The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-04
SENATORS IN CAUCUS.
The Democratic Majority Take
Action on the Tariff Bill,
Mr.. HILL STILL BBLL1eBRENT.
He Alone Votes Against the Resolution to
Frsss ths Amended Measure TO = speedy
PsSsAEs-Nsw Jerseys Junior Senator
Faila Into Line,

Falls Into Line.
WASHINGTON, May 4-By vote Of 81 to
1, six Of the forty-four Democrats being
absent the Democratic senators in caucus
yesterday adopted = resolution agreeing
to support the tariff bill OF the finance
committee, including the compromise
amendments that have been agreed upon
by the many conferences Of Democratic
senators during the past two weeks. The
resolution was presented by Senator Cor.
man, of Maryland, the chairman Of the
caucus, and discussed at some length, as
the session lasted from a few minutes
after o'clock until nearly o'clock.
The six absent senators were Mills, Muir
ply, Lindsay, Irby, Butler and Gibson Il
was claimed that they were all accounted
for, and assurances were given that they
would support the tariff bill. The only
persons in whose absence there might be
any significance are Senators Murphy and
Mills, the understanding being that all
others were in accord with any bill sup.
ported by the majority of the Democratic
senators. Senator Mills was not at the
senate during the day, and the call for the
caucus was sent to his house.
Senator Murphy's caucus notice was
also sent to his residence, as he was absent
from the Capitol. His positionsall along
has been one Of doubt, but several Demo
cratic senators assert that he will support
the bill and he is counted in the forty
three which are claimed as certain to vote
in it's favor.
In presenting the resolution and stating
the object of the caucus Senator German
made a conciliatory speech. He said il
was necessary to make concessions in or.
der to secure the united support of the
party, and he further asserted that il
would need Democratic majority to pass
the bill He stated that concessions had
been made on all sides, and it was believed
that the measure, with the proposed
amendments, would now meet with the
support which was absolutely necessary
to pass Il Democratic tariff bill.
Senator Mcpherson. of New Jersey,
spoke in support of the resolution, and
dwelt at some length upon the concessions
which northern and eastern Democrats
had been obliged to make and what they
had to give up to meet the demands of the
south and west He claimed that the con.
cessions that were talked Of by the other
senators were not wholly on one side.
Senators Palmer and Villas made long
and vigorous speeches, urging party har.
y
Great interest centered in the speech of
Senator Smith of New Jersey, and his re-
marks were received with a great deal Of
satisfaction, for while he said he was not
satisfied with the bill, and was unalter.
ably opposed to the income tax. he was
ready to support the measure with the
amendments which had been agreed upon,
although he claimed that what were
| called concessions by the southern and
western men were but small compared
with the concession which eastern sen.
ators made in supporting the bill with
the income tax provisions.
Senator Jones said that he had seen the
necessity for amending the bill, and after
giving the matter due consideration had
concluded that it was possible that the
bill as first reported had not been sufli-
ciently considerate of the interests of all
sections. He had then endeavored in con
| nection with others to remedy the defects
as he saw them, and in doing so had tried
TO consult senators representing all shades
Of opinion.
He gave the reasons why the majority
| of the Democratic senators representing
the south and west wanted the income
tax and why the minority from the north
and east were opposed to it, and said that
while out of Difference to the majority il
had been kept in, the minority had beer
granted the concession of limitation o.
the time the law should continue in force
and that while the period had not beer
! fixed, it would probably be placed at fivt
years He said also that many of the In
quisitorial features had been omitted, bu
that the amount exempted and the rat
Of the taxation had not been changed, II,
also said that the sugar schedule had beer
changed 40 as to provide for an ad valoren
duty of 40 per cent, and an additiona
duty of one-eighth of q cent on refined
sugar, with a penalty of one-tenth of
cent on sugar imported from countrie
paying bounty on sugar, the present Law
with the bounty to stand until the first o
January next
: He said that the ad valorem tax wa
not materially different from the suga
provisions in the pending bill He ais
stated that a large number of othe
amendments bad been made, but did no
mention them in detail nor make any Ell
PLANTATION of them except to say that i
: no case were the rates Of duty fxed a
' high as in the Mckinley law.
r Senator Hill in his speech took occasio
d to compliment Senator Jones for the pc
+ triotic and intelligent interest he had di,
D played in adjusting all differences, but de-
a clared that so irreconcilable was his oppC
sition to the income tax that he shOul
feel at liberty to offer any amendment h
saw proper to any paragraph in the bill
= so long as the income tax was q part of il
= Notwithstanding the resolution. He d,
Z voted himself largely to the income tai
d and said that while he was pleased to hea
Q of some of the changes that had bee
made, he regretted that the income pr,
= vision was still retained. He denounce
the compromise on this account,
2 He repeated what he had said in h
' public speech that no Democratic nationi
: convention had declared for an incon
4 tax He also called attention to the ia,
4 that the demands of the Democratic part
; for free raw material had been ignore
o and said that wool was required TO stan
o alone out of all the list rs representing I'll
,, fruits of this demand. He charged fiat
'. that the income tax had been retained ft
4 the purpose of placating the south an
z west, and said that because, if for no 9TH
, reason, New York would have TO pay
}. per cent. of the tax if imposed, he shouI
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