Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-30

finance committee. amendments reported
to any more consideration than individual
amendments, and would have no more par
liamer tary privilege.
Advance Information by the Execu-
tive Omcers.
Mr. Aldrich admitted that this was true
in a parliamentary sense, but perhaps
might not be true of this committee. Then,
taking paper from his desk containing the
interview with Secretary Carlisle printed in
the morning papers. he said he thought it a
strange coincidence that the executive Of
ficers of the government seemed always in
possession of advance Information regard
ing the progress of tariff reform.
President Cleveland. in his message, had
told the country in advance what the Will
son bill was to contain, and now Secretary
Carlisle came forward with this advance
Information about the harmonizing of DEM
ocratic discord-information, he volunteer
ed which was in direct conflict with the re-
cent statement of the chairman Of the
finance committee.
Mr.. Vest Gets Excited.
This statement goaded Mr.. Vest beyond
endurance, and he raised the point Of order
that newspaper interviews could not be
dragged into the Senate chamber but Vice
President Stevenson ruled that the chair
was helpless under the rules to lay the
course of any Senator in debate. But there
| was a means of stopping matters temporar-
iy The debate had been proceeding by
| unanimous consent, and Mr.. Allen (Neb.)
at this point suddenly threw senatorial
courtesy" to the winds and demanded the
| regular order. The tariff bill was then laid
before the Senate. but new complications
| were at hand.
Mr.. Aldrich wanted to continue his COM
ments on the Carlisle interview.
New Complications.
H. loe% c.
day. was ready to proceed. but Mr.. Quay.
who had yielded to him. being present this
morning. was entitled to the floor. MI
Dolph wanted to yield back to Mr.. Quay
This condition of things senatorial induced
Mr.. Harris to remark sharply upon the alb
| surd practice of dealing out the floor. Mr..
Quay, he said, had made a speech of a day
or two and had then yielded the floor to
Mr.. Dolph. who had occupied Ii for ten days
| or more.
These unfinished speeches." said he,
| hang like a pail of death over the Senate.
speaker day and night until he completes
| his remarks.
Mr.. Quay, who was entitled to the floor
replied to Mr.. Harris observation with the
| suggestion that the regal authority with
which the Senate had invested him (Mr
Harris) seemed to grow more despotic
/ daily. He was willing, he continued, to
yield to Mr.. Aldrich. but before he did 50
he would move to lay aside the tariff bill
| for the purpose of taking up the Monon-
gahela bridge bill. Ii a public enter
prise. he said, which would give employ
ment to a large number of people in Pitts
burg. and he should make this motion every
day until IL was disposed of.
| The motiCn was lost by a party vote, 16-
30, Senators Teller and Woicott voting with
| the democrats
Mr.. AIdrich Continues.
After this diversion. Mr.. Quay yielded the
| IN xh ,aI &c
comments on the Carlisle interview.
| He called attention to the fact that the
Secretary made some specifications as to
the changes to be made, as first given out
Il am informed and / believe he said.
| that there are more than 300 of these
amendments, and yet the Senator from
| Indiana lM-. Noorhees), when 1 referred to
these amendments. intimated that L had
| uttered an untruth."
Mr.. voorhees, explained that he had not
intended what he had said in reply to Mr..
Aldrich al a personal offense. Il said
| there were not 800 amendments agreed up-
on. and l repeat that statement. I say
again. the assertion, as made. was untrue
There's not one word of truth in IT."
| THE Secretary's statement is merely con-
jectural As for the Senator's statement
will only say that his information informs
him falsely as to the proposed amendments.
| III, after this, he repeats the statement, he
does so upon his own responsibility"
| Mr. Aldrich accepted the challenge i'm
piled in Mr.. Voorhees, closing remark. an 4
rose with the statement on his lips that he
was Informed and believed that amend
ments had been prepared to the bill since
| IL had been reported to the Senate as ne
hao previously stated"
He asserted that the amendments were in
print, and said IL was his understanding
that they were to be submitted to the Sem
ate shortly. They We're he was certain
| from what he had heard, of a nature 10
completely change the character of the bill.
| "A fotp nf Nofr 81.
ate was no nearer the final consideration of
the bill than IL was three months ago. when
the bill came from the House.
The Democrats Responsible.
In view Of this fact, he declared the i'm
petuous haste of the Senator from Tennes-
see (Mr. Harris) was in bad grace. Get
your bill ready" he said. with emphasis,
and We will discuss IL. II there has been
any delay" he continued, shaking his fin
ger at the democratic side of the chamber.
| you are responsible for tit must be laid
at your door and nobody else's. Why. the
delay on the democratic side of the cham
ber has already caused the defeat of three
| different bills"
| Then he went on to enumerate these. men
| tioning the House bill which after receiyine
the sanction of the democratic majority OF
the House and of the President even be-
fore 1t was reported. is now. he declared a
dead measure. and is in the Senate witho Ut
friend or defender, as proof of which he
cited the fact that when he had proposed
that that bill be put to a vote in the Senate
the proposition had been rejected
| he then referred to the bill agreed upon
| by the democratic members of the finance
| committee, which. thanks to Senator Brice
| and others, had never seen daylight The
| third of these bills was the one now before
the Senate. and 1t was soon to suffer the
| fate OF its predecessors. No one, he said
could claim when finally presented that the
bill would be anything like IL now is He
repeated that the republican side had a
| right to know what the bill was TO be be-
fore attempting to discuss 1t, and suggested
that, as there were many other important
measures before the Senate. including ap-
preparation bills, the tariff bill be laid
aside and he appropriation bills be taken
up while Ii was being perfected.
Mr.. Mills Enters the Arena.
Mr.. Mills Crex) followed in a brief, sharp
speech, characterizing the proceedings OF
the day as pyrotechnical on the part of re-
pubicans, while those OF last Thursday
were of the nature of a military move in
tended to determine the strength of the
democratic forces. He declared that Mr..
Aldrich's only object was to create dis
| cord in order to defeat the pending bill,
with the view of fastening the Mckinley
| law, the most unjust tariff measure ever
enacted, upon the country for another
| term of years.
| Mr.. Aldrich, taking the floor again, said
he was surprised at the constant denials
on the part of the democratic Senators OF
the existence of proposed amendments. de-
| retracted the next.
Mr.. Voorhees, Replies to Mr. Sherman
The Senate was all attention when Sena-