New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-27
HILL CALLED A CONSPIRATOR.
ARRA1GNED BY THE TARIFF COMMITTEE
OF THE REFORM CLUB
LIVELY MEETING OF THE MEMBERS ON THE
ApyIsABIIITY OF PUBLISHING THEIR PAM
PHIET-E. ELLERY ANDERSON. THE EN-
REFORM APOSTLE. TRIES TO HAVE
IT PPREssED-TAMMANY AND

IT sUPrREssED-TAMMANY AND
THE WILSON BILL.
Tho Tariff Reform Committee of the Reform
C,luh held q session at its downtown Office yes'er-
| day. and before it got through there had peeh
more or less hot talk INDUCED In Inc not ta'k re-
| suited from n discussion on the adVsaohl'y VI
making public pamphlet entitled How the New
| York Senators and Tammany Hall Supported lari
Reform" II was decided TO make the pamphiet
| nuhIic + Ellerv Anderson the ex-reformer. and
now the benchman of Senator Hill and Tammany
Hail. is "A member Of the Tariff Committee oil inc
Reform Club. and he was at the meeting yeste'-
day 1t Is thought that he was the cause Oh 'le
hot talk lie left the meeting before II was over
and said as he went out:
you have my best wishes. gentlemen
These remarks were taken In an ironical sense
II could not be learned who else objected to the
publication OF the pamphlet. which contains some
highly uncompmcntary remarks about senator
Hi. but It said that a few members ~ inc
club who are In the same box with r. Elery An
, derson wanted the pamphlet suppressed The
pamphlet begins by telling about the WORK OF the
extra session Of Congress in 1893 and Of the fresi-
dents message setting forth the urgency OF action
on the tariff. 1t then continues in part as follows
sen n''' on Augrst H. ss5 Senator Hill had sub
mitted to the Senate the following resolution; -,
Resolved That II is the sense Of the Senate ina,
no legislation other than legislation pertaining TO
the finances should be considered al the present eN
IT, issue was thus raised between the President
senator Hill. The House followed the Iresi,
dent. and its committee proceeded TO prepare
When Congress met regularly in December, the
House pushed consideration OF the Tariff bill. ana
on February sent the Wilson bill 70 the SENATE
A. chicago Tammany dsgfaes had G 'srr panE
IN the platform. But as the discussion proceeded IN
the House became evident mat tney Wsfe nco no
tax feature OF the proposed bill their point OF at.
The real trouble which came to light only when the
House refused any protection whatever TO the Sugar
passed about on tho Moor Of Congress that u
those opposed to the Sugar rust PERSISTED IN theT
be strong enough to beat the BIZ. In the House. II
9TT e1 nai to the PC the q b nfom tax of
no income tax: and when Chairman Wilson, as the
leagues elected az Democrats TO stand by their
party and It's pledges. Bartlett. Campbell. Cumming
against The Wilson bill. while The great hal rang
with protectlonist cheers from the Republican side
In the senate however. the situation more
grave There was developed aba o, nem!cfahc
~ 10 s'p az no sryG ~ No ,", .nnh c3-d
his leadership ,hey we're ready to slcrace their
party n, pe'n,cra,lc majority wa. narrow
that the consp.rators German IN Rice. Smith
Murphy ct al had the party At their mercy and
Most significant OF all perhaps was the vpsrch
OF Senator Hill in the senate on April O. Forgetting
position az n conspiring ohstrIctionst- IInl
charged upon The President the delay which he
himself favored. md WAS ~ that very moment
prolonging. and took his stand as Protectonist
in opposition to the Wilson bill Ills own woods
formed IN" most telling expose OF HIS attitude
Meanwhile the cotcrlc above referred 20 an their
allies bullicI tho tariff reform members % the
senate Finance COMMITTEE. and forced one con
ccssion after another. each one loading the uil
with Proi"ctionlsi amendments. Of these the most
fragrant that fayOrng the Sugar Trust. while
the most conterutihle Nas doubtless the prohibit
tory collars and CUFFS. which vas tho ap
parent consideration for the vote OF Senator Muir
ply.
factors that the first week 81 May produced
The tactics Of the Democratic protectiOnsts now
changed Their efforts were now turned toward
defeating any legislation whatever. OF all spcctn
ces In recent American politics. none was more
cured conrived AT the mutilation o. the bill
in order - favor protcctionist Interests turn
puriss. and profess TO be 90 horrihcd AT the re
suit that they must salVc their condolences by
killing the bill they had loaded thus preventing all
tariff leg station whatever. ~ these senator Hi
was asily foremost. He preferred TO kill tho biz.
which political cxgencies have since forced him 10
praise.
Senator Murphys course was. II possible. still
more characteristic After the House had failed 20
secure further concessions from the Senate II CON
scented that the German compromise should become
n law. only after IL had arranged TO send 10 the
Senate special bills providing for free coal, free
iron and free sugar. as II promptly did. The Sen
ate squirmcd the FIRE OF popular ndigna ton. the
bodest Of the prOtectonist cotcrie timid. and
few days II seemed probable that tn"
coal. iron and sugar combines would be denied the
further assist nee Of law
OF the Democratic Congressman from Ncw-YOrk
city who obs yed Croker and voted against the VIII
son bill. Bartlett. Cummings and Sickles have been
Cochran and Warner, who voted for IT, have not
been rcnomlnated.