The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-05-15
TEMPEST IN A TEA POT.
Lively Personal Debate Ia the House,
Manly Conduct on the Part Of Major Mo.
hinley-''He and Mills stand by zach
other.'aroavenor Very Mad,
NrIaln peaIar nnnlnlA

WAsluNGTON, May la.-'rho debate on
the Mckinley bill showed the first trace Of
animation to-day whom General GrORyG'
nor, the frosty bearded statesman from
Athcns, threw iirGbWUd into the discus.
sion and Major Mckinley yprnmptlyt turned
the hose ON him for biz trouble Mr., An
lcraOn, the granger representative from
Kansas, had offered uu amendment cm-
powcring the President 10 suspend culcc,
ton Of dulIos on any article controlled by
u monopoly or combine, Mr., Mcmillan
of Tonncssoo had lust delivered n rolising
speech on tllla amendment the keynote Of
which was that nothing would bo done 10
suppress trusts ~ long as Republicans
controlled the course OF legislation, Then
GrOHvuuOr, who had been apurrlug for an
opening Jumped into hp arena and IN
dramatic manner began hitting about
wildly ut the Democrat on tho Ways aud
Means committee OF tlH last Congress,
who, he asserted, had been made tools Of
by the greatest trust on ulrth THIS state
meut elected some applause and ombold'
encd thereby Groavopur grow eXtrayngaut
and openly charged that lluycmeyor
president of the sugar trust, came TO
Washington while thC M.lahll was being
framed and hguratIyrIy took the Demo-
cratic members Of the committee hy the
throat and made them NlhaoryIont 10 his
will, Mr.. Mills, amartlng under the I'm.
lust imputntion contained ln this foul
charge, marched down the aisle and IN q
voice that drowned thcuuIHcaud confusion
on the floor, declare that Ii was uhso-
utcly and unqualllcdly false, Then
GrOayCnor, like u bad boy making faces,
grlnncd and said that the man who
had drawn the bill which sank his
party into oblivion ought 10 be- Indignant,
L.. oil. I 90 Il
pcntCdly mndo aud never denied, Mr.,
MillsrcspOndcd Systematically that Il had
ncycr Cmnnutod from ruapoCtnhlcaourC
worthy of denial. After referring 20 the
fact that since the Mckinley bill had been
formulated certificate pC the sugar trust
had risen slO,OOOO0O, and during the last
weeks Of the discussion ulunC they had
gone up sG,OOO,OOO. SIR, Mills doplorud
the personal channel into which Groayp.
nor had directed the debate, Tie stated
frankly that he never bcliyCd that the
majority OF the ways and means COM
mittOo had been Improperly influenced,
This ClCitrd the muH WmultuOua np.
plnuaC on both Sides, and while he was
going on, Mckinley Jumped "a his
feet, and In words the meaning
which could not be- mistaken, said m
turn that he had mover questioned the IN
tCgrity or honesty Of purpose Of thC com.
miitcc which formulated the Mills bill,
Con, Grosycnor had enough penetration
10 understand the rnpruol contained In
Mcklnlcy'a remark and, glnring over NJ
whore the major sat ho burtCd out that
he didn't thank anybody Tor npologi2Ing
for his conduct lie was capable o. take
ing care Of himself, However, hcrobukc
had the desired clICCt and ho Kept dis.
crCotly silent for the remainder Of the
afternoon,
Gen, GruavCnur was very 1ugIyut Major
Mckinley for what ho termed hiH uuwuI.
rantCd Interference and the ambient air
had not cooled OIL this afternoon before
hc began booming Representative Martin
l., SmysCr, OF Wooster for governor,
against Mckinley In the lubbcs ho sang
SmysCr's praises and asserted uuuuali'
ncdly that McEiulcy's tariff hill and his
unfortunate uttcUucCs on Civil service
reform had lost him the guhcrnuturial
nomination next year, Whom asked
about the matter this evening" Cot. Smysor
responded lightly Good idea, I'll rum