Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-28
TARIFF IN THE SENATE.

senator CuIlOm wants the Entire
Matter Postponed Until Next Year,
and a Tariff Commission Appointed
and Investigate It In the Meantime.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The senate met
under Its new order at II q. m. A motion
to proceed to the consideration of the tariff
bill was made by Mr.. Harris, DEM, of
Tennessee. Mr.. Dubois, rep, of Idaho,
appealed to Mr.. Harris to allow some time
to be given to bills on the calendar, but
Mr.. Harris insisted on his motion.
Mr.. Dolph, rep, of Oregon, called for
the yeas and nays on Mr.. Harris motion.
The vote resulted-ysas 80, nays 16.
Mr.. Dolph took the floor to continue his
speech, but yielded to Mr.. Lindsay, DEM,
of kentucky, who advocated the bill. Mr..
Lindsay said that It was infinitely prefer
able to have the bill passed, with or with
out amendments, than to have the existing
tariff continue. He said he was not per-
sonally In favor of an income tax, but he
would not take any chances of defeating
all tariff legislation by flying in the face
of what he believed to be the deliberate
judgment and determination of the other
branch of congress-.
He brought In reference to Senators Hill
and Smith of New Jersey by the remark
that senators who served notices as to the
effect of adopting the income tax feature
of the bill, should take their warning to
themselves and refsot as to whether, if
they declined to act in concert with their
democratic brethren and thus kept the
McKtnly law on the statute book, the coun-
try would not hold them responsible.
Mr.. Hawley, rep. of Connecticut, said he
would not agree to take the house bill as 1t
stsnds, for 1t murdered the industries In
his state. The amendments made to the
Hswley said he was bound to take what he
could get aud thank God for 1t.
Mr.. Mcpherson, DEM, of New Jersey, q
member of the committee, denied that so
far as he knew any agreement of any sort
was under way, to which Mr.. Aldrlch re-
piled that he would relieve him from the
charge of knowing anything about 1t or
being In any way responsible for what was
going on.
Mr.. voorhees, with some warmth de-
olared that Mr.. Aldrioh's intimation that
new deal was under way was not true. The
impression which Mr.. Aldrich sought to
convey was, he said, utterly groundless.
Mr.. Aldrioh reiterated his statements
and said that while the proposed changes
had not been considered by the full COM
mittse. and possibly not by the democratic
members, in formal way, they were I'M
der discussion and the very material
changes proposed would soon be forthcom-
Ing In the senate.
Mr.. Voorhees, again denied the accuracy
of this assertion, and Mr.. Aldrich closed
he was talking about, and was willing to
permit the next thirty days prove that he
was right.
Mr.. Harris asked q statement on his re-
quest for unanimous consent and the chair,
Mr.. Turpie, dem of Indiana, made 1t Q
matter of official record that objection had
been offered by Senators Teller, Cullom
| and Plat.
After the episode in which the senate
| and galleries showed suoh lively interest,
Mr.. Cullom, rep, of Illinois, took the floor
and addressed the senate in opposition to
to the tariff bill. he pictured the demo-
cratic party az driving in its mad career
over the Niagara of destruction to Ameri-
| can industries and appealed to republican
senator's to do everything possible to pre-
vent the catastrophe. he said that he
would exert his voice and mis- vote for the
defeat of the bill and he hoped there was
still good sense and patriotism enough to
be found In q few democratic senators to
join with the republican side of the cham
Der and bury the bill in oblivion.
He wanted the whole matter of the tariff
postponed until 1895, that In the meantime
tariff commission should investigate it,
| and that then Q tariff bill should be framed
based ON the difference of the cost of pro-
duction between the United States and
foreign countries. With the adoption of
that policy, he said, there would be seen
within thirty days the most astonishing
revolution In business ever known In the
history of the country.