The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-24

VoTb dul sugars tns MtTylunu anu
West Virginia Senators and coal; the
Alabama Senators aud iron ore; the
New YORK, New Jersey and Ohio oena.
tors and manufacturing interests gen.
erally-while on his solitary 10 e tai
stood Senator Hill of New York In an
attitude Of uncompromising hostility
to the income tax. Amid all these
breakers the tariff bill plunged and
careened
Mutual Concessions Made.
The counsels OF expediency pre-
vailed. Mutual concessions were made
ard the bill was sent back to the COM
mittee to be recast along lines which
would command the solid Democratic
vots. The income tax was to TO re-
tanned In less { b ectionab.e form, the
opponents OF radical reductions were to
bs placated by satisfactory duties on
articles In the production or manu- &C
ture OF which their States were init
mate v concerned. Remaining for an
other month In the crucible OF recon.
struction the bill was finally reported
on the both of March from the CON-
mittee TO the Senate 1t was no longer
the Wilson till. The principle Of froe
raw mate rial had been in large degree
o minated. Coal and iron ore were
made dutiable at the rate OF forty
cents ton; a tax Of cent pound was
laid upon raw sugars, with an inciden-
tai protection of an additional one
fourth of cent pound on the refined
aaticle the rates in the metal, glass,
earthenware, wooden, cotton, and agri-
cultural schedules had been increased,
and the duty on collars and cuffs had
been raised very nearly to the McKin-
ley rate In order to make certain the
vote Of Senate, Mu ply, resident OF
Troy, n. Y, where the manufa ,ture OF
the Q article affords q livelihood for
thousands of people. Salt lumber and
wool still remain d on the free list.
The general debate began April
and closed April q, after which the
bill was considered by paragr phs Until
July 3, when the final VOC was taken.
During these three months the battle
waged with more or less vigor. AS a
season of oratory it has alre idy passed
from the public mind. BALI dozen
speeches, including the opening argu-
ments of Senator Voorhees, and Allison
for their respective sides, and the adj
dresses Of Senators Hill and Smith
against the income tax, will perhaps
be REGAL ed as rising above the dead
level of the commonplace The Re-
pubicans con ented themselves largely
with guerrilla warfare, their forces
being in charge of Senator Aldrich Of
Rhode Island. On the eve Of the an
niver5ary of national indie endence
and after FIVE months consideration
and debate, in the Senate, the bill was
passed b. vote Of 80 to 81. The in
come tax had previously been corpo-
rated by an overwhelming ma ority.
in fa Of 70 n -
by thirty-seven Democrats and two
Eopuli.ts, Kyle and Allen: the mega
tive3 were thirty-one republicans, two
Populists-Pe .er and Stewart and
one Democrat Mr.. Hill.
The bill went to conference, and
paddock imme 1iately occurred. I'm
der the conditions which had re suited
in the passage OF the measure through
the Senate, the con errecS of the lat
ter boiy were hampered and re-
strained. The House conferrees, on
the other hand. contend ID for their
original propositions. Two weeks were
occupied in vain endeavor to agree.
Sugar, Goa, iron o e an the woo,en
and cotton schedules were the main
factors in dispute. A di agreement
was reported. n the House. Mr.. Will
son, whose appearance with his neu-
ralgia-stricken head wrap ed in hand
kerchief, excited sym. atly, delivered
an address C un eiiag the Hou u
further resistance
Mr. Wilson, in concluding his speech,
produced a lette.' from President
Cleveland in which the Senate
bill was denounced as a tTeache rouS de-
parture from Democratic principles; in
which Senators were accused Of party
perfidy and dishonOr in which the free
importation of coal and iron ore was
contended for a the redemp. ion of q
party pledge and a duty on sugar ad-
vocated. When this letter was read TO
an astJni she'd HoI.e il seemed as il
the world, the flesl and the devil had
combined against ia cd bill. The eff
feet of the Presidents open declaration
of war upon the Senate was imm ediate.
The Democrats of the Lone arrayed
themselves under its ban 1er On the
side OF the President and against the
Senate. The crisis became more acute.
In this juncture Mr.. German of Mary
land stepped into the arena and deliv-
cred one of the most remarka BILE
speeches ever heard in the Senate OF
the United States.
1871 Il Accepted.
The deadlock continued The Presi-
uenI COlJ enulDR IUr JuRn MT. w ll5On lOf
vindica ion and the Senate stubbornly
insistent were the millstones between
which tariff reform see ned destined
t. be crushed. troposition' we @ ma lie
AMI rel c ed, tentative agreements were
reached only TO be repud ated. The
tension grew daily m re unb arabic.
Bitterness of fe ling between the Goa
ferrees led to more than one op N rup-
ture. In the House the impatience Of
the Dem Ocrats who were viii ing TO ac-
cept tie Senate bill led to caucus
which accomplished nothing beyond a
further respite for the administration
Defeat for the latter, however, was at
haLd, for Monday, Aug. Is. the House.
after preliminary caucus, with no
other aftermath, O, ended the strugg
by receiving the bill from the hands of
Mr.. Wilson and accepting the Senate
bill in it, entirety.
The events of memor able year have
pa'sei into history. They are as ye5
too clio @ at hand, perhaps, to b. right
ly judged; it will require the vista OF
future We lrs ID reduce their perspec-