-. snafflenator Makes alien
“ anal Tariff Speech.
nu: PRESIDENT.
1 so Senators That it Was Thv
. Bill or Nothing.
1 , Vllwviswing the History of the Tarih
mm Calling For Confirmation or m.
Wat. ham sum-m, the Demo
Winner Martian the Senate by fill
”at. Talk to Mr. Cleveland—Secrets o.
the Committee noom Revealed—Sonic
rue-ma Allusions.
WMBINGM, July 24.——Perhaps in
W remarkable scene was ever witness-
lathe United States senate than that
. , scarred thereyesterday whenfor2ig
ma Senator German, the Democratic
with)“ leader on the floor, delivered his
, against the president and in de-
rcf_the senate tax-id bill. ,
, e galleries were packed to the doors,
. 1M so great was the interest in Mr. Ger
men's. Ipewh that the members of the
Whoeked to the-senate end of the
, pitol. and the house, being unable to
holda'quorcm, adjourned.
1‘." Gannon, with n. frankness that
SENATOR GOIIMAN.
“its, Opened the door to party caucuses
and flashed his ecachlight into the dark
more of party history. The president
was assailed with kecnness and vigor by
the leader of his party on the floor of the
affiliate.
He defended the senate tariff bill and
its preparation, and charged in terms that
both Mr. Cariislc and M r. Cleveland were
not only aware of the concessions made
. in that bill to procure its passage through
the senate, but that Mr. Carllslo had been
consulted at every step, and that Mr.
Cleveland had sanctioned all that was
done. ‘
Gorman at liis Best.
Mr. German is a cool, easy talker, but
, , gives his tone and gesture a dramatic
so that thrills the auditor. lie was at
his t. One by one lll.‘ callcd Senators
Jones, Vest and Harris as witnesses to
_' l the truth of his statements.
Then, having ircod himself from all re
straint, he told the inside history of the
conference overthl- tax-iii bill. It; even
went back and told the secrets of the Mills
hill and the St Louis and Chicago plat-
forms and the demands made upon the
national Democratic committee by the
sugar senators in lair).
His personal attack on the president
was full of the most sensational charac-
terizations. lie told how he lliltl dared,
when other men illltcred, to walk with
Cleveland through the "filth and slime of
the campaign of 1854;" how be and his
colleagues and fought for larlil’ "when
cowards in high places would not show
c their heads;" how Mr. Cleveland had
to “gibbet the senate before the eyes
the country," and said that his action
In be attributed to “consuming van-
ity" an action that was echoed by those
who ‘/ chirped when they talked."
His tolerances to the president created
such commotion in the galleries, some-
times of approval and sometimes of disap-
Wei, that the presiding officer was
obliged to repeatedly caution them to pre-
serve better order. He was listened to
with rapt attention throughout his speech,
a deep feelingof excitement being printed
on every face.
Among those who listened most ear-
eerily was fill-Julian l’aunl-efoto, the Brit.
ish minister. who was ill the diplomatic
gallery.
In conclusion Mr. fiormnn practically
warned his colleagues that on tile mate-
rial points it must be the senate bill or no
bill.
Mr. White of California was the only
other speaker of the day. While personal-
yin favor of free real and free iron ore,
, too, declared it to be the part of pa-
' triotlsm for the Democrats to stand to‘
« (other for the sonata hill. After he coll-
olnded the senate adjourned, with the alt-
uation seemingly in as chaotic a state 1!!
ever.
M r. (lormnn'e fire-och.
After the expiration of the preliminary
routine business. Senator llaniol W. Vooi“
hoes (Dem, Ind. ) called up the conference
on the tariff bill. Then the storm
0. Mr. German (Dem. hid.)ilunzedl-
arose. lie hoped he appreciated the
vlty. of the situation, he began. Oi"
. ariiy the situation would be easy of
‘wliition. There would ordinariiybe no
Muelle- of opinion about sending the
hill to conference, where the differences
. , sea the two houses could be adjusted.
drew a'grllphic picture of the anxiety
m which the country awaited the fate
fl’the bill—tho idle factories. the closed
and the unemployed.
..Masuepsnss was neither to the best
‘ of the country nor to the Demo-
party. He hoped that the senators
meet the situation as became
mfiamw ,
port it.
