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1 fa ITT tvTA HTTSIIED 1867 WILMLNGTON, N. C. THUJRSDAY, JULY 20, 1S94- SI. 00 PER Ye. Alt. of Tin?" SENATOR GORMAN t i KLS UP THE ,GAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. llf fH iiouncM In Violent Terras tbe Xt ti .n of the President In Regard t,, the Senate Tariff Bill He harge Him With Seem ingly Accepting the Bill After Going to Con ference An Ex citing Scene. SENATE. V. A-niN'iToS, July 23. Not for many v v-:tr ha.- lne Senate Chamber, rich as . Li-toric reminiscences, witnessed . r. r- stirring spectacle than that which , k ; there to-day. The knowledge .v.. iKr Gorman was to take up the "ti'i'- t thrown' down by President .vi-.n.i at the feet of Democratic . :. it r-:tttracted to the Capitol a large ..:, f the vL-itora and people of leisure v uk delight in the combats of poli .... .i .H-ousMon. n;i'.or (iorman was in his lest fight 'tri:i. Never did he acquit himself : a t.'i-K m connection with his sena n ti li-itH-s in a manner so calculated to i -i T.raiM for himself. Without a note ... , : ::;i-:i:orandum to refer to, or to refresh ; :i..-mry, lit- held the lloor for nearly ;.r h- urs, exhibiting powers of oratory . h f( u- even of his warmest political .v..:nin r- would have given him credit f . K- r all that time ho was the central r .-;r n which every eye in the im-:."n- :iss-mllage of spectators and vr.a: 'r.- was tixed, and to whose words v. rv ear was turned in close -.tt. '.ti n. rtdid not abate as Senator Gor r t:i dropped for the time being the r. r- r-.r.-ouional features of his speech, ! h'hw attention to the rates of duty the hill. The lloor at this time was r l.d. Kyery Senator in town oc his chair'and every vacant place :it! ii ly a member of the Houe. j it-was the influx of Representa that chairs for their accommoda :.. .-. -re placed around the walls, but : w;t' not suilioient and three score r in. r. f them were obliged to ftand. 'st-n the usually vacant Diplomatic ;ul ry was comfortably filled at this ii.t,"and apparently the most interested -i-otHtor there was Sir Julian Paunce :' : . the liritish Ambassador. Afr r the expiration of the preliminary r ..tine husiness Senator Voorhees called upth.- conference report on the Tariff Ti. n the storm broke. Senator Gor r.t:t immediately arose. He began by -tv;!! that he hoped he appreciated the r.v.ry uf the situation. He said that rhr.anly the situation would be easy of ? It:tititi. There would ordinarily be no :::!Tt r.oe of opinion about sending the J: I to coi:f renee where the differences ; t v. ? - the two Houses could be ad-.-.!. ; He drew a graphic picture of .Kixi-ty with which the .country v iitrtl iht- fate of the bill, the idle fac- r -. the closed work shops and unemployed. Further suspense was r to the best interests of the .Mry nor to the Democratic ; -Hy He hoped that the Senators 'x " mt the situation as became ; :tr; ti,- men and duty-bound Denio-t.-s. A bill must be framed which u! -ecu re the support of all Senators, .. : uh. se votes save one were neces j 'y iL j. ls it That one vote was lost. S. ;utv r from New York (Hill) had :' :: the beginning opposed the bill, '! and manfully. The Democrats, u with such a "condition, had gone ' -ir.fullv to work to harmonize the dif ::hs. and had accomplished it by sacrifices almost at the sacrifice . ti:, .-iple. No legislative body in this . ,;intry, he declared, had ever been con- r.t.d with such a condition. The .irysentatives of the States of New . .r.K' t';y Jersey, Ohio and Maryland, -' ti.t. ..ut.-et, announced that the House t radical, so destructive of the 'tr(-s (.f the people that they would i v;pport u. He paid a high tribute ators Vest. .Tonps. Voorhees and those brave men, who with n,u work had at last accomplished ;V'lt of adjusting these differences i h i 1 made the passage of any bill :-; n in dramatic tones he delivered t.an.-e: The infamous calumnies ; d upon the Democrats of the Senate ; 'rj ' trii,i his bps, he saii, a plain un statement of the facts. He -"t -nake it, he said, with malice ''.if. I T".... 1 - 1- . I 1 1 - 1 uf. uui ue woiuu iook nis coi 'id the American people in the ;!