The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-19
THE TARIFF IN THE SENATE.
,ros MORRILL, OF VERMONT
..r,Es AGAINST THE BILL,

,.,. or Indiana Advocates IL snd Declares
,uI. the omeisi Act OF the De-o-
p.r,v OF the Two Horsss sss Il
o..r,fsre Enutied TO the support OF
=. Member OF that Psrty-Camsron 81
y...,xiv.ui. Atsehs the Bili, snd Quay
-. .,oth,r Instsiina,nt OF His Speech
u,.u,voroy April 19-In the Senate to-
,.Ws coyrery Dem. La.L rising to q aues-
49,. =, personal privilege. read an extract
-. Nav York afternoon newspaper quot
.nn,oyingly the denunciation OF certain
,,'s..,.,a,ie Senators. Including himself, on
s,ot ~ their supposed position TO the
ITS mi He declared that he was not an OBJ
,..n.,to,ist and was not opposed to the
s.ds passage Of the Wilson bill as am ended
80. ssps,e Finance Committee. He would
.,.no,t r. actively and would vote for It
sI,Ssr Tor Il or for q bill substantially embrace
a., I,s provisions as amended by the Finance
Committee.
Ths resolution offered last Saturday By
NJ PETER POP. KasJ for the appointment
sesct committee Of nine Senators to
r,o,Ide for full and respectful hearing OF the
,arsons and organizations now on their way
~ washington to present their rem onstrsnces
,oconeress, was laid before the Senate, and
NJ coekrell Dem, Mol moved to refer IL to
the Committee on Rules.
Nj. PETER demanded the yeas and nays on
An. motion to refer. but, before the vote could
hs t,ken the hour Of +. NJ. arrived. and. UNI
AZ, the arrangem emit the Tariff bill was taken
nm, Notice was given by Mr.. Galllnger tRep.
NHlthat be would address the Senate on
r,idar next, and By Mr.. Palmer Dem. ILL
that he would do SO on Tuesday next Mr.. Nor
rill tRep. VII then addressed the Senate.
SENATOR NornnLs SPEECH.
n. uo,r,u b.ran hi. speecb by a promise
that he would not weary the unoccupi.d ma
hooany chairs OF Senators" but would observe
a.ornn,ra.ire Senatorial breyity." He knew
how vain it would be for him to seek to de
priys the cigar symposium OF Its usual quorum
in the coat room"
The financial and industrial crisis. he said.
had not yet passed away. and it was a won
Democratic party should require It's continu-
go NV . vainplorious and c,umsy at
tempt to practically carry out its Chicago
bill now presented. instead of a rev.
. .nra,a han at bom. even to its tired authors
',,. -. s,.,.ns.d no,,on ., ,ha naon,.
anf ne rather oistenaea no.i0n o. inc people
:alibilIty ia the construction Of a symn etrical
tarlI ior re'ehue Vnm s niiins 1917 WI
was barely launched beio5e the very Al lie SEN:
naSir lri@ Sas stormy g
crew should now feel warned g Iqm9P ashore
tii% ns..,. s,.. S.,,. :, .s.
me DemoeIsey naa sae eIe nno H. 81 shn n
level with the top OF the head. put drooIed
H ras s ann ana yielded on Iice. II en-.
presto saw revenue OILY H. % per Seh.,
sNors stsrn H fenisy To the Democratic god
nIoyisionai soyernment on the tariff. and pro-
fection On coal coke and iron ore graciously
Ms mo 1n o free trade arRinst
mazzisd. but 2 tax Of iorty.one millions
White elephant. was welcomed with a smile.
slightly puckered. The philosophy Of the
ssoH T e. ss
had to be made to pass the bill. that "all gov
eminent and every prudent act q founded on
explained how one By one. the foreeoing
cnpricieus fayors crawed hurriedly into the
threatened otherwise to appeal unto CPsar.
II any Republican begged for fayors. they
we're piously pitied and then piteously cruel
Mr.. Morrill, quoted Senator Voorhees, TO the
effect that some portions OF the bill had been
consented to undo duress, and remarked that
legally and constitutionally such coercion In
validated the whole bill The duress amend
ments should. therefore. be doomed to short
shrift He spoke OF the Increase OF American
manufactured products from $1,000 100000
in 1880 to se.OOO.OOo.OOOln 1851. and said thnt
that growth eclipsed any progressive growth
OF this or any other country IN the World nis-
tory. In 1880. he said. under Republican
regime. the four and one-half mtllions OF en-
poyes. with many more millions OF their dc,
pendents. were happy and over six thousand
millions Of capital appeared safe and prosper-
eeus In 1874 the half horn ,pemocratlc tarin
bill, now in tho Senate. ike hiitons
TAsny lion, paving to get free
Ills hinder parts.
threaten ed to MAIN and cripple the whole Of
our yastiy extendsd manufacturss and m UGH
Of them 10 absolutely dsstroy, BY an inten-
tonal and Vicious surrender to foreigners OF
the American market This Impending hos
tty mad for many months been multiplying
a great army OF the nemployed. Steam en-
gines mad had rest Dividends had been cut
In twain or had wholly ceased. Dankruptcies
only seemed 10 fourlsh And now as n 10
hAtten out all hope for the future not only
were the rates OF duties to be stubbornly
locked but the specific was to be reoklessly
superseded BY the exploded ad yalorem sys-
tenn under which duties largely depended
upon the Integrity. or the trequent want of in
tegrity in the fofeirn yaiuafion sat forth in