The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-10

WASHINGTON, April y 80 Tho crowded
condition OF tho Senate galleries this
morning might be attribu ed to several
cause.-the sunny weather, the exppcta.
tion of hearing Senator Hill, of New
| York, speak az ainst tho tariff bill and q
! desire TO see the newly appointed Sena-
tor from Georgia inductol into office.
While Saturdays journal was being
read, Mr.. Walsh, surrounded by the
members Of the Georgia delega ton from
the House, was being introduced by his
| colleague, MI Gordon, to his future as
sociates on both sides OF the chamber,
| and as soon as the reading was con-
! cluded Mr.. Gordon addressed tho Vice
| President and scnt to him tho creden-
tials by which Mr. Walsh was appointed
| (Mr Gordon said selected) To ill the
| vacancy in the Ssua.e caus. d by the
death OF the late Senator Colqui:t
| The Vice President requested tho
newly appointed Senator TO come for
ward and take the oath OF office There
upon Mr.. Walsh, arm in arm with Mr..
Gordon and with bunch ut vioets in
his button hole. walked around the
lobby to the head Of the main aisle and
|
dents seat, where the oath OF Office was
read to him by the Vce.President and
taken and subscribed by him.
Allen (Neb) offered resolution pro-
viding that on Monday, June 4, at 2 D.
m general debate on the tariff shall
cease; that the Senate shall then begin
| the consideration Of the bill and admin.
lister under the i've minute rule, and
that on Thursday, the 7th Of June at 2
p. m. the final vote shall no taken. Mr.
Sherman objec ted to the present consid
GRAFTON of the resolution, and it wont
over until tomorrow.
Wolcott's resolution requesting the
| President to onter into negotiations
with Mexico looking to the coinage OF
tho United States with its mints of
standard Mexican dollars with view
to encouraging and extending CONNER.
] cial relations with Chinese and other
| Asiatic countries" was taken ND and
| Mr. Wolcott addressed the Senate in its
advocacy.
| Harris asked unanimous consent that
| after to-day tho Senate meet at IL
O'Clock instead OF IL as a present There
was prompt objection from Quay. Frye
| and Aldrich.
The resolution heretofore offered by
PETER instructing the finance com :
| d
| laws allowing bonds to be issued was
taken up, advocated by PETER, and was,
on motion of Morrill,. referred to the
committee on finance by vote of yeas,
| SO; nays, 10.
The tariff was then taken up and
PETER, who was entitled to the door to
finish the speech begun by him last
Friday, yielded to Hill Harris gave
notice that at the close OF Hills speech
he would ask for the reading of the bill
in full, the debate having gone on SO
far, he said, by unanimous consent.
AT six minutes past two Hill rose to
address the Senate in the presence of
an audience which completely filled the
chamber. Senators on both sides set
tied themselves and turned their faces
toward the New York Senator who read
his speech from printed slips, but with
remarkable aud we'll sustained EN-
| phasis.
In the first part OF his speech, in which
he criticised the foreign policy Of tho
administration, he barred a ripple Of
laughter among Republican Senators by
the remark that the Republican party
would have to accept some share of the
responsibility for the blunders that had
been committed, as the Secretary OF
State had been taken from its ranks.
There was also some amusement caused
by his statement that in adopting the
income tax proposition tho Dcmocra ic
party was being made tho tail TO the
| Populist kite.
The speech occupied little over two
hours and hold the close attention for
all that time OF one of the largest audi
| ences that was over packed within the
walls OF the chamber. While il was ad.
verse generally TO the tariff BILL as re-
| ported from the finance committee, it
was particularly directed against the
| income tax feature of it. lie eharac.
| teriZed tho income tax as q scheme OF
spoilation and as a sectional tax. Tho
tariff bill with an income tax in it was,
he said, not reform, but was folly and
| impOtency.
Harris called for the reading OF the
tariff bill in extension and Aldrich in
auired as to the status OF the bill. He
was informed by the Vice President tn t
unanimous consent without the reading
| of the bill
Aldrich suggested that instead OF the
bill being read formally, as proposed by
Harris, it should BIO read paragraph by
| paragraph and the amendments might
be offered as the bill was read. That,
he said, was the uniform practice in
J tariff and appropriation bills.
AS Harris persisted that the bill be
read in full, Chandler expressed the
hope (sarcastically) that the Senator
from Tennessee would not be prevented
from filibustering against tho bill, as no
appeared to be doing. While the mat
ter was still under discussion without
any prospect OF arriving at any decision
Of 1t, a motion to adjourn was made by
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