The sun., 1894-04-26
THE TARIFF IN THE SENATE.
, REPORT sHAr aHs DEMOCRATS
MAD UNITED ON 4 MIL DESfEn

-. uui Considsrea By Psrnrt sphs, but ths
s.,n,. Adiourned vvHhout Havine Die.
,o,.s OF the Fir-t L,ur, whieh Fisss the
MT. when tss MN is to Tsne Easet-Ths
r,,,-es Com-ittes 20 Meet To-day 10
Co,.,dsr Amend-snt. susse.t.a By See
r.,.ry Carlisle s.s other.-Mr. Rriee's
e,.,s-eu, ths, = REVISED Rin Hsa Besn
Agreed To De.ied By Senator vest.
v,su1yeToS. April 2A-Ho progress what
.vsr vas made in the consideration Of the
wIison Tariff bill in the Senate to-day. The
three weeks Of general debate by unanimous
.onsent closed yesterday with the speech Of
senator Mills. which. by the way. was cut al
most In two at tAe suggestion Of his coll
leagues, who urged him to handle the subject
N an income tax tenderly. and not to attack tho
.reeches OF Senators Hin and Smith. and II was
an the programme that to-day the bill should
b. considered By paragraphs and the real
srht begin. As result OF the appeal sent out
hast night BY Senator German. Chairman Of the
caucus ommittee. every Democratic Senator
vas 10 his seat to-day. and so was every Re-
bubllcan. The reading OF the bill was COM
0eneed. and after hve hours OF etoss-nre de-
hate the Senate adjourned without having dis
posed Of the first line OF the bill, and without
having made any arrangement for lenRthen-
ing the hours OF the session while the bill is
before the Senate.
In accordance with the programme Of the
bisnds OF the bill to create the impression that
ts opposition to IL on tho Democratic side Of
ne chamber has been withdrawn. Senator
Brice OF Ohio. early In the day. took Il upon
himself to announce In an Interview that the
terms Of Q reconstructed bill had been agreed
10 which would receivs the unanimous sup
~ III In
eenator Jones oiArkansas. who lie member Of
the Finance Committee. as Mr.. Bfice 10 not.
followed this remarkable statement with n
more conservative interview. In which
he sald that conference had taken
place and Il was hoped that Democratic
harmony would result Later In the day tho
statements OF these two Senators were read by
the Republicans. and Senator Vest. who IL at
present In charge OF the bill In the Senate. ard
10 member OF the Finance Committee. stood
In his place In the senAte and denounced as
absolutely without foundation the statements
Of Senators Briee and Jonss He said that not
only had no agreement been reached. but that
no conference had taken place. and there the
matter rests for the present. The public can
take It's choice between the assurances OF Mr.
Vest who 10 . member Of the Finance Com
mittee and Mr.. Brioe. who is not
As soon ss the Senate adjourned . special
meeting Of the Finance Committee was called
for tomorrow morning. whom the amend
ments that have boon suggested By Secretary
Carlisle and others. will be considered It
cannot be learned what the proposed amend
ments are. but II IL reported In q vague sort OF
way that some scheme has been evolved for
amonding the income tax feature OF the
bill 90 that u will be acceptable to Senators
Hill murphy. Smith. Camden. and the
others who havo announced their inten-
tion Of voting against Il and OF voting against
the bill should the income tax feature be re-
talnsd- The propositions to reduce from
eight to two or three years the time during
which the tax shall be operative and to elimi-
cato the inauisitorial features are among
those that may be considered By the commit
tee. II II also said that concessions will be
made In other directions notably In the sugar.
WOO, And tarih schedules go that the bill as
fully attended Democrats caucus.
The Democratie Senators who are 90 san
w6ioh thi. sssSlt II z e % g. accompllsssa @ l They
ans n ss and sa e viii
support OF at least dozen Republican,. aud
.9 ssE rSo that ss hse dsDsFsS
oSnoLiSus lecture A. voted do9yn. ys;S,t they
united support OF the Democratic Senators.
sds 8 m tss ssa so%ss to Ss
vote It will pass whether the income tax fes-
Tsny sH,S Sssss IN q. T. .Ss sS t: hs
VIII SHiGS ny, to
s %aGsa fSass
Gratis voted against the bill In the House. sole
i aS o. as
or four Democratic Senators will not follow
their course as they now 70, tssy 81, viii do
iutions are disposed Of The nSht Win proceed
daily session for the purpose Of considering
the Tariff bill Senator Harris. the President
s% 2, the P snsgs sss
Jones have been designated to attend to the
various sections Of the bill as they are consid-
pent senator yoorhees. the Chairman Of the
To speak plainly. he is not in it" as was seen
to-day whom Senator Vest surrounded him
h .9s 81 ds1ns tse sna snrs
Henry Talbott. Clerk Of the House Committee
on Ways and Means. who was ready to prompt
various sections Of the bill. but he was not
kept busy. as the first paragraph has not yet
mittee OF the Senate is the son OF Senator Voor-
hees. and he knows as much about the tarin
as the man In the moon. He was appointed
soft berths IN the Senate for the sons, nepheys.
and even wives OF the Senators. and to make
room for him the old clerk, who had seen
many years service and who was one Of the
most expert financial statisticians in Washing
ton. was removed.
senator Jones Of Arkansas has conssn ted to
give an informal hearing tomorrow to del:
sgAt0n of woollep men from Proyidence and
New York, and the representatives OF other
aistricts will not fall to demand the same priv
lsge. In fact It looks as II the Finance Com:
mittee are about to begin another revision OF
the till while IL IL being considered By para
graphs In the Senate.
b. hs UHtsI PTsA~
Before the Tariff bill was taken up In the
henate to-day Mr.. sherman Rep, OIL a mem
per Of the Finance Committed said that he
had been authorized to offer an amendment
70 .hs proposed Income tax as bearing upon
building associations. which he thought would
Lsnoye the objections OF those ASSOCIATIONS.
The Amendment would cover all building
associations whose business II is to loan m money
for them.
Mr.. Walsh Dem. Gal asked whether the
proposed amendment would exempt loan and
the tax
Mr. sherman-su bstantlally, yes. II will re-
eve them to the extent that 10 supposed 20 be