The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-07
HILESKICE ON TIE TARIFF.
lie Asks the Senate to Instruct the
Finance Committee.

journal of yesterday, there was q good
deal Of quiet consultation going on be
tween senator's of both sides of the cham
Der, presumably over supposed comb
nation between the protectionist senator's
and the senator's from the silver states, TO
precipitate q fight this morning over the
second reading and reference of the seig-
niorare bill. MIR. Aldrich, rep, of Rhode
Island. was noticed as being remarkably
active in the negotiation with the sena-
tors from the silver states.
Mr.. Hill offered the following resolu-
ton, and asked that it be laid on the
table for the present:
Whereas. The Secretary OF the Treasury
has announced a deficit of SIS 600 600 for the
current fiscal year; and,
Whereas. The House PHI known as the w lie
son bill proposes to discard S1t,oJ0COl reVe-
nue. from the present taxes ana 10 meet the
doubled deficiency by new, internal and direct
taxes.
Resolved. That the Senate finance commit
tee frame amendments to the said bill, omit
ting the said internal and direct taxes newly
proposed, AMI. instead thereof. make pro
vision for suaicieut revenue by taxing other
foreign imports ana otherwise revising the
tariff, without creating deficiency.
Mr.. Harris thereupOn moved the second
reading Of the seigulOrdge bill, which had
e.
that there was no more earnest advocate
of silver coinage than himself, but be-
lieving, as he did, that there was at least
one question that should take precedence
of its consideration, without breach of
confidence ne was able to state that the
committee on finance was on the very eve
of reporting the tariff bill. He, there
fore, objected TO further proceedings on
the seiguiorage bill. Under that obiec-
ton he claimed that the bill would 20 TO
the calendar.
BERRY FOR FREE TRADE.
The chair held MIR. Harris motion to
be debatable and Mr. Stewart took the
floor, but in a few moments Mr.. Berry,
dem, of Arkansas, rose TO question of
personal privilege. He read the head
lines of an article in to-day's New York
Herald: constructing commercial pros
perity. Some of the senator's who de-
mand, for the protection of local in
terests, delay in reporting the tariff bill
in the Senate" He complained that,
among other names, his name was men
toned. He spoke of the article as so
infamous, so utterly without f0unda-
ton, and so thoroughly unjust,
that he could not allow
It to pass by without notice. There was
no local interest in Arkansas, he said,
that he had ever asked a duty on. On the
contrary, when he was applied to by the
lum bermen for an increase of the duty on
lum Der, he had absolutely refused to ask
for il. If il were possible, he would have
every dutiable article in the bill placed on
the free list. He had been to every mem
Der of the finance committee, and had
urged the reporting of the Wilson bill as
1t had come from the House. He had
urged them to defy the men who were
delaying the reporting of the bill in order
to protect local interests" He had said
10 every member of the committee that
he would not submit to the demand of
these men, would report the bill and let
them take their stand before the face of
the country" He believed in absolute
free trade. and that commercial transac-
tlOns should be unfettered by any tariff
laws He believed that there was a
motive behind this newspaper attack
some malicious purpOse-for IL was known
TO every democratic senator. that no one
was more anxious than he to have the
Wilson bill passed Democrats who I'M
dertook to defeat it, for any purpose, he
cared not what, fought to have, and will
have, no place inside of the democratic
ranks"
N1essrs. Voorhees, and Harris corrobo-
rated Mr.. Berry's statement of his posi-
tion upon the bill.
M'LAURIN ALSO FOR FREE TRADE.
MIR McLaurin, the new senator from
Mississippi, whose name had been men
toned among the obstru ctionists, said
that he had never heard Of any number
OF senators joining hands for delaying the
reporting of the tariff bill, until he had
read something OF the kind in the Wash
ington Post. He was conscientiously OBJ
posed TO the doctrine of protection He
was in favor of a tariff for nothing in the
world except revenue. And he wanted
to pronounce the newspaper statement so
FAR as he was concerned absolutely I'M
true.
FAULKNER DEFENDS HIMSELF.
The next senator to rise in the round of
personal explanation was Mr.. Faulkner,
dem. of West Virginia and his appear
ance caused considerable merriment. par
ticGlarly on the republican side His
name had been mentioned among the OBJ
structionists. He had no hesitation in
saying that. in relation to some of the pro
visions of the Wilson bill, that bill, as it
came from the House, did not suit his
views lie had gone before
the finance committee as dem
ocratic senator and had suggeste
certain changes which he believed to be
for the interest of his people, and also IN
accordance with the Chicago platform of
his party. He believed in a revenue
tariff, and if he had the formulation of a
tariff bill, he would not have any free list
a. az vAe fFbuiu bNJ ever tiliIE on the
dutlable list at a revenue rate. He
would do so not for the sake of
protection; ss,i91.to4', t..a &ial.a of revenue.
and of revenue only. ffe had not
made any demand which did not look to-
ward a simple revenue duty on the par
ticular article But he wanted 10 saw en-
phaticaly, that at the same time that / c
so expressed himself to the committee on
finance he had also said, Il am a demo
crat; and if that bill is brought in as a
democratic measure. whether as it came
from the House or in any othea form, il
will receive my cordial support"
SHOULD BE LET DOWN GRADUALLY.
He had said, however, that the com,
mittee ought to look to the present pros
tration of the industries of the country
and let down the high protective system
gradually and not cut the stills from
under them at once. He added that the
people were not so interested in the in
terest of the different hedules of the
bill asin the prompt passage of some tariff
measure.
Mr. Morgan was theuext senator to seek
tine floor. He said MIR. President. it is
very clear, clear beyond reasonable doubt,
that the senator from West Virginia is
not guilty as charged Laughter. I
have to say, for myself, that / have not
been nearly so abused as he; and that,
therefore, / am not guilty. And the sen