- i tell the truth. In patriotism H-rats of the Senate had gone to T - save the countrj- and keep their a power, when suddenly in the t the struggle came the Presi - iter. "It was the most uncalled " most extraordinarv. thp mnf in communication." said he in bit i. ' that ever came from a Presi t!l'' Uniud Slates. It placed this u a iKsition where its members to it that the dicrnitv and honor - ly ;U v-'uamber must le preserved. It M.r tle in a lKsition where I must tell "i'ry as il occurred. The limit of - ranee has been reached.' iiti1"- r,orman then proceeded to de h;ojy of the Tariff bill after it Vi,' the nate. and tlie manner in --1. to meet the obligations and se--fW of certain disaffected -t , 5 lhe chanKes had been agreed -tiS6 Btated emphatically that YUf pi0T"es3 of this work Sena- ' in tit, th Stary tCarlisle and ?n,rm th Mr Cleveland himself, ii? sacrifice of principle was ' W i i 6 result wa9 a3 had de critic :0aPreviou3occassion, a Demo arilweasur? .which in Ihis opinion wardthe radical tariff reform iW-,-and, which he thought 4 Mwe the eupport of a Demo- cratic House, Senate and President. He believed then as he believed now that he bad authority for the statement. He charged directly that every one of the Senate amendments had been seen by Secretary Carlisle and scanned by him before they were agreed upon. He urew irorn nis ue&c ana naa read an m- terview with Secretary Carlisle on April Ofi.L : l 1 a. 1 f i 30th, m which the Secretary of the Treasury gave the Senate bill his sweep ing indorsement. "That interview," said Senator Gor man, ''softened the hard places for those who were trying to harmonize differ ences. It did much to aid the Demo crats of the Senate in getting together." He did not believe that the Democrats would ever have gotten together had it not been for that interview. The Secre tary of the Treasury necessarily spoke in a great measure tor the President in matters relating to his department. On the morning following the publication of that interview the papers announced that the President was in entire accord with his great Secretary of the Treasury. If that was not true, then the forty-three Democratic Senators on this side of the Chamber had been misled. As a com promise, Senator Gorman asserted that tho bill, as completed, was satisfactory to rot a single solitary human being in all its details. But as a whole, the struc ture presented, as scanned by the Secre tary of the Treasury and the President, as looked at by us, was acceptable as the best bill that could oe past. There was no suggestion anywhere either from the President or the Secre tary of the Treasury that the bill as modified was a violation o Democratic principle. With dramatic emphasis, Senator Gorman called upon Senators Vest, Jones and Voorhee3 to bear testimony as to whether his statements had varied a hair's breadth from the truth. "Let the people have the truth." said he, as he paused. Senator Vest arose, ing that he had not President since the Sherman law last with the Secretary He began by say himself seen the repeal of summer. the I Ul I of the Treas- ury he had had frequent consulta tions. Secretary Carlisle had repeatedly and distinctly stated to him that the greatest possible calamity that could happen would be the failure of any bill. He had distinctly stated to him that no difference in rates should be allowed to stand in the way of the consummation of some scheme of tariff reform. His colleague, Senator Jones, had seen both Secretary Carlisle and Sir. Cleveland and they had both declared that the bill was acceptable to them The bill did not suit him (Vest). He knew it must have the support of the administration to pass and he asked Senator Jones if the Presi dent would throw the weight of his in fluence in favor of it. Senator Jones replied that the Presi dent had said to him: "I am willing to do anything to pass the bill through Con gress.' "If we go into this fight thePresident must be behind us," I said. Senator Jones replied that he was. "Thereupon," said Senator Vest, "I gave my personal opinions up and resolved to support it. The President's letter was the first inti mation to me that he was against us." When Senator Vest sat down Senator Jones of Aikansas, who was in charge of j the bill in the Senate, took the floor. He was as pale as death but showed no signs j of nervousness. He realized, he said, i when the bill came to the Senate