences and
have held frequent conferences in the past
two or three days. Mr. Crisp has promised
Mr. Mills that. betrayed and despised as
has been the sacred cause of tariff re-
form in the Democratic Senate. it shall yet
have one more fighting chance in the House.
No effort will be spared by Mr.. Crisp TO up
hold the friends of the Wilson bill. He will
appoint the strongest men in the House on
the conference committee. He may even
go outside the ways and means commit
tee for one of his men If he should deem
such remarkable step necessary.
ciliation and understanding between Messrs.
Crisp and Mills that has given color and
warrant to the statement OF Senator Hale
in the Senate yesterday that he had been
informed, on highest Democratic author
ity, that the German compromise bill was
to be crowded through the Senate. but that
in conference the German bill was to be
remodeled, or rather abandoned, and bill
in the spirit of the Wilson bill was TO be
thority of a conference committee. whipped
through both House and Senate. Speaker
Crisps sudden conversion with an extreme
tariff reformer OF the Mills type would be
surprising under ordinary circumstances.
But Mr.. Crisp IS candidate for the Sen
ate to succeed Senator Patrick Walsh. The
Legislature that meets next fall elects that
successor. Speaker Crisp has Governor
Northen and a half dozen other competi-
tors. An alliance with Mr.. Mills. who is.
of course, the representative of President
Cleveland on tariff matters, would mean
the powerful support of the administration
for Mr.. Crisps candidacy. Hence the recon-
Citation and alliance.
The extreme criticisms which have passed
on the proposed compromise amendments in
the Senate 10 the tariff bill re attract
considerable attention. Speaking on IA
subject to-day Mr.. Breckinr.dge, of Arkan-
sas. member of the ways ami means COM
mstIee and of the subcommittee that framel
the Wilson bill, said:
You know that / am a free trader AMI
do not believe in any protection l further
believe that absolute and immediate fr. Q
trade would be prompt and Cnspeakab
bless ing to our country. l know, however.
that the country Is not ready 20 go this fsr.
and copqusr province simply because the
bittls CoSs not promise TO end he war i'm
mediately and give me the who,e ear h.
rlent in conference between the Senate and
House Is not doubted. / reglet every pro-
posed increase in the Senate just as / re-
gret tcat the bill could not so -uch fur
ther than il did as presented TO tn fou
and as Iassed by that b d.. / rec gn..e,
however, the wisdom 3ad duty Of
friends fad ng without delay The best cSm-
mon ground on which tn y ean hope ID
unite and OF their prompt sett ng on that
ground and sending the bill 10 4 conf zee.
III concessions be made tn Y are, OF course,
made to those VINO demand ten all are
SO far as / know, make NJ seert o h ir
position, dc no; seek TO s irk respol -ibisl
OF their course, and coul no. Il 50
they desired Nor il IL the slightest r
Election On any one TO rep al Cny 4 CIV
part r present law, he y My
states that his failure TO 20 m rs oielf
due 10 MS inability 10 secure the nee ecsssary
cooperation to do so AftsrwarIs. W n tie
aid or ms BILL and whea she ople &c "A
UP some better Democrats In the place a.
cur .nyal ds or enough he lly good ones
enable us to get along without heir vo
We can go further than they VIII permit us
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