Evening sentinel, Saturday, July 21, 1894 · page 2

 
 

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Jam :fi

. SENATORIAL TALK

t. wiel- Fanncd a Smolder
in: Blue into Life.

Milk and VealDiroot Fiery Blush
We» Against Hr. Cleveland. and
nut Stirs the coals wan com Iron!
' ‘_ learn l‘law. but on rm of the em
WM ”milled—Senators Take a Day
j Octal Off-ad Arranga a Plan of Proced
Whit of aDemoeratlc Caucus.

MWABlth‘i‘on, July 2l.——Emphatio as
.. the declarations on the Democratic
(it the senate chamber, and important
ing as the proceedings were
I whole, there was nothing in them to
mmxpark the situation with refer
, . the tariff bill. and when the sen—
adjourned after five hours of exchange
.’ ‘ onxihe part of Democratic sena
senators expressed themselves as
Macmillan at sea as when the day’s
began.

SENATOR VEST.

While all of them confessed the futility
of an effort to outline the future of the
hill in View of the expressions of the day.

, Mdid not as a rule hesitate to express
theirindivldual views. These were of dif‘
latent and varied shades, ranging all the
w from a prediction that an amicable
under-landing would be reached before
the meeting Monday to defeat of the bill.

Will Wave the Olive Branch ‘l‘oday.
libero was no effort on the part of Dem-
gentle senators to conceal the fact that
thaadiournment‘ till Monday was taken
for the purpose of making an effort to
bring the diverging elements of the party
together.

A rumor also gained currency during
ills day that a Democratic conference
would be held today for this purpose. but

“MI. impossible to confirm the report
Noeall for a caucus had been issued, am.
conic of the Democratic leaders declares
that it would be without purpose, if iii‘iil
,’ the reason that it could go no further
toward binding members of it than would
the last day‘s caucus held previous to th.
xepcrting of the Jones amendments to in,
senate.

 

There is no doubt, however, that the
day will be mainly devoted by a large ole!
meat in the party to cause Senator Vilas
to withdraw his amendment to the sugar
schedule providing for a recession by the
senate from a portion of thesugar schedule
of the senate which provides a differed
tial duty of one-eighth of a cent a pound
on refined sugar.

The situation Unsetiled.

The day was one of dramatic interest
in the senate, for the fate of the tariff bill
0! 18M depended upon the course pursued
in the upper branch of congress. The
frbnds of the tarifl bill Wore anxious
faces, and more than once during the day
they felt that the very danger point had
been reached The enemies of the bill at
ilmaa believed that they would be able to
defeat it. When the adjournment Ulllllil,
the situation was still perplexing.

The senate proceedings promr were of a
peculiar nature in that the debate was

’ “triad on entirely by the Democrats. save
abrief speech by Senator Sherman and a
question by Senator Aldrich. The prln
“pal speeches of the day ware those of
Motors Hill and Vest. though others
cmtributed to the interest of the occu-

clan.
. « . Senator llill's position incoming the
' ' president in emphatic terms was one of
the most conspicuous incidents of the (lay.

Senator Vest took “comic“ to talk in
plain terms in defense of the right of the
senate and house to nianago the conference
without executive interference. ills crit-
icism of the president's course and the
action of Mr. Wilson was more severe
than was enacted. He spoke for the
finance committee and the position ol‘ the
senate oonferoos.

The action of Senator Villa: in wound
ing his speech with a motion to strike out
the o ighthdiifcrentiai on nugnrwns
an tioaai sensation of a sensational
day from the fact that It was probable
that the motion would can-y. it caused
«alternation until it Was found that the
motion may be docinml out of order.

The statements of Senator Smith and
Senator Blanchard Wore important, indl

”filing thataehaugo in the sugar si'licdule
might mean the loss of their votes, while
Senator Blanchard stated dceiiediy that

. It. did not vote for the bill If this

_ was made. Senator Gray’s vig-
mas h was enlivened by a brisk noi-
lonuy with Senator Hill. The exciting
dw’fl proceedings closed with an aiilmm.
divs vote on the motion to adjourn orcr
until Moriarty.

