The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-21

| Threaten to Up Set the Bill if Their
Interest Are Not Cared for-The Vote
Postponed Till Monday-senator Hill
Says the Senate Must Withdraw the
Amendments for Free Coal and Iron
| He Denounced the Duty on Sugar.
| Washington, July 20-In the Senate
today a message was received from The
House asking further conference on the
tariff bill Mr.. Hill, Democrat. of New
York, moved the Senate recede from it's
| amen dments to the House bill imposing
duty on bituminous coal and iron
ore. He said: In the light of the letter
OF the President, the House cannot
| honorably retreat 1t has no other alter
native except to. insist upon it's bill,
VIII erein it provides for free raw materi-
ais. The President cannot approve the
Senate bill after what he said in his re-
markable letter. No bill which does not
provide for free raw materials can be
| permitted to become law. | res6ect-
| fully differ from the President in his as
sumption that tax upon sugar is nee
essary at this time. Conceding for pur-
poses OF argument that the income tax
must be retained, clearly both are not
needed for any legitimate purposes OF the
treasury. That fact is demonstrated
over and over again during this debate.
The PRESIDENT speaks of the Democratic
prlnc!ple and policy which led to the
taxation of sugar. He asserts in the
taxation of sugar I'VE are in no danger
OF running counter to Democratic princi-
pie. |, while not controverting that idea,
desire only to suggest if it was desira Bile
sugar should be taxed "as a legitimate
an logical article of revenue taxation.
as he now says, it seems strange the
President did not in his last annual
message make some intimation, sue.
gestlon or Recommendation to that
effect. Not word of that kind an
years. He endorSd the Wilson bill explic-
tlv in his message, although it provided
substantially for free raw sugar, He per-
mitted the House to pass the measure
without word OF protest, suggestion
or advice, that there should be tax on
sugar, which has become largely regard
ed as one Of the necessaries of life. Under
existing circumstances, with the income
tax retained in his bill, voted for free
sugar before and shall do so again. In
my Judgment, the House cannot now
honorably retreat from it's position in
favor of free sugar. The Presidents sIIp-
recede from its amendments. When Mr.,
Hill read some resolutions adopted at
the Democratic convention at Evans
vile, Ind. in favor of free sugar, he met
with denial by Mr.. Voorhees, of the
truth of the newspaper despatch from
which Mr.. Hill quoted Mr.. Voorhees,
said on the authority of Representative
Taylor of Indiana that there was NO such
declaration in the resolution.
Mr.. Vest, Democrat, of Missouri, ad-
dressed the Senate. 1t was a matter of
congratulation. he Esaid, a sarcastically,
that the Senator from New York and
the President at last were able to stand
together on any IS platform at all.
(Laughter). The political millennium
seemed to have come at last, in modi-s
fed degree, and the lion and the lamb
Of New York had lain down together, I
and the committee on ways and means
now led them. Which was the lion and
which was the lamb, he left for future
ascertainment. He, (Vest), had been a
pant of the presidential chair, but the
Democratic party was greater than any
man. 1t survived Jefferson, Madison.
and Jackson, and would outlive Grover
Cleveland, who did not EN- body all the
Democracy and all the tariff reform of
this country.
e Mr.. Gray, Democrat, of Delaware.
moved to insist upon the Senate amend
ments to the tariff bill and agree to a
further conference. in the course of his
speech he declared himself more in favor
of free coal aud free iron ore than the
Senator from New York had shown him
self to be. He said he had been in favor
of free iron ore and free coal when the
senator from New York was placing
every obstacle in the path of both.
Mr.. Hill asserted that he had in every
occasion, usually on his own motion,
voted for free coal and free iron ore.
There are thirty senators within the
sound of my voice" said Mr.. Gray, "who
know what said is absolutely true.n
Mr.. Hill asked Mr.. Gray to explain
what he meant, and again asserted that
on every occasion he advocated the alb
sence of duty ON iron ore and coal.
Mr.. Gray, in the course of the colo
guy, asserted that in the Democratic
conferences Mr.. Hill had never spoken on
the subject of free coal, he declared,
somewhat passlonately, he declined to
that" BY Gods blessing he concluded,
I'VE will overcome the remaining obsta-
cles that lie in the pathway of the
achievement OF which the Democratic
party is pledged. We will bring all the
honesty, we will bring all the endeavor,
we Will Drlng all the paGrloGlSm Ghat eX-
lists in the breasts of American senators
and will join hands to see the hopes of
the American people not disappointed,
and that fruit of Democratic promise
not turned to ashes, on their lips"
Mr.. Villas, Democrat, of Wisconsin,
moved to recede from the Senate
amendment putting an eighth of cent
duty on refined sugar, and addressed the
Senate in suppoit of his motion. In the
course of his speech, Mr.. Villas declared
passionately that he could not support
a motion to insist without making this
effort to relieve the conference between
the two houses of that proposed tax
which was so obnoxious to the princi-
Piles of Democracy, SO abhorrent to ev-
ery principle of justice, SO oppressive to
ali the people of the United States, so
unfair. wicked and Unnecessary Mr..
Vilas's motion was opposed by Mr.. Caff-
ery, Democrat, of Louisiana, who de-
cIared its adoption would strike a dead
" blow at the sugar growing industry
Of his state. Mr.. Caffey explained that
Louisiana planters not only were grow
ers of sugar cane but manufacturers Of
centrifugal sugar. quite equal to gran
ulated sugar. He intimated that rather
than see the prosperity of his state des-
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