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I'i f 2 ' THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1891 . : II . ' ...,MMMn.,nil,B.,nn1nnssn.nSnnnSBnnn ' ' " f T H . l ; by Beaalor Jones, who advocate 80 per cent ad valorem duty and the removal of the differ '.'IT enlist to the Sngar Trust. Friend of the Piwl. , dent Insist tht ther will fight for thli action R, in the bitter end, bat in making these state- S II ; ,, inents ther simply exhibit their Ignorance of fit i i the situation. Becretary Carlisle letter, pro- if . letting against the passage of the popgun bill K , because the Oovernmsnt cannot afford to lose 3 i j i the revenue that would tfint be lost, woald In fill! ' Itself be sufficient to cut the ground from nnder f. 7 f j the feet of the free sugar men, but, added to f. ' jgi t ' ,ij, there Is ttrong opposition among the K jj ' most Influential of the Democratic fienators 8 '?' ' against anr further tariff legislation, and I . whether the Hagar bill It referred to the Rl'V 1 Finance Committee or whether it ia consld- $ ered without such action, there la no earthly J J I chance for Its passage. Congress will either n.'4 ' adjourn while It It being discussed or a Hi j formal motion wilt be adopted to Indefinitely ft' j postpone It and 1U three companion popgun J '"J , Mill until the next aeeslon of Congreaa, and this fj a t , meant the death of all of them. If thePrcsl- !jf M dent does not take action on the Tariff bill dur- U ?J ing the present week the Senate will be without i "H annorum, and hit friends therefore feel that lie a n will recognise this fact and sign the bill within at the next fort y -eight honrs to that Congress can n f, formally adjourn and not die of tuspended an. nl) i matton. !tv ) f The speeches to-day were ell In the nature of Jj ' I funeral orations, and each Senator who spoke h ' persisted in the statement that while he voted I' for the Senate bill he waa all along opposed to h f ft. Senator Mills, the original and unrecon. Hjl ;iS ' tructed free trader, made the speech which hit i Ru l'i i friends expected him to make tlx weekt ago, S 1 I , and with which they still think he might have jlj W (topped the surrender to protectionism and Hj ' Populism contained in the Gorman bill. All the jji M ' oTatorensedthe FreeSugarblllasatextforthrlr 1 Sf Ji i remarks, but they abandoned thtlr subject for fV Jj the purpose of making arguments assuring the ''jfl I pubUo that the Senate bill waa the only one that n 2 I could ij the Senate, and apologizing for hav- ) $1 5 .' lng voted for it. The speech of Mr. Vilas, the Iy' one lone Cuckoo In the Senate, was a criticism If) it i f (be Senate conferees and of tho Houso Demo fij I i orata generally, and a repetition of his recent jH . eulogy of the President, who, Mr. Vilas still In 81)) , slats, never intended to make a personal appll KJ ' eatlon of the charge that the Senators who ft? '!' foroed the adoption of the Senato amendments 4U i; to the Wilson bill were guilty of perfidy ami jj i dishonor. No attention was paid to the speech ffj I ' of the President's advocate except that the Ben in j ! ate conferees took occasion to deny the Justice Kll ' of his criticism of their action. til ! i -roravx" nii.LS is tuk nr.NATR. ljrj . Ther Give Henntor Vest an Opportunity to W I Tarn on the Calcium l.tcht. j I WAsniNOTO.i, Aug. IS. Uuring the routine K ' X morning business In the Senato tlio Chief Clerk V ' I of the Ilouse delh ered a message from the House 9 u . notifying the Senate of the discharge of the II House conforees on the Tariff bill, and of the 31 fact that the House had receded from Its dls- jj agreement to the Senate amendments: and jl further that be (the dirk) had been directed to If present to tho Senate, for the signature of Its If President, the enrolled Tariff bill. if A few minutes afterward the Vice-President I announced that he had signed the Tariff bill. I Mr. Quay (Itep., 1'a.) gave notice that he would I offer as an amendment to each nf the four bills I putting sugar, coal. Iron ore, and barbed wire on I) the free list the Mrh'lnley Tariff bill. J At the request of Mr. Harris (I)em., Tenn.) I ' I j each of the four House bills as to sugar, coal, j Iron ore. and barbed wire was taken up and re- 9j I I , celved Its second reading. This formality hav- fjj-l I-' lpg been accompllshrtl. Mr. Harris roso and said: j j "I deem it my duty to submit to the Senate E i j' communication from the Secretary of the 9 I I Treasury, received this morning. 1 send it to ,H i.; the Clerk's desk so that It may be read to the fl It I Senate. aw ' If Tne SecretrJ''a letter wns In answer to one k li .' fly from Mr. Harris requesting an ontclal statement 1 Ik" as to the effect the passage of the bills putting ii 9 ' )'' sugar, coal. Iron, and barbed wire on the free I I '' it"' Uit' or elltifr o( tbem, would hao upon the i M .', revenues of the lioerument. The Secretary I' ; "T": fl If sufar alone It placed upon (be free IUt, the ex. S t peadltDres during the present nsrat year will eiceed H'.i i J toe receipts to the amount of $23,4"t,03H, and It tbe H I ji duties are remored from all the articles specified In Si , jour letter, the deficit will be ,478,03. not loclud- I I ) Ing any eipendltures on account of the sinking fund, PJ it or the payment of Ci.Saa.oOO uf Paclfio Kallroad BJ ii V tonda, which will mature during the fiscal rear. In KM ', " view of the existing proposition and requirements or tl 'h h thepubllo service, I am of tbe opinion that It would U not be safe to place all the articles enumerated In FV I- 79ur letter, or even sugar alone, upon the Hit, without SJj i I Impost Uxatlon upou other articles or subjects suf. W i ' SrUnt to raise an annual rerenue of about ISO,. !- I ooo.ooo, M f , fr. Berry (Dem Ark.) moved that the Senate I i proceed at once to the consideration of the free , . stigar bill. K I U 3Ir. Harris 1 feel it my duty to say a word .B.j and to make a motion to refer these bills to the M, I Finance Committee. While I am heartily In fa- B ') f vor of free augar, raw and refined, and have cer- J I, talnly no objection to putting the other articles M F dealt with by the otherblllannthefreellst; still. K41 i In view of tbe communication Just rrail f rom J if tbe Secretary of the Treasury and the strong t &m probability (If not the absolute certainty) that if i' ii these bills shall become law wn will have V: M during the current sear a deficiency In the HI Treasury of tweuty-nlne or thirty mQllons, 1 K 1 111 feel it my duty to move tii refer rnch of thos JVI ilf bills to the Finance Committee, In order that that Ml Sir committee ma), in dealing tilth thone bllla.ao j 1 31 deal with them aa to provide aga(ust that Inev- H I -j itable deficiency. I do not think that Congress li can afford to adjourn without aurh provision as " BV Ji- w"1 effectually guard agatnst such deftciency; mi.Jl-,. and for that reason, and that reason onl, I ', I J move that these bills be referred to the Commit- V Uf-" tee on Finance. .; Ilf' Mr. Hunton (Dem..Va.) asked whether an 'B yl" abolition of the one-eighth rent a pound differ- .sjfi ; vniiai amy on rennei sugar would create a de- : f ' flelency. lie wanted that differential struck out. '-? . lr- Harris had no hesitation In saying that it ' l ? could not have that effect. He waa aa much op. j, I . posed to the differential as the Senator from I I Virginia was. Hut Ills opinion was that the (11 1nance Committee ought to deal with W i 4, those bills, and to ao deal with them K!jF as to guard effectually against tbe dreaileil de. MillV flrlenoy. More than that he did notraro to say, l jjB ' Mr. Berry argued in fuvur of proceeding now W '. with the consideration of the sugar bill without p il sending It to the Finance Committee. That bill W IMl had passed the House with only thirteen dls. r l,M- tenting otes. Tberu was a great majority of ' iM l ha people of the United States In favor of free E. ?' sugar, and he lielleved that It was the duty of t; 'Jfl tbe Senate to take up the bill nuw and vote upon ( ' :jl Mr. Mandersun (Itep , Neb ) Inquired whether ', , Mr. Herry had not voted in fa or of the differ ' BV entials. but Mr. Herry declined to be dlterted iB'j from his argumtnt, '. B . Mr Harris-Lean say 'or myself that If these ".? bills are referred to the Finance Committee I lh shall ask that committee to meet for h ho pur. , pose of considering them Immedlatrfy. And, ! eo fares I am peixinally concerned, 1 shall In. i W.L alst upon the earliest report consistent with a s M f fair consideration of the bill. If It ran be done 1 Jl- la three hours I shall gladly have them reported I'M' back within. that time. Hut I think, dealing t J J with the probable deHrieucy, that these four m bills ought to be considered oy tne proper com- ; ym mlttee and this dellclenoy nruvided for. As to IS ' the Finance Committee being equally divided , , -m politically. If the majority party be not permit. - .