I been
ed with such a condition. The reports
from the states of new Yorhltew Jersey.
Ohio, Wes grinia and Maryland at the
outset s nuanced that the house but was
so radical, so destructive of the interests
of the.peeple, that they would not slip-
He paid a high tribute to Sena-
tors Vest, Jones, Voorhees and Harris—
tilose brave men whose laborious work
had at last accomplished the feat of ad-
justing these differences and had made the
passage of any bill possible.
Bis Dramatic Defiance.
Then in dramatic tones he delivered
his defiance. The infamous calumnlee
heaped upon the Democrats of the senate
forced from his lips. he said, a plain, un-
varnished statement of the facts, which he
would make, he said, with malice toward
none, but he would look his collliagues
and the American people in the eye and
tell the truth. In patriotism the Demo‘
orats of the senate had gone to work to
save the country and keep their party in
power when suddenly in the midst of the
struggle came the president’s letter.
"It was the most uncalled for, the most
extraordinary. the most unwise commu-
nication," said he in bitter tones, “that
ever came from a president of the United
States. . It placed this body in a position
,where its members. must see to. it that
the dignity and honor of this chamber
must be preserved.
"It places me,” said Mr. German. “in
a position where I must tell the story as it
occurred. The limit of endurance has been
reached."
Mr. German then proceeded to detail
the history of the tariff bill after it reached
the senate and the manner in which to
meet the objections and secure the sup-
port of certain disaffected Democrats the
changes had been agreed upon. He stated
emphatically that during the progress oi
this work Messrs. Vest and Jones had
frequent conferences with Secretary Car-
Ilsle and oftentimes with Mr. Cleveland
himself. No material sacrifice of princi-
pal was made. The result was, as he had
declared on a previous occasion, a Demo-
cratic measure which, in his opinion,
leaned toward the radical tariff reform
sentiment, and which, be thought, would
receive the support of a Democratic house,
senate and president. He believed then as
he believed now that he had authority
fol-that statement. lie charged directly
that every one of the senate amendments
' had been seen by Secretary Carlisle and
scanned by him before they were agreed
upon. lie drew from his desk and had
read an interview with Secretary Carlisle
on April 30, in which the secretary of the
treasury gave the same bill his sweeping
ludorsemont.
Cariisio and Cleveland Approved.
After the reading of the Carllslo inter-
view Mr. German led up to one of the
most dramatic episodes of the day (the
summoning of Messrs. Vest, Jones and
Harris as witnesses to his statement that
the president approved the senate oompm
misc) by making the following remarks:
"Such was the declaration of the seem
tary of the treasury. ’l‘hat statement from
him had probably a wonderful effect. It
softened the hard places with which we
met when we came to confer and to art.
It was accepted. It dill lunch to enable
us to bring together 43 senators in this
body. I repeat that but for it I do not be:
llevc we ever should have succeeded in
getting together. But it did not stop
there. It was not alone the secretary oi
the treasury, who necessarily speaks fol
the presldrnt in matters concerning his
department. The president was not igno
rant of what we proposed to do. Nothing
was concealed from him. The papers on
nounocd on the day following the inter
view with Mr. Uarlisle that the president
himself concurred with his great socro
tnry. So we understood, nlul, if it is not
true, then «iii senators on this side of the
chamber have been misled.
"Every prominent amendment to the
bill was as well known to him as to me.
Neither tllc president nor his secretary
was ill love with all the provisions of these
anwnllnwnts. Aye. sir, i may say in fair-
ness that there were many of them to
which they ware opposed, all the senator
from Missouri and the senator from Ar-
kansas and the distinguished chairman of
the committee on finance were imposed to
many of them, and, as it was a compro
misc measure, it was not satisfactory to a
single, solitary human being on this side
of the chamber in all its details, lnlt I as.
sort that as a whole the structure, as pro-
seated, as scanned by these gentlemen.
somo of whom I have named, including
us, was satisfactory anll was recognized
as the heat that it was possible to pass
through this body, and that from no quar-
ter, high or low. neither from the presi-
dent, through his cabinet nor by any
member of this body, was it ever suggest.
all or intimated that there was any viola-
tion of Democratic principle in anything
we dill.
