The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-05-24

TARIFF BILL WILL PASS
A Test Vote Shows a Majority
For 1t.
CIVIL SERVICE LAW CHANGES
Kyle Introduces a Resolution on the
Sandwich Islands--The Bribery
Examination.
Press.


| Washington, May 2S.-In the senate
today Teller moved to lay the tariff
bill on the table, in order to see if the
bill was the one which the Democratic
majority intended to pass,
The motion was defeated by strict
party votes yeas, 3S nays,
Hill, Irby and Kyle voted against the
motion.
German spoke on the tariff. He
claimed that action had not been un-
usually delayed The Wilson bill had
been reported before its effects upon
existing industries could be properly
studied 1t failed to meet the demands
of the treasury department and actual
ly increased the deficit created by Re-
publican prohibitive duties. In answer
to the Republicans German asserted
that the compromise bill had been con-
structed on the Democratic theory of
tariff for revenue with such incidental
protection as could be given consistent
ly to the industries of the country. 1t
followed strictly the course marked
out by President Cleveland in his letter
Of acceptance. This is not a free trade
measure, but a longer step for free
trade than either the Mills bill or The
tariff act of 1888, and would prove the
most advantageous tariff legislation
since the Republican party sprung into
existence. German denied that any |
trust had dictated any part of any |
the retention of the sugar bounty.
German deplored the fastening of an
income tax on the tariff BILL but said
he knew the majority of his Demo-
cratic colleagues differed from him, and
the would vote for the bill.
Germans speech was the feature of
today's session. He and Mr.. Brice have
been credited by the opposition with
the joint authorship of the compromise
which consolidated the
Democratic side, and Mr. German espe-
cially has been subjected to much criti-
cism, both in and out Of the senate.
The speech today was in a measure a
reply to the attacks that have been
made upon him, explaining the necessi-
ty for compromise and defining the
theory upon which the modified bill,
now before the senate, was constructed.
It attracted intense interest, and was
as an exceedingly able expo
sition of the position of the conserva- 4
lives. ,
Mr.. Germans speech furnished texts 6
or the Republicans for the remainder ,
If the day. His statement that a ma :
ority of the senate would support the :
ill was put to the test by Teller, whose 3
purpose was to Smoke out" any latent
opposition on the Democratic side. Z
Gorman's statement was justified by
he vote, as the Colorado senator's mo-
ion to lay the tariff bill on the table
vas met by an unbroken Democratic
ront. Both Senators Hill and Irby,
whose positions have been the subject
f gossip from time to time, voted with Il
heir Democratic associates, as did
hree Popplists, including PETER.
The following resolution was intro
uced by Senator Kyle:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
enate that the United States shall not
Sc for the purpose of restoring to the y
hrone the deposed queen Of the Sand v
'ich Islands, or for the purpose of de- h
troying the existing government; that N
he provisional government having been lc
uly recognized, the highest interna- tc
onal interests require that 1t shall pur-
le its own line Of policy; that inter- II
ention in the political affairs of these as
ilands by other governments will be
egarded as an act unfriendly to the
overnment Of the United States"