The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25
HiIl.s Keen satire.


of the national game better than I do"
lretorted Mr.. Hill.
Hills Keen Satire.
Mr. Hill closed his speech with as
lkeen a piece of satire as had been heard
during the debate.
1.-THE senator from Maryland has
isought to term me the Iago Of the SEN
ate" said he 81 might respond with
drafts upon Shakespearean characters
I'm that case l would term the senator
from Maryland as the Cassius OF the
SENATE" Great laughter)
1--WE all recall Cassius, the lean and
hungry Cassius."
Mr. Hill leaned over and addressed
himself almost directly to Mr.. German.
and the senator from Arkansas L
would call Marcus .Brutus. 1t is the
Isenator from Arkansas who has labored
Iso earnestly for this bill. He is the
honest Brutus of the Senate. Qong
llaughter)
"'And Casca is the name of the sena-
tor who struck the first blow of Friday
last (N1r. VesO Trebonius is the SEN
lator from Indiana, testy yet earnest
Metellus Climber is the senator from
| Tennessee (Mr. Harris.'O
Having thus characterized the sena-
tors amid great laughter, Mr.. Hill add
led:
I'VE all remember the cabal which
lstruck down Caesar, and when on yes
lterday these senators sought to strike
down our president, they made the mis-
take that had been made before. NOT
that they loved Caesar less, but they
loved Rome more. Not that they loved
the president less, but that they loved
1.-THE Senate compromise more"
Then pausing for a moment, Mr.. Hill
lclosed with sarcastic deliberations:
But I can say with Antony: They
are all honorable men,
Cafery's Amendment.
Mr.. Caffery followed Mr.. Hill, first
moving that conferees be instructed to
make the following amendment:
That the bounty provided in said act
shall stand unrepealed to the extent
that there shall be paid to the pro-
ducer from beets, sorghum or sugar
caue grown in the United States in the
year 1894, or from maple sap produced
In the United States during the year
1884, under license for 1892. and subject
to the limitations now imposed by law,
on all sugars testing not less than 80
: degrees by the polariscope, nine-tenths
of one cent per pound, and upon such
lsugars testing less than 80 per cent. by
1.-THE polariscope, and not less than 81
degrees, eight-tenths of one cent per
pound.
Mr.. Caffery then commended Sena-
tor Hill for his defense of the president
and declared there was nothing in the
letter which need arouse the ire of SEN
Iators who felt themselves aggrieved,
and the Louisianan declared it did not
Icall for the denunciations of the senator
from Maryland. He then read an eX-
tract from that letter and comented up
! on it in favorable terms.
Exonerated From All Charges.
l Mr.. Caffery declared the president
oh
l against him by Mr.. German. The very
evidence adduced by Mr. German he
5 said, justified the president in writing
the letter he had. There was absolute
' ly no truth in the allegations that MI
: Cleveland had violated the functions OF
his office in giving his views to the
chairman of the Ways and Means com
mittee The members of the Finance
| committee had denounced the bill as
they did, in saying certain features OF
the bill involved party surrender. How
: was it wrong for the president tc
charge "perfdy and dishonor%
Since the secrets of the past were te
: be divulged, he would not longer keeL
in the dark the secrets of his own pris-
, on house. The Louisiana senators had
been made the target for the stings and
: arrows of the tariff reformers. The
time had come for him to tell his story
He was at a little conference at which
L were pIeSeuL diuOIS OIIIctS NIGSSI =
, Brice and German. 1t was decided Al
l that conference that 40 per cent on raw
= and so per cent. on refined sugar was
2 proper.
} Il took that schedule to the Finance
committee and gave it to Senator
JONES'" he continued. MIR. Jones, after
t calculating pointed out that in the diff.
e ceded a differential greater than the
Mckinley law. l thereupon withdrew
it After further consultation, l pre-
l sented another schedule placing one
' cent on raw and l Is on refined. So i
remained for some time, when 1 was
admonished by Mr. German and Mr.
Brice that this second schedule mean
1 free sugar. Mr.. Jones told me the sugar
} refining interests would favor free sug
: ar, if that schedule was insisted upon
I He wanted me to accept 40 per cent. or
raw and refined and is differential or
refined. That schedule was not accept
. able to me or the sugar growers and
t want the country to know it was dicta
2 ted by the refining interests At las
S we accepted it, with the understanding
the bounty provision for 1894 Should
/ stand. I call on Senators Vest ant
: Jones to say whether 1 have said tht
t truth"
C Neither of the senators replied. H,
n continued to describe the subtle meth
e DDS employed to emasculate the Suga
e schedule and defeat the bill. The way!
q of the senator from New Yorwk Chill
r were past finding out. Upon his mo
: ton to make the schedule go into eff
}, feet on the passage of the bill, some O
e the Democrats jumped the track anC
/ violated their agreement. That wa!
the first time faith was broken with tn,
n Louisiana senators.
: what subtle force was it, he asked
4 chat sought to strike down the suga
r lagriculturist and throw it's protectin,
wing about the gigantic sugar refining
+ Interest?
|. He referred in sarcastic tones to MI
n Germans statement on yesterday tina
e however distasteful a duty on suga
o twas to himself and others, they knew
the two votes of the Louisiana senator
b lwere necessary to pass the bill
e You have told us the attitude of ev
v lerybody else. Will you tell us what tn,
|, latitude of the Louisiana senator
: would have been if sugar had beer
t Iplaced on the free list?" asked Mr.. Tel
Ter.
d Frankly" replied Mr. Caffery, &c
i Twill say if sugar had been placed ON tn
free list we would have voted agains
1.-The BILL
). He then proceeded to discuss the sug
t lar schedule of the Mckinley bill, an,
[ this brought out an animal ted debate OF
sugar-maIling between Senators All
= Idrich, Gray, Gallery and Allison TIL
d latter stated that it had been asserte,
d about Sc per cent. of sugars grown il
Y Louisiana would receive the benefit o
J. l1-Sc differential. Mr. Caffery said tn
e percentage would be about "a
O Mr.. Caffery's speech was still in prog
:. lress when, at 3:05 o'clock, Mr.. Cockrel
: lsecured recognition to move an ad
n ijournment, which motion was adopte
lon on 70