Vest and Jones Bummened.
“Mr. President, this is a very broad
statement. 1 call upon the two gentlemen
who laid the immediate control of the bill
—the senator from Missouri (Mr. Vest)
and the senator from Arkansas (Mr. Jones)
—-and ask them if they have a’ statement
which varies a hair's breadth from this
truth. and it is due to the senate, it is due
to themselves. it is due to me. it is due to
the country. that the truth shall be known.
Let the people have the truth. I pallet
for a reply from my friend from Mill
souri."
Mr. Wei. said Secretary Carllslo had told
him that the greatest calamity that could
happen to the Denmcrlltle part and to the
country would be the failure pass a tar-
iff bill. Senator Jones had seen the pres:
ident and Secretary Carlisle. and both had
told him that the bill, as proposed to be
amended by the addition of the 400 Jones
amendments, Would be perfectly satisfac-
tory to them, the president concluding
with these words, “lam willing to do on
say anything to pass this bill through
congress."
“i told Senator Jones." said Mr. Vest,
"that If we got into this fight we must
have the president behind us." Mr. Jones
assured him that this was a fact, and be
(Mr. Vest) gave up his personal iaicns,
and for the first time. when he card of
the president's letter to Chairman Wilson,
he learned that the president was against
them. [laughter and applause. which
as president pro tent. ilir. Harris, check-
hiie these revelations were in
use entire Democratic side the Republic
an floaters nil W.
senator Aldrich marked to Banana
Sherman that it was very interesting to
heuthetratil ofhwthebiil was trance.
mm Beauvoir» . .
oaths pus-idem threw! , laser
and informed, him that collect the pro-
posed meadmcnts had been introduced.
no further told the president that the
amendments would not be introduced un-
less he was assured of the support of the
president. The president’s reply was un-
mistakably in favor of the blilas prev
Senator Viias undertook to question
the accuracy of Jones‘ statement, and
asked if. during his frequent conversa-
tions with the president, the question of
coal and iron was mentioned.
"Yes," replied Jones defiantly. "In
every conversation I had with the presi-
dent on the subject of the tariff coal and
iron were repeatedly mentioned."
There was a burst of applause at this
clear cut reply to Vilas’ question, which
spread from the floor to the galleries, and
Vilas sunk into his seat as if he had re-
ceived a knockout blow.
Harris Confirms It.
Senator Gannon then called upon Sen-
ator liarris, the president pro tem. of the
senate, to give the result of his various
conversations or interviews with the pres-
ident on the subject of the compromise
bill. - ‘
He stated with great pcsitlvcncss that
the president repeatedly said that he re
allzed that the compromise bill was not
allthat he desired, but be appreciated that
it was a great improvement over the Me-
Kinley bill, and therefore he desired that
the bill should become a law as it passed
the senate. providing no better terms
could be made. The strength of llarrls'
statement was in the fact that the inter-
views wltll the president were held after
the bill was’in confl‘rcncc.
The statements of Vest, Jones and Har-
ris created a profound sensation through-
out the cbambcr, and when Uurnuln rc-
galned the floor he created a sensation
when he said that human endurance could
stand it no longer. He then arraigned the
president with a ferocity ncvcr equaled
before in the senate.
Mr. German then resumed: “Now, Mr.
President, my distinguished friend, the
chairman of this committee, the distin-
guishcd senator from Indiana, has bad
intimate connection, of course, with this
measure throughout. I happen to know
that he is not feeling very well and ex‘
poets himself to make his own statement
before the close of this discussion. There
fore I shall not ask him now to give the
country the benefit of his statement, so
that all the truth in connection with this
matter may go to the people.
Ir. Cleveland Arraigned.
“As I have said, air, this is a most ex-
traordinary proceeding for a Democrat
elected to the highest place in the govern-
me t. with fellow Democrats in another
big l place, where they have the right to
speak and legislate generally, to join with
the commune to traduce the senate of the
United States, to biaeken the characters
of senators who are as honorable as they
dare ho, who are as patriotic as they ever
can be, who have done as much to serve
the party as the men who are now the
beneficiaries of your labor and mine, to
taunt and jeer us before the country as
the advocates of trusts, as being guilty of
dishonor and perfidy.
