The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-01
in THE SENATE,
Discussion Continues on the Tariff Bill
Other Matters,

Discussion Continues on the Tariff Bill
Other Matters.
Washington, May 31-The tariff bill was
taken up. The duty on chair cane or reeds
was increased from seven per cent (as in
the House bilD) to ten per cent. Mr. Sher-
man spoke against the bill. He said the in
come tax was a direct tax and ought to be
left to the states. He quoted from General
Jakson's views on tariff and said he was in
favor of taking the views of that Demo-
cratic President as a basis of his (Sher-
man's) IDEAS in the construction of tariff
measures. The foundation of the present
Democratic policy of free trade as enun-
ciated in the Chicago platform was, Mr..
Sherman said, found in the Constitution of
the Confederate States In response to the
charge that the Mckinley bill did not sup-
ply sufficient revenues, he said, it was fear
of a change of tariff law that caused the
revenue to fall off, Had an impartial com
mittee of both Houses gone over it the bill
would have passed in thirty days. His idea
of model tariff was based largely on the
Morrill, tariff of 1861, which was not party
measure. Mr.. Sherman attacked the in
come tax proposition and characterized it
as an agrarian tax.
Mr.. Camden, Democrat of West Virginia.
advocated the Senate amendments to the
tariff bill as being wiser than the too
violent change proposed in the House bill.
Mr.. Dolph, Republican of Oregon, made a
speech on the subject of the effort to
punish correspondents Edwards and Shriver
for refusing to answer the questions put by
the committee investigating the sugar
trusts of efforts to influence Senators i'm
properly. He gave notice he would move to
postpone the consideration of the sugar
schedule until the commit ZEE made a final
report.
The Senate after an executive session ad-
journed
In the House.
WASHINGTON, May 31-In the House. Mr..
Sickles, Democrat of New York, offered "a
Joint resolution giving the Secretary of war
authority to acquire lands on Gettysburg
battlefield, needed to complete the tract to
be preserved and described in the act of
March 8, 1888. That act appropriated S25,-
600 and an additional $4,000 was carried in
the sundry civil appropriation bill recently
passed by the House. Mr.. sayers, Democrat
of Texas, chairman of the committee on ap-
amended to prohibit the expenditures OF
any money in excess of the amount already
appropriated or obligation to ray any sum
in excess of that amount. This was accented
by Mr.. Sickles. and the joint resolution
agreed to.
The House went into committee of the
whole on a bill to repeal the 10 per cent
state bank tax law. Mr.. Black, Democrat
of Georgia, concluded his argument against
the constitutionality of the law.
Mr.. Walker, Republican Of Massachusetts,,
said that what the country needed was
sound finance. not money Mr.. Walker said
what was needed was fiexibility.
Mr. Wheeler, Democrat Of Alabama
favored the repeal of the law. 1t was he
deciared a war measure, pure and simple.
BEFORE Mr.. Wheeler concluded, the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.
Mcpherson Explains
Washington, May 3l.-At the sugar in
yestieation today Mr.. Mcpherson testified,
as had other members of the committee, he
had never heard Mr.. Carlisle make the sug-
eestion that the sugar trust had made large
contributions to the campaign fund, and
that IT must therefore be taken care of. Mr..
Mcpherson said .he knew nothing of any
suear schedule that the Secretary of the
Treasury submitted to the committee with