The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-02
HARRIS SAYS IT'S A CANARD.
TlLE OF a COMPROMISE T<RIFF
BILL, ne slHs, rs NONSENSE

June-Ths vsius OF Hsrris's Optsiou.
WASHINGTON. May 1.-senator Brice an
| nounced in a public Interview three days ago
| that corn bromise Tariff bill had been prac-
| tically agreed upon that would undoubtedly
/ receive the support OF the iorty-four Demo-
| Gratis Of the Senate Secretary OF the Treasury
| Carlisle last Sunday night authorized the pub
| llcation OF similar statement. Both have
been accused to-day by Senator Harris. the
President pro tenn. OF the Senate and the par
! liam entary leader OF the Tariff bill light OF
stating what is untrue. To . Washington
/ Ners reporter Senator Harris said:
"All this talk about compromise tariff bill
| IL sheer nonsense. The stories are simply
| gotten UP and seized upon By Senators on the
| other side to suit their own purposes. The
| fact Is the only bill We have IL the pending
| measure Oicourse there are proposed am end
ments which will be taken up and considered.
1 cannot say what will be the result Of such
| consideration as / can speak only for myself
| but Il Ia quite likely that some OF these pro-
| posed amendments will be reported by the
committee. That is quite . natural course;
but the idea that there exists somewhere .
| compromise bill Ia q canard made out OF whole
| cloth. and no one knows better than the Sen
| stors on the other side who take such delight
| in repeating the report"
Then. when The veteran legislator was asked
as to the probable date Of the passage he In
| nocently replied:
"A few days ago hoped We would get rid OF
| Il In q couple OF weeks but now. with evsry
possible ent to delay IL being made by
tho Republicans. / am afraid It will not be so
soon. by the LIST OF June. however. I think We
will be able to dispose OF II. We will then be
able to get q bill passed that will reduce taxa
ton so per cent. and that Is what am inter-
ssted In
The value OF the Tennessee Senator's opin-
ion as to when the bill will be disposed OF il
not very great in view OF the fact that fve
days have now been spent upon the first line
OF the bill and not sign Of progress has been
made. His opinion on this point. however. 10
no less valueless probably than his denial that
there is q compromise bill in course Of prepa-
ration. as he bases that denial chiefly on the
statement that the "canard" Is attributable to
Senators ION the other side.' Just what Mr..
Harris means by that phrase 10 difi1oult to
ascertain. as the men who have given the
widest circulation to the stateme nt that COM
promise bill is being prepared are Mr. Brice
and Secretary Carlisle both Of whom took the
public into their confidence through the regu-
lar press associations.
But whether It 10 true that q new bill is be-
ing constructed. or whether It is more correct
to say that the Wilson bill Is to be amended.
| altered. and revised. but still to be called the
Wilson bill Is not material. The fact Is the
secure the support 81 the Senators who are
| sorts Of concessions in the way Of high rates
| OF duty on articles OF the various classes
Senators are interestsd. They are making
| little Roadway. chiefly because an insurmount-
Of the proposition Tor nm individual income
| tax: This proposition Is resp3nsible fer q very
with the Dem0cratic aide of tho Senata
| The friends Of the bill realize this. and they
HsSs @ srn their s e
German. Gibson, Camden. and others to agree
70 support the bill i the income tax proposi-
noxious features eliminated.
But this is not what the opposing Senators
support any bill that contains such q PROPOSE:
into the senste as part Of the Wilson Tarifi
bin. and are not ipcllned, to take very Kindly
that S n nssd sps e The
bill income tax and al Several S;, q these Sen.
tax taxi proposition should be bought IN as s sep
crate measIrsj II DsPoe,ntlc Senators n are to
they viii nss SUPPORT II.
The, think; moreover; that Senator
loyalty 10 the Wilson biiI equally with those
party disloyalty. they say, to reiuse 70 support
| the income tax proposition because 1t 10 u part
poried to the Senate By the Finance Com
Senator Voorhees,. IN, a speech in the
Senate Yesterday said that. while he
the Tariff Bill. he was not willing to give his
approval to any proposition Affecting the
vitality q the incSme tax prCposition Senator
affecting the vitality OF the bill to so amend 1t
that 1t would be in operation for only two or
r ~ N n
Since senator Hills return to Washington
| yesterday it has been made very APPARENT TO
| to secure the votes OF the opposing Dem ocrats
TO the income tax proposition. by Offering to
make 1t less obnoxious. as they term 1t. will
There was a conference OF some OF the sena-
mittee room. Including Gorman. Brlce. smith.
Hill and MuTPh! and the SsTiS9s Plane IA iSs
ssns ' Who opsSsod 70 sna
| 1t was learned beyond any doubt that they
OF the bill ana that this opposition cannot be
| senator Hill is free To- say that u the Income
might content himself with voting against Il.
Wilson Tariff bill so long as the income tax
proposition is included In H. no matter what
his W
There Is another danger that eoH 1h II the
tax feature down the throsts OF the Senators
as = rider on the Tariff bill This Is that a free
sGnSGs a%eGSmsSt %SS Be offered and In
some Of tho Senators who were earnest In the
cause Of repeal senator HI himself voted for
| a silver bill once,and he might do so again. lie
| and the Senators who agree with him as TO the
wisdom OF the Wilson bin are not at all pleased
| cratic party. and those who are attempting to
| coerce them NAV have cause, before the pres
| that they we're not m ore diplomatic.
Senator Hsrris's statement that the bill win