The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-01
TURPIE'S AWFUL ROAST.

I QUUItU
Ohio Senator's speech, in which he
said that the finance committee had
not had opportunity TO consider the
pending tariff bill in the usual way.
| He took especial exception TO SEN
tence in Mr.. Sherman's speech dealing,
this bill has never been considered by
! the finance committee" He asserted
that the tariff bill had been reported
! to the full finance committee on March
s, and had not been reported by the
committee to the Senate until March
Senator Sherman, in reply, said the
bill was never read in detail to permit
changes. If it had been and votes had
been taken, a more satisfactory meas
ure might have been presented.
Senator Harris interjected a question.
He wanted to know if Mr.. Sherman and
Iother Republican members of the COM
mittee had not had opportunity to offer
amendments in committee.
Not the usual opportunity, replied
Mr.. Sherman, lit was idle to do SO when
the six Democratic members had agreed
on amendments and they had been sub
mitted to the Democratic caucus"
I Mr.. Harris-The senator says he did
not have the usual opportunity. I want
him to answer distinctly or definitely,
if he means to deny explicitly that he
did not have the same opportunity the
Democratic senators had when the Nc
Kinley bill was before the committee?
Mr. Sherman repeated that there was
no opportunity for consideration until
the Democratic majority had agreed
upon changes.
Harris Gives Them Facts.
Mr.. Morrill, made brief statement,
contirmatory of what Senator Sherman
had said, after which Senator Harris,
taking the floor for a moment, said
with much emphasis:
IF the senator from Ohio and the
senator from Vermont desire to be IN
derstood as asserting that the Republi-
cans were not permitted to shape the
bill in committee, they are within the
limits Of the exact truth and they are
within the limits when they infer that
they will not be allowed to shape it,
Mr.. Sherman-That's all right.
Mr.. Harris-Of course, it's all right.
But If they say they were not permitted
opportunity to offer amendments, they
do injustice to themselves and gross in
justice to other members Of the COM
mittee.
Mr.. VOORHEES, insisted that the record
showed that the bill had been consid-
cred in every detail, from end to end,
and that the minority had ample oppor-
tunity to offer amendments. He called
particular attention to Mr.. Aldrich' S
motion, made in committee, to strike
out the income tax feature
Il desire to say right here" said he,
commenting on this motion mo matter
what rumors may be floating in the air,
the income tax will stay in this BILL
Messrs Allison, Teller and Hawley
then took part in the discussion.
Mr.. Hale returned to the Carlisle in
Iterview. declaring that it bore all the
marks of authenticity
Then Mr.. Palmer took a turn and
Mr. Carey and Mr.. Chandler joined the
colloquy which Mr.. Harris vainIy en-
I deavered to bring TO a close.
Turpie's Attack on AIdrich.
A few minutes afterward an incident
occurred which created a profound SEN
sation. All the Democrats had been
more or less irritated by the prodding
from the other side, and the feeling
was directed principally against Mr..
Aldrich, who was manoevering the OPP
position.
Mr.. Turpie who got the floor when
Mr.. Palmer sat down, made a direct as
sault on Mr.. Aidrich, the like Of which
has not been heard in the Senate
chamber for years. He declared that
three monslrous untruths had charac-
terized the opposition, three gross pal
pable lies, Of inconceivable mendacity
The first Of those untruths was that a
neW bill was being prepared by the
secretary of the treasury; the second
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matter which,, were to be presented
and the third was that the bill reported
from the finance committee was not
the bill to be passed. All these as
serdons had been categorically denied
by four Democratic members of the
finance committee.
And yet" continued Mr.. Turpie
raising his hand aloft, and stretching
it toward Mr.. Aldrich the senator
from Rhode Island comes in here and
says he believes they are true. Such
an issue Of Veracity! 1 prefer to be-
heYe, and I do believe, the senators on
this side and 1 disbelieve the senators
no, l viii not say senators-I disbe-
lieve the diminutive unit of the other
side who assert to the contrary. Who
is the author Of these reports that are
being circulated here and in the news
paper press? Who claims the pater-
nifty? The senator from Rhode Island
Biting and VenOmOus irony.
I TecolIect the predecessor of the
honorabl senator from Rhode Island ~
he continued with biting and venom
Gus irony, referring TO the Senator
Aldrich Of 1890 as a different indiVid-
ual from the Senator Aldrich of to-
. day, but even he could not then have
been the author of all three of these
untruths. He might have been the
author Of one, but three would have
driven him from the field. He had
been a drug clerk and was familiar
with that line of business and other
lines as wholesale grocer. We who
were here then will never forget the
writhing of his distinguished coun-
tenance, his enormous development OF
cheek that extended from ear to eaI
and from chin to forehead. We will
never forget his auricular appendices
that scraped the dome of the capitol
How can the present senator hope tC
rival his predecessor in the hate OF
truth, and in the love of falsehood
that has always characterized the
cheats of protection?"
When Mr.. Turpie sat down there
was a hush upon ne chamber Every
one was amazed at the personal char.
acter of the attack upon Senator Aid
rich.
Then all eyes were turned on the
Rhode sland senator. He rose slowly.
In the position the senator from
Indiana now takes" he said, slowly
and deliberately, he speaks for nc
one but himself. Under other circum-
stances and conditions, 1 do not be.
lieve he would have made the speech
he has made"
Mr.. Aldrich took his seat.
The incident closed without another
word. and Mr.. Quay took the floor an6
resumed the prepared speech begun
some weeks ago.
A motion to go into executive ses.
sion developed the absence of a quo
rum. and al $50 the Senate adjourned
ITS OBJECT ACCOMPLISHED.
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