The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-01

the Finance Committee. and we're practically
told BY .Mr. VOORHEES, in an ill-tempered speech
he e Sirsady = member to take the place Of
mittee. but the Iepubiicans' would ike TO
FUTON R For Mr. Mus SO second fes S
pointment was objected to. and went over until
to.morrow.. Tho Republican Senators and at
Of opinion u that ' Whether M. MIiiss sppont,
mcnt on the Finance Commlttee was legal or
not he does not appear to be shining success
as francr W Democratic terin bill.
By Uni1i P',,.
WASHINGTON. Fob 2S.-After spending the
Tariff bill the Democratic senators this after
noon sent tho bill hack to the. Finance COM
amend It according 10 the concensus OF -opin.
ion as expressed during the discussion. There
WI r es sno.nes hr HSt IN G bep
given Mr.. German to issue a call II he thinks
When the caucus adjourned last night all
the States had been called, and those Senators
who desired TO sneak had an opportunity to
Maryland pi We're pa.sed over at The rsgpest
OF the Senators. This morning Mr.. White
in a discussion Of tho fruit schedule aud other
items affecting the Pacific slope, In the reduc;
On Of Which he %pdS his Ts,s had had
concluded, tho hour for the converting OF tho
Senate had arrived. and an adjournment was
although the conference was not to meet
until 2;:iO. great deal OF the caucus work
sion OF the Senate. The Bemocrstic mem
bers OF the Finance Committee went at once
to M Sg TSo Hin wSHrs hes mS
Brice Gorman.s and Cafery and White OF
Louisiana. A further conference was held in
these gentlemen insisting that changes he
made In the direction Of increased duties on
ents were e." Interested. No compropnises were
suggested by the committee. but the promise
wade ans tns %s
also heard by the Finance Committee In behalf
or ns Iss a o S
that the committee will see it's way clear to
add largely TO the duty fixed BY the House bill
Mr.. German was among the nrst speakers at
tho afternoon session. His speech was very
for Democrats TO harmonic and get together.
He said It vas the duty OF the Democratic party
hat a Ss msEine eoncessions good BIZ could
be passed. To fail to pass 1t would be dis
-sstrous to the party and such eatastropns.
German was questioned closely by number
of Senators. and in response said Il was ap-
pressed his bitter to that tax. 1t was.
iaeas ' lie hoped i would Be Stricken from the.
bill, but q 1t Was pot he said he would swal.
it" would be. the bitt.rsst dose he had yet
been compelled to take" Mr. German re-
to MINT sh This that Ssr. o ,se
majority q the party thought il wise and pru:
whose interests had been trampled upon
would act in the same way, so that finally a
united uni support Of the Democra tic party. '
The sub ect OF ad valorsm and specific duties
In 1917 the he
cSsss II sdSStG .ss sImf wfe sss
This was challenged by Mr.. HILL and then
followed short but sharp bit OF repartee be-
what. asked Slr. Hiii in surprise. do you
mean to say that specific duties are against
What about the Mills bin p, asked Mr.. Hill
mcguire" va. The answer q Mr. Mills;
Mr. I IS sto dsy so dssa
the orthodoxy OF that bill The Democratic
party in convention IN SSs: by separate reso,
iIemocrats have framed since the days OF the
Is little late in the day 70 deny that the Mills
bil is "a Democratic measure"
an active part byasklng questions and making
srGG-st!onS eXhi5iti 6f,,o ,S com Dination .!
Itself even to those who did not agree with him.
Mr. Pggh made xhs s.esch , t9r duty e iron
ators. and Insisted that some expression DC
moved that the committee be dirscsed
tn g. put iron ore ore, On tns dutiaGlS lis,
to mean so cents a ton. This was defeated by
vote Of 10 I; M, H. MIR M not ySStnS Mr.
so &c close and IDS some senators were absent he
did not feel bound by the vote. and reserved
when IL came into the Senate.
some comment was made on the heavy cut
made IN the, glass schedule. This schedule
Committee has SILL further reduced that duty
by one-ha Tn. metal schedule has also been
Contrary, to ssnsral report. whiskey has
been mentioned only In the most Incidental
The Internal esa4ss the iii ' S ms
been apparently lost sight or Tho consensus
" ms1 ct to be
SsliSd; ri: Ss: ri, sslsi is that tSs iii
all sugars up. to eight degrees b. tho
s'is ssnt for each n degree sA' III. % the
original proposition submitted by the commit.
wanted on refined sugar. The explain alton was
made to-day that under this duty the reliner
Of ST cent The best Of it. There is a dispositon
among Senator'S to give lead ore some pro.
ploe nv hat athoSsh his SAFE Sa 1sassS
Interests cd In lead, he had voted 70 put i and
tinns so TO vote. lie did not want to lie charged
with sectionslism; ana may have gone too far
the other way in this matter. but he was will
ing TO abide BIZ the result Of what he had done
The action OF Mr.. Pugh in forcing a vote on
iron ore and then declining to be bound by IT,
lei 10 the coRclus sion that IL would be impossi-
hIs for the caucus to accomplish anything def
mite and the motion To recOmmt the Ill 10
the full democratic memhership OF the
Finance Committee, to shape il In ae-
cordancs with the views expressed and TO
harmonize the differences" was made by Mr..
Voorhees,. This motion was carried without
opposition. There was no resolution nor any
specific instrHction; The question OF what
Senator who took . prominent part in the
caucus explained the meaning Of this action
TO be a notice 70 the COMMITTEES that they had
made a bill that could not pass and must
now proceed. in the light OF NhRt they had
heard. TO construct a bill that could pass
Il does not go TO- The sub, sonmiltee
and the attempt will be made 10 lay il. thus