Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-26
DANIELAN HUNTON.
They Were MErspreSented In the Report
Of Gorman's Speech.
BOTH FOR TARIFF REpORH BILL.
And Prepared to Make Sacrifices, II Neces.
sary, In Order TO Secure Action
Congressional Generaiitiea

To-day's debate in the Senate on the
question OF agreeing 10 the report of the
House OF Representatives for a further
conference on the tariff BILL was not of
so exciting or interesting character as
was the debate on the first three days,
| and there was not an allusion made ex-
| cept a very remote one. to the Presidents
famous letter TO Mr.. Wilson. There were
three speeches made. the longest by Mr..
! Caffery, and the shorter ones by Messrs.
Daniel and f1unton. Mr.. Caffery's speech
was in advocacy Of his motion to have
a modified sugar bounty paid for 1894,
/ and In favor Of fair duty on sugar.
| Failing in getting such protection for
the sugar interests Of Louisiana, Mr.. CAT
! fiery declared, more in sorrow than In
/ anger" that himself and his colleague
| would be forced TO antagonize the bill,
l and to part the ties which now bound
/ them to the Democratic party.
The speeches OF Senators Daniel and
| Hunton were called out by a desire TO
| correct an error In the report OF Mr.
| Germans speech of Monday last. which
represented them, with senators from
| four or five other States. as being so
| inmlcal to the House bill that they
| would have voted against II. Mr.. Daniel
| declared that he had named no cOndi-
! tions to command his vote, and that.
whether the bill. as it would be finally
| fixed In conference, suited him or not, 1t
| would have his support.
MIR. Hunton expressed himself In favor
of the proposed duty Of ~ cents "a ton
| on coal and iron-ore. and OF 10 per cent. al
valorern On sugar--as fair revenue duties
nd
| enough I'm the Democrats OF both houses
! TO give and take"
A motion was made by Mr.. Quay TO so
| amend tho motions of Messrs. Villas ana
Gray as to put sugar on the free list.
| The whole matter then went over till to-
| morrow without action.
During the morning hour there were
| ten bills taken from the calendar and
passed, the conference report on the exc
! cutive legislative. and judicial appropria-
tion bill was presented and agreed to.
| and a resolution was offered by Mr. Allen,
and went over till tomorrow, calling for
copies Of all kilograms and correspondence
Of the Department of Justice, with the
reports of railroad companies and with
the United States District Court of Chi
cago, on the subject of "the recent in
dustrial troubles in that city.
In the continued absence OF the vice.
President the chair was filled by Mr.
Harris president pro TEN. of the Senate,
who submitted a communication from the
State Department, bearing report or the
proceedings in the French Chamber OF
Deputies on the presentation of the reso-
lutions of the Senate and the House on
the occa sion of the assassination of Presi-
dent Carnot. They were ordered to be
printed in the Congressional Record.
MIR. DANIELS SPEECH.
Mr.. Daniel, rising to a personal explana-
| ton. quoted from report or MT Cor
| mans speech in two of the Richmond
! papers-the Dispatch and the Times-a
paragraph to the effect that the represen-
tatives from New York, New Jersey, Ohio'
Pennsylvania. and Virginia were so op-
| posed at the outset TO the House Dill
that they would not support ii.
He had been assured by the Senator
from Maryland that he had not used that
language. and that the report was erro-
neous He OanieD had simply said that
from the outset of the great struggle he
had felt profoundly convinced that no
| greater calamity could befall the coun-
| try. in an economic sense and under
/ present conditions. than the failure of
| the Democratic party to enact into law
| a reasonable tariff bill In all his meet
| ings, discussions. and suggestions ne
| had always stated. as he did now, that
he named no condition to command his
| vote that whether the bill suited MIN or
not It would command his support HIS
| Judgment was that there was no subject
| on which a body like the Senate could
be called upon to legislate which so much
demanded the spirit of concilation and
! COMPROMISE as a tariff bill. And IL was
stnl his opinion that any man-"whoso-
ever he be- or in whatever Department.
| who laid down an arbitrary statement
that this item or that item must not be
! compromised. did not occupy as broad a
! position as patriotism demanded. He re-
garded the delay in the passage of the
bin as a great misfortune 10 the country
| and to all Of it's people The smallest
! might criticlse, but only the wise could
achieve results. and in his judgment. Wis
| dom as TO so vast "A subject would he
found ever In the spirit of compromise and
! Cancellation.
MR.. HUNTON.
Mr. Hunton, the other Democratic sena-
tor from Virginia, said that the para
| graph in the report of Mr. Germans
speech did injustice to himself and his
! colleague, because there were not TWO
| senator's who had made more sacriilces III
order to obtain an early passage OF the
tariff bill He confessed that he was
! earnestly in favor of revenue duty or
40 cents "a ton on coal and iron-ore but
! the day had never come and never would
/ come when he was not willing 10 make
/ sacrifices in regard to those duties. As
TO sugar he thought that the proposed
rate of 40 per cent. ad valorem was also
| a fair revenue tariff, and these duties
| afforded, at the same time. incidental
| protection TO sugar, coal, and iron-ore.
That was his idea OF proper tariff reform
| AS to the is cent a pound additional
! discriminating duty on sugar, he sah
] 10. in nf
trusts. but was. on the contrary. vio-
| lently opposed To it, but when 1t was
! recollected that the Mckinley act gave
l-2 of II cent discriminating duty, ana
| the Senate bill gave only is cent. no
| one should hesitate "A moment in allow
ing that one-eighth. He thought that
there was patriotism enough in the Demo
I Gratis of both houses to give and take.
/ They would thus get BILL which, II not
/ satisfactory 10 himself or to other sena-
tors. would be so much better than the
Mckinley bill that they would take ii
and take 1t gladly.
This was not time for Democrats 10
| stand for their own opinions and to reject
the opinions of brother Democrats. They
were here for the purpose of passing a
tariff bill. which would bs passed. and
the like of which never had been passed
/ by any Congress except as a compromise
! measure. lie trusted tndt tnefe was no
I Democrat within the sound of his voice.
/ and no Democrat in either house. who
was not willing to make compromises in
order to get a tariff bill which every one
| Of them must know to be great i'm
. nrovement on the Mckinley act, and
| which would relieve the people of the
Irnited States of d great burden of taxa
/ ton.
The Senate, at 2:3o. proceeded 10 the
! consideration of executive business, and
at 3l2 adjourned until tomorrow at
I noon.
House of Representatives.
This day was set apart by the House
! Committee on Rules for the considera-
ton of bills from the Committee on In
Z ,,alid Pensions and Chairman Martin sue
cseded in having passed three bills of
General nature. These were House bills
20 amend the general act of June Z.
1890. by providing pensions for widows
I and ornhans of soldiers who died, or
we're killed In discharge of duty. and
who did not. therefore, receive discharges
from the service; authorizing fourth
class nostmasters to administer oaths to
,ansioners: to extend during the term
~ their natural lives the pensions granted
90 ,psane. idiotic, or otherwise permanently
ns,nIess orphan children of deceased SOL
diers.
/ Tha Senate bill to pension Frances
corse widow OF General John NJ. Corse.
q, the rate of 500 a month. was also