The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-28
IT WAS A HOT DAY Tn THE SENATE!

land are ready and willing to submit TO
such an internal taxation as may be
necessary to enable the federal gov
Iernment to return to the constitutional
methods of imposing custom house du-
ties
Duties and Wages.
In the course of Mr. Lindsay's speech,
a colluquy occurred in which Mr.. Sher-
imam drew attention to the fact that the
Mckinley law, instead of raising the
duty on iron, steel and other metals,
except tin plate, had reduced the duty
and, therefore, it was said, whether
right or wrong, that it was necessary
to institute a reduction of wages, which
led to the labor troubles at Homestead.
Mr.. Lindsay agreed that the Mckinley
bill had reduced the duty on iron and
steel from the former tariff law, and he
was aware the manufacturers had at
tributed the necessity for reduction of
wages to the reduction of duties. That
was not the real case of the reduction
Of wages, which was to be found in the
natural desire of manufacturers to re-
lduce wages without respect to the rates
of duty.
In reply to a question by Mr.. Aid
rich, as to whether Senator Lindsay
subscribed to the doctrine enunciated
by Mr.. Mills that coffee, tea and sugar
should be taxed, and the duty on iron
and steel reduced, Mr.. Lindsay said he
did not think MIR. Mills voiced the SEN
timent of the entire Democratic party.
Il do not believe" said Mr.. Aldrich,
that either the senator from Texas or
the senator from Kentucky knows what
1.-THE Democratic party wants" Qaugh-
ter0
IF you will agree to take a vote on
l find hot
the Democratic party wants. retorted
Mr.. Lindsay. Il will agree to take a
yea and nay vote on the bill as it came
from the House at 8 o'clock" said Mr..
Aldrich.
! Mr.. Lindsay said he did not include
the proposed amendments of the finance
committee in his proposition.
/ At 1:24 Mr. Lindsay concluded his
i speech, and Immediately Senators
/ Dolph, Cullom, Harris and others were
on their feet clamoring for recognition.
Harris Is WiIIin'.
Mr.. Harris was recognized, and stand
ing beside his desk with the Official re-
port of the colloquy between Senators
Aldrich and Lindsay in his hand, read
the proposition, as he said, of the SEN
ator from Rhode Island, first to vote
on the bill as it came from the House
and then to vote on it as reported to
the senate by the finance committee at
8 o'clock
Mr.. Lindsay had disclaimed any au-
thority to speak for his party On this
proposition, and Mr.. Aldr1cn SAID rs
would like to hear from the senator
from Tennessee (Harris), who had
charge Of the bill.
AS Mr.. Harris read the report of the
the debate, the interest and anticipation
became intense, and the visitors in the
gallery and senators and members on
the floor became wrought up to a high
pitch of excitement.
Now" said Mr.. Harris, while
have not the vanity to assert 1 repre-
sent the Democratic party, l beg to as
sure the senator from Rhode Island
that, SO far as l am concerned, or SO
far as l can control the action of the
majority of the Senate, 1 will consent at
/ 8 o. clock. to proceed to vote on amend
ments of the finance committee and
then the final passage of this bill. This
can be done only by unanimous con-
sent. and 1 now go further and ask for
unanimous. consent"
The Presiding officer CIr. Turpie)-
Are there any objections?
Mr. Cullom-I object. Democratic
laughter
Then There Was a TumuIt.
Senators Cullom and Aldrich were
ltrying to get recognition, and Mr.. Aid
rich was heard above the tumult and
laughter to say he wanted 10 address
the Senate.
The presiding officer told him, some
what tartly, that he would recognize
him after he had recognized the SEN
ator from Illinois (Nr. Cullom)
Mr.. Cullom yielded to Mr.. Aldrich,
who said;
Mr.. President, in the course of the
lspeech CT the senator from Kentucky,
~ -
whether they would be willing to pro-
coed to vote on the bill and pending
amendment Of the finance committee
at 3 o'clock. It had no response on
that side of the chamber"
I tried to respond to the senator
from Rhode Island" said Mr.. Lindsay.
Il had no response to that inquiry,
which was a direct and easily under
stood question" persisted Mr.. Aldrich
81 did offer to this side of the chamber
to take a vote on the bill as it came
from the House without amendment
received no response to that PROPOSE
ton. I then asked if the senators on
the other side were ready to vote on
the bill as 1t stood I would suggest
that I did not ask it of a Democratic
caucus and also that the senator from
Ohio (AIr. Brice) may understand better
than would the senator from Tennessee
] would not give an option of thirty
days to answer. 0aughter.) [ have
been told since 1 asked that question
on creditable authority, that last night
the members of the finance committee
representing that side of the chamber
agreed to more than 300 amendments to
the pending measure
Mr.. Vest said, name your author
ity."
How AlGrich Was "CaIled."
Mr.. Aldrich-I think the senator from
Missouri found out the day before yes
terlay that he was not well posted as
to what was going on in the DemocratiC
side of the chamber. He may be as
ignorant of what is now going on and
before the hour of o'clock more than
a hundred more amendments may be
made to the bill. Now [ do not intend
to commit myself or anyone else to q
bill L know nothing about If the SEN
ator will state a proposition to vote or
the House bill at an early hour next
week, believe that proposition will be
accepted
'Will the acceptance of such propo.
sition exclude any Offering of amend
nents by the finance committee?' asked
Senator White, of California.
Certainly" replied Mr.. Aldrich.
'.Does the senator think that a can.
did proposition?' asked Mr.. White.
Il think it is perfectly candid" re.
piled Mr.. Aldrich.
THE whole thing seems curious.
persisted Mr.. White. Here it is hall
. past l and a proposition to vote on the
bill at O'Clock is made and he CAld.
rich), is called on that proposition
that is a phrase which perhaps he viii
understand, great laughter)-and now
he proposes to fix on some day next
week to vote on the bill as it came
from the House without amendments