The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11
rue SENATE AND THE TARIFF.

Johnny O'Neill is seated and all he
can do for tariff reform now is TO vote
20 disagree with the senate bill and aft
eTward to help the passage Of confer
ence report. But he can hustle i'm the
departments and raise a howl IL Mis-
souri, does not get her due. Never viii
il be said that John }. ONeill sulked in
offended congressional dignity when
there were unsupplied wants in his con-
stituency.-St. Louis Republic Cdem).
The tariff debate was fairly launched
in the senate yesterday. and IL viii prob
ably continue for weeks. Democratic
senator's should not aid in prolonging
controversy. As A matter Of fact. the
ariff question has been abundantly de-
sated. Nothing new is 10 be said. What
s desirable is a trial of such a revised
system as the people have demanded.
ard which the democrats are now in a
position to establish.-Philadelphia Rec
ord tdem.).
There is. Of course. no honesty in the
chatter that the policy ~ free raw me-
terials is opposed TO tho democratic prin-
ciple of "A tariff for revenue. No friend
Of such tariff ever proposed to tax
everything that Is imported. Under a
strict application Of the principle the ar
ucles 10 be selected for revenue duties
are those the taxation of which would
yield the most revenue with the least
burden to the people. To tax raw ma
terials is TO handicap our manufacturers,
to limit the demand for labor and to in
crease the cost Of all goods produced
from them. The policy of free raw ma
terials is explicitly approved in tho Chi
cago platform.-N. y World Cdem)
Conceding its imperfections. Senator
Voorhees, claimed that the bill as il now
stands will be hailed as a substantial
measure Of reform and relief by the
great producing masses, Of the American
people Assuming this TO be mcasurably
f--r., 81.
without unnecessary DELAY The senate
is not large body. and everything that
is pertinent in the way of discussion can
be said without prolonging the debate
into the heat OF summer The party in
power is under pledge to revise the tariff.
and since it has the votes necessary to
pass the bill now before the senate "A
failure to do so with reaSona BILE prompt
ness will he a confession of inability OF
unwillingness to make a campaign prom
ise.-Philadelphia. Times (den).
Mr. Voorhees's speech contains 5000
words. that Of Mr.. Hill is understood 10
be much longer and If all the senators
who have announced their intention 70
participate i'm the debate speak with
equal freedom IL will readily he seen
that the flow Of tariff literature is likely
10 last for several weeks. The changes
which the senate committee has made
in the house bill are many. the most i'm
portant being those pertaining 10 the
curtailment Of the free list. Although
wool, which is the chief cause Of differ
ence between tho tariff reformers and
the McKinleyites. has been left on the
free list several other articles which are
almost equally important. including
sugar and iron ore. have been made
dutiable by the senate committee. which
has accorded heavy concessions TO the
high tariff advocate This, however.
was 10 be expected. for the senate has
always been the citadel of protection
Brooklyn Eagle (dem).
Senator voorhees, stumbled awkwardly
when he allowed himself 10 be fooled by
mugwump histories about the date Of
JeffersOn's birth. The Cd Of April is not
JeferSOn'S birthday and Monday last
was not the one hundred and fifty-frst
anniversary thereof. y good many East
ern cyclopedias and handbooks Of al
legged American history have it that
way. but they are wrong They have
simply carried the old style Of chron-
OlOgy into the new style, and. are there
fore eleven days out Of plumb. il JEFF
ferson was born on the 2d Of April then
George Washington was born on the nth
Of February reductio ad absurdum
evident 10 any schOolboy. Thomas JEFF
ferson was born at Shadwen in Abe
marie county, Virginia, on April Il. 1743.
and died at Monticello. a few miles dis
tant. on the Fourth OF July, 1926. While
the democracy is marching on. il will
be just as well 10 keep these milestones
Of democratic history in sight.-St. Louis
Republic (dem).
During that time when the country
had been aroused TO such a pitch Of in
dignatiOn against this state Of affairs in
the senate, democratic leaders, among
whom was Senator VOORHEES,. who now
has charge Of the tariff bill. avowed the
necessity Of a revision of the rules. and
promised that such a revision should be
made when the repeal bill was out Of
the way. Senator Hill constituted him
self a champion Of revision, and sought
repeated opportunities to proclaim his
determination not TO rest until IL should
be made: while we were promised that
the committee on rules should promptly
report cOmmOn-sense substitutes for the
absurd and obsolete code of traditions
which regulates the action Of the senate.
But today how have these promises been
kept? Mr.. Voorhees, opens the debate
on the tariff bill. confronted by the same
rules which so long INSTRUCTED the pas
sage Of the repeal bill. The voice Of Mr..
Hill has not been heard except 10 de-
mand changes in the bill making il more
acceptable TO the enemies Of tariff
reform, and the committee on rules
might as well be a committee of mud
turtles summing themselves on log.
The tariff discussion opens under a set
Of rules whose observation will render
the majority pOwerless As the demo-
Gratis have made no attempt 10 change
those rules. they can not plead them in
extenuation Of failure to dispose of the
bill eXpeditiOusly. And they must dis
pose Of IL thus or take the responsibility
for the delay. 1t is hardly necessary 10
say that they have already incurred A
very heavy burden Of responsibility dur
ing the present session OF congress-
Louisville COurier-Jcurnal odem).