Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-05
THURSDAY. ..........JCLf b. 1884
The Senate Tariff Bill.


The proceedings Of the Senate on Iues5
say which eliminated IN the passage OF
The compromise tarif bin indicate that
that bin Is as stroag IN that body as The
Democratic party. Mir Hills was the
,nly democratic vote cast against IT on
The final test. Mr.. Caffery voted In the
negative az first. but. after the roil-caii
had been completed. he made a brief sN-
nlanatlon as to why he had done so. ana
then changed his vote TO the affirmative
ride Il required great sacrifice on the
,art of Louisiana senator thus 70 vote
or "A measure whose operation ana
Meet would result in an immense pecu-
aiary loss to the planters Of that state
A sense Of duty to the whole country
must have been what induced Mr. Car
lery TO act as he did.
Mr.. Smith. Of New jersey, made as 10
ne incomc-tax a speech somewhat akin
% that Of Mr.. Carfery on the sugar sec
ION. the former declaring that he was
opposed to that "sOcialislic" measure the
income tax. but would vote for the tarift
Pill as a whole because he was Demo-
,rat. We trust that Mr.. Smith speaks
lor a large following I'm the New England
ma Middle States. As we stated The
,ther DAY to the Fredericksburg FREQ
Lance, We are just as much opposed now
as we were six or twelve months ago 10
lhe paying OF bountles TO the sugar plant
Prs. and Just as much In favor now az
then of free sugar ana free breakfast
liable. but. like Mr. Smith and Mr.. Car
,ery. We are Democrats first. last. ana
all the time. and DO not intend to lay
down any platform of our own and then
make war upon all Democrats who re-
fuse 10 mount that platform.
Mr.. I'm stood obstnately firm In his
opposition 10 the BILL but had the moru-
Scation Of finding that he could influence
no vote except his own He has aligned
himself with the enemies Of the Demo-
cratic party, and will no doubt persist
In his efforts to defeat the new tariff bill
Is long as the final fate OF the bill SHAH
b. undecided We did not expect him 10
rontrol a single vote except his own on
This question, and SO stated a week or
Two ago. Mr.. Cleveland favors the BILL
DR. at any rate everybody assumes that he
.ayors IT, and this we fear, had more 10
do with the manner in which Mr.. Hin
voted ON this question than any love for
me Wall-street anti-income-tax Demo-
rrats. IL is a fact which Mr.. Hin would
40 well TO ponder that the income-taA
has so grown in popularity during tho
last six months as that it now commands
votes where half II twelvemonth ago it
was treated with contumeiy.
We need not state that the two Virginia
senator's voted for the new tariff BILL nor
MI that they both favor an iDeome-tax
The President. as President of the
Senate, lost no time In appointing the Sem
ate conferees. To whom, along with House
eonferees, will be entrusted the duty OF
bringing order out Of the chaos of De-
nocratic tariff-roform legislation. Man
ayers" these Senate confeTees are styled.
The Senate confcrces are, 80 far as the
Democratic members are concerned, the
most uncompromisimg friends of the new
bill a. IL was passed by the Senate whom
The President could find in that body.
They are Mr.. Voorhees, Of Indiana, chair
man Of the Senate Committee on Finance,
Mr. Harris. Of Tennessee. who had charge
NJ the bill and pressed 1t 10 vote; Mr..
Vest. Of Missouri. its most strenuous
advocate. and Air. Jones. of Arkansas,
who was sometimes relied upon to take
Mr. Harris's place as tho leader Of the
Democratic hosts.
The Republican conferees are Messrs.
sherman, Aldrich. and Allison, able repre-
Bentatives OF the Republican opposition
70 the new tariff bill.