Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-01
CARLISLE'S EXCUSES
Before the investigating Committee
Don't Clear Away Doubts.
Senator Sherman Likes jackssn's Tarifi Policy
but Not Confederate Free Trads.

WASHINGTON. May Sl.-In the Senate
todsy two resolutions. one offered by Hill
of New York, requiring the Gray select
committee to sit with open doors, and the
other, offered by Dolph of Oregon, for the
arrest of Elisha j. Eiwards as recslci-
trant witness, and for his presentation at
the bar of the Senate, went over till tomor-
row under the rule.
The tariff bill was taken up at 10 so, and
the amendment offered by Hale last Tues
dsy, 10 make the duty on sawed boards 81
per Thousand feet, was defeated, 90 yeas to
81 nays.
A vote was then taken on the amendmei
offered by Allen last Tuesday, to place on
the free list all logs, lumber, laths, shingles
and building materials, commonly used in
the construction of dwelling houses, barns,
fences, ETC., and was defeated, yeas 4,
| (Allen, Irby, Kyle and Peffer,) nays As.
At II so the wood schedule was CON-
pleted. Mr.. Sherman of Ohio then began
his speech on the pending bill. Almost all
the senators were in their seats, while q
number of the members of the under house
| occupied the sofas. The galleries were well
| filled, many women being present
| In regard to the report that Secretary
Carlisle would testify before the Cray COM
mittee today, Mr.. Gray said if Mr.. Carlisle
desired to be heard the committee would
grant his request, but he had not been sum-
moned. and would appear, if at all, as q
voluntary witness.
The official treasury statement, to be is
sued June |, will indicate total deficit for
the IL months of the fiscal year of about
SIS 100000.
The duty of chair cane or reeds was in
creased from per cent. Gas in the House
bilD to 10 per cent. Sherman spoke against
the bill. He said the income tax was a
direct tax and ought to be left to the states.
He quoted from General Jackson's views
ON the tariff and said he was in favor Of
taking the views of that Democratic Presi-
dent as the basis of his (Shermsn's) idea
in the construction of the tariff meas
ure. The foundation eff the present
Democratic policy of free trade,
as enunciated in the Chicago platform was,
Mr.. Sherman said, found in the constitu-
ton of the Confederate states. In response
to the charge that the Mckinley bill did not
supply sufficient revenue, he said it was
fear of change of the tariff law which
caused the revenue to fall off. Had an i'm
p .rtial committee of both houses gone over
it, the bill would have been passed in 80
days. His idea of model tariff was based
largely on the Morrill, tariff of 1861, which
was not party measure. Mr.. Sherman
attacked the income tax proposition and
characterized it as an agrarian tax.
Camden Dem.) of West Virginia, ad-
vocated the Senate amendments to the
tariff bill as being wiser than than the too
violent changes proposed in the House bill.
Dolph (Rep.) of Oregon, made speech on
the subject of the effort to punish Core
spondents Edwards and Shriver for refus-
ing to answer questions put by the commit
tee investigating the Sugar Trusts alleged
efforts to influence senators improperly.
He gave notice he would move to postpone
the consideration of the sugar schedule till
the committee made final report. The
Senate after an executive session ajiourne d,
At the Sugar Investigation
today, Mr.. Mcpherson testified, as had
other members of the committee, that he
never heard Mr.. Carlisle make suggestion
that the sugar trust made a large contribu-
ton to the campaign fund, it must, there
fore, be taken care of. Mr.. Mcpherson said
he knew nothing of any sugar schedule the
secretary of the treasury submitted to the
committee while demanding it be incorpor-
ated as part of the bill. Mr.. MCPHERSON
entered into long explanation concerning
the matter to which he referred some weeks
ago on the floor of the Senate-the pur-
chase and sale by him of a certain amount
of stock of the sugar trust. He explained
this stock was purchased by inadvertance
nvxI -
his credit, he ordered the stock sold.
Senators Harris and Mills appeared be-
fore the investigating committee. They
denied that the secretary of the treasury
came before the finance committee and
stated the sugar trust made large contribu-
tons to the campaign committee and must
be taken care of; also that he prepared a
schedule giving high rates to this article and
demanded it be adopted. Mr.. Carlisle told
the committee he had drawn the proposed
schedule for the committee while he was at
a meeting of Democratic members, but it
was not adopted. In doing this he said he
acted in an advisory capacity and gave the
committee facts and data such as they asked
for, which, as secretary of the treasury
they would naturally expect to receive from
him. This afternoon the Vice President
sent to the district attorney a certification
of the report of the committee in regard to
the refusal Of witnesses Shriver and Ed
wards to answer questions.
Secretary Carlisle laid before the COM
mittee copy of the schedule of which ref
erence was made in ''Hollsnd's" letter. Mr..
Carlisle stated, it is said, when he went be-
fore the finance committee, that the sched-
ule provided for duty of 40 per cent. on
raw sugar, Is per cent. on sugars above
No. l6, LILO per cent. discrimin-
ating duty against countries paying export
bounty on refined sugar. He made
change in this schedule by striking out l-s
of a cent and substituting therefor As per
cent. ad valorem, because he thought that
proper rate and believed the ad valorem
system should be adopted instead of the
specific. His suggestions, Mr.. Carlisle
said, were not adopted. 1t has developed
from the testimony of all the members of
the finance committee that the planters
wanted specific rates of duty, the refiners
al valorem rates.
In the House.
Sickles Dem \ of New York offered a