that it j could not be passed in its then form and he had gone to work with infinite labor1 and pains, to interview every Demo- cratic Senator. He ascertained every objection they held and carefully noted ' them. He talked with Secretary Car- j lisle about his plan and the President endorsed it as wise. Then he (Jones) prepared the amendments in consultation with Secretary Carlisle. The Secretary was thoroughly informed as to the situa- ! tion and he (Jones)'had said to him : "I will not go one step further if the adminitra- f tion is not behind me," "I requested him j to explain everything to the President said Senator Jones. "I saw the Presi- dent. He told me Senator Carlisle had explained all and he (Cleveland) said he thought we were doing the wise and proper thing. Among the amend ments thus prepared were those placing coal and iron on the dutiable list. Until I read Mr. Cleveland's letter to Mr. Wilson, I believed he cordially approved of our action. I had expressed to him the opinion that it must either be this modified bill or none at all, and he had replied that in the alternative he favored the modified measure." As Senator Jones sat down Senator Gorman arose to resume, but Senator Vilas interposed with a series of ques tions to Senator Jones, Senator Vilas "In your interviews with the? President were the subjects of coal and iron ever mentioned?" Senator Jones Yes, at every conver sation between the President and myself coal and iron were specifically men tioned. There was a burst of applause from the gallery which the presiding officer had difficult in checking. "And," continued Senator Jones, with that assured emphasis on each word, "the President never once uttered one solitary word against going ahead with coal and iron in the bill, as then in the Senate bill. Senator Vilas One more question. Did not thePresident express the hope at all times that iron and coal should be on the free list? Senator Jones At all times, yes; but it was the expression of a hope and the circumstances would not permit its reali zation. Senator Gorman next summoned Sena tor Harris asja witness, who stated that in conversation with Mr. Cleveland he (Harris) had been led to conclude that the President favored the passage of the compromise Senate bill, not because he approved this, but because it was the best that could be secured. Senator Gorman her- resumed with one of the most sensational references of the day to President Cleveland. The St nator spoke of the deep regret with which he was corr.pplVd to ask the public testimony of these Senators. But the tim had come to speak. The limit of endurance had been reached. The Senate had been traduced. An attempt ! had been made to 4 'try and gibbet it be ' fore the country. These charges had . htd "foullv made from such distin- guished sources." that they must be met and refuted. The charges were echoed by men who chirped when he talked." These Senators who had been summoned had fought for tariff reform when "cow ards in high places would not show their I . , ., r-r 1 I I Mira heads." He said he could conceive no reason for the remarkable action that had ben taken, unless perhaps the one responsible for it was "consumed by ran ity" in desiring to have the country re- crarrl him as the author of all that was rirrht. in tariff rpform. As Senator Gorman made each refer ence to the President there was, a com motion in the galleries, which compelled the presiding officer to interpose con Btant cautions against further demonstra tions. Senator Gorman next turned his atten tion to Senator Hill's speech of Friday endorsing President Cleveland's letter, "That letter," said he, "was a Godsend to the Senator from New York. It was the onlv comfort he has had from this administration." rLaughter.l As the laughter continued, Senator Hill arose and, with good natured delib erations, said: "In the last proposition i will say that the Senator from Maryland is entirely correct. Senator Gorman proceeded to criticise Senator Hill's course and asserted that the New York Senator had throughout attempted to thwart his party Never before since the Declaration of Independence, Seaator Gorman went on, had a President of the United States been guilty of such a violation of the spirit of the Constitution as had Mr. Cleveland