Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-01
MOVE on TARIFF.
The Sedate Maxi lis Usual Headway in Dis.
posing Of Bill.

WAsnINGT ON, April so The tariff bill
was taken up ana Teller stated that he was
not in favor of the bill as it now stood nor
was lie in f-vor Of tn. bill as it cane from
the House. He declared himself in favor
of an income tax. HawIey ferred to the
sectional character of the bill, saying it was
IN aturcd substantially by three gentl men
from vest of the Mississippi. Palmer said
the bill WAS to be judged not by its authors,
but by its PROVISIONS.
Hale put the question to Mr.. Palmer as
to whether the bill uLder discussion was
one that would be voted Oh, and was met
with the ScIiptural quotation, Surely in
vain the net is spread in sight Of any bird"
IF the senator from Maine" Palmer
added, could give sny assurance that i'm
portant chang, are to be made in the bill,
he should do So, and should not ask answer
to mere surn,se,."
Hale persisted in inquiring of Palmer
what Secretary Carlisle meant when he said
in a newspaper interview that an effort
was being made to agree upon such changes
in the bill rs wpnld secure for it unit d and
active support of all Democratic senators.
Palmer's reply WAS: IF the senator desires
to know what the secretary of the treasury
means, let ham ask the secretary" (iaugh-
ter.
Hale stated on what he called "good au-
thority'' that some interviews brou .ht up in
the Senate we're not int. rviews picked up
by newspaper correspondents, but given
out by the senators thema Ives with the re-
quest that they be publish, d..
Chandler sabs, quently asserted that such
was the case with Carli-le's interview
printed this morning. H.rrs said the r.. =
publican 81 e of the chamber wanted to
know when the tariff bJl would be voted
on. They would know when the pending
amendment (s- to the date f,r the bi to
go into efec,) WAS disposed of and would
not know be tore that.
Turrie, III ice quiver1rg with pas
sion, attacked Aldrich charping him with
having put forward three Ii =, gross an
palpable, viz: That there W.T., 30 amend
ments t. b. offered bv the finance commit
tee that the bill had never been considered
BY the committee, and that It WAS hot \ bill
which woul be finally presented for ac-
ton "
The only notice Allrch took Of the bite
attack upon him was the quiet r.matk that
he did not suppose 'h- senator from Indi-
ana represented AN, Vi DIV but himself, and
that under other circum aances and 9th. I
conditions the senator would not have
made such sIeech that he hal just made
Quay delivered the third install
ment of his speech against the
tariff bill, assisted BY Gallingt
in the reading of statistics. Qtav, after n
while. yielded for a motion to 20 ITO exec
utive session. On that mgt,on no quorum
voted, and after fruitless attempts 10 get a
quorum, Harris sg eed to move an adjourn
ment. He gWenot that If the Senate
was left without n quorum sgai he woul
move that the serg' an,-at-arms be directed
to compel the st'endauce of absentees.
Cockrell, chairman of the committee or
appropfisrons, added that he would intro
duce resolution directing the sergeapt-st
to tut in force the provision of the Law fol
d,ductions from the salaries Of absent sen
ators. Finally the Senate adjourned.