The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06

AS considerable comment has been made
charging delay in the passage of the present
tariff bill, II is but fair to give the dates
when the several bills. during the last fifty
years. have passed the senate. so that
a conclusion reached as to whether the
work upon the present bill has been as rapid
as that upon its predecessors:
1876. and was approved by the president
Morrill, tariff. 1861 reported to the house
1861 and was approved March 2. 1861.
Tariff bill of 1888, passed the house June
q. 1882 passed the senate tie. Feb. 20. 1888. and
The Mckinley tariff passed the senate
Sept. TO- 1890 and was approved by the
president Oct l, 1890
II seems to be the concensus of opinion by
leaders upon both sides that the present
tariff bill will pass the senate about the
Comment has been made upon the fact
that the finance committee has offered 400
committee offered to the Mckinley bill S9s
amendments that changed its substance
while of the 400 amendments offered to the
Wilson bill, Senator Jones in charge of the
senate bill, states that a majority of them
simply changed the senate amendments and
restored the rates of duty as originally pro-
No slip. Issued by the democratic con-
gressional committee.
CHARLES j. FAULKNER. Chairman
Chairman wilson's Ire Aroused.
The Faulkner document aroused the in
dignation of the members of the ways
and means committee. Chairman Wilson
who has never been known to get ex-
cited before could not suppress his anger
when he received his quota of the
Faulkner leatlet for distribution among
the democratic papers Of his district. He
was then in his seat and he tore them
up and flung them in the basket and
made a bee line for the senate. but
Faulkner was not 10 be found He took
Jones and Vest to task for this outrage,
but they both disclaimed completely in
the infamous document However he
gave the senators to understand that
such methods would not expedite an
agreement between the two houses.
Representative Bynum, member of
the ways and means committee, also of
the executive committee of the congress
sional committee, said that he had not
been consulted on the propriety of send
ing the German table Of tariff averages
as a campaign document. He admitted
that it was unreliable, deceptive and
would do more harm than good.
Representative Tarsney Of Missouri,
member of the ways and means commit
tee, today addressed an open letter to
Chairman Faulkner Of the congressional
committee in answer to Faulkner's let
man comparative table in the papers of
his district Tarsney riddles the Faulk-
ner document with statistics, which. Il
is said, Chairman Wilson prepared for
him. He shows that under the Wilson
bill the people would be taxed SIPS, 900, 900;
under the senate bill. S175. 900. 900; under
the Mckinley law. $19S. 100000.
Its Object Apparent.
The object of this document is appar-
ent. 1t is intended to deceive the demo-
Gratis OF the country for the purpose of
getting the German Brice tariff bill ac-
cepted by the house without changes.
These conservatives" through the
congressional committee. which they
control-Mr. Faulkner being one Of them
are attempting to make the people be-
lieve that the reductions in taxes from
the Mckinley tariff in the Gorman-Brice
bill are within LIZ per cent of being as
low that in the Wilson bill. so that