in writincr this letter to Chairman Wilson. Conference committees should be free from outside influences. "The liberty of the Senate should not be invaded, he said, in thunderous tones, "though a thousand hirelings write us down and traduce us." The President, he.fcontin ued, had said it would be dishonorable to tax coal and iron. The House! parrot- like repeated the cry. "He whoet up 1 1 ILL LL siouuaiuo, oaiu , . come to us with clean Hands. He argued that the House, if it had been consistent would have placed all raw materials on the free list. He enumera ted other raw materials which the House had made dutiable. He denied that it was either Democratic doctrine or in ac cordance with the Democratic platform declarations to place coal and iron on the free list. He enumerated the amount of the tax on coal placed by different Democratic Congresses. . Senator Hill The same bills you speak of placed wool and lumber on the dutia ble list. Senator Gorman They did. He pro ceeded to declare that the Democratic platform did not demand free raw mate rial. We went back to tho plat5rm of . 1&8I on which, he said, Mr. Cleveland was elected "by the grace of God and a great deal of hard work." It did not provide for free raw materials. The bill prepared by his distinguished radical friend (Mills) placed 75 cents duty on coal. Senator Mills I was in the same situa tion then that I am now. I was in the hands of a half dozen men who forced a duty on coal. It was not my choice. Senator Gorman I am not attacking you. i "You said I prepared a bill with taxed ! coal on it," replied Senator Mills hotly. I Senator Gorman then gav the history j of the convention of 1868, where he said I the radicals were in the saddle. A reso ! lution was adopted endcrsing the Mills ; bill taxing coal. Mr. Cleveland accepted j it and stood on it- He referred to the Elatform declaration of 1892, prepared y Mr. Cleveland's friends, commending , the House "for going in tbe direction of free raw materials." The radical reso ; lution, sprung in the convention, was 1 pushed by those who desired to defeat I his nomination. But it didjnot defeat his . nomination. No one" expected Mr. Cleve- land to stand on that radical plank. Mr. ! Cleveland's letter was looked forward to i with anxiety. In it he declared specifi- cily against the destruction of any in ; dustry and in favor of "freer" not "free" raw material. That letter changed the tide and elected Mr. Cleveland President. Reverting again to the duty on coal, Senator Gorman argued that 40 cents a ton was purely a revenue duty. Free coal, he said, within five years would i give to a single foreign corporation all j the coal trade from Boston north. Free j goal would not benefit a single man or j woman in the country. Who demands it? he asked. The professional, the the oretical tariff reformer, said it would cheapen the cost of manufacturing, yet, mathematically, free coal would not give the New England manufacturers more than $ per cent, of the cost of manufacturing. There was but one great concern in the face of earth that wanted free coal. In Nova Scotia there was a deposit cf coal as broad and as rich as any on the face of the earth. The Government of Canada had controlled it. Five years aero the rDominion Government was induced to change its policy. The small leases were wiped out. The Candian Pacific, that great artery of Great Britian, together with men from the United States asso ciated themselves together and secured a ninety-nine years least of those coal ueids, on condition tnat they should pay royalty. If coal were free the coal of I Nova Scotia would displace that of the United States in New England and the treasury of Canada would be enriched by monev that ought to go into the treasury of the" Uuited States. He said, there was only one other difficult question involved in this situa tion the everlasting subject of sugar. Louisiana, through its two Senators, then the late distinguished man who oc cupied a seat in this body, Randall Lee GihEon and Edward D. White, wanted to know, before we entered upon the campaign, with no threat, with no in quiry except that which an honorable man hsd afright to make, what the pol icy of the party was to be under .the ap parently free trade resolutions adopted at Chicago. After a