Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-24
MAJORITY OF TEN.
Motion TO Law Tariff Bill
on the Table Defeated.
STUCK 10 The DEMOCRATS.
House Does Some s ashi1g on Civil
Service Appropriations.

wAsHIHGToS, May "a Senator German
spoke In the senate yesterday. declaring
that the tariff TIL Is not dsficit-crssting.
such as either the present law has proved
10 be. or as the bill which passed the house
WAS certain To be- II enacted. He said it re-
duees taxation to the actual requirements
OF the government; IL eliminates the fay-
oritism Of the psesent law aud lessons the
burdens upon the great majority of the
people; II makes possible the quick re-
viyal Of business activity 20 sadly needed
and universally desired; IL provides suffi-
Client revenue to meet necessary expendi-
lures without further issue OF bonds
Whatever OF Discrimination it contains II
In favor Of American citizens; IL does not
attempt 10 ignore facts In bearing out
theory.
A sensational incident grew out of Mr..
Germans speech. Mr.. Aldrich replied
briefly. The Maryland senator. he said.
occupied q unique position In the councils
Of his party. Like Henry Clay. he be-
lieved in compromise to save bis party
from defeat Like his distinguished
prototype, In a crisis he believed In for
getting and abandoning his party dsclsra-
tions and in constructing q new platform
20 meet the exigencies of the occasion.
1t was true, he said, that the CON-
promises fathered by the senator from
Maryland had not been always successful,
but that had not been due TO lack of zeal
on his part II was not through lack Of
seal that Mr.. German had failed to nom.
mate . compromise candidate at Chicago
In place OF Mr.. Cleveland, nor that his
silver compromise had been defeated dur
d.. q 4. -
summer.
An Unexpected Move.
Mr. Teller (Rep, Colo.) followed Mr.
Aldrch, and Republicans aud Democrats
alike felt as he spoke that some move
was impending. He was interested. Mr.
Teller said, TO learn from Mr.. German that
. majority OF the senate would support
the compromise bill. He was also inter
ssted In learning that the Democratic
party vas standing. not on the Chicago
platform. but upon Mr.. Clsvsland's plat
form
Still, even after what Mr.. German had
said, he was In doubt as to the condition
OF the other side. The Maryland senator
had not said that all the Democrats
would support the bill. He had said that
a ma jority Of the senate would support it.
How many Populists were counted on by
Mr.. German TO make up a majority of the
senatei Were there any backsliders among
the Democrats themselvest These were all
interesting questions and in order to
make every senator show his colors he
would move to lay the tariff bill on the
table.
Mr.. Teller's motion was like q bomb
she'll Ii created CONSERVATION on both
sides The bells rang and pages were
sent scurrying through the corridors to
drum up sbsentses, In order that a full
force might be polled on the vote. Mr..
Butler (Dem., S. c., who was in the
BARRIERS chair when a messenger found
him, came in with one side Of his face
shaved.
Three Populist Votes.
The rollcall was watched with intense
interest, curiosity being particularly man
ifested as to how Messrs Hill, Irby and
PETER would vote All three voted
against the Teller motion. The Demo
cratic line did not show a single gap. and
the three svowed Populists, Allen, Kyle
and PETER. voted with them. The motion
wss defested-26 to 49,
Mr.. Hoar spoke In reply to Mr.. German.
He referred in sarcastic terms to the ten
der. unsuspicious Don- -partisanship Of Mr..
Germans character. He went on to pur-
sue his line OF argument to show incon-
sistency between the bills the finance
committee was putting through and the
platform OF the party In the last cam
paign. After considerable further debate
the senate got down to business, and the
following rates were fxed:
Railway bars, T rails, etc, 7-20ths OF
cent q pound; black taRgers, between 10
and 20 wire guagr. 7l0t ths OF u cent pound;
between 10 aud Is wire guags, sl0ths Of
cent; thinner than e5. l-l0th OF u cent; iron
and steel, plates. coated with zinc, or
other metals, except tin or terne plates,
IA cent more than rates In preceding
paragraph; sheet iron or steel, polished.
l 3-4 cent? per pound.
The senate went into executive session
nj h.,ln nd CON nrmed q L IL In nulnr Of