The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-02
THE SILVERITES ARE MAD
SOME OF THEM SAY HARD THINGS
ABOUT CLEVELAND.
Senator Pugh Says Cleveland and Carlisle
Knew all About the Efforts a. Com.
promise and Intsrposed No Objec-
tiOn-Bland is Hopeless.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The consid-
Grafton of the bill to repeal the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman act was
taken up and Senator Stewart New J,
who was entitled to the floor, yielded
to Senator Pugh (Dem., Ala.) who pro.
ceeded to address the senate against
the bill.
Referring to the recent compromise
Senator Pugh said the Democratic
senators united in spirit of com
promise and concessions, and selected
an equal number of senators from
those friendly to unconditional repeal
and these opposed to it and with the
full knowledge of Cleveland and Car.
Isle that such effort was being made
to bring the Democratic senators to
gether upon some common ground
that could be enacted into a law. They
accomplished that laudable undertake
ing so far as to agree upon a com
promise that secured the signatures of
every Democratic senator but six
The fact was not considered doubtful
that 43 Democratic senators would
have sanctioned the compromise had
not the president interposed objection
and demanded unconditional repeal at
all hazards.
Senator Pugh is now satisfied that
all effort at compromise failed solely
on account of the president and secre-
tary OF the treasury. He was satisfied
he could not get sufficient number of
senators to join him in filibusteriug
practices and he was forced to record
his vote against this diabolical meas.
ure and appeal to the people to organ.
ize their forces for the great battle of
willing, if they had sufficient support,
to resort to any and all measures to
beat the bill He was proud to be
called a filibusterer in defeating IL
conspiracy equal in the ruinous conse-
quence of its success to war, pestilence
aud famine. He would rather be
called a tilibusterer by the conspira-
tors and lick -spittles of the gold kings
than a traitor or faitnless representa-
tive by his state and the people who
honored him with their trust and con.
fidence.
AS for himself he would do his duty
as far as he understood it and leave
the consequences to God and his
country.
Senator Stewart then resumed his
speech. He spoke Of the gold combi
nation as having agents in the capitol
to dictate legislation, and having
elected president determined to carry
out their policy. The president was
now in the saddle and congress was
helpless, The time might come when
the naughty tyrants would meet a re-
buke from the people.
After Senator Jones had spoken at
some length there was an executive
session and then a recess till tomorrow
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-In the house
this morning Mr.. Coombs, Democrat
OF Brooklyn, created something of a
sensation by Offering resolution out.
lining a plan for a tariff bill and in.
structing the ways and means commit
tee TO bring in a bill in accordance
with its provisions. The bill, accord.
ing to the resolution shall have four
schedules: A-Composed of articles
free from duty, including all raw ma
terial B-Articles to pay a duty CT
10 per cent. C-Articles Of luxury,
wine, spirits, tobacco, upon which duty
must be charged sufficient at least to
protect the manufacturers who pay
internal revenue tax. D-Schedule
for protection of labor. All articles
not covered by the preceding list to go
into the unclassified schedule. After
the amount of revenues need
ed shall be ascertained and reve
nue. to be obtained from the
first four schedules shall have
been deducted from the amount need.
ed, the remainder to be raised by
means OF import taxes on unclsssIfied
articles. The principle to govern In
the formation of schedules and un-
classified is to have regard for protec-
tion OF the cost of labor wherever diff
ference OF labor cost exists between
this country and abroad.
When the reading OF the resolution
was completed Mr.. Hayne IN. ~
asked sarcastically wherether such a
bill was constitutional according to
the terms of the Chicago platform.
Mr.. Cultivate insisted that the res.
olution be referred to the ways and
means committee, and it was so refer
red.
Debate on the bankruptcy bill was
resumed.
Mr. Lane Qll.) opposed the measure
Mr.. Coombs IN. ~ supported the
bill.
Mr.. Kilgore Tex who led the fill
buster against the bill in the last con.
gress, made strong speech against
the measure. He analyciZed the bill
section by section, giving many prac-
tical illustrations of it's effects.
Adjourned.
PENSION LEGISLATION.
Mr.. Mutchler (Pa } has introduced a
bill amending the pension laws so as
to relieve certain persons who served
in the Mexican war charged with de-
sertion who left the army after the
surrender Of the Confederate armies
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