The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
TURPIE IS TURGID.
He Talks About "GrOss Palpa-
bic Lies"
And "Auricular Appendices
That Scraped the Dome"
A GREAT SENSATION.
Senator Aldrich the Object of
His Attack.
A GREAT SENSATION.

| ris, who is in charge of the tariff bill
lost patience yesterday at the way in
which progress was impeded by Sena-
tor Hale in the morning hour. As on
several preceding days, Mr.. Hale OBJ
jected TO giving way for special
measures in the morning hour. Final
/ ly Mr.. Harris abruptly moved that
the senate proceed with the consider
alton of the tariff bill.
Mr.. Wolcott interposed a question
as to whether the committee now in
tended to report amendments which
would change the whole scope and
character of the bill. He had under
stood Mr.. Harris to admit that changes
were to be made and Mr.. Voorhees, to
deny it. This gentle prod, however,
did not force the hand of the Tennes-
see senator, who said he could not say
exactly what amendments were to be
proposed
Mr.. Aldrich said it was due to the
senate and the country that they
should know what bill was to be con-
sidered.
House bill 1884," interjected Mr..
Harris, sharply.
YES" replied Mr.. A1drich, with
the amendments; but when are they
to be submitted"
when we get ready" said Mr..
Gray, from his seat.
Mr.. Hill submitted an observation
or two, which did not seem to please
his Democratic colleagues. The sem
ator from Rhode Island, (A1drich), he
said, appeared disturbed about some
anticipated amendments 1t occurred
to him, he said, that inasmuch as the
tariff bill had passed from the juris-
diction of the finance committee,
amendments reported from that COM
mittee would not be entitled to any
more consideration than individual
amendments, and would have no more
preliminary privilege
Mr.. A1drich admitted this was true
in a sense, but perhaps might not be
true of this committee Then, taking
a paper from his desk containing the
interview with Secretary Carlisle, he
said he thought 1t a strange cOinci-
dence that the executive officers of
the government seemed always in
possession of advance information re-
garding the progress of tariff reform
President Cleveland, in his message,
told the country in advance what the
Wilson bill was to contain, and now
Secretary Carlisle came forward with
this advance information about the
harmOnizing of Dem Ocratic diScOrd-
information, he volunteered, which
was in conflict with the recent state
ment of the chairman of the finance
committee
Mr. Vest raised the point of order
that newspaper interviews could not /
be dragged into the senate chamber /
but Vice President Stevenson ruled !
that the chair was helpless, under the /
rules, to lay the course of any senator I
in debate. But there was a means of /
stopping matters temporarily The /
de bate had been proceeding by unani- I
nous consent, and Mr. Allen, Populist, |
of Nebraska at this point suddenly /
threw senatorial courtesy" to the
winds and demanded the regular /
order. The tariff bill was then laid
before the senate
Mr.. Aldr1ch wanted to continue his |
comments on the Carlisle interview.
Then came a controversy as to Mr..
Dolphs right to yield to Mr.. Quay, and 4
Mr.. Quay's right to transfer the privi-
1ege to Mr.. Aldrich. 1t ended in Mr..
A1drich having the floor, and he re-
newed his comments on the Carlisle
interview. In reply to a remark by
Mr.. Vest that Mr. Aldrich had been
falsely informed concerning the pro-
posed amendments to the tariff, and
If these statements were repeated, it
must be on his responsibility. Mr..
and rose with the statement
on his lips that he was Uniformed and
believed that amendments had been !
added to the bill since it had been re-
ported to the senate as he had pre-
viouslv stated" He asserted the
amendments were in print, and said it
was his understanding they were to
be submitted to the senate shortly.
They were, he was certain from what
he had heard, of a nature to COM
pletely change the character of the
bill AS a result of this condition of
affairs, the senate was no nearer the
final consideration of the bill than
three months ago when the bill came
from the house
Mr.. Mills followed, in brief, sharp
speech, characterizing the proceed
ings Of the day as pyrotechnical on
the part of the Republicans
Senator Voorhees,, slightly pale and
not quite steady in his moves, from
recent illness. took the floor for the
purpose of replying to the speech
made by Senator Sherman last Satur-
day, and denied the statement of Mr..
Sherman that the full finance COM
mittee had not had opportunity to
consider the pending tariff bill in the
usual way
Mr.. Voorhees, insisted that the
record showed that the bill had been
considered in every detail, from end
to end, and that the minority had am
pie opportunity to offer amendments.
He called particular attention to Mr..
Aldrich's motion made in committee
to strike out the income tax feature.
II desire to say right here he said,
commenting on this motion, mo mat
ter what rumors may be floating in
the air, that the income tax will stay
in this hill .,