Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-05-03

Washington. April 3O-Iu the sen
ate today Mr.. Harris who is in charge
of the tariff bill lost patience at the
way in which the progress of the meas
we was impeded in the morning hours.
/ MIR Harris abruptly moved that the
senate proceed with consideration Of
the tariff bill
Mr.. Wolcott intcrpcscd a question as
to whether the committee now intended
to report amendments which would
/ change the whole scope and character
Of tie bill This gentle prod, however,
i did not force the hand of the Tonnes
see senator, who said that he could not
say exactly what amendments were to
be proposed
Mr.. Aldrich said that it was due to
tie senate and to the country that they
should know what bill was to be con
sidered He wanted TO kr2w when the
amendments we've to be submitted.
Then. taking a paper containing an
/ Associated Press interview with Sec
rotary Carlisle printed in the morning
papers, he said that he thought that 1t
was a strange coincidence when the
executive officers of the government
seemed always in possession of adj
vance information regarding the prog
ress Of tariff reform.
The debate had thus far been pro
ceeding by unanimous consent hut
now Mr.. Allen, suddenly threw "scn-
atorial courtesy" to the winds and de
mandcd the regular order The tariff
bill was then laid before the senate.
Mr.. Aldrich having the floor he re-
newed his comments on the Carlisle in
terview In reply to a remark 10y Mr..
! Vest that Mr.. AldriCh was falsely in
formed concerning the proposed amend
ments and if there statements were re-
/ peated IL must be on his own rcSponsi
/ bility. Mr.. Aldrich accepted the chal-
/ lengc and rose with the statement on
his Inns chat he was informed ana be
lieved that amendments had been pre-
pared Ia the bill since it had been
reported to the senate, as ne had pre-
/ viously stated" He asserted that the
amendments We're in print and it was
his understanding that they would be
submitted shortly They were. from
what he had heard Of n nature that
would completely charge the character
/ of the bill Nj Mills followed. He
said that Mr.. Aldrich displayed greater
/ knowledge Of what was going on in the
democratic side Of the chamber than
he mills possessed lie would not
vote for the amendments If they did
not meet his approval.
/ Senator Voorhees,. slightly pale from
I his recent illness, took the floor and re
piled to the speech made by Mr.. Shcr-
man who said that the finance COM
mittcc had not had an opportunity to
consider the pending tariff bill 10 the
usual way Mr. Voorhees, took es-
pcciaI exception to the sentence in Mr..
Shcrmans speech reading, "ths bill
has never been considered by the A.
rance committee"
/ Mr. Sherman said: "rhe bill was
never read i'm detail to permit change.
/ If it had been and votes had been
+ taken, a more satisfactory measure
might have been presented"
! Mr. Voorhees, insisted that the record
would show that the bill had been con
sidcred in every detail from end to
end and that the minority had ample
opportunity to offer amendments. He
called particular attention to Mr..
Aldrich's motion made in committee to
strike ont the income tax feature. II
desire to say right here said ne com
menting on this motion "no matter
what rumors may be floating in the
air, that the income tax will stay in
this bill"
The discussion then became general
and was participated in by Messrs.
Allison Teller, Hawley Hale and
Palmer.
A few minutes afterward an incident
{ occurred which created a profound sen
sati0n All the democrats were more
or less irTitated by the prodding from
the other side, and the feeling was di-
racted principally against Mr. Aldrich,
who was manoeuverine the opposition.
Mr. Turpie, who got the floor when
Mr. Palmer sat down, made a direct
I assault on 3ir Aldrich the like Of
which has not been heard In the senate
/ chamber for years He declared that
three monstrous unhuths characterized
the opposition; three gross, palpable
/. lies Of inconceivable mendacitv The
I first Of these tmtruths was that the
new bill was being prepared by the
I. secretary Of the treasury: the second
that three or three hundred amend
ments dt did not matter which were
70 he presented. and the third was the
bill reported from the finance commit.
] tee was not the bin to be passed