-1 , ted to exercise ItawilUn regard to the time and manner of the report, w will promise that one , V hour shall not pass until I ask tbe Chair to till f the vacancy, and then we wtll have power to i y control the matter, ? I J aggATOR VEST TL'UNS OH TUB CALCIUM U0.HT. f , I Mr. Vest (I)m J!o.)-Mr, President, It is with very great relucuure that I find miself f compelled to differ with the acting Chairman of t ; ! the Committee on Finance, of which I am a 1 ', r member. I have not the elighteet doubt that if ' I this motion to refer the bills which hae come 1 to us from, the House of Hepresentatlves pre. ; i vailed it will be the end of the consideration of ' I . those measures. The fact has already been al. ; 4 luded to that the Committee on Finance, as now t f lorapoaed. consists of five Hepublican members If I and Ave Democrats. Kvenif the benator from i 4 Tcnneeseeshould nil the acancy occasioned by t f the death of our late lamented colleague, ren. . 1 ator Vance of North Carolina, it is well ' known to every Intelligent man that at 5 J this stage of the session, with tbe prob- ', ability of the absence of a quorum in I 1 one or both Houses within a rery few days it 1 I will be Impoaelble to bring those bills back here and secure the consideration of them. Inaddl. all Uontotbe reasons which have been forcibly r iVK urged why there U no necessity for the refer- B tlH ,nc ' these bills to the Committee on Finance. 'ilrarl Idealremost earnestly and explicitly tourge iBlSH another. It Is due to the Senate as a body; it la IStH3P tlutf to individual Senators, and particularly to ?" JH those of us who have been railed upon tod!. ? IP charge the dlffliult task of members of the " iBfEj Finance Committee in the majority and ' Bk! members of the conference committee JBT As I said the other dsy. the calcium light should W returned on this chamber, and every henator ' m ttf should now axsuine the responsibility before the y American people of taking this position upon I the questions which have bren fruitful of scan- I sm v .- d1- Ad the gross and .miserable scandal that ( has gone or t against the personal character of many of ui most nnjustly. Tho Penstor from Nebraska (Mr. Manderson) askwl the present occupant of the Chair (Mr. Herry) If he rwild support free sugar after having voted, for a one eighth flfferenllal in the pending bill, ,J.et me answer that question. I otrd for that one eighth differential. I am willing to. stand by that vote and by the bill as It Is to-day. rather tliannnte the party to which I belong convicted befo.-e the American people of ln ompetenpy and Incr.pacltr and of titter obliquity ns to the pleJges which they made to the (people In the tarivassof 1RD2. I was railed upon ns a memlier of the Finance Committee and aa a inemlierof the conference commltteo to make atbolcc lie tween evils. 1 was called upon to stand before the peoplo of this country and say n rotild tmsa no bill at all, as our party was utterly Incompe tent, or I was to taken bill Infinitely liettcr than the MrKlnley a and gobeioretlm Democrats nf tho Cnlleil States and rny to them: "I hac brought oti tho liest that tlio rlrtumVnnres permlttei. and I hne done inydulv honestly nnil faithfully as I saw It." There Is no Inron slstencyjn the position of thoe ho nteil for the pending bill and who now favor free sugar or a duty upon sugar which will tirtsluco tlio revenue wlilch tho Secretary of the 'treasury ssys Is necessary to carry on the (love rnmtnt. THK AtlMIMSTIHTIO't ClttTlCISKU. Mr. President, lam most unfortunate In that I nm compelled again to say something In tho nature of rrltlclsm ngainst the present Admin istration. It has not been many days since the President of the United Stntes-the head of our partv, tinder whoe Hag to-day and now I am ready to light to the death for political reform and Demotratlc policy declared In n letter to the Chairman nf the Wnjsnnd Means Commit tee nf the House of llepresentattvps that the Senate bill now accepted constituted perfidy to tho Democratlo party and dishonor to Democratic principles. The Wilvin bill came to us with tm tlutv nt all nisin sugar, raw or rellned. Kerytinl In the letter the Secretary nf theTreasur) sent to us to-day, and which wns read from that deik. Is the most terrible arraignment of that Mil, herausr It shows that. If paused, there would haebeena deficiency or moro thnti S.'IO.OOO.onu, and It would have been necessary to again Issue Interest-bearing bonds In order to carry tin the opera tions of the Uorcrnment, It must 1m remem bered that wo havo Increased duties by tho amendments adopted by theSennte to the ifoue bill, and It must Ui reinemlit n d tbutuu hao prndttceil more reeiiui Mr. Cockrell (D tn Mo.) We hnil to do II. Jdr. Vest And m-retnniprlltd to do It. Hut Irwhal the Secretary uf thtiTrensun now says lie trnr- nnd I do not gnlnav It what would have Ih'CH the rondlt loll nf this routitrv with the Wilson lilll enai led 1 A tlelli lenc) of front forty tn Hit)- million dollars starlni; Us iiiitui'dliitel) In the fare, The letter of the Nrctnr of the Tnasiir ls Indication nf the hill as jmcd b the Setiute. mill h as has lievli Mild ngnitut It. I propose before I get through to show that thu self-rnnstltuteil trlllta of tho new spnper press Hilt! the ml( mule deniHgngiir uhn nht to pull down men In high places lit order that they mny i limb tlit re themsthes, lmo pertertetl tin' truth, and hiit nsalled thu hill us lianivid by thu Sennte 111 such fashion us now tunWtt tin in liefore thu Amerlcnii peoplo nf gross slander and wilful Ignorant e. Tht Ht'brrw sunfrstltlim uhlib ttirmil a irtmt Into the wilderness In order that It might carry away the sins of thu peuplu still exists, in times of great tletirt'sMon mid calamity it scape goat must Mill be found, even nuinncclt lllzed na tions; and the Senate of the United States la now Oiling that ixnltlon to thoAmerltanprople. Much nf this we lime brought upon oursehes. We hae brought It upon us because wr have no rule fur tho transaction of busine. For snmu tears after becoming a inemlier of this Wly, attructid by the Idea of Its great dignity anil Its consertatUe character, I favored tho absence from our rules of the previous question as It stands. After my experience In the last the mouths I have not an enemy In this world whom I would place In tho position that I have occupied nx u member of the Finance Committee under the rules of tho Sennte. I would put no man where I hae been, blackmailed and ilrlwn, In order to past n bill that 1 bellee Is necessary tn thu wel fare of the country, by Senator!) who desired to force amendments upon meugalnst my Utter Judgment nnd compel lue to decide thu quettlnn whether 1 will tnko nny bill nt all or ii bill which had breu distorted by thtlr lews and their objects. Mr, thp Mniiti! Inis Hiitwrlliinn tin ttiH mIhith tn-ilm- with tlie Ainertt nn jM'tmle, bet aunt. In an age of progrt'", inhume mid uggrrssle reform, t ult here, da) nflir day and week ufter week, while copies of the census reports, nlinauar, and ccn ntiels, are rend to us: uud under our rules there Is nn htlp for the miijorlty except to listen. Is It to Ui wondered nt that In nil uko like this the iH-nple should at last turn iiikiii n lnnlj nhlth serins to bo made fur obstruct Ion and not prog rise? 1 tin not wonder that to-day the Senate lias become h bj-wonl and a reprouth with the Iihiso tongues and pens, lHiught and at ting through eery sort uf mercenury Interest throughout the Ian . iiiHToitv ui' Tim srtiAii sciiRiirt.r. I.rtuslotik for a minute at the hlstor of the sugar schedule, which has been the rock III all this debate around whoso ba" the crn-s-cur-rents and eddies of dlM.us.slnn have lsilled and seethed. In one end of the I'nlon. In that beau tiful State of Ixiulslnnu, where the cane grow, ers, 74 per cent, of whoe prudutt is refined sugar, and obtain nil the protection that Is given to tho product of tho mists, tlemanilrtt protec tion Ijeiimse they represented American In terests. For in j self, let me say that, allied to them geographically and by tho ties of blood and commerce. I hud rather glte to them the protection than to any other class within our broad domain. At the other end of the 1'nlim waa a giant inono)ly, stretching Its briarenn urmslnto every family anil to every breakfast table throughout the land, with watered stuck amounting to $70,000,000. upon one-halt of which they were paving 7 per cent, and upon the other IS. and paying It quarterly, nnd with a surplus of JlH.OUli.OOi) ready for distribution at their own will among their stockholders ag gressive, defiant, almost dominant In the legis lation of the country. Hetvv een those tw o was a minor Interest uf the beet-sugar producers, so small, however, as hardly to enter Into discus sion In regard to the duties to be imposed. Un der the McKlnlev act a duty upon refined sugar (the product of the trust) amounts to 00 rents on the IU0 iiounds, fin cents uihjii the face of tbe bill and one-tenth differential as to all countries that Impose an export tlut) ; and as Uermany Is the only country that Imposes this discriminat ing duty, and