Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-11
MR.. M ILL S
Republican Senators Mako Remarks About
His Favorite Principle.
Senator Frye II Reminded of . Fish
story-Some sharp RctOrts EHctted
From Senator Voorhees,.

The republicans Of the Senate, encour-
aged by the speech Of Mr.. Mills on Wednes-
day, yesterday endeavored to draw him out
still further by addressing their remarks
on the tariff bill to him. Senator Allison
was the only one to succeed, which he did
by means Of his speech of the early after
noon on the subject Of ad valorem duties.
when speaking on the chemical schedule.
Mr.. Mills said: my friend has mentioned
the fact that there were SOME specific du-
ties in the Mills bill. 1 want to say here.
once for all. that / worked for six months
at home by myself to prepare BILL and
had 1t pfinted here for my own satisfaction,
so as to enable me to proceed more easily
with the work on the Walker tariff. without
a single specific rate In it except on those
articles the like Of which bear an internal
revenue tax In the United States-whisky,
perhaps. When / got to work with my
brethren on the bill found 1t would not go.
and had to abandon my ad valorem tariff
bill The schoolmaster had not been sufil-
ciently around, and for a long enough time,
to bring our people back to the democratic
principle of taxation according to value.
Two of my friends who sit near me here
referring to Senators Jones and Vest
know that when We started to revise and
look over the pending bill, when 1t came
to US from the House. l again went back
10 my HTSt rove, tHe w AMER tdTlli, anu
started to make a bill to reform this one.
Il wish there were forty-four Senators
on this side Of the chamber who would vote
with me to put every single one of these
chemicals on the free list. 1t would remit
about $40, 900 of revenue, but / do not
know where you could give 1t away to such
advanta to the whole country In the
chemical schedule. If we followed 1t up by
a few other things, If we would untax coal
and machinery and oil, then you would see,
instead of these poor. distressed people COM
ing here from all points OF the compass, fol-
lowing an ignis fatuus, begging for bread
we would produce very different condition
Of things. / do not expect to take much
part in the discussion of this bill There is
a very able committee in charge of It; they
are masters of the subject; know most of
them are in thorough harmony with me-"
Mr.. Chnndler's Goad.
Mr. Mills after a running debate with Mr.
Aldrich for half an hour, left the chamber,
but returned TO vote on Mr.Allison's amend
ment. and when the debate was resumed
Mr.. Chandler took a turn at the effort to
get the Texas reformer to speak. After re-
ferring generally to the subject Of specified
duties, he said: 1.-THE Senator from Texas
will undoubtedly part with regret from this
favorite principle of his. but he has parted
from every thing else, and why should not
he give up this principle as we'll as every
thing else? He said yesterday that II when
the bill is ready to pass 1t reduces the du-
ties of the Mckinley law by D cents he Will
vote for IT and show his heroic devotion to
the supposed principles OF the party to
which he belongs. If he has got down to
benefit of 3 cents in his great reform cru
SADIE, why will he not. with equal equanim-
lily, and with no more agony, consent 70