great deal of talk, after the most careful consideration, the candidate of our party told them, as he had told the public through his letter, that the Democratic party wm not to d- stroy industries: that it should pUceafair fKnff urhrUS?ArerenUdut ? that the bill which hadrutrt approval was the Mills bill, and on the line of tlx Mills bill the Democratic party would Hill. Kill Tr., 1.4 act. They said to us frankly: "We want to tell our people the truthj We do not want to pres you to give a single fraction of a cent to Louisiana, but we only want to know the truth." At that solemn conclave we all said: "Yes, it is a dutiable article; it is to be and must be the cornerstone by which we will over throw McKinleyism." "Mr. President," Senator Gorman said. "I would have given anything in reason for the interest of my own people whom I represent in consonance of my own views upon the subject if I could have had free sugar all along the line.! But, above all, in all my public career, no man, no living being, has ever charged me with perfidy. No soul can say that I ever made a promise about public or private matters that 1 did not carry out if I had the power to do it. These two Senators (Smith and Brice) and myself, carrying out the pledge of our party whose can didate was endorsed by us, have jj stood here and being gibbetted as three men who were in a Sugar trust. It is due to those with whom I am associated to know that no man would believe such a thing, but it is due to the man who writes the history that he shall have the truth of the transaction.". f In conclusion he said that in case of irreconcilable difference between the two Houses in an effort to change an exist ing statute, it had always been the rule that the House making the most radical demand always gave way. "Go into the next conference," said he, turning to Senators Voorhees and Vest, "say to them that in Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Indiana and West Virginia, which demand the Senate modifications, there are more manufacturing concerns than in all the States that ask these radical changes. If the Senate amendments are not accepted this bill is defeated,! You have heard enough Senators already to know that it is this bill or nothing." While congratulations were being showered on Senator Gorman, Senator White, Democratic, of California!, took the floor and argued that from a Demo cratic standpoint there was nothing to do but adopt the motion of Senator Gray to insists on the Senate amendments and to agree to further conference. I The adoption of the motion either of Senator Hill or Senator Vilas would result in the defeat of the measure and the perputa tion of the McKinley act, which was the winning card of the Sugar trust. The question was put by the presiding officer, Senator Bate, on Senator Hill's motion, when Senator Cockrell rose and moved to proceed to executive business. That motion was agreed to, and after Ajshort exnrivft sior,, th nnfp t. 3:45 o clock adjourned until to-morrow at noon. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, il In the House to-day a bill to revise the boundary between the eastern and west ern Judicial districts of North Carolina and fixing the times of holding court at Raleigh, Wilmington, Newbern and Elizabeth City was passed. Committees were then called for re ports. This having been completed, the Speaker announced that next in order was a vote on the bill discussed Satur day, directing the re-employment, as fast as vacancies occur, of the railway postal clerks who were dismissed the service between March 15 and May 1, 1889 The vote resulted yeas, 121: nays, 23; not voting, S. A ' t fj' ordered to determine srmine whether or not a quorum was at the Capitol. The call was answered by 180 one more than a quorum. Mr. Bynum offered a resolution direct ing the sergeant-at-arms to arrest such members as were absent without! leaye. Mr. Reed sought permission to make a suggestion to the gentleman from Indi ana and proceeded so far as to say: "I understand that the accused (the Senate) are still answering to the indictment and as a part of their plea set up complicity on the part of the grand jury," (the President) when his voice was drowned by the Speaker's gavel., Mr. Bynum having declined to hear further I of the suggestion. On the resolution for the arrest of members Mr. Reed demanded the yeas and nays and they were ordered The vote was yea?, 119; nays, 19; not vot ing, 2. Being satisfied that the presence of a quorum could not be secured, on motion i wavy aa wvaa a a v v ir v taa i y vu uivvtvU of Mr. Bynum the House at 1:30 o'clock adjourned until to morrow, SENATE. Washington, July 24. The morning ' i : e is..i t 4 . i o .OA . uusjxiei'S was ui mue uiteresi,. x. i&.