The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-31
SHERMAN ADMITS IT
The Senator From Ohio Says
Some Mckinley Duties
Are Too Pigh.
AND SHOULD BE REVISED.
But He Is Republican and
Doesn't Believe in the
Democratic Bill.

IlOIS-Ol6 OUeFou DY MI. I'LL Lem. N. j
requiring the Gray Select Committee to sit
with open doors, and the other offered by
Mr.. Dolph Rep. Ore.}, and for the arrest of
Elisha ]. Edwards as areealcitrant witness,
and for his presentation at the bar of the
Senate-went over till tomorrow, under the
rules
A resolution was reported from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations and was agreed
to unanimously, declaring that it of right
belong wholly to the people of the Hawaiian
Islands to establish and maintain their own
form of government and domestic policy;
that the United States ought not in any
way, to interfere Herewith; and that any
Intervention in the political affairs of those
islands by any other government would be
regarded as an act unfriendly to the United
States
The vote was taken by yeas and nays, and
the result was announced as:-Yeas, 55;
NAYS, none.
MILLS OPINION.
Mr. Mills Dem, Tex.) stated that if be
had not been paired he would have voted
IN +" not because he did not recognize the
right Of the people of Hawaii to institute
their own Government as they pleased
But the Government of the United States
having overturned TIE Government Of
Hawaii and having put the Hawaiian peo-
pie under a military power against which
they could not protect themselves, it was its
duty 20 tear down an olgarchy established
by force and permit the people of the
Hawaiian islands TO institute their own gov
ernment.
resolution was offered by Mr. PETER
Pop, Kan.) and went over till tomorrow,
instructing the Committee on the Judiciary
to inquire and report whether the Govern
aert of the United States in and by virtue
of an act of Congress, may be constitution
ally authorized and empowered to take
possession of and hold for public use pay
ing reasonable compensation therefor) all
the coal beds of the country.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Turpie
Dem. Ind.) and went over till tomorrow,
providing that six months notice be given to
the Russian Government of the termination
Of the extradition treaty with that country.
THE TARIFF DEBATE
The Tariff bill was taken up at half past
ten o'clock, and the amendment offered by
Mr.. Hale rep, Me- last Tuesday, to make
the duty on sawed boards So per 1000 feet,
was defeated-yeas, p; nays, 81.
The vote was then taken on the amend
rnent offered by Mr. Allen, Pop Neb.) last
Tuesday, to place on the free list all logs,
lumber, ,laths, shingles and building materials,
commonly used in the construction Of dwell
ing houses, barns or fences; and it was de-
feated-years four (Messrs. Allen, IFby, Kyle
and Peffer(, nays forty-eight.
On motion of Mr., Allen rep. Neb.) as
sented to by Mr.. Vest, ON behalf of the
Finance Committee, paragraph 178, fixing
duties on s'lumber of any sort, plain or
finished, vast struck out of the bill for the
purpose of having sach lumber afterward
placed ON the free list. AT 11:50
the wood schedule was completed, the re-
manning votes having been taken without
debate. Mr.. Sherman Rep, Ohio then be-
gan his speech on the pending bill. Almost
all of the Senators were in their seats, while
a number of members Of the other House oc-
euDied the sofas The galleries were well
filed many laoies being present
SENATOR sHERMAN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Sherman said it was with much re-
luctance that he engaged in the debate; but
the people Of Ohio were SO deeply interested
in the bill that he would be direlect in his
duty if he did not do all he could TO defeat
the pending bill. The peculiar feature of this
contest was that the party in power differed
wildly, not only on constitutional questions,
But on matter of poicy-this had caused the
DELAY in final action on the bill One wing
OF the party denounced the Republican policy
of protection as a fraud and unconstitu-
tional, and upon the basis that this policy
was unconstitutional the bill was sent from
the House to the Senate. On the other
hand, Mr.. Cleveland in his letter of accept
ance ignored this plank of the Chicago
platform and made a declaration in contra
vention to his platforn-the one declared
for tariff for revenue only, simply, the
other that all tariffs that went beyond the
revenue point were unconstitutional
Referring to Mr.. Gormon's speech. Mr.
Sherman said that if the Senator from Mary
land vas correct, there was wide dissen-
sion in the ranks of the Democratic party;
that the bill was submitted to various
parties and brought before the Senate
in installments One pregnant statement of
Mr.. Gorman's was that there had never
been a moment when either of the bills re-
ported could have received majority of the
votes-of the Senate. Mr.. Sherman said that
ever since the bill was introduced there had
been heard by the Senate the statements of
Senators Voorhees,, Vest and Jones that a
pill was before the Senate that could not be
passed. They had finally submitted and ac-
cepted the German compound bill with the
Cleveland attachment So the bill, Mr..
Sherman said. stood before the Senate not
supported By fher party. The position of the
Republican party was oponly declared, no
only for a tariff for revenue, but to pro
tect American industries. The one neces-
sary for the support of the government and
tho other to protect industries and kept
them from the competition of cheap Euro
pean labor.
ACKNOWLEDGES REPUBLICAN, MISTAKES.
Had the men on the other side said they
believed the under the Mckinley bill too
high, the republicans would have joined
with them, for four years had probably
showed that some of them were too high.
But the House bill was based 0 thesis
that there should be no protection
and no duty beyond that absolutely
necessary to raise revenue. If the Presi-
dents views of tariff, for revenue with incl
dental protection should be adopted, Mr..
Sherman thought an experienced tariff COM
mission should be appointed, its work to be
subject to revision by Congress.
Mr.. Sherman always thought this was the
best way.
1t SO happened, however, that the Senate
Committee on Finance, had never had part
or lot in arranging this bill They had sim
ply received and reported the vrrious edit ions
of these bills.
Mr. Morgan asked if the Committee on
Finance had taken any action on his propo-
sition to appoint tariff commission re-
ferred to that committee some time ago.
acted upon.
Mr Sherman then proceeded to analyze
the constitutional authority given to Com
gress to lower the taxes. The power might
Be exercised foolishly, but no court, no
President, could interfere with that power.
Thc sugar Trust Investigation.
WASHINGTON. May 81, 1894 Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson said this morning that he
would send to the District Attorney today
his certificate with reference to the refusal
81 Correspondents Edwards and Shriver to
enswer questions asked by the Sugar Trust
Investigating Committee with q request