as (lermuny Is the only country that sends to us the relined sugarthat competes with our product, the duty uimi refined sugar under the MeKlnley nt t amounts practically and really to 00 cents on tho hundred pounds, under the Wilson bill, about which we have heard so much, and which Is bo often plated antitheti cally against the bill o It paused the Senute In regard to tariff reform, and especially In regard to the duty upon sugar, tinder thu bill as nrlgl. nally reported by .Mr. Wilson from the Coin inltteo of a) and Means to thu Houso of Hepresentatlves. the duty upon refined sugar Ithe. product of the trust) was -'.") rents on the hundred pounds, with the raw material free, aa It was in the MeKlnley act, and a bounty ex. tended for eight ) ears upon the raw sugar of the South. The ilouse of Hepresentatlvea struck out that duty and sent tn us u bill with free sugar, raw and refined. That bill was sent to the Hnanco Committee uud taken chariro of by a sub-commlltee composed of the senator from 'lrxaa (Mr. Mills), who had taken the place of our late lamented colleague, Mr. Vance; the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Jones), and m self. It has been said that we are the creatures of the Sugar Trust. The liars and slanderers nnd libellers the miserable creatures who live upon the garbage and tilth of public life, and whose hrrad has been breathed mnn by Infected lungs -dared to make this statement about men who have gone through those rtv e mouths of la. bor and anxiety ami humiliation in order to do their duty to their party. Here Is the bill to Lw proponed (exhibiting It.l printed and brought to the full Committee nf Finance. Here la the sugar schedule as we made It ami aurt-r.1 upon It, It rommenres with nu drgrees under IIik imlarist ope tat and imposes one-huntlr "lll nf a i rut for rarli additlouul tie. gni up to Ithout any differential at all in favor of the ..ugar.Trust. It gave a revenue duty upon the sugars nf Uiulsiana; it gave nothing to this trust which is said now to tlom. luate that rommtttev ami the Senate, That hill, uimn the morning that we proposed it to the Huiime Commutes-, waa taken out of our hands ami put before a caucus of I)em. oc ratio t-Hjnators, without our knowledge or consent, and for three days we wrangled and disputed In regard to the terma of the tariff measure to be proposed to Congress. 'I he end of that diacuMlou wan-and If any Sen ator herp denies It let him rise In bis seat and say so-that this bill was rejected, though we bad made It a better bill than the Wilson bill in the way of tariff reform, lowering duties upon woollen goods, lowering duties in the metal schedule and tbe glass schedule. Mr. Mills- Ketluc Ing duties 15,000.000. Mr. Vest Reducing duties $13,000,000, as my friend from Texas bays. Mr. (iray, iDeni., Del.) And with more ad valorem and fewer specifics. I.MTIIL'CTEU TO UiKK A BILL TI1AT COULD PASS. Mr. Vest-And with more ad valorem and fewer specifics; and it came nearer to my Idea of what a tariff reform bill should be than any that had been enacted since the Walker tariff of into. At tbe end of these three days of misera ble wrangling and recrimination, we were turned out of that caucus with the intelligent and definite instruction to make a hill that would secure forty-three Democratlo votes and could be passed by the Senate, To that task we addressed ourselves. The result Is seen in the pending bill. 1 shall speak of that bill In a few momenta: but I desire now in passing to say that much of It a v ery large inrtlon of itwas agreed to by me simply In order to escape the humiliation of going back to the Democrats of the Coiled States with no bill at all. It is as well known aa that we are assembled in the Senate of tbe United States that in this cbam. ber were some six or seven Democrats, as honest as I, whose motives I do not now impugn, but with whom I differ radically and essentially In re gard to the tariff. It has been said that w e hav e made a fight here for the benator from Mary land (Mr. (iorman) against the President. In 1MU.1 1 wrote tbe first letter that tame from a member of this body in favor of Mr Clev eland's nomination for the Presidency It was written to the (I re stone Club ot Denver, Col., and In It I said that while my personal relations with the Srn-.tor from Maryland were as pleas-ant as they could iMlbly be, I would not support hint for the nomination, be cause he did not rrprescut my views In regard to tariff re form; that while I differed with Mr. Cleveland in regard to lbs sllrer question, I waa -..vai.n'tii . tsit&iti itfru ja jjjfr- prepared to support him for the nomination, ami. nf rourse. for the election, because he stood fornartl, the foremost representative of what I lielleved right In regard tn the tariff question. So I have fought for no man, nnd never shall, I tielong to no taction. I nm neither of the Ilouse nf Montague nor Capulet I of York nor Irfiticas. ler.'I shall light underlay flag which leads to the Principles! believe to be right, no matter In whose hands the staff of that banner may lie placed. I am ready now to follow the President. 1 do not follow him when I know that ne Is com mitting an Injustice upon members of his party and doing violence tn tlie n suits that ought to lie achieved by the Democratic pnrtyinthe com ing canvass. Pursuing what I wns saving In regard to the sugar duty, the result of nitr laliors In regard In It wns seen In the prnv Mons nf the Tariff bill which have been nrrrptetl bv the House nf Hep reentnllvcs. The bill pitsl the Senate, nnd under rlrrumstnnces vvlilih rnnvlnred many of us that the margin was sn slight and the danger sn grrnt that It would be almost rashness tn bring It bark to the Senatewllh any great differ ence In Its composition. It has lieen said re peatedly that there) never hn been a time-nnd this has formed the staple nf the editorials nf tho metropolitan press that n bill like the Wil ton bill in Ha provisions, substantially ami gen- I ernllt. pntilil 1m tiassetl In this Senate. It I has been asserted that nothing hut pttru cowardice or sinister motives kept us from re. inrtlnirn bill similar to the Wilson bill, which would havo passed and which would havo forced t erlnln Senators Into the open, as the expression was, nnd who then wtiuld not have dared to vote against It. If there Is n Senator here to-day upon either side of this chamber whn liclleves that the Wilson bill or ntivthlng equivalent to It could hnv u bet n passed in tho Scnnta at any time, I ask him as a personal favor to rise In his place and say so, (A paue. nothing: i.tur. the wilson ntl.t, col'lo iiavk passu-. I assert, sir and I hnv e been In this contest from tho beginning, giving time nnd labor at the risk of life and health to the work liefore me thcru never wns n time when nny thing llko the Wilson bill could have lieen enacted Into law. Senators from the great inatiufattttring Stales or the Northeast look Upon that hill its murder In regard to the Interests of their con. slltuent. ntid fought it to the death, 'lhe linn plhatlons growing nut of tho sugar Interest assisted them In their opimsltlon toll; nnd with no rules In the Sennte, and with n majority of one, possibly of two, and at tho mercy of the minority. It whs as lniioslhle tn have pit-'td that bill as for mti tu-dny tn carry this muss nf marble nff iiu one hand. I now come tn another plic nf this incisure; and I shall "nothing extenuate nor set tluwii might In innlliv." When wet nine Into confer elite with our brethren In the other House after the first disagreement, ami It Is uuiiteesinrv tn go lielilml that I stntiil myself, and 1 iniike I that remark In tinier to assume the full rtsimti. slblllty that when the t iinfereiit e !lrt nc nihil it It was useless tn go nny further with the hill or with the disagreement with the two llou-in mi til we had il.Hi"iil nf this .Medusa hi ail of the sugnrtnrllT toutiiiuiilly confronting us. It was iigrrttl unanimously that wo should take up the sugar m IiiiIiiIk In the i illusion uf every other subject, and undertake tn tome tu u determination iiism II. We did take It no, and finally agreed, without u dlv-eiitlng vote In the rotifereni e. upon a sugar schedule. That schedule was 4U )icr tent nimit the sactharlne matter in tho sugar Imported, together with n differential of one-fifth of one per rent. In favor uf the refiners, constituting '.'0 1 ents upon the hundred jkiuiiiIs. Theone-tentli differential as to countries which ltuimse n discriminating duty against American sugar wns left out. '1 lie bounty upon sugar until the first uf January wns left out, and the schedule, as I have stated It, was unanimously ugried iiihiii In the conference, and the sugar schedule eet aside, finished and accomplished. The argu ment in favor of that schedule was that It removed the nebulous and scandalous accusation that In the 40 cents upon raw and refined sugar there waa some hidden duty to the trust, to which they clung closely, hut that was nut known tn the public. And, ns thu Chairman of