Isaatnr Inlth‘s Speech.

., ’lbsapsech of Bonnier Smith had been
squishy prepared. lie had hoped, be
when the bill passed the senate two

‘ age that it had been perfected. But
*flmtacf the last 94 hours had cone
m the Democratic with the
ty of the failure all tariff logic
. .tiiil nation. if so, the respond-

, nit he placed where it belonged

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. inn-sine. . ;

‘ slice committee went y to ‘

work to harmonize thediflorencs existing

on the-Democratic side. They museum '

pushed that purpose, to their everlasting
credit, be it said.

He had been one of‘thosewhohgdatood
out for concessions in, the interests of his
constituents. he made no concealment“
his position then; he made none now. He
then proceeded to deliver a glowing eulo:
gy of the tariff bill as itpasted the senate.
which, unlike the house hill, he declared,
contained no jnenace to the industries of
the countrywa‘nd had not been framed by
men from sparsely settled districts who
knew nothing of the great cbmmercial in-
terests of the United States. A .

'l'hcy Wars I'm Traders.

He escorted that the framers of the
house bill and a large proportion of the
Democratic party were not tariff reform-
ers; they were free traders. Personally,
he said, he believed in the theory of free
raw materials, but at a time when min-
or: were hardly able to keep the wolf from
the door, on the heels of the greatest min-
ing strike in our history, he did not be-
lieve that the Democratic party could af-
ford to run the risk of striking down this
vast industry. A broad smile ran round
the senate as the New Jersey senator gave
utterance to this sentiment.

The president, in. his letter accepting
the nomination, had favored not free but
freer raw materials. He proceeded to point
out the reductions that the senate bill
made on coal, iron and lead ore and de-
tailed at length the reduction on other
schedules. Then the speaker touched on
sugar. A majority of 88 in the house
had enabled that body, he said, to ride
roughshod over the wishes of the repre‘
sentatives of the sugar producing states,
and in the face of the president’s protest
the chairman of the ways and means com-
mittee proposed to place sugar, raw and
refined, on the free list in aseparate'hill.

He declared that he should vote for the
resolution to further insist on the senate
amendments. So far as he was concerned,
he should never make another concession.
He had reached the limit; he was done. if
he were a member of the conference com-
mittee, he should say to the house: “This
is our bill. prepared with infinite labor
and pains. It is our ultimatum. We will
not recedo a hairsbreadth. There is the bill.
You can take it or leave it it must be'
this bill or nothing."

"This," said the New Jersey senator in
conclusion. "is all I have to say, and I
trust it will be considered enough. "

Senator Hill's Reply.

When Mr. Smith concluded, Mr. Hill
(Dem, N. Y.) jumped to his feet, and.
being recognized, spoke in part as follows:

A theory as well as a condition .now
confronts us. The theory of the Demo-
cratic party is that in the enactment of
tariff legislation free raw materials should
always be an essential and conspicuous al-
meat.

It is our creed that the materials which
enter into our manufactures should be
freed from the burden of tarifl taxation.
The best interests of the manufacturers as
well as the consumers of the hind demand
the recognition of this wise discrimina~
tion.

We are committed to this side of the
question, and we cannot retreat. and we
cannot retract. We are honorably bound
to redeem our professions and our prom-
ises. Justice, good faith and a decent ra~
gard for public sentiment all require this
course.

Until recently i had supposed that there
was no dispute upon this question of prin-
ciple, but that every Democrat worthy of
the name was willing to concede that if
there was one thing more than another to
which the Democratic party was commit-
ted it was in favor of the doctrine of ab
soluteiy free raw materials.

The true and honest construction of
every Democratic national platform for 12
years past irrevaoahiy commits an to this
just and reasomtbie principle.

