The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-26

/ OIL WOULD De. as conferences were SUN
going on between the finance committee
and democratic senators, and the repre-
sentatlves of industries that would be
affected by the bill, looking to a thorough
revision of it.
What is the senator's sau thority for
that statement asked MIR. Vest. Il
deny il absolutely and emphatically."
Does the senator mean to say" Mr..
Aldrick asked, that negotiations are not
this minute going on between senators on
that side of the chamber looking to sucn
changes in the framework Of the bill as
will allow it TO secure the votes necessary
for its passage.
q propose to make the assertion" said
Mr.. Vest, that no such negotiations are,
within my knowledge, going on. Nothing
of the sort. The bill is here to be acted
| upon, and the senator's statements are
without any foundation so far as l know
and believe"
ALDRICH STICKS TO HIS ASSERTION.
eff the senator from Missouri" MIR
Aldrich said, insists that no snch thing
is going on, thenit is going on without
his knowledge, approval or consent, be-
cause know it to be fact. No senator
can get up and deny it with even an APP
pearance of truth. Changes are being
| proposed to this bill from day to day, in
| order to secure the votes of senators on
that side Of the chamber, and l say that
nO uldu uOW lives WIN Edu ICll
in what condition or shape the bill will
be when the Senate is asked to vote
| upon it. viii the income tax be in it,
| Will the duty on sugar be in it, Will
! any of its provisions remain as they arel
| Who can answer those questionsl Is there
| any senator on that side of the chamber
the senator from Missouri or any other
who will rise in his place and say that
| he will oppose amendments offered TO this
bill hereafter by the finance committeel"
BOUND TO STAND BY IT.
81 have already said" Mr.. Vest re-
marked, "that the bill is here for the action
of the Senate, and that we are bound to
| stand by it. AS to what the Senate will
| do, neither the senator from Rhode
| Island nor myself will undertake to say.
Here is the bill, and let the senator take
it up without entering into conjecture or
Imagination"
Il ask the senator from Missouri" Mr..
Aldrich persisted, 'if he does not expect
| the finance committee to report other
and important amendments to this
measure before it is acted upon by the
| Senator
Il know of none, Mr.. Vest replied
"Well, l know of several - said Mr..
| Aldrich. II know the representatives of
| several interests and industries in various
| parts of the country have been assured
| by senators on the other side of the cham
Der that changes would be made in the
bill"
HARRIs CALLS FOR A VOTE.
After the discussion on the pending
| section appeared to have closed, it was
| suggested by Mr. Harris that the vote be
taken but Mr.. Allison, a member of the
/ committee on finance, moved to amend by
| striking out June 80, 1894, and leaving the
| date blank He argued that that was the
more desirable course, and said that he
/ had never known a day to be
fixed for tariff bill going
| into effect until the last moment,
| and that there should be an interval of
several months between the date Of the
passage of the bill and the date Of its be-
coming operative, in order that business
might have time to, in a measure, adjust
| itself to the new conditions"
In the further course of the discussion
reference was made by MIR. Mitchell, of
| Oregon, to a newspaper interview with
/ Senator Brice, in which that senator was
represented as saying that the bill had
| been fixed up so as to be acceptable to
| democratic senator's, and that the changes
/ had been drawn up, practically, by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
| Mr.. Vest remarked, disdainfully, that
| he did not know anything about such
| newspaper articles.
Mr.. Squire asked him whether major
/
had an agreement as to the tariff bill un-
til very recent period; and whether the
| differences of views between democratic
senators had not taken a long time to
| settle2
VEST GROWS IRoNICAL.
Mr.. Vest (ronically)-No. The demo-
| cratic senators went into the committee
room like angels, and agreed at once.
| They had no differences of opinion at all.
They fell into each others arms and en-
braced like bride and groom without re-
gard to sex. Laughter / hope that
the senator from Washington does not be-
lieve any of these idle stories. We are
| ready to act on the bill now. We stand
united, solid, without one ripple on the
surface. Laughter.
After some further discussion the Vice
President announced the question to be
on Mr.. Allison's amendment to leave the
date when the bill is to go into effect
blank.
Before the vote could be taken Mr..
Dolph moved an adjournment, and the
yeas and nays were about to be taken on
that motion when Mr.. Dolph changed his
mind, withdrew the motion and started
out with another instalment of his
speech.
This gave rise to various Interruptions
ana a series of short speeches. the only
notable matter brought up being a news
paper interview with enator Jones, dem,
of'Arkansas, a member of the finance COM
mittee, in which he is reported as say
ing that there had been numerous CON
ferences among democratic senator's
with view of adjusting difficulties in
the bill, and that there could be no
agreement unless all persons interested
in the proposed changes assented to
them
1t was evident, Mr.. Aldrich said, that
the senator from Missouri (Mr. Vest) did
not hold the position in the councils of his
party that he (Mr. Aldrich) had sup
posed, as he had not been consulted in
those movements. MIR Vests reply was
that he did not know anything about the
reported movements, and did not believe
word of the story.
Without action on the amendment as to
the time at which the bill shall take
effect, the Senate at O'Clock adjourned
I'm til tomorrow
TWO CoNvICTs HANGED.