St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-08
terized the story as scapdalous, and the
man who spread it as liar.

terized the story as scapdalous, and the
man who spread it as liar.
Mr.. Camden, Of West Virginia, made
personal explanation in regard to the
charges referred to by Senator Berry
and others. He announced that he
stood with his colleague (Faulkner) and
was in sympathy with his views on the
tariff.
Mr.. Palmer, of Illinois, took up the
discussion of the seigniorage bill, but
stated that he considered the tariff bill
the question of chief Importance.
A colloQuy took place between Messrs.
Palmer, Teller and Aldrich, the latter
inquiring what Mr.. PaImer's views were
on the tariff.
IL am in favor of revenue tariff"
asserted Mr.. Palmer.
HAS the senator any expectation of
revenue tariff bill being reported to the
sepate at this session." inquir ed Mr..
Teller.
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" replied MIR. Palmer. II belong
to the class who hope. l hope we shall
approximate
REVENUE TARIFF,
even If we do not reach it. In my ex-
perience have found that things rarely
turn out to be as bad as we expect
them to be.''
''Does that refer to the tariff bill?"
asked MIR. Aldrlch.
Yes" replied Mr.. Palmer, II think
it will not be as bad as it is repre-
Sented."
AT the conclusion of Senator PaImer's
remarks Mr.. Call, of Florida. tried to
take up his bill to fix the boundaries of
the northern judicial district of Flor
Ida, but on yea and nay vote it was
lost, % to "a
MIR. Harris, of Tennessee, moved to
take up the seigniorage bill and make
it the special order of business, which
was agreed to, but Mr.. Sherman'S mo-
tiOn to refer 1T to the finance committee
had first to be acted on. Before consid-
Grafton could be entered upon, Mr..
Dubois (Rep., Idaho briefly opposed its
reference, and was followed by Mr..
voorhees,, who thought the bill might
as well be taken up in view of the time
that must necessarily pass before tariff
bill could come before the senate for
consideration.
The message Of the president trans
mitting the latest hawaiian dispatches,
and also the response of the secretary
of state to the resolution of the senate
asking for reciprocity correspondence
with Columbia, Venezuela and Haytl,
was taken to the senate and ordered to
be printed with the accompanying doc
umentS. The vote was then taken on
Mr.. Sherman's motion. 1t was defeated.
6 to so. The following voted in the
affirmative: MeSsrs. Davis, Gallinger,
Morrill,, Palmer, Sherman and Villas.
The bill was then fairly before the
senate. but no one appearing desirous
of speaking OH 1t, it was read third
time, and, before any one had time to
realize it, was about to be put on its
FINAL PASSAGE,
Senator Morrill, arose and uttered
warning note. Senator Sherman also
sought to check its passage, being, as
he said, as much surprised as any one TO
see that the senate of the United States,
which was the greatest deliberative
body IN the world, without considera-
tion. had gone to all extreme beyond
anything siuce it was organized i'll rush
ing a bill OF this kind through pell nell,
refusing to cOnSlderit, refusing to refer,
and now proposing to pass the bill
without debate.
1t was as indefensible as anything
which had ever been proposed. Hold
ing copy OF the bill in his hand, he
began to 90 over it word by word, but
soon asked that the question go over
until tomorrow, so that he could de-
bate it.
Mr.. Harris expressed willingness to
have the bill informally laid aside until
tomorrow.
"Why." said Mr.. Sherman, in an ag-
grieved tone. mo one dreamed that the
bill would pass today"
mo matter what any one may have
dreamed" replied Mr.. Harris, 'if the
senator from Ohio wants to he shall
have it,"
Mr.. Allison, who was absent while all
these events were occurring, and learn
ing that the bill had come near to pass
ing during his absence, moved to re-
consider the vote by which the bill was
ordered to be read the third time and
engrossed, because he wanted to offer
some amendments.
Mr.. Harris replied that he preferred
to be frank to being able, and hence he
should object to the bill going back to
the amendment stage.
An effort was made by the opponents
of the bill to prevent action by moving
an adjournment, but the motion was
voted down.
Then, having everything in his own
hands, MIR. Harris announced his will
ingness to have the bill 60 over until
tomorrow If the senator from Ohio or
any other senator desired it, when, OH
motion of Mr.. Quay Rep.. Pa.) the sen
ate went into executive session, and at
3:15 adjourned.