the Waysnutl Means Committee of thu other Ilouse suggested, when tho 40 per cent, was placed upon the saccharine matter alone. It stripped the hill of this objection and let the whole world know that thu trust re tell ed '.'0 t ents upon the hundred Instead of '.VS cents under tho Wilson bill as originally framed and DO cents under the MeKlnley net. THE PHLSIllE.NT'a (lltOSS INJI'STIL'K. Mr. President, for five long months tne waves and winds had ruaretl around Congress In re gard to sugar. Cartoons, i tutorials, lying t orre epondents, uud demagogues had accused the Sen ate of hav ing been sold out to the Sugar Trust. Kverywhere aud uny where, by night and day, the question was in legard In the sain uf the Senntutu that monopoly. When we had agreed with our brethren of the llinin'. and tlienugur duty had been disposed of, we fondly Mipimsed that the gnat obstacle tuiigreimt nt had been rrmov t d, and t hut w u should then he fair and em bratellkebrethreu.und stand as one liefore the American people, linuglneoursurprisuwhun we found that the Insuperable obstacle was nut In the sugurtlilty, but that it came from the duty uihjii t oul and Iron ore. From the UUthday of March, when the lieuding bill was made publlu to the world, to the Tth day of July, when the President wrote his celebrated letter to Mr. Wilson, nu Intimation had been made to the members of the Finance Committee that u bill .vithatluty upon coal or upon Iron ore. or iimiii lioth, constituted perfidy to Democratic prill clplrs and dishonor to Democratic policies. sir. recurring again Pi an unpleasant subject. I hope for the last time, I say I liavn no quarrel with the PresldenPif the United States. I made no attack upon the President of the United Stutes. Thu Senator from New Vork, Mr. Hill, did mo injustice when he put ne In the classic riilo of the envious Casca to stab Ctt"ar ut the foot of Pomiey'a statue. 1 simply deft udtsl the motives of myself and my colleagues upon the Finance Committee against the Imputation in the Presidents letter. If it were necessary for me to-day, luortler to remain In publlo life, to retract one word of what 1 said tn the Senate, I should not utter it. No man has n right to perpetrate an Injustice uimn another, no matter how high his position. After tho President of the United States had told my colleagues-fur I had not been to the White House-that the bill as we were preparing u wnuiti receive Ills aupjiort although he said lie preferred free t oul nnd free iron-still. It would receive his support; and after we had given our labor, our energy al most our lives to thu preparation of thu bill, the President then comee liefore the Amerkan people and denounces u measure which he had failed to denounce liefore, although he knew its prov Islons. This w as an act of gross Injusth to those of us w ho had suffered fur more than he. Tbe result has been, and will be, under existing circiimatani es, that the best campaign docu ment furnished the Republicans of wlilch wo will not hear t he last until t his ranv ass is ended w 111 lie that letter uf tho President denouncing the Senate, without exception, for having framed the bill, the provisions of which are now necessary, according to the Secretary of tiie Treasury , to prev ent the Issue of interest-bear. ing bonds to tarry on the lioveriimeut. ritXE COAL OH rilEK IKOVorrEIIEOTIIEIIOCSS. Now, Mr. President, after two days or more of amicable attempt at adjustment and 1 beg to say here and now that for each of tho con ferees on the tiart of the HmiM Ipntiienliiili- most sincere iiersonal regard, and have no com. plaints to make of their action In any way what ever after two days more of attempted amica ble adjustment we offered to the conferees on tho part of the IIouo to allow the sugar ached tile to stand as w e had made It, and to w hlch w e all agreed, and then that they should take either free mill or free iron ore as they pleuM'tl, We offered them to take either free cool or free iron ore, stating to them that It seemed to us fair to adjust the differences between the two btslles by their taking ono half and leaving tho other hulf as the .Semite had voted It, All this time, let It le understood, that the Sen. ate conferee!, personally agreed with the House, hut vve were there as ronierces, representing the Senate, standing by the votes of the Senate, in structfd to maintain the position of theSeuate. While 1 did. not consider myself bound to tbe extremity of standing by all the amendments of the henate without exception, and without further amendment, but w aa preiutretl to glv e up many of those amendments In order to tav e the bill, yet. at tbe same time, as a conferee on the part of tbe Senate, I considered myself honorably bound to defend and advocate, aa far as possf. ble, the Instruction which had been given to me. When this proposition waa made to the Ilouse conferees to place one or the other upon the free list, either coal or Iron ore, they ex. pressed great gratification, anil said that the spirit that we had manifested would be met by them In the same ronclllstorv and friendly manner. They went out for consultation, ami after some two hours came back and suggested that It would probably be best to take freo Iron ore Instead of free coal. We told them that that was a matter to be determined by them, and we were perfectly willing to make thu i hange. Wo then adjourned with a sort of liar, llamentury peace for the second time, con. eluding that the matter had been fully udjiibted, and that we ion Id make a re. Iirt. We suggested to them, I should have said, at the same time, that we had knowl. edge of the Senate and the close votes that must ik i ur here upon any disputed question; that it was not kafe to go through all of thei-e schedules and tut down duties, aud that it would be dan. gerous to come buck to the Senate with reiluc. tlons upon the metal schedule, the woolen schedule, the cotton n-hedule.t he glas schedule, and the other great schedules In the bill. The next morning we met again in conference, and our freinds (rom the House then Informed us that they hud concluded that it was best to have free coal Instead of free iron ore, aud we said, "(lentlemen. take your choite; we ran be happy with either if t'other dear iharmer is away.'" ll-aughter. After we had concluded upon free coal and had settled the sugar question, the Chairman of the conferees on the part of tbe House then stated that he considered it his duty, and that .of his conferees, to demand that we should take up the whole bill and go through all of the schedules and agree to such adjustment as would not endanger the fate of the bill in the Senate. We again Informed him that while we were personally willing-but I will speak for myself alone-while I was personally willing to agree to any report that thev might see proper to make, in order to get the lull pawd through the Senate, we again assured them that to commence this general reduction or Are Ysa tteasltlve Inebriety is a dUrase. Private, confidential cure by famous Keelcy Remedies. Address Manager, LtJ West 3iU st.--tdc. even any reduction of the duties In the hill would endanger lis passage through the Senate, and that this was the great peril to bo avoided above all others. The House conferee Insisted upon these reductions: and from the beginning to the end of this whole conferente the trouble was- and I say It most respectfully and kindly that our friends In the other House could never bo made to understand that we knew more about the condition of affairs In the Senate than did they. HILL CUT THE OOnDIAM KNOT. Their Idea seemed to be that for some sinister or hidden purpose we were molding nn open vole. They coiitinnallr demanded nf us tn take the hill back to the Senato. with such amend ments as you youraelvts contelved with us ought to he made, nnd there let tho Senate, In the broad, open tight or day, vote upon this prop osition. We, on tho nther hand, with one view under heaven, so far ns lam concerned, before me -the Idea nf avoiding the absolute destruc tion nf nil tariff legislation during this Congress -assured them, and every day confirmed us III our opinion, that If the bill emit back it vould bo defeated, nnd tho t'outi try would lie told that the Democratic iwrty wns too Incompetent to make nnv tariff bill nt all. While we wire heMtattng nil tbn Illume rnhfuMsia it ore llialstlntr lituin t ibttw. up nil these schedule, and wo were warning I liT-m against the Inevitable result -the Senator from New York (Mr. 1 1 lilt Introduced his reso lution, which brought nbout tho vote, the Ho vote, hi which the ('hair gave the deciding vote, so well known to the Senate utiil to the public After that there was no rotifcrencc, because that vote demonstrated lieyontl all sort of ques tion that what we had raid tu them In n gnrd to the opinion of the Senate was absolutely mid In evitably correct. the srvATE mi.r. !ir.rr.iirn. Whnt are the salient points In (he Senate hill which have la-en so much derided and abused? vMinthns the Democratic party uf the country given to the Amerltnh peoplo In lhe shape of tariff i eform ns compared w ith the MeKlnley act? A false Issue has lieen inndo lieforn tho people, and made deliberately and Itilentlouillv, for sinister purisjses. It bus been telegraphed nnd written nnd snikcii everywhere that the question was lietwiru the Senate bill nnd the ltoti litll. Thiitnevirwastliequtstliiii. It Is ns false ns the assertion so often made tint this Is it Democratic tsitmle. 