The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-01
TALKING TARIFF IN HEAT.
To Repent When Cooler Moments
Come.
HARRIS PRETTY WARM HIMSELF
But IL Was Left for the Indianian
to Throw Courtesy to the
Winds.


ris, who is charge of the tariff bill. lost pa
thence to-day at the way in which progress
was impeded by Senator Hale in the morn
ing hour. As on several preceding days
Mr.. Hale objected to giving way for special
measures in the morning hour. Final y
Senator Harris abruptly moved that the
Senate proceed with the consideration OF
the tariff bill.
Mr.. Wolcott interposed question as to
whether the committee now intended 10 re-
port amendments which would change the
whole scope and character of the bill. He
had understood Mr.. Harris to admit that
changes were TO be made and Mr.. Voor-
hees TO deny it. This gentle prod did not
force the hand of the Tennessee Senator,
who said he could not say exactly what
the amendments to be proposed were.
Mr.. Aldrich said it was due to the Sen-
ate and country that they should know
what bill was being considered.
'Aouse bill 1864" inIeriected Mr.. Harris
sharply.
YES" replied Mr.. Aldrich, with the
amendments, but when are they to be sub
mitted?"
when we get ready" said Mr.. Gray,
from his seat
Mr.. Hill submitted an observation or two
which did not seem to please his Demo-
cratic colleagues. The Senator from
Rhode Island (Aldrich), ne said, appeared
to be disturbed about some anticipated
amendments. 1t occurred to him thai, in-
asmuch as the tariff bill had passed from
the jurisdiction of the Finance Committee,
n 70 toA hot ,irfa
would not be entitled to any more con sid
Grafton than individual amendments and
would have no more parliamentary privi-
lege.
Aldrich admitted that this was true in a
parliamentary sense, but perhaps might
not be true of this committee. Then. TAX
ing a paper from bis desk containing the
interview with Secretary Carlisle, he said
he thought it q strange coincidence that
the executive officers of the Government
seemed always in possession of abundant
information regarding the progress of tariff
reform. President Cleveland, in his mes
sage, told the country in advance what the
Wilson bill was TO contain, and now Sec
retary Carlisle comes forward with this
advance information about the harmonic
ing OF Democratic discords-information
he volunteered, and which was in conflict
with the recent statement of the chairman
of the Finance Committee.
Vest raised the point of order thatnews-
paper interviews could not be dragged in to
the Senate chamber, but Vice-P President
Stevenson ruled that the chair was help
less under the rules to lay out the course
of any Senator in debates. But there was
a means of stopping matters temporarily.
The debate had been proceeding by unan-
imous consent, when Allen (Pop.) of Ne
braska suddenly threw senatorial cour-
tesy" to the winds and demanded the reg
ular order. The tariff bill was then laid
before the Senate.
Aldrich wanted to continue his COM
ments on the Carlisle interview, and then
came a controversy as to Dolph.s right to
yield to Quay, and Quay's right to transfer
the privilege to Aldrich. 1t ended in
Aldrich's having the floor and he renewed
his comments on the Carlisle intervie w.
In reply to a remark by Vest that Aldrich
had been falsely informed concerning the
proposed amendments to the tariff bill, and
that Il these statements were repeated it
must be on his own responsibility, Senator
Aldrich accented the challenge and rose
with the statement on his lips that he was
informed ana believed that amendments
had been added to the bill since it had
been reported to the Senate as he had pre-
viously stated. He asserted that these
amendments were in print and said 1t was
bis understanding that they were to be
submitted to the Senate shortly. They
were, he was certain, from what he had
heard, of such nature as to completely
change the character Of the bill. AS re-
suit of the trend of affairs the Senate was
no nearer final consideration of the bill
than three months ago, when the bill came
from the House.
Mills followed in a brief, sharp speech,
characterizing the proceedings of the day
as yrotechnical on the part of the Repub-
lcans, while those of last Thursday were
in the nature of military move in order
to determine the strength OF the Demo-
cratic forces. He said Aldrich, when he
asserted there were 300 amendments pre-
pared and ready to be offered, displayed a
greater knowledge of what was going on
in the Democratic side Of the chamber than
he (Milis) possessed. and suggested that
the Rhode Island Senator must have an
underground connection with the Demo-
cratic side.
'But suppose that there are 300 or
3000," he continued. II know not how
many there are, but be the number what it
may if they do not meet my approval
shall not vote for them. Every Senator
has the same right to reject Them"
Palmer remarked that it was not neces-
sary or expected that bill should be per-
feet in committee. AS for himself he had
not given power of attorney to any one.
mot to the Secretary of the Treasury ?'
asked Aldrich.
''Not to the Secretary of the Treasury" Z"
Palmer replied, though 1 do not know
what the practices of the Republican Sem
ators were when there was a Republican
Secretary of the Treasury"
Senator Voorhees,. slightly pale and not
quite steady in his movements from his
recent illness. took the floor for the pur-
pose of replying to the speech made by
Senator Sherman last Saturday, and quoted
long paragraph from the Ohio Senator 8
speech in which he said that the Flnan ce
Committee had not had an opportunity to
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