The herald., 1894-04-10
SENATOR HILLS POSITION
How He Stands on the Tariff
Question.
He Makes q Forcible Speech in
the Senate.
A Bitter Attack on the Income Tax
Proposition.
Cleveland Hauled Over the CoAis Gsr
His HumiiiAting Hawaiian Pnltev.
No Mincing OF Words a.
the Matter.

BY the Associated Press,
WARRINGTON, April 9.-The proceed
ings in the senate today from the OPEN
ing to the closing of the session, were
full of interest The first point was the
swearing in OF Patrick Walsh as the
senator from Georgia to servo out the
term of the late Senator Colquitt.
Two resolutions intended to facilitate
debate on the tariff bill were introduced,
one by Mills providing for an amend
ment TO the rules so as to permit OF the
previous question, and the other by
Allen providing for the taking of the
final vote on the bill on June 5th, al
lowing three days for debate under the
five. minute rule. Both went over until
further action.
THE woLCoTr RESOLUTION.
The Wolcott resolution, looking to the
coinage of Mexican dollars for the
China trade. was discussed, bat action
on it WAS deferred until tomorrow. 1t
provides for the negotiation of a treaty
with Mexico allowing the coinage OF
Mexican dollars at United States mints
for export to China.
port of the resolution, which he asserted
did not touch or affect the general ques-
tion Of bimetallism; that it was simply
q suggestion to friendly sister republic
that our idle mints in the west should
be in operation in the coinage OF silver
which had been put in circulation in the
orient. Such proposal he said. would
not have been made had there been
more favorable silver legislation, but the
veto OF the seigniorage bill left congress
free to act on the resolution. While the
seigniorags bill was urgently important,
tbs lesson of its veto wss Invaluable. Il
WAS important because it provided sim
ply for the coinage of silver without
awaiting any provision for future pro-
duction of silver. During the discussion
OF the repeal bill last summer, men had
risen in both houses of congress and
avowed the undying friendship of the
president for silver, and asserting that
as soon as the infamous Sherman law
was pushed aside, the first opportunity
which presented itself would be seized
for the introduction of bill in favor of
silver, fot which the president would
stand sponsor.
If one thing was made clear by the
veto, asserted W0lcott, it was that the
! president was an active, consistent and
implacable enemy of silver. He had
been consistently reticent and never
pretended to be anything else than an
opponent of silver, and he had the
friendship OF the trust companies and
moneyed interests in whose nostrls the
word ''silver" has been stencil. In
some sections of the country the idea
seemed to prevail that the president
was infinitely better than his party, and
81 In -, nd 10,
share the Presidents contempt for the
Democratic party by universally voting
the Republican ticket. [Laughter.l
For his own part, he declared, he
should oppose anything less than tho
free and unlimited coinage OF silver ut
the ratio of 1872 or l6 to l. During
this unfortunate" administration, he
said, he did not intend to favor any half
hearted measure which did not look to
the reinstatement of silver. Ii it was
not necessary 10 issue bonds, let the
men of the country meet the question
like men. He, for one, did no need
| sop in the shape OF little silver bill
| thrown to him to induce him to give the
secr etary of the treasury a right to issue
bonds for definite purpose. The reso-
luton was introduced and supported
because it had no connection with BIZ
metalism.
! Sherman said he saw no objection to
the resolution and that ii arrangements
could be made to carry it out $l00, ,00O,-
900 of silver might be usefully em-
ployed.
Mcpherson opposed it, and at his re-
quest it went over until tomorrow.
HARRIS CREATES STIR,
A little stir was made by an effort on
the part OF Harris to obtain an earlier
hour of meeting and some definite un-
derstanding as to the discu ssion on tue
tariff debate, but before he had con-
cluded his remarks Quay objected,
which brought a caustic remark from
Harrie. The latter then went on to Of
fer his proposition, viz: That the CEN
ate meet at IL O'Clock each day, and
after devoting one hour to business, as
II O'Clock the tariff bill should be taken
up and general debate should continue
each day from IL to O'Clock.
1t was clearly tablishsd that the
Republicans were estrennously objectious,
and Frye was supposed to voice the sent
iment OF that side of the chamber when
ne said: "For myself can state ~ha5
would be agreeable to me, and THAI is
that the further consideration OF this
bill shall be postponed until next De-
cember [applausel, and believing as
do its enactment into law would do
more harm to the country than the war
did, | will object to any proposition to
hurry its consideration in the senate
Quay and Aldrich spoke in the same
vein, and finally Harris made formal
motion that on and after tomorrow un.
til otherwise ordered the senate meet
at IL O'Clock
Lodge objected to the present consid-
GRAFTON OF the motion and under the
rules it went over until tomorrow.
PEFFER's BOND RESOLUTION.
The PETER resolution directing tks
committee on finance to prepare h:il
repealing AL laws which authorize TIM
secretary Of The treasury - issus honds