'Ibis Is not u Demo emtio Senate on tho question nf tariff reform, nnd neverwns. It never will In-ns at prcetit inustltiitnl. Hut It hns lieen an Id ev try w hero that the question vvn lietwecn the Wilson hill uud the Senate hill. The qutstlnu hn lieen all the time In tut en the Stnate hill mill the Mi Kinley Ian: Hint was the tholte tu be made, and t very mini who unilir-tissl the situation knew U. Now. whnt have we done? The hill which the Utilise has uii eptctl ami whh h has now giine, nr will gn In n few hours, tu the President of the I nlltd State-, puts wool, lumbei. .i!t. nipper, hurl ip. lugs mid tottoii bagging, fiax and hemp, all agricultural Implements, iiittim ties, nnd binding twine absolutely on the free list. In ntitagonlsin to the provisions of thu MeKlnley law. On null and iron tiro the duty hns Ik en decreased from "A rents to 40 rents u tun. On lend nre the duty has been decreased ont'-half; nu Hit anil tin sheets it has lieen decreased line-half; on woollen gmsls the citadel of pro In Hon. lhe great fortress of monopoly mid outrage in the .MeKlnley law -the duties have la en retimed 50 per tent. Iheyhave been re timed MM percent, tm the metal schedule, -J'J per tent, nn cotton goods, ill per cent, on the glass Mliediile. '. percent, on t hcmlcals, when the llousu bill reduced the duty only Hi) per cent, c.uhi'AIiihov or TAiiirr nil i.s. If Senator and the opponent of the Demo t ratlc party would take the trouble, lieforo thev t rltli se It further, to turn to the comparison uf the Tariff and Administrative acts of 18110 and the bill II. It. 4.HIH, being report No. ASH, In the 1 Fifty -third Congress. If they will turn to the comparative statement from the Trensury De partment, they will find this summary: Under the preent law tho per cent, is 4U.5H; under the House bill, as.fili; under the Senate bill. iltl.HN. In other vvunls. between the Me Klnley act and the House bill there was a differ ence of 14 tier tent.; between the MnKlnley net and tho rennle bill there Is n difference of over 11 per rent., being a differential beT een the House nnd Senate bills ot three per tent.; mid we have sugar Included In ours, whltethe House bill cuine to us with raw and refined sugar free. So It appears, Mr. President, that all this scan dal, nil this vituperation, nil this criticism. Is UIsUlii difference of three per t ent. between the t wo hills, w hen w e hav e made t he immense step In advance on the path of tariff reform of put ting wool upon the free list nntl have reduced the duty upon woollen goods fio per cent., when we have put lumber uin the free list, salt upon the free list, nnd havo reduced the duties upon lead and rlnc; and still we are told that iu fram ing the Senate bill we have been guilty of per fidy to Dfiuocratlu principles and dishonor to Democratlo policies. WHV OT M.TTLE TIIE 81(1 A II QLTjtTIOS NOW? Mr. President, a single word and I am done. 1 am glad now to be able to speak as an American Senator uud not aa a conferee. My friend from Maryland (Mr. (lormnu) suggest cd to mo that I should say something In regard to the deft rlency. The Secretary of tho Treasury has In formed us that If the duty Is taken off of sugar there w ill be adeficlency of f.ltl.dOO.IIOO. I make nols'iio with the Secretary of tho Treasury. I regret that this was not made known to ua lie. fore; but, since It has coinu to us now, I tdiall not avoid the Issue. If It be true that there Is a $:to,000.000 deficiency to bo creutetl mid Imiids tu be Issued, w by should we send the bill tu the Huntite Committee never to be heard of agilu? Why should we not grapple with this proiHjsl. Hon now? What are committees furextept to give Information to the Senato ns to tit tails? u ho does not know all about the sugar tlutv ? Who Is not prepared to act upon It? If to make augar free w 111 create a deficiency of J'10,000.000, then why not put 40 cents on raw and refined, and leave It there? Why nut take the responsibility, each one for himself, before tho American people, and see that there is no protective duty to tho refiners nt all. Tako Mr. Theodore Havemeyer, President of the trust In 1NHH, at his own language, when he mid that the refiner of the United States could hold their own with those of any country In the world. Why should vve continue this scandal? Why should we lliiw send tho hill Inft, il tomb and put the seal ot tho everlasting upon It, and then have the American Iieople say: "Oh, yes. they did their work for the trusts, and then they were afraid to face what the representatives of the people hod sent them in the shape of a free sugar bill" ? Why cannot we settle it now? Why shall we put It off? Where stands the majority ot the Sennte uin the sugar question? Why force n few of us to be the scapegoats of popular Indignation, of scandal and defamation, everywhere r Why not let every man stand nut and answer tn his name and say what he thinks should be done, and go buck to his people with the result? TlltED or LVASIOV, St'SriCIOV, AND UEfl. Sir. I am tired ot evasion, suspicion, and lies. I want the truth to be known, nnd let each man assume the responsibility for himself. Another word and I am done. Mr. Harris liefore the Senator from Missouri, my t ulleague on the Committee of Finance, c on elude. I should bo glad for him to state, aa ho opposes the reference of the bill to the commit tee. what remedy he would suirirrst for thu threatened evil of a thirty million dollar de ficiency in the Treasury, Mr. vest 1 have endeavored to make that as clear aa possible. I should Impose a revenue duty upon raw and refined sugar. I understand my friend, the Senator from Arkansas I.Mr. Junes), has an am etnlment prepared, w hlch he showed me this morning, that meets all doubt about a deficiency. It answers the becre. tnry of the Treasury comnletely.'and relieves us of all the nebulosity of defamation which has been so rank In the country for the last five months. 1 have, for myself, always advocated free sugar; but I am willing. In order to mitt the demands of the Treasury Department, to vote for the amendment whit h theSenator from Arkansas has preiutretl and will offer, I will say one more word, and then I am done with the subject, 1 hope, forev er. 1'EIISONAL IIELATin.NH WITH TIIE rilESIIJENT. Mr. President. It Is not pleasant ever to In. dulge In personality, but my attention has been railed recently to an Infamous statement, tram. Ing from a generally reputable source, mode In tliepubliopress.pl the effect that my at tlnn In rrgurd to the letter of tbe President to Mr. Wil son about the bill Id been dictated by a feeling of revenge against his r.xrellency, be i all jo h had Ignored me In rtganl to the patronage of mv &tate. 'lhe Senator from New ynrk (Mr. Hill) was kind enough in his ton eluding speech, when he played in the role of Marc Antony and when some people susiK-ctetl that he would like really to have played Maro Antony, and tome to bury Ciesar, not to praise him he was kintl enough to aay In his conclud ing remarks that after these gentlemen, this classic group had attacked our modem Caesar, "hekiuw nm what private grief I might have." Mr, President, 1 have nn private grief; but I wish toacknowitsjge. In the most publlo man ner, my gratitude to the President for having i rt lieved me from all responsibility in regard tu , appointments in Missouri, if there is any thing in my public llfo which has afforded me any pleasure, rral and substantial, it has been the ' fact that the President, in the exert ise of his constitutional right, of which I do not complain, Informed me that he no longer desired my ad vice in regard to Missouri patronage. Not again during this Administration will I stand in u crowded anteroom looking into the anxious and haggard faces of expectant officeholders. Not again will I be ad mitted in the august presence. Nor will 1 watch the shallow s possibly produced by in digestion -that tilt across the r.xrrutive brow, and feel my heart sink as each shadow cornea aud goes; not again will I la damned at coun try Poet Offices, upon village corners. as an in grate w ho has given no offices to his friends. ECSTASr THAT OXLY TAKIfV TALK piLATt. Sir, were it not for this tariff debate and this tariff discussion. I could now Indulge in the ecstasy of that well-known hymn ; Triers shall I bsthe my wearied tool, Iu seas of endless rest . And sol a wave of trouble roll Atrou my prscsf ul breast. I have nothing to complain of on account ot patronage, lam ready to follow him now, as tbe old bcutt follow ed the bannerof bruce.wheu he fought fur country and