The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-02

necessary or expected that bill should
be perfected in the committee. As for
himself he had not given power of
attorney to any one.
Mr.. Aldrich-"Not to the secretary Of
the treasury"
Mr.. Palmer-"Not to the secretary Of
the treasury, though 1 do not know what
the practices of the republican senators
were when there was republican sec
retary Of the treasury"
Senator voorhees, was slightly pale and
not quite steady when he took the floor
for the purpose of replying to the speech
made by Senator Sherman last Saturday
and quoted a long paragraph from the
Ohio senator's speech in which he said
that the finance committee hadn't had
opportunity to consider the pending tariff
bill in the usual way. He took especial
exception to a sentence in Mr.. Sherman's
been considered by the finance commit
tee.'' He asserted that the tariff bill
had been reported TO the full finance
committee on March and hadn't been
reported by the committee to the senate
until March 20.
sherman Not Satisfied.
Senator Sherman. in reply, said the bill
was never read in detail TO permit
changes. If it had been and votes had
been taken a more satisfactory meas
ure might have been presented.
Senator Harris interjected a question.
He wanted to know if Mr.. Sherman and
other republican members of the COM
mittee hadn't had opportunity TO offer
amendments in committee.
Not the usual opportunity" replied
Mr.. Sherman. 1T was idle to do so
when the six democratic members had
agreed upon amendments, and they had
been submitted to the democratic eau
Gus"
Mr.. Harris-"The senator says he did
not have the usual opportunity. / want
him to answer distinctly and deny If
he chooses TO do, explicitly. Did he not
have the same opportunity that demo-
cratic senators had when the Mckinley
bill was before the senator"
Mr.. Sherman repeated that there was
no opportunity for consideration until
the democratic majority passed upon
changes.
Mr.. Morrill, made a brief statement
confirmatory of what Mr.. Sherman had
said, after which senator Harris, taking
the floor for moment said with much
emphasis: IF the senator from Ohio
and the senator from Vermont desire to
be understood that the republicans were
not permitted to shape the bill in COM
mittee they are within the limits Of the
| exact truth and they are within the
limits when they infer that they will
not be allowed to shape it,"
That's all right" said Mr.. Sherman.
Mr.. Harris-"Of course it's all right
But if they say they were not permitted
opportunity to offer amendment they do
injustice TO themselves and gross in
| Justice to other members of the commit
tee"
Mr.. Voorhees, insisted that the record
showed that the bill had been consid-
cred in every detail from end to end and
| that the minority had had ample oppor-
| tunity to offer amendments. He called
particular attention to Mr.. Aldrich's mo-
n n ba
| income tax feature. / desire to say right
| here, said he, commenting on this mo-
| ton, no matter what rumors may be
| floating in the air, that income tax will
| stay in this bill"
Messrs. Allison, Teller and Hawley
| then took hand in the discussion, while
| Mr.. Hale returned to the Carlisle inter
view, declaring that it bore all the ear
marks of authenticity. Then Mr.. Palmer
took a turn, and then Mr. Carr and Mr.
| Chandler Joined the colloquy, which Mr.
| Harris vainly endeavored to bring to a
| close.
Senator Turpie's SqueIcher.
A few minutes afterward an incident
| occurred which created a profound SEN
sation. Mr.. Turpie, who got the floor
when Mr.. Palmer sat down made a di-
rect assault on Mr.. Aldrich, the like Of
| which has not been heard in the senate
| chamber for years. He declared that
| three monstrous untruths had character
lied the opposition, three gross, palpable
/ lies of inconceivable mendacity. The
| first of those untruthS was that a new
| bill was being prepared by the secretary
| of the treasury; the second, that three,
or three hundred amendments Gt didn't
| matter which, were to be presented, and
the third was that the bill reported from
| the finance committee wasn't the bill
| to be passed. All these assertions had
| been categorically denied by four demo-
| cratic members of the finance committee.
And yet" continued Mr.. Turpie, rails
| ing his hand aloft and stretching il
| toward Mr. Al1rich, 1.-The senator from
| Rhode Island comes in here and says
/ he believes they are true. There could
| be no sharper issue of Yeracity. I pre-
| fer to believe, and l do believe, the sena-
| tors on this side, and L disbelieve the
| senators-no 1 will not say senator's
| 1 disbelieve the diminutive unit on the
| other side who asserts the contrary.
| Who is the author of these reports that
/ are being circulated here in the news
| paper press? Who claims the paternity
| of the senator from Rhode Island? 1
| recollect the predecessor of the honor
! able senator from Rhode Island" he
continued, with biting and venomous
| irony, referring to the Senator Aldrich
| Of 1890 as a different individual from the
| Senator Aldrich of today, "but even he
| couldn't then have been the author of
| all three Of these untruths. He might
| have been the author of one, but three
would have driven him from the field
| He had been a drug clerk, and was
| thoroughly familiar with that line
| Of business, and of other lines as
i wholesale grocer We who were here
| then will never forget the writhing of
| his distinguished countenance, his enor-
| nous development of cheek that eX-
tended from ear to ear and from chin
4 to forehead. We will never forget his
| auricular appendages that scraped the
| dome Of the capitol How can the pres
ent senator hope to rival his predecessor
/ in the hate of truth and in the love OF
| falsehood that has always characterized
the cheats of protection?"
Unable to Reply.
When Mr.. Turpie sat down there was
hush upon the chamber. Everyone
was amazed at the personal character
| of the attack upon Senator Aldrich.
| Then all eyes were turned on the Rhode
| Island senator. He arose slowly In
| the position The senator from Indiana
| now takes" he said slowly and deliber-
| ately. ''he speaks for no one but himself.
| Under other circumstances and condl-
| tions I do not believe he would nave
/ made the speech he has made
| Mr. Aldrich took his seat. The incl
! dent closed without another word, and
| Mr.. QUAY took the floor and resumed
| the prepared speech he began some
| weeks ago. A motion to go into eXecu-
| tive session developed the absence or a
| quorum, and at $3.50 the senate ad-
journed.