The herald., 1894-05-24
DEMOCRATS PUT TO THE TEST,
A Motion to Table the Tariff
Bill Defeated.
Senators Hill and Irby Voted With
the Majority.
German Explains How the Compromise
Was Brought About-senate and
House Procesdings-Was
ington Notes.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Cor
mans speech Was the feature OF the
days session. He and Mr.. Brice have
been credited by the opposition with the
joint authorship OF the compromise
amendments which consolidated the
Democratic side, and Mr.. German
especially has been subjected to much
criticism, both in and out of the senate.
This speech today, replying in meas
ure to the attacks that had been made
upon him, explaining the necessity Tor
the compromise and defining the thsory
upon which the modified bill, now be-
fore the senate was constructed, at
tracted intense interest. 1t was regarded
as an exceedingly able exposition OF the
position of the conservatives.
Mr.. Germans speech furnished texts
for the Rspu blicans for the remainder OF
the day. His statement that the ma
jority of the senate would support the
bill was put to the test by Mr.. Teller,
whose purpose was to "smoke out" any
latent opposition on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Germans statement was justified
by the vote, az the Colorado senator's
motion to lay the tariff bill on the table
was met by an unbroken Democratic
front. Both Senator Hill and Senator
Irby, whose positions have been the sub
ject OF gossip from time to time. voted
with their Democratic associates, as did
the three Populists, including PETER.
The rates fixed today we're as follows:
Railway bars. T rails, etc., 1920 Of
cent per pound; black tagsers. between
10 and 20 wire gauge, 40 OF cent per
pound; between 20 and Is wire gauge,
$40 of cent; thinner than 25. lilo of q
cent; iron and steel plates coated with
zinc or other metals, except tin or tin
plate, Il of a cent more than the rates
in the preceding paragraph sheet iron
or steel, polished, Ia cents per pound.
Mr.. Allison spoke at some length in
reply to Mr.. German, expressing regret
that the Maryland senator had not gone
more into detail in the history OF the
bill. Since May 9TH the Republicans
had been trying to ascertain the prln-
ciple underlying the bill and now, for
the first time, learned from Mr.. German
that the bill was to make discrimination
in favor of American labor, and substi-
tuting President Cleveland's letter of
acceptance of 1892. as interpreted by
Mr.. German, for the platform of 1892.
The vote in detail on Mr.. Teller's mo-
ton to lay the tariff bill on the table is
as follows:
Yeas-Aldricb, Allison, Cameron,
Chandler, Davis, Dolph. Dubois, Frye,
Gallinger, Hale. Hansbrough. Hawley,
Higgins. Hoar, Lodge, Mcmillan. Man
derson, Mitchell (Ore.), Morrill,, Patton,
Pettigraw, Platt, Power, Quay, Shtr-
m IN. Shoup, Squire. Teller-2S.
Nays-Allen, Bate, Berry. Blackburn,
Blanchard. Butler, Caffery, Camden,
Cockrell. Coke, Daniel. Faulkner,
George, Gibson, Gordon, German, Gary,
Harris, Hill, Hunton, 1rby, Jarvis.
Jones (Arkansas), Kyle, Lindsay, Mar
tin, Mills. Morgan, Murphy, Palmer,
Paaco, PETER, Pugh, Ransom. Smith,
Voorhees,, Walsh. White-3S.
The pairs were as follows, Democrats
first: Brice and Wolcott; Gall and
Proctor; Mitchell (Wis.) and Carr; Nc
Pherson and Cullom; McLAurin and
Dixon Villas and Jones New; Roche
and Perkins; Turpie and Wilson; Vest
and Washburn.
Stewart (Pop.) was absent and un-
paired.
At 80 m. the senate went into ex-
ecutive session and soon afterwards ad-
journed.