The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-07
OUGHT TO BE HANGED.
Voorhees, on Those Who Differ From
President Cleveland.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6-ChaiTman Voor-
heeS of the Senate Finance Committee has
not been able to attend the tariff confer
ence on account of i'll health, and is still
confined to his house. He has not yet been
heard from on the points now at issue
among the conferrees. 1t has been as
sumed that he stood with the Senate con-
ference managers not only for the Senate
duty on sugar. but also for duty on coal
and iron ore He announced the contrary
in an interview with a reporter who called
on him at his house to-day and asked
him for his views. He talked very freely,
advocating such concessions on the part of
the Senate as would bring about speedy
agreement, and took strong grounds in
favor of yielding to the Democrats of the
House for free coal and Tree iron ore. He
said:
1T seems to me there ought to be little
II any difficulty in reaching an agreement
between The two houses. The Ways and
Means Committee OF the House did not in
the first instance report in favor of free
sugar. but were overruled by the House
and free sugar put on the Wilson bill. l
would gladly have concurred in this, but
it was soon ascertained with mathematical
certainty that such a bill could by no pos
sbility pass the Senate. On this point of
difference of the two houses, look upon
the Presidents letter TO Mr.. Wilson as a
help rather than a hindrance toward a
compromise settlement. The concession
which the President advises the House to
make on sugar is liberal and ought to be
at once satisfactory to every legitimate
sugar interest. ! can entertain no doubt
that it will furnish the basis of a success
full schedule Mr.. Gallery has announced
in the Senate. as I understand him, that
Louisiana will accept 40 per cent ad va
loren without any reference to the trust,
especially if the bounty or at least por-
ton of it is continued to the planters a
few months longer. Under these circum-
stances, am unable to see how the sugar
issue can remain any longer an obstacle to
an agreement.
1.-The only other points of serious
trouble are embraced in the question
whether coal and iron shall be free or have
a tariff duty laid on them of 40 cents per
ton. These are exceedingly small and in
significant Items of controversy on which
TO defeat great national system of reve-
nue. reform, obsruct all the legislation
looking 10 that end, disappoint and de-
range every business Of the co untry,
greatly embarrass the Democratic party
and inflct the gravest calamities on all
classes of people. If legislation S hall
entirely fail at this time owing to stub
born disagreement as to whether there
shall be small duty on coal and a small
duty on iron ore, or whether these two
articles shall be on the free list, the men
who make that result inevitable may rest
assured that they will be held In everlast-
ing remembrance and everlasting execra-
ion. They will be hanged in effigy from
one ocean to the other and their names
Will be pilloried in the estimation of the
people. There is so little ground In my
mind now for final disagreement that
those who continue to insist on small
things and continue to repeat such disa-
greement will be held as criminals by all
just-minded people.
1.-THE sugar schedule being practically
out of the way, as | have shown, by con-
cessions the Senate ought, in my judgment.
TO concede free coal ana free iron ore and,
of course, it would do so but for a mem
bership in that body which could be
counted on the fingers of one hand. |
have no disposition TO reflect on the mo-
tive of those who differ from me in opin-
ion, but this small minority of the Senate
having substantially carried their point
on sugar can very easily and very houora-
bly, afford TO make concessions on coal and
iron. Such action on their part and the
great results which would follow would
be hailed by the American people as
blessed deliverance at the present crisis
in cur affairs"