"It is time to speak. The limit of en«
durance has been reached. Tile senate
owl‘s it to itself. Every senator here who
is a part of this Democratic majority ewes
it to himself.
"There is no power, no matter how
great, in this country—the president with
ills patronage—that would keep me silent
longer under the charges, under the impu-
tations so foully made from such distin-
gulslu‘d'quarters. lhnri it back to him
and say that this treatment of his follows
is infamous.
“it is destructive to the government
that men in high position should attempt
to owcr this body—a body conservative,
consisting of as great representatives of
states. Nu loan can reach here by devious
ways and stay long. it is composed of
men who represent the best thought of
the country, man who have stood and bat-
tled for tariff rl-forln when the cowards
in higher plan-s dared not show their
heads [applause in the galleries]; men
who, when another place was overrun
and they had not the courage to stand and
ilghta tyrant, stood here at the risk of
health, at the risk of fortune, of all that
is dear, and saved the liberties of the
country when those cowards could not be
seen.
“We will not be traduced longer, Mr.
President. The facts must come
“We have seen how this bill passed the
senate, how only it could pass the senate.
Ne luau, whether in this or in any other
place, no matter what his position may be,
who styles himself a Democrat, who be-
lieves in his party, can change materially
this measure without defeating it. Who
dare take that responsibility?
Consumed With Vanity.
“i can imagine no man who could do
It unless he was consumed with vanity
and desired to set ills judgment above
that of his felows or a desire to keep an
issue before the people that he might ride
in the power rather than give content and
peace and labor and prosperity to his fol-
low countrymen. " .
Again reverting to President Cleveland,
he said:
“Mr. President, I speak of the presi-
dent of the L'nllmi States with nothing
but the kindest feelings. I have never ill
my life had anything but the kindth feel-
ings for him. I believe he is one of the
most remarkable men over in public life
in the last no years in any civilized coun-
try on the face of the globe. 'l‘o elect him
the first than he was a candidate i gave
my constant, unremitting labor. i stand
by llllli when he hlld but few who ball the
moral courage to walk through the slime
and filth and uphold him.
“1 supported his nomination for the
second time, though not ngrmlng with
the policy of his declarations in the mos-
sngo of 1387, and i stand by my friend,
the senator from Uhloer. Brice), who
gave to the nomination hir. Cleveland
his substance and his time and {every-
thing that a man can give to serves great
cause. I stmd with him from the begin-
niu of the campaign to the and.
" was not in favor of Mr. Cleveland's
nomination again in 1899 as a matter of
policy, but i. with the distinguished sea-
eter frcmOhloer. liriceianli the die-
tiagllieheli nectar from New York (Dir.
Kill). who carried the battle flag in that
state. and the unawr from North Caro-
m‘ handsomely-we never permutation
thing to stop our efforts until we pinned
him in chill high station.
“We did it with an admiration for the
loan. with a belief that heweaid serve his
molar-ii, but i did it, above all. in
m “zirconium have'liellloelauo sell-
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cesspool-louse mac
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the part of the lam houses. These tiltin-
der clouds will roll by. Time flashes of
lightning. these exhibitions of tern . all
must clear the atmosphere and sea is the
confer-cell to give new hope and new life
to the American people. [Applause {in
the galleries. i
”Go into the next conference,” said be,
turning to Mr. Voorhees and Mr. Vest.
"Say to them that in Ohio. New Jersey.
Indiana and West Virginia, which de-
mand the senate modifications. there are
more‘manufacturing concerns than in all
the states that ask these radical changes.
If the senate amendments are not accept-
ed, this bill is defeated. You have heard
enough, senators. already toknow that it
is this bill or nothing. "
At the close of Mr. German's speech,
which occupied about 2% hours, there
was a slight demonstration of applause in
the rear of the chamber, which was check-
ed by the chair.
German's Call on the President.
Wasmsll'rox, J uiy 24.-—-b‘enator Ger-
man made a call on the president before
the beginning of the session of the senate,
and a story was immediately put into cir-
culation that the visit was in connection
with Mr. CleVeland’s letter to Represent-
ative Wilson, and that while the visit
.was made for the purposeof harmonizing
the differences developed by that letter
between the chief executive and the sen-
ate it resulted in widening the breach.