tor honor, I fight for no uiau; I fight for my principle, my part) . and my country. Men pa away like the clouds from the evening sky; but principle must live forever, blr, when any man living accuses me of personal motives In what 1 have done in con nection with Ibis bili-but my connection with It la now ended T simply answer him as Mar mlon said to Douglas i "Ijord Angus thou hast lied." Sir. Jones of Arkansas (Dem.) gave notice nf a snbstltute. which ho would offer for the House bill. The substitute Imposes a duty of .10 per cent, nil valorem nn nil sugar, and a cents nnd 4 rents per gallon on molasses, according to test. MILLS WEJIT TO TIIE Sr lUTItEn TltAt TO THE tir.vti. Mr.Mill(Dem.,Tex.) ehnrncterlrcd the Tariff Mil a now passed a a mot remarl-iMe measure, one which did not reflect I he sentiment nf a thou sand people In the United tntes. Ho was not amiss In toying that not n Itrpuhtltati favored It; thnt not a Populist fnvnrcti It! and he would not be far from the truth In siylni; thnt the great massof the Democratic party condemned It. It wn the product nf live or lx Senators. Hut they had lieen hetweetr the devil and the deep sen, and they had gone tn the sea rather than go tu the devil. laughter. Ho hud mi aisi'.ngle to make for It, lo calise It was liettcr thnti tho Mi Ivlnley law, and was tho lst they could tin under Uterinum stances. He did Hot script It. however, as a filial settlement nf the qui stloti uf tariff, reform, Hut It wasn sttp, n uhstiiiitlnl step. In the pol icy nf cutting tin the fite list nrtlt les that enter Into manufacture-, He now favored the House hilt tn put sugar mi the free list, ami ho would have It considered and pacd now. nntt not have It referred In the Fllinnict ntinulltee .Mr. .McPherson n.ktil Ml- Mills whether. If sugar were mnile frie. there wmild not be a tie fit lency nf 830.00tl.0im In the Treasury , Mr. Mills replied In the negative, end 'aid tint Mr. Cnrllsle's estimate had been made on the Important lNH.'l, hut that thr Import would be Increased so largely under the new hill ns would more thnti make tip the climated deficit. Mr. Harris Mid that hevvuuld rather be eulilrd by the statement uf the Sect rtnry uf tho Treas ury thnti by the st-itement nf the Senator from Texas; nnd he moved to reft r the Sugar bill to the Finance Committee. He declared that ho would never consent tutho adjournment of Con gress until Provision hud lntn made to avoid the bankruptcy of the 1 rensury. vii. ta iiit'i.ir tii vr.T. Mr. Vilas (De Wl i replied to Mr. Vest's statement ns tn the in Hon nt the Democratic, caticuswhen the m mile hill wu first reported to It nu the 'JOlli nf March That bill, Mr. Vilas declared, was a Justifiable hill In Its general fea tures. Hut the caucus then vot'sl for free Iron ore. nnd the Fluant e Commltteo hail not car rlcd out thnt vote. It had actnl on the general liehest to prepare it hill that could command it majority of the votes In the Senate, nnd had n imrtcd a diiiv tin Iron tint as well us nu toal. .Mr. Vest corn tttsl whit he tlulmid to bo a mltatemeul on the lmrt nf .Mr. Vilas. .Mr. Vilas saltl that liu and Mr. Vestwerenot nt ndlffiri lite; but they weru speaking uf twu tllfft rent reports. The hill had been discussed In the Senate from Marth '.Ml to May 7 forty eight days; It hud (sen tnlk.nl about, fllihus teied against, and debated, ufter n fashion, but not n step Iu advance hml been made. And w hv ? For the reason stntetl to-day by the Sena tor from Missouri and Texn. that thern wa no lit inocratlc majority In the Semite, so far us liirllT eefiirin wits t out i rtietl nn innlrirlfv that would follow-the principle of the party astx prrt tl by Its constituted uuthoritlts In caucus and on the Finance Committee. There wns une other thing, Mr. Ha said, which ought to bo tinderstiMid ns Senators weru having plain talk nbout the facts. 'Hint wits that most nf the uinciidmeutK put upuu the bill In the Senate weru made ut the liitnnceof Heptihllcnn Sena tor, and w Ith the expectation on their part that tin v would nut bu fought for In iniifernnce. Mr. Alll-on (Hep., lowal suld that n to the amendment which he had offi red, and which had been agreed to, thcru was no such under standing. Mr. Vllus then defended the President against the utiliuadv croons tit Ml. Vest. He ussiired that Senator that the President's allusion to party IK-rtldy hud lin reference tu hint; mid he expressed his regret that that senator should think that huetiuld bum custsl of p irty perfld) or party dishonor he w ho bad bt eu su honestly uud zealously laboring Pi bring nlsiitt the result uf tho passage nf a Tariff hill. As to the asser tion that the Wilson hill could nut have passed thu Senute, Mr. Vilas said that the Finance Committee should nut have subjected all Demo cratlo Senators to the consequence-) of that fear without giving tho matter a trial Iu tho Senate. There was thu point wlilch he made. Mr. Vest remarked that thetlilUuiiltv all the time was that the House conferees, like the Senator from Wlstouslii. Imagined that tho Senate ronferee exaggerated the obstacles In tho way of passing any thing that could lie re ported in the Senute t handier. Finally, he said, all the Senate conferees agreed to tiller to the House conferees was that they would reiiorta disagreement tn eucli Huuso and lettach House vote on thu disagreements. Ho himself hud even said to the House conferees: "Write out v our report and I will sign it without even read ing it." Hut they said "No, we have got tho power to prevent uny such report, and it cannot be raude. Mr. Vilas said that the Democratlo party bail lost such an opi-urtunlty its was rarely In the providence of Uod nfferetl to political parties. And v Idle ho lamented It and would not attempt to conceal his regret that it had not done more, he by no mean undertook to say that It had not done much. Cuming to the sugar bill. Mr. Vilas said: " Let us tako up this bill and let ns put a duty on sugar, a revenue duty, without one single particle of gift tn a grtut monopoly, nnd with out clothing thu hund of ctirjiorate greed with any of the grrnt isiw era of Government to levy tuxes on every lioine nnd every family in the land. It Is easy to deal with the subject. Wo need mi reference of the bill to the Flnnnce Committee. We need no further Incubation of the ntibjfU. Here, III the light uf day, let us take this bill mid (leaving a duty on sugar a a revenue tluty) let us eliminate from .it by suitable umeliilment nil thine ad vantages given to the Sugar Trust, and send tho bill back, to thu IIoue of Hepresenta tlves. Let us do thai, nnd, my word for It, at least I affirm my liellef that when that action shall be takin there will be u cry of rejoicing from tho -irople of the country , from nun end to the other, that at last their great Uovernmeut, their Congress, with its two Houses, Is not the servile dependent of a Sugar Trust or of any other monopoly in the land. lApplailse.) When Mr. Vilaa resumed his seat. Mr. Man- derson (lit p.. Neb.) said that If no other Demo, erotic Senator desired to rev eal any more of the secreta of the great Democratic cliarnnl bouse, he wtiuld move that the Senate adjourn. Ho withdrew that motion, however, nnd Mr. Dolph (Hep., Or.) moved to proceed to thu considera tion of executive business. '1 hat motion wan defeated yeas, IN; nays, 34. The two Democratic senator from Louisiana, with Mr. Kyle (I'op., S. !). voted aye, and the Republican Senators. Messrs. Dubois, Carey, llaushruiigh, and Pettlgrew, with the Populist Senator, .Mr. l'effer, V oted no. mil PAi.UEit nrcrr.Mis the dill. The discussion on the Sugar bill w as resumed, and Mr. Palmer (Dem , III,) nddressisl the Sen. ate. He said that ho voted fur the Tariff bill, which was now In the President's hands, along with his Deuioc ratio friends, and whatever re sponsibility might rtsult from It he arceptetl It without thu slightest hesitation. The Demo crats bad done the very best thev could. The bill was a Democrutlo meaure. and thu Demo cratlo iiarty had to assume all tho responsibility and all the credit for it. He doubted tho wit. tlom and thu propriety of the party ills, cusslnns which the senute had heard to-day. There w aa no occasion, ho said, for members of the Finance Committee to defend themselves, '1 be country knew huvv faithfully ami earue.tly those Senator had exerted themselves to se t lire the best possible result. The abolition of thu dutv on wool wns Itself a triumph. The sheep Industry Itself was benefited, he usserted, by free wool Tho ago of humbugs was rapid. ly passing aw ay, und the day was past In this country when tho people timid be dec eh til by that humbug, protection. One of tho services of the tariff bill was the destruction uf that miserable delusion which had kept the wool fimvvtra of thu West attached to the protection, at party. Talking nf the augar lxiunty, Mr. Palmer con. demned it ami referred to the support of it by tho PtimilUt. Mr. Ky le (Pop . 