-ru i o'clock promptly the conference dis agreement matter came before the Sen ate and Senator Hill took the lloor, speaking very slowly and deliberately in the beginning. Coming to the question of the President's letter to Mr. Wilson, Senator Hill said that he would not dis cuss the wisdom or propriety of writing it or of making it public, lhe President was the judge of what it was his duty to , do, and he (Hill) did not propose to criti- cise him. In the discharge of his high public duty to his party and to his coun try the President had deemed it wise to send that letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and at the President's judgment on that point he (Hill) was content. He was here to defend the sentiments expressed in that letter. He argued that it vio lated no clause of the Constitution and that the President had the constitu tional, legal and moral right to send that letter. It was not an official communi cation in the proper sense of the term. It was intended at first as a private com munication to a long time personal friend and adherent. Coming to the question of the proposed duties on coal and iron ore, Senator Hill said that Senator Gorman cow defended those duties. As revenue duties, Senator Gorman put in. "As revenue duties, Senator Hill as sented. I accept that suggestion. The Senatorfrom Maryland would have im posed duties on coal and iron ore whether a majority of the Senate desire it or not. ! That Senator did not et up the child Lh defen UxAt he WJUI ..bunoortr intt t. a dul tbi articles." P t x7rrri .v, tw-; . I.? .I!rld.ent r .,urKT ot JW.,TWrilHUp- proved it warmly, and aid that. inor then, tariff reform had incrwui from day to day. That mesav had piacvd the President in the advance lino wnrv he demanded radical reductions of duiiea or free importation of raw matriaLi, That was the platform on which Prrvi dent Cleveland tood in 17 and had taken no back track since then on that particular point. The Senator from Maryland had attempted yesterday to hold the President rw.jocAible for the unoflicial utterances of the Secretary of the Treasury. That was goin a great way. The President might be held tf sponsible for the official utterance of his Secretary of the Treasury, but it wa a new doctrine indeed that he should U held responsible for every i iu-if of every one of hi Cabinet officers. Reverting once more to the President's letter to Mr. Wilson, Senator Hill re marked that the President had written it, "perhaps not wisely but too candidly, too honestly, too earnestly." 1 hat wa all the criticism which could be properly made of it. As to the interviews-with the President as referred to by by Sena tors yesterday, he remarked that the Senators had "badgered" the President with their "concessions," and bad striven to get him to support them. They .bad known how weak and tame their bill would seem to the American people if it did not have the sanction and approval of the Democratic President. Alluding to the fact that Senator (ior man had read yesterday a paragraph of Washington's farewell address. Senator Hill said that that (address had been "quoted in vain when Senators, instead of relying on their own reserved right, and acting on their own judgment and taking their own step independent of anybody else, sought the White House and asked the interposition of the Presi dent of their party. Applause. It came with poor grace from Senators who asked suggestions, and aid and help from the President.to turn round and have read to the Senate Washington's farewell ad dress, to show that the President ough not to make any suggestions pending legislation, in the form and manner that Mr. Cleveland has done." Then Senator Hill alluded to the won derful and unusual spectacle which Senators witnessed yesterday, "when conversations with the President were