Show A TARIFF CAU CAUCUS CUS th thirty I 1 rt V seven even Demo democrate orate vote to support tho the bill washington D C may 3 B by y a vote of 0 87 37 to 1 six of the forty tour four senators being absent the democratic sen store in caucus today to day adopted a res resolution L to support the tariff hill bill of th the e finance committee including the therom com promise amendments that hove have been agreed upon by the many conferences of democratic senators during the past two weeke the resolution lUtIon WAR presented by senator gorman german of maryland tile chairman of tile llie caucus and discussed at sonic some length as the session I 1 lasted asted from a I 1 lew 7 minutes tea after r 6 until nearly L 1 I 7 hu clock the absentees mills murphy irby butler gibson bind and lindsay it was claimed they were all accounted for or and as alliances sui ances given that they would support the tariff bill the only persons in whose absence there m might ight be any significance asonat senators ors murphy and mills the be ing iab that all others we were to in accord with any bill supported by the majority of tho the democratic Sona tois MILLS AND MURPHY senator mills WAS not at the senate during the day and the call for the caucus was sent to his house it Is be bc gloved lie has sonic borne objections to the that have been made but he be had previously announced he would support any bill that provided for or duci eIons lons in the present law ina senator murphys Murp hys caucus notice was also sent to his residence as he was absent from the capitol ills his position has all along alone been one of doubt but steral nt eral democratic senators assert lie he w will il I 1 s support P t the bill and he Is counted in th the rosiy y three which are claimed as certain t to vote in favor of the bill the other alb kentees are either cither out of the city or failed ailed to secure notices in a time none of them have ilive been counted as against the bill and it was as said they would mould endorse the action or of the caucus GORMAN GORDIAN URGED concessions in presenting tins the resolution and stating the he object or of ili the caucus senator corman colman col man made a conciliatory speech ile he said mid it was as necessary to make concessions ces in order to secure th the united cited support in aport of the party a and he further asserted that it would need 11 a democratic majority to pass the lie bill lie ile t t bated that had been made on all sides aides and it was believed the measure with the proposed amendments would now meet the support whir which if was absolutely necessary to PASS it a atmo democratic larik bill senator junes jnes of 0 arkansas tho the member of the finance committee who has taken tile the most active the p preparation P of the amendments known us as the bill made madea a speech in which he explained at ten length ath thu the pio posed amendments and to told ld why they were necessary ile he did riot not or reail read ali all ol of them but selected tho the most important and those affecting the greatest interests senator mcpherson spoke in 0 of f I 1 the he resolution and dwelt at some length on tho the concession which the northern and nit eastern democrats had northern I 1 been h obliged ged to make find what they had to give up tip in order to meet the demands of the south and west ile he claimed that the that were talked of tf hy the other senators were not wholly holly on one side senators Sen St natora palmor palmer and vilas nindo made long and in speeches ursine urging party parly harmony arid and tile the necessity of early action great interest centered in the speech of senator smith of new jersey and his alls remarks were received with wilh a great deal of 0 satisfaction tor for while he said lip was riot not satisfied fled with the bill and v as al unalterably opposed to tho th income lax jar he was ready to support the measure with the amendments which had bad been garced upon though he be claimed that wh what a t were called concessions by the southern rn and western men wore were but small compared with the concessions which eastern senators made in supporting the bill with the income tax lax provision HILL senator hill was not net placated ile he spoke only on y a short time lime but it was wail long lone enough for him to convince the caucus that his vote vole would not ibe foe for or the hill bill if the income tax remained in it ite ile sold sid hla his position was well known he had made his statement before the country and there was wan nothing to odd add to what bat he be had gild whatever the uncalled concessions might be they could not compensate for or a rider in the bill bil which neither the needs of af the country nor the party demanded without saying so in direct terms there WAR wa none who listened to him who believed he h would support the bill the vote vot showed what those who had a th caucus d the eon on feren frnces ern ces that tatt hv have been going on among the democratic Sona tors for two weeks have given the leaders information as to how the th different senators stood but they wanted official caucus notion action upon what had been arod on in the conference room the roll was called in order to place all on record and thirty seven saven senators Se natora voted in favor ot of the resolution and ons one senator hill against it the vote was vas received with beaulne gratification 83 a many of tho the senators believed it signified that the tariff bill would pass page the senators Se natora present were nvere nate bale berry blanchard arles cat caf tery fery call can Ca ten cockrell coke dan lol lei faulkner george gordon german gray harris hill ironton hunton jar eirls Is jones lecla mclaurin aln Dic Pherson aon marlin martin intend li WIS morgan lorgan palmer pas paa COOP ligh ransom roach smith vest os vila allas voorhees walsh valah white wit it e cal THE concussions concessions MADE the two principal speeches male made during the baucm were those or of S senator jones explaining the reasons foe for anil and the th origin of the compromise and elving elvine ine some of the details of 0 the amendments amendment i and by senator hill in oppose tion to the bill as it nias aa proposed ta amend it IL senator jonca jon said that the sugar schedule had been so BO as to provide for an ad valorem valoree duty of 40 tier per cent and an additional duty of 0 one eighth or of a cent on refined sugar with a penalty of one tenth of a cent on sigr imported from countries paying a be bounty nty on sugar under the pros ont ant law u with the bounty to stand until the lat I 1 t of january next he sald said that the ad ad valorem valoree tax was not materially different from the sugar provision pro virlon in the pending bill lie he also alsa stated mated that a large number of other amendments had been made but did not mention them liem in detail or make any L explanation of thorn them except to 5 ay that in n no case were the of duty axed as high as in the mckinley law he said in that an earnest effort had been made to all interests that many concessions had been made to the eastern and northern democrats by changes chanis cs from ad valorem valoree to lc ia duties and that it was hoped that when the new bill should be b presented it should comand the solid democratic a vote in do the senate sate |