8. D ). said that the Populists were In fiver of fulfilling every contract made by the United States with its humblest citizens. " My friends, the Populists." said Mr. Palmer, " Insist on the fulfilment of every bargain where they have got the long end nf it, (laughter.) I doubt whether they would have been so ion. sclentlous about a broken contract operating in favor of other people." "Do you not regard It as an Injustice," Mr. Kyle asked, " to refuse to pay tbe sugar bounty this year f" " I do." Mr. Palmer replied, " but the reten tion of that bounty was too much to pay; or rather, vve could not sat r I lice all tlial the Tariff bill contained for the sake of paying that buunty." Mr. Palmer woundup with a defence of the Democratic party for the Tariff bill as passed, lie would say to the peoplo nf Illinois: "We have presented to you a bill thatU.lf the Presi dent shall see proper tn sign Ir liuore laughter audi tako for my elf the full and absolute re eponslhility f or ev ery prov islon of it." Mr. Walsh I Dem., (ia.) expressed his regret that Democratic Senators should decry andile nounce a measure, the entire responsibility for which the Democratlo party uus in honor bound tu accept, lhe bill was, at best, a cum. promise measure; and, as such, nn Democrat should feel that he was compelled to aimlugixe for its deft ts. He presented for publication In the litturtl a statement tn show w hat the com paratlve effects of the bill would be. CHAMILLIl IS AMUSIM1. As the Senate was about to adjourn Mr. Chandler (Itep., N. 11.) created much amusement by saying In Imitation of Senator Harris's tone and manner on frequeut occuslons when the Tariff bill was before the senate, "This whole day has been w listed iu useless ilf bate. I want to know if the senator is not prepared to fix an hour to-morrow when the Senate will vote on tbe pending Question?" (shouts of laughter, "It Is always." Mr. Harris replied, with hit You Need a Telephone in your bouse, your office, or your store, and yet you may not know that the Metropolitan Tele phone Co. now makes a new rate to small users 1100 to J ISO per year, according to use. Writ to let Cortlandt sU, or call up TcL SSI Cortland t. usual severe dignity. " with profound atntlon and generally with admiration that 1 hear any suggettlon from the Senatnr from New I lamp shire. And I always regret, a lw now, when I am uhivble to givo him a perfectly run, frank, and satisfactory tnw-cr. ,,, ,.,i Mr. Chandler mill 1"""".?,''' "?,r.,.J i borrowing bis minis) A """frj"? .".n,tfc: say to the Senator, waits upon his answer. ILon tinned laughter. ... hic.i iMsli " 1 admit," Mr. Harris retorted, that this l a suffering country ; and It ha suffered ven-many months because nf tlietondimtnf tlje Senator from New Hampshire and h "'WW.1",",; II.augliter.1 lint not tn prolong lblexceetllngly Interesting and Important discussion -between the Senator fmm New Hampshire andmyscir, unless he hanker! to make a reply - .., " I simply want the Senator." Mr, Chandler broke In. In his most aggravating stv e. W flx n time when the country may be relieved from suffering frnm either nf it." "Whenever tbe Senator from New Hamp shire." Mr. Harris replied In hi moat cru'hliig manner, "will consent tn lie nbsolutely silent, that time will come. More laughter, Imovo thnt the Senato do now adjourn." ..... The motion was agreed to. and the Senato at fiMi.l adjourned without voting on the motion to refer the Free Sugar bill. 1WSZXXSS OF cosaitEss. The Hnadrx Civil Hill Attreett To-The Be. flelency Hill HHI1 In Dispute, WAsntMiTON, Aug. IS. The House reaaem bled to-day after n day's rest, and the members showed the relaxation from the strain of Mon day's session by a general llstlessnces. A bill to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more per fectly carry out the purposes of tho act of March H, tHlll. providing for Iho Inspection of live sine k ami meats that are the subjects of Inter state commerce, was passed, after a brief statement by Mr. Hatch (Dem., Mo.) of the necessity for It. Al present, Mr. Hatch said, the law was Ineffective, prevent tbe shipment and sale or t arcasscs condemned by tho Inspec tors nnd ordered tn lie sent tn rendering vats. A hill was passed atithnrlrlng the construction nf n bridge over Newark liny by Hudson nnd Union counties, N, '. A hill providing that alt contracts hereafter executed for thepaymentnf any sum of money, whether In gold, silver, ur coin, may bo dls rhargtil by nny money which Is by law a legal tender for ihn payment nf debts when the con trift matures, was discussed for a tlmo without art Ion, 'I lie conference report on the Sundry Civil Ap propriation bill, uf an agreement on all Items, was agreed to. The report nn the (leneral Deficiency bill gavo rise tu iv discussion of tho Item appropriating Jl.HOO.UOO to pay the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for the transportation of troops, mails, and merchandise, under a Judgment of the Su- Freme Court, w hlch was not concluded when tho Inun adjourned, In the Senato the conference report on the De ficiency bill wns presented nntl agreed to, the only matter still left in dispute being thu amend ment of the Senate appropriating ll.HOII.O'lll to pay the derrro of the Court nf Claims In favor of tho Southern Pat iflc Itallroatl Company, Mr. Sherman moved to recede Irom that amendment, as It wa qulto plain that tho House would not agree to It. The motion was not ngreetl to, nnd a further conference wus ordered. The conference rejiort on the Sundry Civil Ap propriation bill, with agreement on all points, wa presented. Inquiry was made as to the Senate amendment appropriating $103,000 for the families nf the twenty-ono Government em ployees killed In the Ford's Theatre disaster. Mr. Cockrell (Dem.. Mo.). Iu charge of there port, said that the House conferees would nut Hgree to that nmenament, but that the conferees hud provided for a commission of five Senators anil live Hepresentatlves to conslderfthe subject. After debate the rewrt w a agreed to. The House Joint resolution providing for the extension of the appropriations till Aug. !M waa taken up, amended by fixing the time for Aug. SO, and passed. When the Tarir Hill Will So Into Kffeet, Wasiii.notox, Aug. ir.-The new Tariff bill wtll go Into effect at midnight of the day It re celves the approval of tho President, or becomes law by operation of tho ten days' limitation, and not from Aug. , as provided In the measure. An examination of the authorities made at the Treasury Department shows that n law cannot take effect uimn a date prior to Its enuctment. and tho Federal Supremo Court baa sustained this law under the ex pot facto provision of the Constitution. Many telegrams of Inquiry re specting the new law were received at the Treasury Department to-day, ami It appears from these that Importers nre sninew lint con fused as to thu date tile measure will take effect. The TurlfT mil at the White House. Washi.voto. Aug. 18. The Tariff bill was delivered to Private Secretary Thurber at tho Executive Mansion at 1:10 P. M. by Repre sentative Pearson, Chairman of the House Com mlttee on Knrolled Bills. Sr.SATOH SMITH toKXOTTXCKV. Orange Democrats Hay He line Been False to Ilia Trust. Orakoe. N. J.. Aug. 15.-The East Orange Democratic Tariff Heform Club at a meeting on Monday night adopted tbe following resolutions, which were glv en out to-day: " irherrtw. As we meet. Information has reached us through tbe publlo press that the Democratic majority in thu House of Hepresen tatlves at Washington has decided to accept the Tariff bill recently passed by the Senate of the United States; and, " irirrnu. Wo learn tlut this action was deemed necessary In order to thwart the ma chlnatlons of so-called Democratic Senators to defeat all tariff legislation and thereby continue in forre the MeKlnley bill; and. " H'nrrnn. Having caiefully watched the actions and doings of the Heprcsentatlv e In Con gress from the State of New Jersey In the con test of the Democratlo party for decreased taxa tion we conclude as follows: "IttmJiol, That thu Junior Senator from tho State uf New Jersey, James Smith, Jr.. lias proven false, not only tn the principles of the party which he pretends to be a member, but to the promises he made at the time he waa a can didate for the position he now holds, "Jlrmlveil, That as Democrats, believing In the principles of our party, as enunciated nt Chi cagn in lull".', we declare that the Democratlo party is not the proper place for defenders and protectors of mouoillc3 created to rob the peo ple. " nttulettl. That to the President of the United Stale, drover Cleveland, to William L. Wilson, nt Yv est Irglnla, ami to the mass of the Demo, t ratio Hepresentatlves In Congress, who have made such a sturdy fight In the interest of the people, we extend our heartfelt thanks and the assurance that In the uoinmlng battle pi relieve the American people from the grasp of the trusts and monopolies, created by Hepublican legislation, they may rely upon our uctive and earnest support." "A. JtlSattACKH AJtlt UEATKX MAX." Senator Hoar's Characterisation of thn 1'resldent If lie Hlsrns lhe TarlnTBHI. WoiicESTEii, Mas., Aug. 15, -Senator CJeorgo F. Hoar arrived home from Washington last night, and when seen by a reporter said that the Tariff bill In Its present form ts nothing more or less than a bill for tbe protection of the seats of Democratic Senators. He could not see how President Cleveland could veto It. because by doing so he vv ould send his whole party to smash. " If he does not veto It," said Senator Hoar, " be will stand before the country a disgraced, dls. credited, ami beaten man beaten by (Iorman." The senator did not believe the President would allow tho bill to become a law without his signature, because that would be "a shabby proceeding." F-JTcets or the Tarir Bill. Rochester, N.V Aug. 15. -Since the passage of the Tariff bill on Monday afternoon, business at tbe Custom House has Increased enormously. Collector Houck say s that CIO barrels of whiskey were taken out yesterday afternoon. The busf. ness at the Internal Kevenue office has also In. creased, and tbeeinployeesare kept busy, England nntl the Tariff Bill. Lomhox. Aug. I5.