The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-26
THRoTTLED A HIGH TARIFF.
THE SENATE REFUSES TO TAKE
UP THE HOUSE BILL.

Ghe Vote % Yeas to 81 Nays-senatOr
Teller Makes an Angry speech in
RepIy 10 One by senator Morrill,
which He Construed a. Reading
Him out of the Party-SenatOr
Morgan Finishes His speech on
the Cuban BeIIiEerency Resolu-
ton.
Washington. Feb. 25-Durinc the course
Of the morning business in the Senate to-
day a resolution was offered by AR Al
len. pop, of Nebraska, for the appoint
ment of James b. Lloyd of North Caro-
lima as second assistant dOOrkeeper OF
the Senate Some objections were MADE
by Senators Chandler and Sherman-the
former stating that he would not consent
either to the displacement of an employee
or TO the creation Of a new office, and the
latter remarking that an assistant door
keeper and an acting assistant door
keeper had been maintained, one on each
side of the chamber. and for each polit-
zeal party.
This latter remark was taken up by Mr..
Allen, who said, humorously, that the
populist party was repeatedly obtaining
accessions TO its ranks in the Senate. and
that even the senator from Maine CMr.
Hale had recently declared himself an
adherent of populist doctrines daughter.
The popuhst senators should therefore
have. a representative of their party
among the officials of the Senate. we
expect" he added, land are living in the
confident hope, that, before the close or
this congress, a large proportion of the
democrats and republicans will, by stress
of circumstances, be driven into the pop
ulist tent. The democrats and republic
cans are AT war with each other. The re-
publican party is not harmonious on the
financial question, by any means; and the
democratic party and its chief executive
are engaged in parrot and monkey
fight Oaughter).
listic growing to the felicitude of a hen
over her brood. After some further col
loquy the resolution went over till to-mor-
Mr. Morrill,. chairman Of the finance
committee. called attention to the subject
of the House tariff bill. He said that
there was a deficiency of revenue month
by month, which would amount TO $780,
100000 for the year-the second year Of
the existing tariff bill. 1t certainly seemed
as though something should be done to
relieve the distress of the treasury de-
partment, and to do something looking
TO the revival of the business interests Of
the country. He therefore moved to pro-
tariff bill.
The yeas and nays on that motion was
demanded by Senators Stewart and Tell
err The vote was taken and the motion to
take up the bill was rejected-Yeas, p;
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Baker,
Brown, Burrows, Cameron, Clark, Gull
lom, Davis, Gear, Hale, Hansbrough.
iii, Nelson, Perkins, Proctor. Quay,
Sherman and Shoup-22.
Nays--Messrs. Allen. Bacon, Bate.
Berry Butler, Caffery, Call. Cannon, Car
ter. Chiffon, Cockren, Dubois, George,
Gordon, Gray, Harris. Hill, Jones of Ne
yada, Kyle, Lindsay, Mantle, Martin,
Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Walthau
and White-33
When the vote was announced, Mr. Nor
Till remarked that when, on the 18th of
February, the same motion was defeated
by vote of q to %. and he thought that
the bill was hopelessly defeated still he
had felt that 1t was his duty, in so import
ant matter, to give an opportunity of a
change of mind on the part of some sena-
tors. 1t was perfectly obvious now that
the republican party was in a minority in
the Senate daughter on the democratic
side. The bill had been defeated, on the
18th of February by a combination Of five
populist votes and four republican votes
with the democratic votes. He did not
think from the vote just taken that there
had been any change so far The repub-
lcans of the finance committee would well
come any decent bill that would increase
the revenue of the government, but so far
as the present House bill was concerned,
he did not think that II would be becoming
in him to ask the Senate for any further
consumption of time.
Mr.. Teller made an angry speech against
what he construed to be the meaning of
some of Mr.. Morrilrs remarks-the read
ing of the silver republicans out of the re-
publican party. He declared his inten-
ton to vote all the time against the House
tariff bill and to remain in the republican
party in spite of the suggestion of the
senator from Vermont.
Mr.. Morrill, disclaimed having said any
thing about reading senators out of the
republican party. He had merely stated
that the republican party was in minor
Mr.. Teller persisted in the correctness
of his construction of Mr.. Morrilrs re-
marks, and in the course of his remarks,
alluded contemptuously to the Cleveland
democracy" ana the morrill, republican,
ism" He declared that the silver republic
cans could get along without the party,
as well as the party could get along with
out them. They were not to be frightened
by the sneers of the chairman of the
finance committee, nor by the attacks of
the metropolitan press.
Mr.. Sherman tried to relieve the ques-
ton of all partisan considerations and
appealed to the senators not to infiict
such a disgrace on the country and on
civilization as to adjourn congress with
out making a provision to supply the
treasury with sufficient revenues, and
said that he would favor, and the people
would willingly pay a tax on tea and
coffee, or on anything else for that pur-
The discussion followed into the cross
channel of bimetallism and monometal-
lism, and in the course of 1t Mr.. Platt of
republican party would go into the next
campaign on the doctrine of bimetallism
as laid down in the last platform of the
party, and then when the silver mono
metallists proposed to antagoniZe protec-
ton with the unlimited coinage of silver.
the death knell of that delusiOn and craze
had been struck.
The last three hours of the days session
were given up to the consideration of the
Cuban belligerency resolution. Mr.. Nor
gan concluded his three day speech in sup
port of the resolution, as reported by the
committee on foreign relations. And Mr..
Gray. dem, another member of the same
committee. while denouncing Spanish rule
in Cuba, and declaring the warmest SYM
patty with the revoluuonists, argued that
the declaration of belligerency was sole
ly an executive function and outside OF
the legislational powers of congress.
Without action the Senate, at 5:45
o'clock, adjourned.
CHARGES FOR DEMURRAGE ON