Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-04-12
WHAT WILL HE DO?
ALL EYES NOW TURNED UPON
SENATOR HILL.
Fate OF the Tariff Bill Depends on
His neutrality-suspicious. Fear
Him the Most.

Washington, April 7.-Senator Hill
is now scheduled to deliver his tariff
speech on Monday. 1t was his original
intention to debate his resolution of
! instructions to the finance committee
before the bill was reported back
from the committee, but it was de-
cided that it would be more in keep
ing with the idea of senatorial court
esy" if he waited until Senators Voor-
hees and Allison, leaders of the ma
jority and minority, respectively, had
! submitted their views on the bill.
There is much anxiety on both sides
OF the chamber as to how far Senator
Hill will go in his opposition to the
tariff bill. 1t is well remembered by
the members of the finance committee
| that Senator Hill insisted, whenever
he appeared before them, that he re-
served all rights to oppose the bill
| III the senate.
Repeated attempts have been made
to ascertain what position he will take,
and there is Il growing impression in
some quarters that the fate of the
bill depends largely upon his attitude
| toward 1t. On one hand it is said that
he Will make Il general attack upon
the bill as it came from the finance
committee, and in his Forthcoming
I speech will outline such a measure as
he thinks will meet the demands of
the democratic platform relative to
a tariff for revenue only. On the other
| hand, those who profess to be familiar
| with his intentions, assert that he will
contine his speech on Monday to the
| income tax feature of the BILL and
will discuss the other provisions later
on in the debate.
Senators ON both sides of the cham
Der are now beginning to speculate
as to the time that will be occupied
, in the discussion. The leaders on
both sides are quite at sea on that
point. Senator Dubois, of Idaho who
distinguished himself in the fight
against the repeal of the Sherman
clause in the silver bill last summer,
is Il member of the republican steer
ing committee" and he is probably
NCll lnlOl llCu w P" mat SOCS Ou
in the senate as any one else. He says
that neither side has any definite
idea as to how much time will be
consumed in debate. They are simply
drifting along, waiting for something
to develop that may either hasten or
prolong the contest. He says great
deal depends upon the speech of Sen
boldly and attacks the bill, Mr.. Dubois
and some of the other opponents of
the measure think he will probably
have sufficient following on his side
of the chamber to defeat it. On the
republican side of the chamber Sen
ator Hill is more feared than any
other democratic senator He has not
only established reputation for
ability. but he is regarded as one of
the most determined and aggressive
men in the senate.
If Senator Hill decides to make his
principal fight against the income tax,
he will be supported by from seven
to eleven democratic senators and all
of the republicans. If the income tax
is stricken out, the populist senators
will not vote for the bill, and it can
not pass the house with that provision
stricken out. This is the situation at
present. The eastern republican SEN
ators proposed to make the fight
against the bill one of endurance,
similar to that of the democrats
against the force bill. After consulta-
ton it was ascertained that the silver
republicans would not so into any
such arrangement. The latter an
nounced their opposition to the bill on
republican principles, but they de-
clared that they would not take part
in any scheme calculated to talk the
measure to death. They recalled the
fact that their republican brethren In
the east did not come to their rescue
or assistance when the fight for silver
was in progress last summer. AS a
matter of fact the silver republicans
are anxious for an early solution OF
the pI oblem, and If two or three demo
Gratis have the courage to come out
and oppose the bill in the early part of
| the fight great deal of unnecessary
discussion may be avoided. At pres
ent the burden of the debate rests
upon the shoulders of the eastern re-
publicans. Senator Allison in his two
days speech threw out suggestions
| sufficient to provoke number of
democratic speeches. That was the
object of his attack upon the ad va
| loren system.
Before the fight began in open sen
ate the republicans proposed to detail
! two senators to remain constantly in
the chamber while the bill Is pending.
with instructions to keep the debate
going The failure of the silver repub-
| leans to take their turn on the watch
tower" interfered with that plan.
Then the democrats further compli-
Gated matters by assigning Senator
Harris to duty as parliamentary tacu-
clan. His success in pushing the
seignicrage bill through the senate re-
Gently and his well-known ability as
| parlamentarian will necessitate con-