Mr. “in read the Democratic national
platform of link! and continued:

To repeal the McKinley law in form
simply, to re-enact it in effect, is keeping
this promise to the letter. but breaking it
in spirit. The platform pointed with
pride and deliberately approved the mess
arcs for free iron ore, free lead ore, free
coal and free wool, which were pending in
congress at the time of the convention.

Must Fulfill Promises.

The Democratic position was so plain
and is so clear that he who runs may read.
If any Democratic orator in any part of
the country, forgetting the interests of the
whole land and subserving the supposed
interests of a locality. promised the people
of any state or section that there would
be any exception made to the enforcement
of the general principle of free raw ma
terials when the Democrats should obtain
power, be exceeded his authority and mis-
interpreted our position.

It is said by some in justidration of or
excuse for their present action that the
president's letter of acceptance in isos

 

 

SENATOR SMITH.

modified the extreme demands of our plat-
form. lt is true that some portions of his
letter may tend to hear that construction.
it was not that hold. ringing and explicit
declaration in favor of the platform which
hisparty had a right to expect. but was
ngardsdbymanyas timid. cautious and
nonnative. but whether this criticism is

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

0a the We fatten

After reading extracts from cam
Mr. Hill we. too as follows:

Mr: “Fred eat, I approve every word
that l have quoted. it is an honestand
manly statement of the true attitude
which the party should assume in this
crisis. I am not required to defend the
propriety or wisdom of the promulgation
of this letter at this peculiar time. It may
have been indiscreet. it may operate as
ilrebrand to spread the flames of discord
already kindled among party friends, hon.
catly dlflering, as I am disposed toeon-
cede, upon questions of public and party
policy. it may widen the breach already
existing in this senate, and in that view it
may be regarded as unfortunate and ill
advised it was a time for diplomacy.
statesuianship and conciliation rather
than recrlmlnation, denunciation and ar-
raignment. But, aside from the question
of its mere expediency, I am here to de-
fend the president's letter in so far as it
demands that the party shall not be led
astray into the violation of Democratic
pledges and principles.

Upon the question of free raw materials
the president is right, and you know it.
You cannot answer his. arguments. You
cannot successfully dispute his proposi-
tions. You cannot doubt his sincerity and
patriotism. You must yield in the end to
his vieWs. You cannot stand up against
the sentiment of the great Democratic
muses of the country which will rally
around the president in his contest with
you upon this particular branch of the
subject. ,

A llamocratic Theory "foisted.

The time to yield is now, before there
are further humiliation, embarrassment
and discord.

Mr. President, having demonstrated
that the true Democratic theory of revenue
reform requires that free raw materials
should be its distinguishing feature, let
us next inquire what is the condition
which now confronts us. ’

The senate bill which has been passed
violates this Democratic theory, rind, while
it reduces the duty on iron, coal, .lead and
some other raw materials from those im.
raised under the McKinley law and in that
respect is commendable, it nevertheless
imposes some duties thereon and thereby
fails to redeem our pledges. It is not a
question of the amount of duties which
may be imposed—a question of principle
‘is involved, and a single penny’s duty vi-
olates our promises and places on in a
false position. As the president well says,
there can be no compromise on a matter
of thls‘cbaracter, where a vital principle
is at stake.

The house of representatives, fresh from
the people, which represents more dlfl‘
tinctly and peculiarly than we do the tax-
ing power of the people, rcpudiates our
bill, and a Democratic president basem-
phaslzed that repudiation. and the condi-
tion which confronts us is one of extreme
embarrassment Shall we retreat or ad-
vance? Shall we surrender to the house
while we can do so honorably. or shall we
wait until we are driven to it?

The President Committed.

