The morning call., 1894-03-10
MADE CONCESSION
How Democrats Agreed
on Tariff.
NOW THE BILL MUST PASS.
1t Will Be Reported Virtually as
Made Public.
VOW THE BILL MUST PASS.
VOORHEES, is WELL SATISFIED
he Says the Measure Should Be In
the Presidents Hands Within
Six Weeks.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The discus
sion of the fate of the tariff bill. now that
its provisions are known, is being very
generally INDUCED in. and there is wide
difference of opinion. But beneath all the
pickering and wide divergence of opinion
the fact stands ont that the Democratic
party is compelled either to pass he tariff
bill or yield up the ghost, and whatever
delays there may be there is no room for
reasonable doubt tba: bill will be sent TO
the Presidpnt for his sign nature and that it
will have III it no more protection than is in
the Senate bill and no more free trade than
is in the House bill, but II will be a measure
made up of settlement of the differences
between the two bills.
The belief of the best informed is that
the Finance Committee will report to the
Senate the bill in substantially the form
given TO the public Yesterday, aud that
after some delay the Senate will pass the
bill without change.
Every increase of duty made by the
Senate will be resisted by the House, but
most of them will bs accepted. The duty
Of 40 cents on iron ore and the small in
crease on the iron and steel schedule and
those in the glassware schedule are mos,
in danger. The House will probably
accept 40 cents on the coal and the sugar
schedule.
The income tax has practically no dis
agreement between the two bills. The
reductions made in the woolen schedule
will be acceptable 10 the House. The
increase of the internal revenue tax on
cigars and a certain class of cigar
cites will probably be yielded by the
Senate IN conference in cOnsidera-
ton of the House agreeing 10 an extension
of the bonded period for hlsky to eight
years. The lead ore duty Will probably BE-
permitted TO stand, as will coal. These are
practically the only differences in which
there lies much friction, and their adjust
ment is plainly in view 10 members of the
two committees.
Senator voorhees, being asked by THE
CALL correspondent whether he was salts
fed with his work, replied that under the
circumstances he was more than pleased.
''We have but three majority In the Sem
ate." said he, ''and two Democrats have
power in their hands TO defeat the bill
We realize that to pass the bill every
Democratic vote is necessary. The COM
mlitee was convinced that this united
front could not be secured without conces-
sions. II was concession or no bill If
the bill could have passed without restor-
ing the tax on sugar and coal, I would
never have conceded point to those Spna-
tors who held up slim majority OF three
over the committee as club. But great
refoT ms are never accomplished without
concessions. This bill as it now stands
will not be as far reaching as ! should de-
sire. It will save annually to consumers
more than $4,000. 600, and at the same
time Increase the revenues of the Govern
ment over S60000,000 Millions of dollars
paid by the consumers under the Mckinley
tariff 60 to trusts, while under this bill
the tax will 60 to the United States treas
ury. Last year the sugar trust paid out
in dividends S15.OOo.oOO. Then the people
had to pay S15.00O.000 in annuities to
sugar-growers, all of which is wiped out in
this bill"
Senator VOORHEES, said that enough con-
cessons had been made to insure the
passage of the bill in the Senate. There
could not be any doubt about that. The
middle Of April is the time set for the
final vote on the bill by Mr.. Voorhees,
The bill would remain one week in the
committee to give the Republicans an
opportunity TO make a report against it,
Then it would be reported TO the Senate,
where it would remain another week
before being taken up for discussion
| Three weeks would be sufficient time for
discussion In the Senate. He said the
policy of the Democratic side would be TO
| let the Republicans do most of the talking
! The Democrats would not consume time
with long speeches, but would confine
! their remarks to a presentation of the
facts and reasons for the changes made in
the various schedules. There were no
reasons. he said, Why the bill should not
reach the President in six weeks.