The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-16
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
THE HOUSE TARIFF BILL RE-
CEIVED BY THE SENATE.
Proposition to Vote on Them Without
Reference Discussed at Length-Mr.
Vest Assails the President, Mills
and Others Defend Him.
THE SENATE.

/ III h SENAIEs
WASHINGTON, Aug, b. During
the presentations of memorials anC
petitions in the senate at Il OF o'clocl
today Chief Clerk Towles of the house
of representatives appeared at the
main door with the tariff bill. The
members of the senate listened attent
iyeIy while Clerk rowles read the
resolution which signalized the SEN
ate triumph over the house in the
tariff struggle, but there was no dem
onstration of any kind.
Mr.. Harris, Democrat of Tennessee
asked for the second reading of the
house revenue bills and moved to re-
fer them to the financial committee
No one Directing, the bills to place
coal. iron ore and barbed wire on the
| free list was read.
| Mr., Harris then read q letter just
received from Secretary Carlisle. The
letter reviewed the condition OF the
treasury and the estimated revenues
of the government for the next fiscal
year. The figures showed that under
the tariff bill just sent to the presi'
dent the revenues would exceed the
expenditures in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1895, $l5, 1000, 900. The reve-
nues from the sugar duty Mr.. Carlisle
placed at S43, 100000, and from coal,
iron ore and barbed wire, $1,000 900,
If the house bills were passed there
would, Mr.. Carlisle said. be de-
ficency next year of $50, 600, 900.
Mr.. Berry, Democrat, of Arkansas,
called up the free sugar bill. He in
sisted that the senate should decide
the matter, and not bury it in COM
mittee. He wanted the bill to pass
exactly as it came from the house.
Senator Vest then took the floor but
yielded to Senator Harris, who said
an early report would be made by the
committee, At this point Senator
Cockrell presented q conference re-
port upon the general deficiency ap-
preparation bill. The only point in
dispute was ST, 100000 for Southern
Pacific claims, to which the house
would not agree. He moved that the
senate insist upon this point. Car
ried.
Mr.. Cockrell then presented the cJn.
ference report on the sundry civil
bill.
MIR. Henderson objected to the strik'
ing out of an appropriation for the
victims of the Ford's theater disaster
The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Vest resumed his speech on Mr..
Harris' motion to refer the free sugar
and other bills to the finance commit
tee. He sal 4 it meant the death OF
the bills as the committee was now
politically tie with the prospect OF
the disappearance of q quorum With
in few days. He declared the po-
sition of the senate on the tariff had
been indicated by the letter of Secre-
tary Carlisle which proves conclu.
sively that if the house kill had oeen
enacted it would cause q deficiency OF
500 100000. Mr.. Vest then proceeded
with his description of tho difficulties
in connection with the adjustment OF
q sugar schedule. Under the Wilson
bill, as reported to the house from the
committee, it contained duty and
bounty. When it was in the
ted. The finance committee
prepared q bill which gave no differ
entail benefit to the trust. AND
yet" said Mr.. Vest with bitterness,
"they call us the creatures of the su-
gar trust" The senator.paused for a
moment and then with intense earn
estness added, Liars, slanderers,
libelers." Mr.. Vest said he would
not enter into the charges that the
senate was party tothe fight be
tween the president and the senator
from Mary land (Gorman). He (Vest)
had his strong diff 3ulties with the
senator on the tariff, and he had writ
ten letter long ago to the Greys.one
club stating his objections to the poll
icy of Mr.. German and supporting MI.
Cleveland for his position on revenue
reform. But continued Mr.. Vest,
II belong to no man. belong to no
faction. | am neither Montague, Cap
ulet, York nor Lancaster. can never
follow one who does violence to the
principles of the Democratic party
Towards the close of his speech Mr.
Vest said: Recurring again to an
unpleasant subject, hope for the last
time, wish to say 1 have no quarrel
with the president of the United
States. | made no attack upon the
president of the United States. The
senator from New York (HilD, did me
an injustice when he put me in the
role OF envious Cassius, who stabbed
Cmser at the foot of Pompey's statue
simply defended the motives o
myself and my colleagues upon thu
finance committee against the
imputations in the PRESIDENT
letter. lit were necessary today il
order to rem4i in public life that
should retract one word Of what
said in the senate, should not ute
it. No man, no matter how high hi
position, has q right to perpetrate 81
Injustice upon another. After tn
pres dent had told my colleagues, 10
l had not been TO the White House
that although he preferred free Goa
aud free iron, still the bill as we Wer
preparing it would receive his sup
porJ C., and alter we had given our labor
our energy, aimOstO our lives in the pre-
. paration OF this bill, for the presiden
toCome before the American p eOpl
and denounce q measure which he ho
3 failed to- dsuounca before, although h
, knew it's provisions, wBs au act ,
, gross injustice t1 those of us who n
, suffered fer moro than he. Theresa
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