In the light of the letter of the president
the house cannot honorably retivat. it
has no other alternative except to insist
upon its bill wherein it provides for free
raw materials. The president cannot -
prove the senate bill after what he
said in this remarkable letter. '

He arraigns the senate and intimatea‘
that the enactment of the senate bill
means "party perfldy and party dishon-
or." ‘Those are strong words which the
president of the United States would not
use toward a measure which he ever ex-
pected afterward to approve.

This letter, unusual and unprecedented
in its character and method of promulga-
tion though it may be. nevertheless clear-
ly foreshadows a veto of the senate bill,
even if the house should finally concur in
our amendments. What person would
expect the president to approve the senate
bill after its vigorous and scathing denun~
elation contained in hlsletteri you would
think loss of him for his glaring incon-
sisteney.

No, this lhtier is significant it is a
bold, vigomus, even if imprudent. letter.
it means war to the knife against the sen.
ate bill. It justifies much that has been
said against the senate bill during all the
last three months. It means that it can
never receive executive approval. it means
that the senate cannot be permitted to
abandon or surrender the great underly-
ing principles for which we struggled and
lost in 1855 and fought and won in 1892.

The president is right. There is no mid-
dle ground which we can occupy. No bill
which does not provide for free raw mate
rials can be permitted to become a law.

Ila Respectfully DIR-rs.

it is unnecessary to enter into any arv
gument to define or designate what arti-
cles constitute raw material. Every Dem-
ocrat knows what they are. Any article
may be considered raw material when it
is in the lowest or crudsst form in which
it enters into commerce. That definition
is ample and sufficient and will redeem
our pledges if it is honestly applied. The
party platform was for (rise. not freer. raw
materials, ill is now ingeniously contend-
ed.
lithe president in his wisdom had seen
fit while the debate was progressing in
the senate to have aided my efforts to to
cure adhesion to this principle by express»
lag his views in favor thereof in some
proper and legitimate way, i should have

been gratified, and it unquestionably

would have been of practical benefit to the
can i rejoice that he has expressed
them even now, although i am not re-
quired to defend the manner and form of
their presentation even if they required
defense. which i do not assume.

1 respectfully differ from the president
in his assumption that a tax upon sugar
is necessary at this time, wacsdlng that
an income tax is to be retained Clearly
both are not needed for any legitimate
purposes of the treasury. The president
speaks of the "Democratic principle and
policy which lead to the taxation of ma-
ar.” He asserts that in the taxation of
sugar “we are in no danger of running
senator to Democratic principle."

lama Pointed interruptions.
When Mr. Hill in the course of his
declared that it was a principled
mounds mic have freer-was.
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when that deciduous can ,
mil name if the when
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the coal and iron mines whose

contain free. ldcaotosre. ltrnakesao
Menace. " .
Mr. Hill, after his declaration in favor
of free sum. emailed to saythat the
free sugar clause in the tariflbill hadbson
universally indorsed by the Democrats of
the country. lie read from a dispatch
from Evansville, lnd., which stated that
Bcongmssional convention had denounced
Hill, Brice and German as the Benedict
Aruolds of the Democratic party for op-
posing l‘ree sugar. '

Mr. Voorhees (Dem, Ind.) arose and
denied absolutely the truth of the dispatch
on the strength of information given him
by Congressman Taylor of Indiana. who
was on the floor. Sharp words between
Mr. Hill and Mr. Voorhees followed.

Vast Denounces Cleveland.

Mr. Vest (Dem, Mo.) took the floor
when Mr. Hill sat down. After the speech
of the senator from New York. he began,
it Was a subject of congratulation that he
and the president had at last found a plat»
form on which both could stand. The lion
and lamb had at last lain down together
and were led as a little child by the ways
and means committee. He left to others
to decide which was the lion and which
was the lamb.

