The morning call., 1894-06-02
MERELY AN ERROR.
Mr.. Secretary Carlisle
Explains.
PUT UPON HIS DEFENSE.
Sugar Is Not Sweet to States
men.
CLEVELAND STILL HAS FAITH.
The f1avemeyer Letter May Have
Been All Right, but Mills Was
Clearly Suspicious.

WASHINGTON, June lit Is stated on
the best authority that President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle have been in
entire and perfect harmony in all their
actions in regard to the tariff bill. Secre-
tary Carlisle's preparation of the sugar
schedule of that bill is officially stated as
follows:
Senator Jones called upon Secretary
Carlisle and informed him that the sub
committee had agreed upon the sugar
schedule and requested him to put it in
proper form. This the Secretary did, the
paragraphs prepared being one OF a few
lines and providing that after January l,
1895. there shall be levied and collected
on all sugars ABOVE No. 16 Dutch standard
in color duty of x OF cent per pound in
addition 10 the duty of 40 per cent ad
valOrem. This amendment was sent to
Senator Jones at the Capitol. In the
afternoon, in response to a request OF
Senator Jones, Secretary Carlisle visited
the Capitol and was informed that more
changes were considered, and upon being
requested to do so made some changes in
the amendment. 1t reads:
ION or after January l, 1895, there shall
be levied and collected on all sugars not
on all tank bottoms. syrups of cane juice
or of beet juice, melada, concentrated
melada or concrete and concentrated mo-
lasses duty of 40 per cent, and upon all
! sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard in
color there shall be levied and collected a
! duty of 45 per cent"
| AS already stated Secretary Carlisle pre-
pared the original amendment in accord
ance with the compromise that had been
reached by the Democratic members of
! the Finance Committee. and the altera-
tions in the amendment at the Capitol
were made to meet the views of the COM
mittee. The committee then decided that
a provision should be Incorporated pro-
yiding that the Hawaiian reciprocity
| treaty should not be affected by this
schedule. The book containing the treaties
was obtained by Secretary Carlisle from
the room of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. and he inserted the provision
which preserved the Hawaiian treaty.
All this is in the handwriting of Secre-
tary Carlisle. This event occurred ON
Saturday, May 5. That night it occurred
to the Secretary that the first paragraph of
the schedule. providing for the repeal of
the bounty, fixed the date OF repeal for
not to be operative until January !. 1895.
knowing Ii to be the intention of the COM
mittee 10 issue printed copy of the
amended bill on Monday Secretary Car
lisle on Sunday morning called at the
house OF Senator Jones for the purpose Of
directing attention to the discrepancy. If
the bounty should be repealed on July /,
! 1894, and a duty should not be imposed
until six months thereafter, there would
be period during which there would be
neither bounty nor duty. Mr.. Carlisle
was satisfied that the discrepancy would
be discovered after the bill was printed,
and he naturally desired TO save the CON-
mittee the criticism which would follow
so palpable bunder. Finding that Mr..
Jones had gone to the Capt. oil the Secre-
tary drove there and found Senators Nc
| Pherson. Jones aud Vest and Representa-
i've Breckenridge of the Ways and Means
| Committee engaged in going over the bill.
| That visit on Sunday morning, May 6, was
the only visit made by Mr.. Carlisle to the
committee without an invitation. and the
change alluded TO Is the only original sug-
gestion he made in connection with the
! formulation Of the bill.
With reference to the giving of letter
to Mr.. Havemeyer introducing him TO SEN
ator Mills, the following statement IS
made: That was a mere matter of cour-
tesy and routine. When Mr.. Havemeyer
presented himself OF the Treasury DEPART
ment he was informed he should call upon
the men who were framing the bill. Mr..
HavemeYer had slight acquaintance with
Mr. Mills. and in order to save time and
insure him a conference with this Senator
Secretary Carlisle. at the request of Mr..
Havemeyer, gave him note of introduc-
ton. This was nothing improper or un-
usual. Similar letters had been given bv
Mr.. Carlisle to gentlemen who called upon
him in connection with the tariff bill.
some of whom were manufacturers whom
| he personally knew. and who desired to
secure changes in the rates fixed by the
committee.
The story that Mr. Carlisle called on the
committee on bis own motion and insisted
that certain schedule for sugar should
be adopted for the reason that the sugar
trust had made liberal contributions to the
| Democratic funds is denied emphatically
| by the Secretary.
NEW YORK, Juno 1. The Herald's
Washington dispatch says: President
Cleveland is angry at the way in which
the tariff bill has been bungled in the Sen
ate and tainted from top to bottom with
suspicious of jobbery and corruption. He
is particularly angry with Senator German
| for having in his recent speech twisted
the Presidents letter of acceptance into
an Endorsement OF the line of policy
argued By MIR. German and his allies in
making 10 their compromise tariff meas
ure. he has expressed himself freely to
some of his most con nfidential advisers.
and an effort has been made TO induce
him to come out in a statement of some
kind calling halt in the present course of
the Senate and demanding the passage of
genuine tariff reform bill. The Presi
dent has refused to make any statement
for publication. but have been Informed
that probably within the next few DAYS
an interview would be given out from
such a source thatit would be understood
to voice the Presidents sentiments. NV
informant said that if It came at all it
would be straight from the White House.
II this information is correct il may re-