The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-12
TARIFF FIGHT In THE SENATE
TEST ToTE rzX CoxE ErTHER ON
slIURDlH on MoNDlE.

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WAsHIHoron, April 11.-Toth sides Of the
Senate chamber are armine for the fray that
| will begin next week over the Tariff bill, when
the pending truce will be declared on. unless
II should premsturely terminate on Friday In
amotion to adjourn over Saturday. The Re-
| publicans say that general debate on the Me-
Binley bill proceeded 10 an orderly manner
with ordinary sessions, for elk weeks. and
they insist that the consideration Of the Will
son bill shall proceed In the same manner.
Mr.. Harris's threat to break his pair when
ever II becomes necessary to make quorum
and his insistence that other Democrats shall
do the same do not appear to excite alarm in
the camp OF the enemy. for Republicans
cay that would result In compelling Demo-
Gratis to find their own quorum. which.
at the present time at least they would
not be able to do Then, too. Republl-
cans say that such men as Call. German.
Cockrell. Faulkner. Brice. Hill. Murphy. smith.
and Ir5y would not break their pairs under
any circumstances However. should the
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| meeting and insist upon what the Repu bllcans
call undue haste. the minority leaders have
| proposed q cam paign Of old-fashioned nlibus-
| terinR under Aldrich. Hale. aud Chandler, the
active politicians Of the Senate. and the equally
| alert junior Senator from Massachusetts,.
| Henry Cabot Lodge Both sides hesitate to
precipitate the fret test vote The Democrats
appear to be afraid OF the conservatives in their
own party. and the Republicans fear that an
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to weaken and thus dlsarranRe all their plans.
The test cannot, however. be long delayed.
and may como either Saturday or Monday
next
The Senate to. day took up tho Tariff bill at
| 2. NJ. according to yesterdays agreement.
| Mr.. Hale rep. Mel having taken the floor 10
speak. yielded to Mr. Morgan dem. Als-L who
said that he desired to make an explanation
| or statement which might be called personal
or political He read an extract from an arti-
Gle in New York paper Of . recent date COM
| mentinR upon the m anifesto Of the Minnesota
Democracy against certain Democratic sena-
tors for their supposed opposition to the Tariff
| bill.
That" said Mr.. Morgan. rs the French
| method OF trying . man In his absence and
| without serving q COPY Of the indictment upon
him. have the opportunity now. however.
and I think It my duty to enter plea Of not
| guilty to this accusation from Minnesota.
| which. doubtless. was manufactured here and
sent to Minnesota am satisfied with tho bill
now before the Senate. as 1t came from the
| Finance Committee. 1 propose to vote for 1t.
| without any amendment whatever. and II my
| friends on the other side want to delay action
| upon It In the line OF Tlibustering. and
| II they notify mo OF that will take
occasion to do as / have done before.
sit up for several nights oonsecutively to
| accommodate them. l was a tariff reformer
| before gentlemen were born who have
issued that diatribe against me. and have
not in the least degree relaxed my purpose
| and desire to have In the United States . fair.
equitable. Just system OF tariff taxation that
can mako It do SO. and that shall not contain
So as That Is what have to say "'n III '"'
Y any other Senator who 7. on the. Mime
viii i Yield With piessafe even tSSusS I. shall
sbg 10 b. sassss,oe that those Senator'S
may DO iilibusterlng. am not anxious TO go
S Sn u before the Senate" ''ONA' " 10
Mr. Jones Dem. 'hrk.I-win the Senator
s For sp p 5 s1piahaiOn p asked Mr.. Hale
FOR morning business" Mr.. Jons. re-
,Mr Harris Dem. Tenn objected to any;
WhlIe proceeding under the consent rule. ""
fss:ss SSs H. MI H.a. inquired with
AedTf The soSie..ionSi;" MT Hal. repeated. III
When the Senator, Yielded to the Senator
from Alabama 4 was In the nature OF debate
i'"if so eon.id cred It." said Mr.. Hale with
laugh. in which he was Joined By Republican
Mr. Hale then proceeded with his speech on
aedisa snSsSs.isn Srs, t 6s% Del. p said
d =: t Ss . M1 c s !.
Tads, sn 1S Of H99iishdipE The 5order and Mr.
tcs large snoaas u e. In sisG 81
TSSd sts{ there and =. is
cusslon on that point Mr. Hale said:
IN, wshoG, any sOndition Or reciprocity this
farmers and o.hsls % Ills .ss p the SoTdsr
now have fer the benefit OF the Canadian
prospect OF annexation. The moment that the
canadians get what they want By Democrats
the Iesitimats result Of this biiI. II it passes
dying out OF the annexation sentim ent on the
other side and the American people will find
hostile. dominion all along our entire northern
border. This In itself Is so important a con-
this bill Every patriotic Impulse OF the Ameri-
can people is aroused against such a policy"
Mr.. Hale finished his speech at 3:l5. and
then Mr. PETER Pop. KAN resumed the
speech which he had com meneed last Thurs
day. He repeated the statement which no had
thon made that the Populisis had no tarir
plank In their platform But they believed IN
a graduated income TAX. and rega rded II as the
most equitable system OF taxation Person
ally he favored a graduated tax on large landed
estates He argued that the bill discrl N mated
against the farmers. All that he asked, and all
that the farmers ask ed. he said. was that they
should have the benefit OF protective duties.
the same as the man ufaeturers had. but II was
out OF order. he thought. to call the pending
bill . tariff reform measure IL WAS neither a
tariff for protection nor a tariff for revenue
The Democracy could take no pride In It's pas
sage nor sorrow 10 its defeat
At L. NJ. according to the Agreement the
TArlI bill went over. SIR. Feifsr not having
finished hts speech. and the discussion Of the
Further Deficiency bill was LeRun.
Attention was called to the very large de-
heieneiss for U1itsd StHtea courts. but Dir.
CockTell Dem. No said that all these items
did not Increase the amount beyond the estI-
mates made for the fiscal year ending June3O