-Heports from Leeds, Jirad. ford, and Huddersflrld indicate that tbe Eng. &llsh manufacturers of woollens expect great eneftts from the passage of the TarilT bill. 'Ilief'nU MM Hat, tic says that the Hradford manufacturers kept tiulet while the tariff ques. turn was pending, aa they feured any utterances from them might affect tbe prospects of the bill unfavorably. Now, how ever, they rejoice openly. A POLISH VilVKVU STAUT8 A STOIIK. rather Kwallkowskl rtnja He Wnnts to have Ills Flock front the Jews. Pass vic, N JAug. 15. -Tbe Polish Church of Michael the Archangel has gone into tbe grocery and butcher business In Dundee, and. If the expectations of the pastor and trusters are realized, they will enlarge the stock by adding dry goods and general merchandise. A store has been opened on Second street, and four men are employed. Father Kwaitkovvskl Is 30 years of age. and his face bears the stamp of extreme earnestness. He says his motives for starting the store are to prev rut the Jews of Dundee from robbing his people aud to add revenue to the church. He says the reason bis church Is poor's be cause of thestrauge fatality which prompts an old country PoUtider to kteek a Jew l.li store keeper whenever he has a dollar tut ptnd, Tin. Jew taxes advantage of bis simplicity, and ?" ftk? rife '"V1" "e4- The Slavs of Dundee, !X? bit,Un'r fsTaiiiat the Jews than arn tbe Poles. The Slavs also want to get rathe Kwaltkowakl oul because be U a Polaadar. awajutowssu KNOWLEDGE Bring, comfort nnd Improvement ant) lends to iKtronal enjoyment nhea rightly uscu. j.110 ninny, who live bet ter than others nnd enjoy life mote, with lew expenditure, liy moro promptly ndaptinc tho world' best products to the need? of phyaital being, will attest the value to lirnlth of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in tho remedy, Svrup of Tigs. Its excellence is duo to its presenting in tho form most acceptable and pleas ant to tho taste, tho refreshing and truly beneficial properties of n perfect lax ative: effectually cleansing the system, dispelling cold, headaches and f evert and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and - met with tho approval of tho medical profession, bccnuo it acts on the Kid 1 neys, Liver nntl Uowcls without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drag. gists in GOc and $1 bottles, but it is man ufacturcd by tho California Fig Syrup Co, only, whoso name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept nny substitute if ouercd. . t.itjs irASiiixaTOX topics. Kk. Speaker flred'a Fortheomlnsr nnd T1sst ly rolldenl Cartoon. Washinotov, Ang. IB. Ex-Speaker Heed ts at present at wore upon another political car. toon. Illustrative of the battle over the Tariff bill. His sketch will represent the bird- crow that supplied tho quill with which the Presl dent is supposed to have signed the Gorman compromise bill. Cartoonist Reed says it will require a high degree of artistic skill to properly picture tho bird and the pen, and therefore his effort will be something more than a mere off. hand sketch. Accompanying the picture will lie a list of statesmen who do not want the famous pen. It Is now customary in legislation for the men who arn Instrumental In the passage of Important bills to ask thn President to give them tho pen he uses to make the bill a law. The list promises to he long, nnd It will probably tnntaln tho name of a number of prominent Democrats In and out of Congress. Mr. Heed will also attempt to give a list of those who do want the pen. Thus far ho has not found any one to place under that heading, and he may 1111 out tho column with sturs. ' The House Committee on Kaval Affairs to-day nutborlred Mr. Cnmmlngs, Its Chairman, to submit n preliminary report on the armor-plats Investigation. Tho report. It la understood, will briefly review the testimony taken. and will rec ommend an appropriation to enable several of the alleged tlefcctlvn plates to lie removed from the v essels on w hlch they have been placed and to test them balllstlcally , Secretary Herbert to-day gavo John Gillies of New Vork and his attorneys an opportunity to show cause why Ulllics's contract for build, ing the dry dock In tho Ilrooklyn Navy Yard should not be cancelled. On July 37 Secretary Herbert gave Mr. Ulllles twenty days in which to make Ids argument, which would expire to morrow, but a few days ago he telegraphed the contractor that the. matter had gone on six months too long now, and tbe contract would be declared forfeited to-day unless the depart ment was convinced that the dock could be completed In the specified time. The only rea son, it Is said, that the contract has not already lieen cancelled Is thnt doubts have arisen u to the liability of tho bondsmen under the terms" of the Instrument. Flaws are said to have been discovered In the Instrument, which would ap. (ear to relievo the liondsmen ot responsibility, antl the Uovornment would lose what has al ready been paid under the contract. It la also claimed that (Uii. U. F. Tracy Is a mealier of the law firm which cares for tiie legal interests of Mr. Qlllles'a bondsmen, and that this Arm has informed the bondsmen that they are not liable. Final orders were telegraphed to-day by thn Secretary of the Navy to Capt. George W. Oof. fin, commanding tho cruiser Charleston, direct ing him to leave Hnn Francisco to-morrow and proceed to Yohohnma. where he will report to Commodore Carpenter, commanding the Aalatio station, lor runner orders, commodore Car petiter left Han Francisco by the mall steamer of Aug. 7, and will probably await the arrival of the Charleston at Yokohama and use her aa hlstlagshlp. The Charleston will stop three days for coal at Honolulu. She will proceed at cruis ing speed, vv hlch Is about 10kuotsanhour.no effort la Ing made to reach the Asiatic station ' In an unusually short time. Tbe Charleston is almost the exact counterpart of the Japanese Nantwa Kan. having been built from tho same design. Her guns, however, are less powerful than those ot the Japanese ship. Court Martini of Capt. Johnson. I.EAvxtwonTH, Kan., Aug, 16. The court martial of Capt. AV. 8. Johnson. U, 8. A retired. Is in progress here. Capt. E. II. Crowder la act ing as Judge Advocate. The evidence shows) that Johnson, as far back as 1883, violated army regulations by not liquidating his debts. A claim of $100 held by Drill Ilros. of Denver had been pressed, hut no attention was paid to lu although the war Department had ordered him topaylu Cant. Johnson was tried in 1RH8 for duplicating his pay account, and again in 18113 for the same offence. He was retired for wounds received during the war, and now resides at bprtngUeld, Mo. The Weather. The slight storm which was central la the St. taw. rence Vslleyr yesterday has been crowded northeast ward by a hlxn barometrto pressure, which canve down from Prlttib America, esuslng a fall In temper ature of from Sa to 1 8 orer all the Lake botes. This cooler weather will be felt In this city to-dsy. With the exception of scattered showers over the Lake States and la the St. I.awrence Valley, the weather wss generally clear. The dry, warm weather still continues over the central Ststes. Id this city the weather was cloudy anil threatening to the morning, but generally clear during the reel of the day. la the eveolag there was a sharp thunder lorrn with brief ralo. Highest offlclal temperature 83', lowest S7', average humidity 83 percent.; wind south, average velocity tea mlles'an hour, barometer corrected to read to sea leeej, 8 A. M. 30 01. 8 P. K. i ft) M. Tbe thermometer at Perry's pharmacy tn Tn tva I building recorded the temperature yesterdsy as tot- f lowi: I 1801. 1801 J BUS. IMC I SA.M .. ? 70' 3 80 P.M.... Hi' i I a a. yi a 70' S P. M.. . Hi' 80' UA M. w 7' urn 7s M' , UU 77 711 18 Slid 74 Average . 78yt Awa.eon Aug, lo.levs. 74i' WISUlSOTOX rOBXCAST rOB TUTU04T. 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