Evening star., 1894-04-11
w ILL VOTE FOR 1T
Senator Morgan Defines Eis Position on
the Tariff Bill
His Personal or Political Explanation
-FiIfbustering Continued I'm the
House of Representative.

The galleries of the Senate had deserted
appearance when that body was called to
order today. Promptly after the reading of
yesterdays journal, the Senate passed. on
n otion of Mr.. Gallinger, bill granting a
pension of $50 per month to Otis Smith.
On motion of Senator Blanchard Q-a.) the
Senate passed the House bill authorizing
the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
Company to bridge Little river, in the
state of Arkansas.
The Senate considered for some time the
urgent deficiency bill, but at l o'clock it
went over without action, and the tariff
bill was taken up in accordance with the
terms of the agree ement of yesterday.
Mr.. MorSan's Personal Explanation.
Senator Hale took the floor TO speak on
the bill, but yielded to Senator Morgan for
a personal explanation. The Alabama Sena-
tor prefaced his statement with the remark
that he did not know whether to call il a
personal or political explanation. He re-
ferred to a manifesto from the Minnesota
Democratic Association, in which a num-
Der of democratic Senators (among them
HIMSELF were alleged to be in league with
the Hill-Gorman-Pughc combination in OPP
position to the tariff bill, in which they
were called masked democrats.
That" remarked Mr. Morgan, rs the
French method OF trying man in his alb
sence and without serving notice upon
him
He expressed himself as satisfied with
the bill now before the Senate as ii came
from the finance committee, and IL was
his purpose TO vote for il without any
amendments 50 far as he now knew. And
if Senators on the republican side of the
chamber wanted to delay action on the bill
in the way of a flibuster, he was willing,
ON many previous occasions, to sit up
for several consecutive nights to accommo-
n to lGrAV afvarr rlnfv hoe
He had been a tariff reformer, he de-
clared, before many of the gentlemen who
had issued this diatribe against him, and
he had never relaxed his purpose and de-
sire to have a fair, just and equitable sys-
TEN of tariff taxation in the United States.
No One Else Wanted to Explain.
Before proceeding with his speech Mr..
Hale inquired humorously whether any
other Senators whose names were included
in the minority list desired to explain their
positions. If so, he would gladly weld to
them even though il might lay them open
to the charge of filibustering.
No Senator accepted this invitation, but
Mr. Jones of Arkansas obtained pernis-
sion to make report from committee.
Mr.. Harris thereupon gave notice that
hereafter he would object to morning busi-
ness, or any other business being injected
into the tariff debate
THE Senator from Tennessee would not
exclude the confessional" inquired Mr..
Hale, insinuatingly.
when the Senator from Maine yielded
to the Senator from Alabama" replied Mr..
Harris, with emphasis. lit was in the ma
ture of an explanation on the tariff bill
and not a violation of the rule"
MIR. Hale Against the Tariff Bill.
81 so understood it," returned Mr.. Hale,
with laugh, and the incident being thus
closed he began his speech against the
tariff bill. He spoke slowly and easily, in
a conversational tone of voice. but there
seemed a lack of interest in the question
and the Senate chamber looked compara-
lively deserted.