Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1894 — DEMOCRATS VOTE ON TARIFF. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATS VOTE ON TARIFF.

Senator* in Caucus Agree Upon the Compromise Measnre. Incomes will be taxed and the tariff bill will soon pass the Senate, says a Washington dispatch. By a vote of 37 to 1 the Democratic members of the Senate adopted a resolution in caucus agreeing to support the tariff bill of the Finance Committee, including the compromise amendments that have been agreed upon in the conferences of the last two weeks. The e amendments do not materially affect the income tax provision. The vote in the caucus was as follows: YEAS. Bate, Gordon, Pascoe, Berry, Gorman, Pugh, Blackbum, Gray. Ransom, Bankhead, Harris, Roach, Brice. Hunton, Smith, Cattery, J arvls, Turple, Call, Jones, Vest, Camden, McLaurin, Vilas, Cockrell, McPherson, Voorhees, Coke, Martin, Walsh, Daniel, Mitchell. White—37. Faulkner, Morgan, George, Palmer, NAYS. Hill—l. Absent and Not Voting—Murphy, Mills, Lindsay, Irby, Butler. Gibson—6. The resolution was presented by Senator Gorman of Maryland, the chairman of the caucus, and was discussed at some length, as the session lasted from a few minutes after four o’clock until nearly seven o’clock. It was claimed that the six absent Senators were all accounted for. and assurances were given that they would support the tariff bill. The only persons in whose absence there might be any significance are Senators Murphy and Mills. Senator Mills was not at the Senate during the day. and the call for the caucus was sent to h.is house. It is believed that he has some objections to the concessions that have been made, but he has previously announced that he would support any bill that provided for reductions in the present law. In presenting ti e resolution and stating the object of the caucus. Senator Gorman made , a conciliatory spe ich. He said it was necessary to make concessions in order to secure the united support of the party, and he further asserted that it would need a Democratic majority to pass the bill. Secator Smith said, while he was not satisfied with the bill, and was unalterably opposed to the income tax, he was ready to support the measure with the amendments which had been agreed upon.