detailed, "for the avowed purpose of E lacing the President in a false ufition efore the Senate and before the coun try." He was no defender of the Presi dent, ordinarily. He had received no favor at the President's hands. He had his grievances. He differed with the President on party politics especially as to matters in his own State. But he thought that in this particular case it was his duty, and that he was broad minded and liberal enough defend the President when he was unjustly attacked. Renewed and continued opplause. Coming again to the session of yesterday, Senator Hill said: "Great scenes have taken place in this Chamber for the last half century miH- fWrv nprunnal rnnnplif inna lr,. been had, encounters have taken place; great debates have been heard. Tester- Aoxr rritu mnrAoA i aar -.n.i .nni,.,i vaca-j y a vn - vav va ivv a au u .iu" i P-alleries. we witneKHl thf rdnpprfwl leariVr on the Democratic .side of this Chamber, whom I personally respect and honor, call witnesses, one after another. Inn tho nnmn nf irho tUa TVwlnfl had said to thtm about the details of the Tariff bill. A stranger came into the Senate Chamber yesterday. He looked at the presiding officer, and heard the witnesses called, and he asked a by stander whether that was the chief jus tice of the United States presiding, and whether this was a court of impeach ment trying the President of the United States. It was a pertinent inquiry under the circumstances. Again reverting to the President's letter, he Ocribed it 'as an honest and manly letter to the chair man of the Committee on Ways and Means, telling him of his doubts and hi fears in regard to the bill. He had not intended to dictate to either branch of Congress. The letter could not be con strued into dictation. It was a sugges tion, an expostulation, a warning to his party friends net to ersist in the Senate bill. As to the interviews with the Pres ident which had been detailed yesterday, he asserted that there was nothing in them which ought to lead Senator to . - - at - - - t believe that he was irretrivably bound to the Senate bill. He (Hill) had known the President for many years. He was a man who said little in conversation. He w CI was a good listener. He formed hi con- usions slowly, deliberately, honestly and sincerely. He permitted his party friends to disclose their plars and pur poses; And it was certain to his (Hille) mind that the President did cot bind himself to tbe provisions of the Senate bill and that he did not approve them. The Senator from Maryland had referred yesterday to him (Hill) as an opponent of the bill. " He would let that be, so far as i it applied to the bill in its present shape. ,Tv,., Riyin9t it The Pnident of United States was against it, and he (Hillfwas therefore in pretty gocd company. Laughter.J j Senator Hill touched ujn that part of Senator Gorman's speech referring to the promises made in the Last campaign to protect the interests of tbe eugar planters of Lotiaiana, and raid that if that was a proper ground for urging the adoption of the sugar schedule in the Senate bill, it would make the people desire more than ever the provisions of the Houf e bill placing sugar on the free list. He believed that if tbe dutv on sugar was defensible at all. it should be defended on the principle of its being reouisite for revenue. Coming back to the interviews of Senators with the President, Senator Hill told them that it was not right for them to be running to tbe White House seeking instructions, and be added amid much Laughter: I suggest to i my friends that they do as I do. Keep away from the White House. The idea that the President of the United States overreached these other politicians, who had been through many a campaign; wa hArr for tb-m. xr. ihxt xne ; with a difTrrrnt ri . f thcr cam rj imprrmiou frvni th td' whch hd is alurd. And lhn whm th Prridcn want to clear th atroo-phr rr ar. 1 ti! the I K kich-ratio mr jt hit th t Ul i and what b want it ut 1, thr that IhfT wrnr ofTmrh,d tt thu am bit:u Prrwidcnt. (Iiuhtrr Coining &rin to th jiitkn cf th prop xi dmic on rU n l m mrr.n ator Hill aid tht if had ln u4;?ru! by Senator (Mtnm tht U r-- rfr kno great intmt oriHr h ft d-mandirg tm cxaJ and f ir n 'or. lr illilli did not know whrrr? int rru rrr: and h prwnu-d a -n