When Senator German’s attention was
called to the story, he said it was true
that be had called at the White House and
had seen the president, but that the call
was on a matter" of public business not
connected with the tariff.
Mr. (iorman added that the Visit was in
every way of a pleasant character, and
that no feeling was displayed by either
himself or the president.
Situation Still Uncertain.
\V.\Slli?\'l.TliN, July 2i. — Immediately
after the adjournment of the senate there
was a conference of the Democratic load-
ers of that body in the room of the com-
mittee on appropriations. Among those
present wuro Senators Gorman, Brice,
Cockl-ell, Harris, Ransom, Faulkner and
Blackburn, comprising most of the Dem-
ocratic steering committee. The senators
had a long talk, and when they departed
no conclusion had been reached as to the
best way out of the present delicate pm
sltion in which the majority find them-
selves.
Fourth Class Postmaster-s.
Wllslnsorox, July 2-i.—’l‘he following
fourth class postmaster-s were appointed:
NewJersoyw-liillsdaio, J. .\l. Klnlnoutll;
Palisades Park. .lohn liackstroln.
New York—~North Brooklicld, Gilbert
Birdsall.
l’ennsylvania— Gonglorsvlllc, Ii. F.
lielnmig; Watsonvile, ti. N. Silapf.
GORMAN WAS MAD.
The President Had Asked llim Not to
hpeak, it Is Said.
New Yollll. July 2l.—’l'llo Herald to-
day prints thl- following from Washing-
tub:
"The slatcmvnt was made on the all-
tllnrity of a gentleman that the president
ill ills interview with Mr. liornlan asked
hlln to rvfrain from making the speech
that he had been credited with having in
view and to use his influence to put astop
to further debate on the bill in the senate.
"Mr. German is represented on the some
authority as having told the president
that this could not be done; that he had
a duty to perform, and if he was pormit~
ted to reach the senate chamber he would
make the speech he had contemplated and
which he felt to be justified and necessary
in the defense of the honor and Integrity
of the senate and the men who had framed
the tariff bill.
“The latter part of the interview had
evidently been of a very stormy character,
and Senator German was thoroughly an-
gry when he reached the capitol. “
[lend-on Cnllialon
l.o.\'(‘.vlr:w, ’l‘ex., July 2i.—A head-on
collision occurred betwoon trains running
at full speed round a sharp curve 200
yards west of Forest. The engineer, A.
I). Grunln of Tcxnrkana. Express Messen-
ger Fred Marshall of Fort Worth and an
unknown passenger were killed, and Fire
man Jeff Arant was injured. Several oth-
ers Were seriously hurt.
Killed In 3 Freight “’reck.
Rocnssrsn. July 24.-—-An extra freight
train running north on the Northern Cen-
tral railway, consisting of 29 care. was
wrecked st Havana, and Brakeman Don
Wright of Elmira was killed. 'l‘we
tramps, three boys and a cooler-med man,
all of whose names are un nown, were
more or loss injured.
lather Dent Loses.
BROOKLYN, July 2i.~—.lullgc Bartlett,
at the special term of the supreme court.
denied the motion of Father Francis Deal
for anew trial in the suit for slander
brought by him al'nllnst Bishop Stephen
V. Ryan of Buffalo.
Charged With Arson.
Oswulm, N. \'., July slaw—Thomas liyan
and William Ellis have been placed under
arrest on the charge of setting fire to tho
liathbun lumber yards and Smith Wcrt'e
box factory on Sunday morning.
Marvell Himself to Death.
ill.ovl:nsvn.l.lz, N. Y., July Nurem-
Miller, a miller. was found dead in bed at
his home in Bieociler. it is believed he
starved himself. (innumerable money was
found about the house.
Augustus Whiting Dead.
Nswrour, it. 1., July 2i.-——-Augustus
Whiting of New York, son of the late
Augustus Whiting of that city, died here
at the residence of his sister, Mrs. John
H. Davis.
aha Turned the holes.
Mocs'r Venues, ind, July 24.-George
Powail went home intoxilcated and at-
tempted to cut his wife's throat. She
hicks away, got aclub and crashed his
a all.
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Carl Browse M II“-
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