St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-01
DELAYS At EVERY STEP.
REPUBLICAN, SENATORS FiLisUSTER
Fai AGAINST THE Tariff Bill.
SENATOR HAax1s GETS HOT.

Sherman and Morrill, Claim That
They Did Not Have Fair Show
n With Amendments Before the
81 Finance Com mittee-Vo 4
Asserts That thu Income Tax
VIII Remain.
WASHINGTON, April 80. Senator
Harris, who Is IN charge of the tariff
bill, lost patience to-day at the way In
which progress was iinpeded by Senator
Hale IN the morning hour. AS on sew
eral preceding days. Mr.. Hale objected
to giving way for special measures in
the morning hour. Finally Mr.. Harris
abruptly moved that the senate proceed
with the consideration of The tariff bill.
Mr.. Wolcott interposed a question as
to whether the committee now intended
to report amendments which would
change the whole scope and character
of the bill. He had understood Mr..
Harris to admit that changes were to be
made, and Mr.. Voorhees, to deny it.
This gentle prod, however, did not
force the hand OF the Tennessee sen.
ator. who said he could not say exactly
what amendments were to be proposed.
Mr.. Aldrich said it was due to the
senate and country that they should
Know what bill was to be considered.
Blouse bill 1864" interjected Mr..
Harris, sharply.
.sYes." replied MIR. Aldrich. with
the amendments; but when are they to
be subInittpd?"
when we get ready" said Mr.. Gray
from his seat.
Mr.. Hill submitted an observation or
two which did not seem to please some
of his
DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES.
The senator from Rhode Island (Mr.
Aldrich), he said, appeared disturbed
about some anticipated amendments.
1t occurred to him, he said. that mas
much as the tariff bill had passed from
the jurisdiction OF the finance commit
tee, amendments reported from that
committee would not be entitled to any
more consideration than individual
amendments. and would have 10 more
preliminary privilege.
Mr.. Aldrich admitted that this was
true in parliamentary sense. but per-
haps might not be true of this commit
tee. Then. taking a paper from his
desk containing the Associated Press
Interview with Secretary Carlisle,
printed in the morning papers. lie said
he thought it a strange coincidence that
the executive officers of the government
seemed always in possession of advance
information regarding the progress of
tariff reform.
President Cleveland, in bis message,
told the country in advance what the
Wilson bill was to contain, and now
Secretary Carlisle came forward with
this advance information about the har-
mounting Of Democratic discord-infor.
nation, he volunteered, which was in
direct contradiction of the statement of
the chairman of the finance committee.
Mr.. Vest raised the point of order that
| newspaper interviews could not be
dragged in the senate chamber, but
Vice President Stevenson stated that
the chair was helpless under the rules
to- lay the course of any senator in de.
bate. But there was a means of stop
ping matters temporarily. The debate
had been proceeding by unanimous
consent, and Mr.. Allen Pop. Neb.) at
this point suddenly threw senatorial
courtesy" to the winds and demanded
the regular order.
THE TARIFF BILL
was then laid before the senate. Mir.
Aldrich wanted to continue his COM
ments on the Carlisle interview.
Then came a controversy as to Mr..
Dolph's right to yield to Mr.. Quay and
Mr.. Quay's right to transfer the priv
ilege to Mr.. Aldrieh. 1t ended in Mr..
Aldrich having the floor, and he re-
newed his comments on the Carlisle
interview. In reply to remark by Mr..
Vest, that Mr.. Aldrich had been falsely
Informed concerning the proposed
amendments to the tariff. and if these
statements were repeated it must be on
his own responsibility, MIR. Aldrich
accepted the challenge, and rose with
the statement on his lips that he was
Uniformed and believed that amend
ments had been prepared TO the bill
since it had been reported to the senate.
as he had previously stated"
He asserted that the amendments
were in print, and said it was his UNDER
standing that they were to be submitted
to the senate shortly. They were, he
was certain, from what he had
heard, of nature to completely change
the character of the BILL AS result of
this condition of affairs the senate was
no nearer the final consideration of the
bill than it was three months ago, when
the bill came from the house.
Mr.. Mills Dem., Tex.) followed in a
brief, sharp speech, characterizing the
proceedings of the day as pyrotechnical
on the part of the Republicans, while
those of last Thursday were of the
nature of military move to determine
the strength of the
DEMOCRATIC FORCES.
BE said that Mr.. Aldrich, when he
asserted that there were 800 amend
ments prepared and ready to be offered.
displayed greater knowledge of what
WAS going on in the Democratic side of
the chamber than he (hIilIs) possessed,
and suggested that the Rhode Island
senator must have an underground con.
nection with the Democratic side of the
chamber. but suppose there are 800
! or 3.000," he continued, II know not
how many there are, but be the number
what it may, if they do not meet my
approval 1 shall not vote for them.
Every senator has the same right to re-
J jeet them.
Mr.. Palmer remarked that 1t was not
necessary or expected that bill should
besperfected in committee; as for him
self he had not given power of attor-
ney to any one.
Mr.. AIdrich-Not to the secretary of
the treasury "a
MIR. Palmer-Not to the secretary Of
the treasury, though do not know what
the practices OF the Republican senators
were when there was Republican Sec
retarY of the treasury