Mr. Vest then read the letter of accept-
ance of President Cleveland in 1892 pro-
nouncing in favor of freer raw‘materlal.
Yet how he denounced freer raw materials
as perfidy and, dishonor. In scathing tones
be arraigned the president. He had been
his friend, he said in thunderous tones;
he had defended him on the floor of the
senate when his friends could have been
counted on the fingers of one hand. Where
did the president get the right to dictate
to congress, to denounce one branch of con-
gress to the other? Did heembody in his
single being all the Democracy, all the tar-
iff reform sentiment, in this country? Mr.
Cleveland was a big man. But the Demo—
cratic party was greater than any one man.
It had survived J efferson, Madison. Jack.
son. it would survive Grover Cleveland.

ENGINE TRUCKS BRQKE.

Excursion Train Filled “1“: Church Pao-
ple Wrecked nml Many Injured.

Osuuisn Cm', ind, July :31.——-A spe-
cial excursion train from Albion. ills, to
Marengo. ind, was wrecked about four
miles east of here. The wreck was caused
by the breaking of the engine trucks. The
baggage car was turned over and burst
into splinters.

Melvin Stanley was caught beneath the
wreck and killed. The injured are George
Pitcher, skull fractured; Milford Dickey,
injured in chest; Arch Bassitt, head and
chest injured; 5am Hardin, arm broken;
Manfred Dycus, English, 1nd, legs man-
gled, will die. There were in all if) or is
slightly injured. .

The train consisted of an engine, bag—
gage car and four passenger coaches. The
axeursionlats were all members of churches
or congregations of Albion, His, and were
on the annual picnic excursion. The en-
gine broke down. Jumped the track and
rolled down a steep embankment, pulling
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Blew His Own lie-ad 0“.

WEST DRAM-ii, N. J., July 2L—Ths
headless body of Louis Sauter. a farmer,
was found lying in the under-brush near
his house on the outskirts of Rosedale.
From the position of the body it was in
ferred that Sauter, [while lying on his
back. had put the end of a dynamite car-
tridge into his mouth and lighted the fuse.
The explosion shattered his head into
fragments. Sauter lost money through
bad investments. and this preyed upon his
mind.

Fort Pulaski on Fire.

SAVANNAH, July 2i.——An explosion of
400 pounds of loose powder at Fort Pulas~
kl fatally wounded Ordnance Sergeant
William China. seriously injured Mary
Washington, his motherinvlaw. and set
fire to the fort. rmisi . intermittent ex-
plosions of fixed amn'nition and doing
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\‘lgilant Beaten Ayala.

Di'nux, July 2i.—-ln the regatta at
Kingston the Britannia beat the Vigilant
by 1 minute 57 seconds, uncorrected time.
The British cutter obtained a command-
ing lead at the start, when the breeze was
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Found a We In the Bay.
Burmausnrms. N. Y., July 21,-2.1.
ward ll. Cook of this village. while bath-
ing in Peoonic bay. discovered the safe of
the Long island express office at the Sag
Harbor railroad station, which had been
stolen some time ago.

The Labor Troubles at Outrage.
Oswmm, N. Y.. July 21.——The works
of the Standard Oil company are still be.
ing guarded by militia The charm says
he fears rioting and fire. and that he
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Sunday School Adrift.
Ownxsnmm, Ky. , J uly iii.--Ths steamer
G. 15. Montieth struck a snag near here
and sank. She was towing a barge with
the members of a Sunday school on board
The barge was cut loose. One child is
missing.

Pass-it's [loom launched.
BYRACl‘SIi, .iuly 2i.—-Ssnator Baxter'f‘.
Smelter of the 'l‘wsaty‘sevsnth senatorial
district. in an interview here, boldly cam.
out for J. Slant l‘ssseti for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor.

BRIEF WIRINGS.

Wiimorc, Ky., has been wrecked by a
cyclone.

The Danubian states have combined to
fight the cholera.

lioilers in a sawmill at Helena, Aria,
blew up, killing three men.

It is estimated that £000 foreigners
have left Cleveland to return to Europe.

King unpaid of Belgium will receive
ills oflm of the Chicago neat Saturday.

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