New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-11
STILL BADLY DIVIDED.
DEMOCRATS AT ODDS OVER THE TARIFF.
MP. MILLS AGAIN RUsHES INTO THE FRAY
MR.. VESTS ADMlssIoN-TALK OF
FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
by TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBJSK.i


Washington. May 1OThe tariff debate as It drags
on from day to day only serves to accentuate the
homeless divisions I'm the ranks OF the Democratic
majority The "caveat' flied in the most npas-
stoned manner by the Corsicana tarn smasher
Yesterday had acted like a damper on those VINO
twenty-four hours before imagined that hereafter
there would be comparatively plain sailing. The
Cuckoo" brigade. indeed. had not recovered from
the shock when the Senate met to-day and plainly
showed nv its tactics that the Generalization In the
party continues.
The "Conservatives' on the other hand prove the
most elusive set OF men ever seen Ihey seem 70
refuse TO stay bought on any terms Ihere u eVl-
IDENTIFY no telling when and where they viii break
out again.
Mr. Mills once more rushed into the fray riding
his ad valorcm hobby. slashlng to right and lett
snaring neither friend foe and retreatins aitc'
making the engineers OF the Jones-Gofnail- pr'oe
combination feel sick AT heart and weary beyond
EXPRESSION Goaded Into violent outbreaks by the
sharp thrusts OF men Ike son. Aldrich ana
CHANDLER Mills presently was engaged again In eX
plainlng his own position Win regard 20 the 'ou
pronise" so-ca,d. eXpounilnS ais undeIsi"h''"s
OF the Chicago Platform. CLOSING over The neon
s,s,enc,es OF his own tarn record and freeing MS
mind as 10 the conduct Of his weah-kneel "s'oo'-
ates Altogether II was al in'efe'iins day
In the course o, the discussion there was broush'
on, one extremely intcrc-tlus ana Significant fac'
Senator Lodge drew attention % u - ""s '""'
the answers - the circulars sent oe' ~ ''' ''
mittee on Finance had not yet been printer me-
answers II was understood. were 70 nave 'n"'" '''
,taca ~ hearings which the committee rciusel 70
80. 70 tho Representatives OF laboriug men ana 10
,.rr,ac,urers MIR Vest. with the brutal iahN
,c.e which distinguishes most - MS ut"I'h'''' '
minated that the printing ~ these answers "' '''
| s,onn.d because thcy were offensive. y '''""
er,er making this cNtraofd.n'ry "li"N'''" :"
| ..r,ed q, r.llize what DO had sad ana sought o.
b Inf q
/ a., 80 cha. riir,or ''s,rnsw whore hat the answers
| ., -. circulars were not 90 De- printed. WY "'
| a., ,,t really know. Neither NJ. Chamber nor N'
| I 1ye VAS content % .ci SIR Ne'i c@'"p' - '"'''
| u.,oro ,hev got through they made IL pam "'''
! :, ,rr. o., mint the Information which no"
',' .ro d'.ci.slln t. under way. would prove
| NJ lnestifnaD,c value. Was ol"''N' '"'' -,
| g. ,r,vcrs.d the peculiar Ere Iri3e "''''hS "''''
Mir Vest AMI his coliear.cs cn''i ia"o,dn,ent PRO
There was Vol" To-Day on a. az ,'ai",.,n Ity
~ Is, Nh Allison TO change tie al Nal't'in u"'y
,be chemical schedule 90 si'c'h or, 49,, - ,,.
M h' n,,. been a reduction IA The rate Dut u va,
IN a., The vote was strictly on party lines. tne
fonr Populsts dividing their woes vn'iI ,n,t 4.
Inc advocates and opponents OF tne 49,, Iii ,,r
Indicating The sircnf VI W. I,mr hecause OF IN,
80, ttat seyeral Senators wcr" absent Wlthou. p'ii
tn The course Of the discussion some niue unplen
-. ,,ae Developed on account or Mr Noofhevs
ahsrn answers to some questions rom c 80 -
n was the FIRST time that such INNS i, ia ~ m,
| i'm the parliamentary history oI tl,1 th 'Fnanc,
rcmrniftec 10 courteous and proper ihiulr',,s. oy
| poor Mr.. Wilson, the author o, ~" sr "e uh,
p,,'rmnd today after his two months quest o
heaiih in Mexico and the south. III me cohss ,c
- e, snfuc Of the iarn leaders In supstahc'
h sni1 th-t ne had not been hbe To Keep aoi,1 ~
ne "t TIN Kin since IL left the House, 50 that ~
| Oh VI. ,nsltl,u 10 express an opinion on th
~ H. Do mat have been made or the present htn,u
~, h rr,spective action OF Congress lie has no
! c,,cn seen the 40 more amendments suDHlit'eu
| The Senate Tuesday. = -, ,o,,o an Oh
~ 80, I'm the statement has been made ny ltcpuoi
cans that other amendments are contemplated an
-, further revision Of the pending OH ~ 10 y
axrccted whether this be true or not cannon,
cnnrse be said but It Is fact mat me mein i
80 ,ho Committee on Revision are sun having near
inps from Interested parties and are D,siesed ~
ssH'55a,nrs among the conservatives, VINO 40 no
n,aap 70 be altogether satisfied with the amend
| ments reported.