The sun., 1894-02-22


II We are hard At work and doing the best We
| can"
Mr. Chsndler-I beg TO ssy that IL IL my
| business to know what the Finance Committee
is doing. Il has = bill before IL which is utter
| ly destructive Of the industries Of New Hamp-
| shire
| Mr. voorhees, said that he was not 10 be be-
trayed into any loss Of temper By anything
which the Senator from New Hampshire
might say.
Mr.. Manderson tRep.. Nsb) called attention
to the newspaper statement that Mr.. McPher-
son had been somewhat disRruntled by the
fact that he had been left OF the sub-com-
| mittee in charge Of the bill and had absented
himself from the Senate chamber and from
the committee room, leaving the Senator from
/ Texas to act In his place
Mr.. Sherman tRep, Oh one OF the Republi-
| can members Of the Finance Committee. de-
clared that the tariff had not been considered
at all before the committee proper. He had
been informed that II was the custom to refer
such bills In the first place to q sub-committee
| OF those In favor Of them. and he had no fault
to find with the Finance Committee for doing
| 80 In this instance. AZ to the point whether
| the Senator from Texas or the Senator from
| New jersey 10 acting on that sub COMMITTEES.
| It is q question that do not think We are
| bound to look at II IL . matter OF family ar
ranRement. II the other side desire to secure
the services Of the Senator from Texas. who IL
familiar with the tariff question. we have no
right to Rrowl or object
Mr. Plstt tRep.. Conn) said Senators were
entitled to know whether Mr.. Mills or Mr.. MO
| Pherson was member OF the sub-com mittee
that was considering the Tariff bill
c. MT Vsss & iDsm NO. %eRS.T ,Sis Of the FL o
sueS tbin9 as a sube eeommitt.s on NTH tbe Tsriff
tive and proliic Imagination which character
| lied the modern newspaper reporter. What
Ri%ss Mr. S. r. 'as and me- Ms Jonos Of Arssnsas
a sus;com%ittss. but because they 'sppTssi:
stsd the public necessity which reqnred tho
Vest added. To.srye their Srdnence until
put their giean.ic ints,llects at work on this
bill might b. yet referred to sub-eommittee
OF members OF both parties. and that the hear
woad SsRf !. the either
s b. the entire
what Was called hearinss" H and d that sV 70 give Va
hearings to AL persons Interested would in
hibitive Of legislation. ne spoke Of the slmi.
Lax o course gS5su.d in relation ,o the tsIifI. Of
tins. Enowins thss i was The risht i oi The ma:
TO tSs ss f6s
Senate. The chamber itself was he said. the
% arsa1d sns and
| Hearings In the committee room would involve
pta s To- e..
| able. patriotic. and unsensh Senator from New
hS F'PSssa Ss %.s hi; ia @ 'hs 90
The committee had done the best that It could.
on e.: Senss sss
distlnGuish.d and beloved senator from North
mittee. was iii. and unable to take any T part in
the matter. Sometimes the Senator from New
work beyond the six members OF the. majority.
ali would log upon the statement this
psssns mots In the s not sorih nomenss
| consideration. The thing was to do the work
his instinct inslinots il % every pul Sc of his nature he be
was driven to speed In this matter. Whether
not tRere WAS S one tSns WSfse tRan sSsr
disspproyal OF X and that was to bs held In
let this bill be passed" he added. Lot 8.
Ss eoanT1 Win ada.s hs o Il and
go forward. have no fear on the subject OF
me HsrlsS sp Genn took e,c.Dt,on to
the latter part Of Mr.. voorhees's remarks, and
sid said that there was S one thing more important
clothing and house rent Of IosQO or more OF
his INF. Ha wiley 81 const uents depended upon
the wisdom OF the bill In one single Congress-
district in Connecticut there were I. ZOO men
and women idle. with no less than l.. 900 de-
thing more Important than haste. namely,
even q small homeopathic dose Of Justice and
Mr. Mills Dem. Tex. who had not been In
| the senate chamber during the discussion. en-
i that he had been d1a9eed % oven the oer oi
the chamber" on account OF the part he had
to discharee the pledges which they had Ia made made
| to the country. he said he had no apologies to
s : tG II h.i
a nS 81 esS G ss
poek Of the vast tthronS OF people,
three rec ssnstors l lvsst Mills. % and jones % o. % Ar.
kansasl who were acting a, q sub;copmittee
having written a lsttsr in. 1880 saying that
President Cleveland had entered on a war Of
Mr: Mills, the speech lust made by him
showed how he was Just the man to sit down
To fnd yonss GRsns fFh AID not
know anything about his peculiar fitness lie
h:s ssfH M the
AZ 70 Mr.. MePherson. who made the quartet
that Senator had been t31dsy reported in the
about the tariff than any other man In the
"Ga M Vest Dem. MOI rs,Ort.d upon Mr..
| Chandler. 1t had long been. he said. question
In natural history as to what purpose the
mosquito was created for. naturalist who
had spent some time In Florida had recently
solved the pro6le9. and said that the mosquito
human beings SO uncomfortable, that they
would be willing to leave this world 80 as TO
The Senator from New Hampshire" said Mr..
Vest, takes In this body the place OF the
everything IN reach since his entrancs into the
chamber. III ho has any further useful purpose
] have never been able to understand it,"
I.auEhtor on the floor and In the galleries
There Is no subject on which that Senator is
not ADle and more than willing to drag In sny
one OF his brother Senators, II he can make him
ncomfortable even Tor a single second.
Mr.. MePherson dem, N. j. said that IL Was
at his request that Mr. Mills was asked to take
| his place on the Finance COMMITTEES while he
was absent from the city on account OF i'll
health. and Mr.. Mills was entitled to his ever
| lasting gratitude for having done so. on his
return to Washington he asked Mr.. Mills to
| remain on the committee. as he himself was
unable TO attend its day sessions and its night
sessions.