i.f ritixms of Baltimore asking fur fr- trv-o nrr. Hp did not know what inU-n-Ui , re Mak ing for frv coal. He had jrl to hrar any Senator Ugrt that thf Prridcnt of the I'niUd Suw, in making thr recommendation, had dirrd to uh wrvf th intrmu of any monopoly k cf any individual. He Udierrd that th Prvi lent had made thew ircomrnrn Ja tion U-oau.e they were fer the lt internets of the country. Senator Gorman aked him h tl. r, if the Senate would reW-d frotn rirry amendment which it had j'lml on the House bill, and would 1ft the bill Und, with free cuar, frw coal, f ree irun ore and free wuol, he would Ull ttte f.i the Wibon bill. "I will craw tliat bridge when I ct me to it," Senator Hill replied; anil ht answer was greeted ith contemptuou laughter on the part of many Dcrno cratic Senator. And he added, taking no notice of thi manifestation: "The Senator from Maryland ha aid that th President would not recede and he H pretty afe, of course, m making bluff which he make now." "Do not let him bluff on.", rail Sena tor Gray, without ri.iiitf. "I do not think I m'I." S nator Hill said. "OmII him," Seuator Gray '-rute!. "Th Senator from iKdaware," Sena tor Hill remarked. "i norvud t th figures of I'peech than I am. I Uet to the Senator from Maryland to try nie; remove the duty on thee raw material. make bugnr fr e; take off the t c nt dif ferential; relieve thi bill from the tui- ci'n and hcandal "httaeh! to it; plart all thene urtich" on t fn Int. and then I will talk with you nlut how you vote and 1 vote. UUK't-r and nH plause J Then S nr Hill recilUl the f. t that Senator (Jorman had referrtd -o him yesterday i playing the role of I ago, and he said that tint reference to Shakt- pere'reminded him of the great Senato rial conspiracy or many (euturit ago when a Senatorial cabal comfMtwed the death of a great l&oman Emperor.' If he (Hill) were dHpom! to make rxtiijari sons, he might speak of the dirtinguLh ) Senatorfrom Maryland an "th lean and hungry Caiu." LtughU-r. Senator would recollect that Ca-ar naid of him: "He thitikM too much. Such nwn an dangerous." laughter And he might xpeak of th Senator from Arkana, (Jones) as Marcus Drutu "hont Hru tus.' Hre h id a compliment to Senator June1 for bin wonderful palienc and sagieity in the manage Hu nt of the till and said that that 1 Senator TTad alone the t te III an if 1 respect of bin. countrymen every wh. re ' And ro he would call mm "h.n.t IJru ! t'i.. "1 iiiiH. wiidh with a mall ( ift ft t I ! cioU toll' and Icxk, 'l have ulrrad Tarred to.'" I-oud latiKhtt-r ; there w:i Caca. "envioii- Ca a ( mean cuti. who struc k th- lir-t blow IVebon 1 UH Tt'XtTi Kent'- I t heN.'ll Wlf frOH Indiana f Voorhee a 1 ( iniii. the Ui tirigui.h-d Senator (Harris;. "Mr. President." Senator Hill con eluded, "when ymterdny they rtru kat our President and nought to rtnke him down, they made thf name pl a huh the conHpiratorn of old m d 'not that they loved C;"ar !. but they loved Itome more. Not that they loTed I'levif land lei-?, but that they loved th-ir Iartir and the public more. And I cn aay with Marc Antony 'what private grief they have, alas, I know not. 1hy art all wise and honorable men.' ' With tM application of Sliak-wp-ar' play of Julius ("a-ar to the atta k on President Cleveland. Senator Hill cJo-d hi speech, resuming hU m at amid a' cUmationji Of applauM. I Senator Caffery. of Lnii iana, follow eJ with a motion to lr trut the Senate conferees to Inj-'tt in th ugr schedule, a provision to a t th mar pro ducers of the Lnit'-d S'a'e for bounty of 9-10 cent a pound on uar testing not less tlmn 'f) degre-a by polariMvpe, and of H-I0 ceit for sugar testing not U-m than b) degn en He began his jeech by defending the Pn-cident ln connection with the Wiln letter and decLared tliat there i nothing in that letter which the President waa not pe r fectly juAtifled in aaying and nothing In it that j assailed in th? slightest degrr the honor of Uie Senate or of any Sen ator. Without closing hw i-ch. Senator Caffery gave way to a motion to ad joum. so tliat the Democratic Senatort miht hold a caucui and then, at 3:0.j o clock the ScnaU? adjourne! until to-mcr row at noon. Foar Bl 8accee. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 26, 1894, edition 1
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