The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-26
TARIFF BILL IS DEAD
And Its Demise Causes a Storm
in the Senate.
a VERY FIERCE DEBATE
Republicans Holly Lecture
One Another.
SHERMAN READS THE RIOT ACT
He Warns Congress that If II Adjourns
Without Doing Something the
People Will Heartily
Cnndarnn IL

Washington, Feb. 25.-A storm
broke over the Senate to-day. 1t has
been gathering force ever since the de-
feat of the motion to take up the Tar
| iff bill. There was fierceness of de-
bate which set aside all the usual res
traints of the Senate and arrayed Mr.
| Teller, of Colorado, in wordy war a
gainst his party associates, Mr.. Nor
rill, of Vermont, and Mr.. Sherman, Of
| Ohio
The controversy arose unexpected
| ly on the motion of Mr.. Morrill,, chair
| man of the Finance committee to take
no the Tariff bill The motion was de-
| feated yeas %; nays 80.
The vote on Morrill's motion to take
up the Tariff bill was as follows;
Republicans -Aldrich, Alli-
son, Baker Brown, Burrows, Gamer
| on, Clark, Cnllom, Davis, Gear, Hale,
Hansbrough. Hawley, Lodge, Mitchell
| (Ore) Morrill, Nelson, Perkins, Proc
tor, Quay, Sherman, Shoup-22.
Nays-R Republicans Cannon, Carter,
Dubois. Mantle and Teller.
Democrats Bacon, Bate, Berry,
| Caffery, Call, Chiffon, Cockrell, George,
Gordon, Gray, Harris, Hill, Lindsay,
Martin, Morgan, Palmer, Pasco, Roach,
Turpfe, Vest, Walthall, White.-22.
Populists-Allen, Butler, Jones,
(Neb), Kyle, PETER and Sewart.-6.
The pairs were as follows(the names
of those who would have voted aye be-
| ing given first):
Chandler with Murphy, Mcbride
with Smith; Hoar with Pugh; Warren
with Jones, of (Ark.); Wilson with
| Irby; Mcmillan with Blackburn; Pritch-
ard with Blanchard; Wetmore with
| Voorhees,; Pettigrew with Gibson;
Frye with German; Squire with
| Daniel; Wolcott with Brice; Platt with
Villas; Elllins with Faulkner; SeweH
with Mitchell, of (Wis); Thnrston
/ with Tillman.
The announcement of the result OF
1 the vote was the signal for an ont
/ break Mr. Morrill, declared that he
/ accepted the vote as defeating the Tar
/ if bill. 1t showed, he said, that the
| Republican Senators did not have
| majority in the Senate and he would
| not again bring the subject before that
| body.
Mr. Teller responded in speech
/ which viii long be remembered for It's
/ directness and deep earnestness. The
| Colorado Senator protested against the
| efforts of Mr.. Morrill, to read the silver
/ Republican Senators out of the Re~
publican party. He asserted that they
bad the same loyalty, the same devo-
/ ton to the party as the Senator from
| Vermont. eve can get along without
4 the party as well as the party can get
along without us" declared Mr.. Teller,
/ in an impetlrous manner. He closed
Il +In+ 1ga hi
| Republican associates could not be
| frightened or driven from the Republi-
can ranks by the sneers of the Finance
| chairman or the press.
Mr. Sherman followed in a striking
appeal to the Senate for action. He
| declared that it was a disgrace to
civilization, disgrace to the country
/ that the government should be spend
4 ing more than its income. The Senator
| announced that he would not abandon
| the Tariff bill, but would again move
to take it up and give the Treasury the
/ relief it required. He warned Con-
| gress that if an adjournment was
| taken without action, the people would
visit their condemnation on every man
responsible for inaction.
Mr.. Sherman continuing, disclalmed
all partisan feeling inrespect to the bill.
"That bill does not belong to any
/ party. The only merit in the bill is
| that it proposes TO furnish $40,000,000
| of revenues for the support of the gov
| ernment, enough TO meet the current
| expenses of the government. ] do
not think one can claim that that bill
| is a Republican measure, or that it Is
| to be voted for on that ground or that
it has any merit whatever except the
| fact that it would relieve the Treasury
| from the deficiency now occurring, and
| accruing, and increasing every day. 1t
| is bill prepared for an occasion, and
not political one. The gentleman
| who prepared that bill in the House
| did it in order to secure revenue for
| the support Of the government. /
say now, Mr.. President, / shall vote for
any tax whatever which may be pro-
posed by anybody, whether Democrat,
| populist or Republican, which shall
supply sufficient revenue for the sup
| port of the government. / Will vote
| for tax on tea, on coffee, on any
| thing in order to meet this deficiency
Mr.. PETER: THE President asserts
| that we do not need any more revenue"
Mr.. Sherman: II do not care what
the President says"
Mr.. PETER: Il thought So
Mr.. Sherman: Every man within
| the sound of my voice knows that we
| need more revenue. Here is state
ment showing that since the first day
Of last July, and up to the present
month OF February, 1896, there has
already been a deficiency in the cur
rent revenue of $40, ,696,000 and that
before the end of the fiscal year. ut
the same ratio, the amount of def
cheney will be $30,00O 900.