The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-23
cleveland HAS
CHANGED FRONT
Senator Harris, The Democratic Leader, &-
poses Growers Manifest lnSlnCGrity.
CAUCUS Secrets ARE REVEALED
The Senate Bill, He Declares, Was
the Only Thing Which Would Pass,
and the President Knew lt-Persist-
ence in the Present Opposition to
1t viii Mean an indefinite Fight,
lnasmuch as the Senator'S Will Not
Surrender.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. July 90
IN AN authorized interview Sena-
tor Harris says: Il had sew.
ii arol ipkaryiaua y;th tha ,,o,i

hIMlIllS, leuu,, July ~,
nm AN authorized interview Sena-
tor Harris says: Il had sew.
eral interviews with the presi-
u dent during the pendency of the
tariff bill in the senate. have under.
stool him throughout the senate's dis
cussion of the Till to prefer a strictly
revenue tariff measure, such as | would
have preferred myself. When the bill
came to the senate the Democrats of
the finance committee considered 1T
and prepared sundry amendments in
the line OF reducing rates of taxation,
but when we had prepared our amend
ments to the bill We ascertained with
absolutely certainty that neither the
bill az it came from the house nor as
the finance committee proposed to
amend it, could possibly pass the SEN
ate.
1--WE, the Democratic members Of
the committee, set about to ascer-
tain the ultimatum Of the four or
five Democratic senators who refused
to take the bill as it came from
the senate committee and, having
learned from those senators the small
est concession which would secure
their support Of the bill, and also
having oscertainsd that when the
concessions were made the bill in that
form would he vast Improvement
upon the Mckinley law, we decided
that. as Objectionable as were those
concessions, even with them the pend
ing bill greatly reduced tariff taxation
and that We had rather accept the bill
with all its Objectionable features than
to perpetuate the Mckinley law with
its much higher rates and multiform
obnoxious features.
| ACCEPTED IN CAUCUS
"The Democrats Of tho finance com.
mittee reported these concessions to the
Democratic senators in caucus and the
reasons why they had been made, all
the Democrats being present. except
Mills and lrby, and with the exception
OF Hill, the Democratic senators unaui
mously agreed to make the concessions
and pass the bill The concessions thus
agreed upon were incorporated into the
bill and in that form it passed the SEN
ate.
II had two interviews with the pres
dent since these concessions wert
agreed to and before the passage Of tn,
bill and one interview after the bill
had passed and gone to the conference
committee of both houses, and my mos
distinct understanding was that, while
the president regretted. even as l re
gret. the Necessity of making such con.
cessions, he thought it wise TO pass tn,
bill and 30 alvisej. inasmuch az it mg
tsrially reduced tine rates of tariff tax
alton imposed by the existing law"
WILL FIGHT IT OUT.
Referring to Caffery and Blanchard
who are demanding further conces
sions and threaten to defeat the bill /
they ARE not granted, Senator Harri
said emphatically: They have SO
cured their utmost limit. Ii they per,
sist in their demands they will be tn
sufferers. While they might delay Oh
final passage of the bill, they canno
defeat it, for as certain as they pursu
this course that certain will they los
their diifsrsntial sugar bounty alto
gether. The finance committee will
now fight it out on this line IL tn
present session is prolonged indefin
itely,.