The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-25

I
The Democrats OF tho country wero In
sympathy with Mr.. Cleveland. Demo.
cratic clubs and Democratic conven.
tons oil over tho country had endorsed
Tho Wilson bill in respect to free raw
materials. On The other hand the son.
ate bill had been received everywhere
with signs Of disnproyal.
Even In tbs senate cycry Democratic
member Of tho finance committee had
announced himself as personally in
favor OF FREQ coal aud froo iron orc. Tho
senator from Maryland (Mr. Gorman),
on tho other hand, with that "frankness
and boldness" which was his nature, had
boldly thrown aaide the mask on yester.
day and proclaimed himself in favor OF
a tariff on coal and Iron orc.
"a revenue tariff" suggested Mr..
German quietly.
"a revenue tariff IA you will, )" replied
Mr. Hill, "but nevertheless q tariff.
YOU" continued MIR. Hill. looking Mr..
German straight in the cye, did not,
like your colleagues, sot up tho childish
detonsc that you had boon bunkoed into
supporting d duty on coal and iron."
Issue WITH GoRMAM
Mr.. Hill then proceeded to take issue
with Mr. Germans argument yesterday
that the President had only recently
discovered tho droctrino OF FREQ raw ma
tetialA. He carefully quoted from the
President's public uttOranCes to demon
strate that Mr.. Cleveland had boon we'd.
dod to that droctrine since he sent his
famous tariff message to Congress In
1887, Neither did Mr.. Hill believe that
Mr.. Cleveland could be held responsi.
bio for tho unofficial uttcrances OF Soc.
retary Carlisle, but referring to the Of
ticlal utterancoa OF secretary OF tho
treasury he pointed out that until this
present question arose, both Mr.. Glove.
land and MIR. Carlisle wero persistent
and in harmony,
when Mr.. Cleveland saw that this
senate bill placed a duty on coal and
iron ore, the property Of the rich, said
Mr.. Hill dramatically, "and removed
the duty from wool, tho product Of tho
farmer, he would have been false to
himself, falso to his pledges and fulse to
his party, had he not called attention
| 10 the Discrimination and Inconsistency.
That was why no was criticised. Did
| not these very senators who criticised
Mr.. Cleveland yesterday 20 to tho
President and plead and badger
and implore him to stand by tho
bill they iramed2 Did they not
realize how tame aud weak any bill
would be that did not havo tho approx.
al OF a Democratic Prosident2 "0n
Yesterday" he continued. "the senator
from Maryland read from tho fRrowoll
address Of Washington on the oncroach-
mon. OF tho executive. That extract
might be read by those who acted indie
pendontly Of all outside influences, but
II came with poor grace from those who
stood here aud admitted that they had
themselves sought the interpretation Of
tho President to save them. l
do not often defend the Presi.
don't, said Mr.. Hill, raising his
voice until 1t rang through the cham
ber, "but today it ia my duty to do 80.
I hope am broad minded and llboral
enough to defend him when he is un-
Justly criticized and attacked" AS he
was saying this, there wore demonstra.
tiona OF approval in tho gallery that
broke finally into applause which COM
pelled Mr.. Harris. who was in the chair,
10 caution tho gallery to desist. A sug.
gestion from Mr.. HRwley that tho gal
leries should be cleared upon repeti.
ton Of the oGenao was jeercd and htEaod.
THE LION LIEa DOWN WITH THE LAMB.
Mr.. Hill then proceeded In impas-
stoned tones to cay tha. in tho last half
century tho senate chamber had wit
messed great seemed and great debates.
But yesterday, in tho presence OF q
great crowd, conspicuous senatorial
leador OF the Democratic party had gum-
moned senator after senator, with tho
formally OF judicial proceeding, to
put tho President OF the United statos
on trial by impeachment. They ad-
mitted that the President at all times
urged free raw material; yet they
| inferred, or concluded or supposed, that
he wanted tho senate bill, and In view
| OF this apprehension Of tho Prcsidont's 9
wishes il was but natural he should
writo IN honest, frank, manly lotter to
Chairman Wilson. Surely tho Presi-
dent could never havc said anything to
these senators which bound him
irrovocably to tho Benato bill, as they
would have 1t understood. VI have
known him long and well, continued
Mr.. Hill, land whatever may have been
our differences, ono thing know well
OF him; he considers public questions
slowly, deliberately. honestly, sincerely.
He says but little. He weighs all caro-
fully"
The President did not indulge in lido
and random comment, added Mr.. Hill:
| These senators, therefore, had discussed
n subject in general terms. They had
not received tho maturod and vol
weighed opinion OF tho President, He
had not attempted to pass in deliberate
Judgment on propositions thoy pre-.
senIpd 10 him.
Mr.. Hill doicndod himself against tho
references Of Mr.. German and othor SON.
ators concerning his position on tho
tariff bill. Ho referred 10 his past
spoeches in tho limo OF tariff reform. In
thom no never failed to insist on tho
Democratic principle Of FREQ raw ma
torial. ...-..>
"Tho senator (neantng Mr.. Gorman)
says aui an opponent OF this bill. Thon
lot II bo sc" said Mr.. Hill with vche-
mcnco. "Yes, am in opposition to
this present bill. Tho people nre op'
posod to It, Tho house OF representa-
tiyos is opposed to II. Ii, therefore,
am opposed to 1t, find myself in good
company"
IiIs OWN ATTITUDE.
Whito Mr.. Hill was saying this, Mr.
German arose from his soat aud went
about on tho Democratic aldo holding
whisporcd conferences with his col
lcugucS.