The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-18

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'.',,.n IA. nne,V ITS proVIsiolis, Na4 an
aet o. gross injustice 10 tnpse of Us VINO
mad suilered lar more than NE. -,
/ Ine result mas been aiid WIZ DE nnuei
| .x,s,n, circumstances that the best
carnnal. A document Iur1i Jned the Ike
pupiican party, of which we VIII not near
inc last untn the approaching canvass
is ended viii be the ietter OF the IfeSl-
| cont announcing the senate without eA-
| ception for having framed a bill, the pro-
| vlll.as OF which are now necessary, ac-
| cordlng to the Secretary OF We lFeHs
| ury. 10 prevent the Issue OF lhteIes
| bearing bonds to carry on the bONcih-
After two days or more OF attempt
at amicable adJustment-and ! neg 10
| say here and now that Tor edch OF tle
conferrees on the part Of the other House
| ! entertain the most sincere personal re-
! gard. and have no complaint 10 make Oh
| their action in any way WhateNeI."e
| offered 10 the cOnferrees on the pdIt vi
| the House 10 allow the sugar schedule 10
stand as we had made II. ana 10 when
we all agreed. and that they should take
either free coal or free iron ore as they
pleased.
Mr.. Frye: The senator from Missouri
means as the cOnferrees had made the
sugar schedule.
Mr.. Vest: AS a matter Of course as
| We, the confcrrees, had made and agreed
| upon e. We offered them the privilege
Of taking either free coal or free iron
ore, stating TO them that 1t seemed to
us fair to adjust the differences between
the two bodies by their taking one half
and leaving the other half as the Senate
| had voted IT,
Let it be understood that all this time
! the Senate cOnferTees personally agreed
| with the House OF Representatives,, but
| we were there as cOnferrees, representing
| the Senate, standing by the votes OF the
! Senate, instructed TO maintain the post
! ton OF the Senate. While / did not con-
slider myself bound to the. extremity or
& - n a -
| Senate without exception and without
/ further amendment. but was prepared 70
/ order to save the bill. yet. at the same
/ time. as a cOnferree on the part OF the
! Senate. ] considered myself hOnOTaby
| bound to defend and advocate, as far as
| possible, the instruction which had been
| given TO me.
When this proposition was made to the
! House cOnferrees that they should take
| either free coal or iron ore, they eN-
| pressed great qualification. and said the
spirit which had manifested would be
| met by them I'm the same cOnciiiatory anu
| friendly manner They went out for con-
| sultatiOn, and after some two hours came
| back and suggested that il would probably
be best to take free iron ore instead or
free coal We told them that was a mat
ter 10 be determined by them, and that
we were willing 10 make the change
We then adjourned, with "A sort Of par
liamentary love feast for the second time
concluding that the matter had been fully
adjusted and that we could make re-
port. We stated to them at the same
time l should have said. that with our
knowledge of the Senate and the close
vote that must occur here upon any dis
puted question, IL was not safe Re 80
through all OF the schedules and cut down
duties, and that II would be dangerous
10 come back 10 the Senate with reduc-
lions In the metal schedule the wooden
schedule the cotton schedule the glass
schedule. and the other great schedules
| IN the bill. The next morning we met
again In conference. and our friends from
| the House then informed US that they had
concluded II was best to have free coal
instead Of free iron ore. We said. Cen
| tenen take your choice. We can be
Happy 49, with either,
Were tOther dear charmer away"
0aughter)
After we had concluded upon free coal
and had settled the sugar question, the
chairman Of the conferrees on the part
| Of the House stated that he considered
II his duty and that of his co-conferrees
u demand that we take up the whole
bill and 20 through all Of the schedules
and agree 10 such adjustment as would
not endanger the fate of the bill Ia the
Senate.
Speaking for myself. / can state that
while ! personally was willing TO agree
10 any report that they might see proper
10 make in order To get the bill through
| the Senate, / stated frankly that TO
commence such general reduction. or
/ even any material reduction. of the
duties In the bin. would endanger its
| passage through the Senate, and thar
! this was the great peril TO be avoided
! above all others
The House conferrees insisted upon
| those reductions. ana from the beginning
to the end of the whole conference the
| trouble was, ana ! say il most respect
/ fully and kindly. that our friends In the
other House could never be made 10
! understand that we knew more about
| the condition Of affairs in the Senate
| IA EI.fr oil IN
| be that for some sinister or occult pur-
! pose we were avoiding an open vote.
! They continually demanded Of us, Take
! the bill back to the Senate with such
| amendments as you yourselves cOncede
| with us ought 10 be made, and let the
| Senate. in the broad, open hght OF day
! vote upon tt
view under heaven. so far as / am con-
| cerned. that Of avoiding the absolute
! destruction OF all tarin legislation dur
! ing the Congress. assured them. and every
dav confirmed rs in our opinion. that If
| he mi came back here with material
| amendments il would be defeated, and
| the country would be told that the Demo
| cratic party was incompetent TO make
any bill at all.
While the House conferrees We're in
| sisting upon taking up all Of the schedules
and we were warning them against the
| inevitable result, the senator from New
! York air. Hid introduced his resolution
| which the Chair gave the deciding vote,
! so we'll known to the Senate and TO
! the public. After that there was no
| conference. because that vote demon
! strated beyond all sort Of question that
what we had said to them in regard to
! the conditions Of the Senate was abso-
mtely and inevitably correct
Now the people of the United States
are going to insist upon knowing why
! they were so persistently told, up TO
! within a day or two before the confer
ence ended, that the difficulty was over
! the sugar schedule. They are going to
| insist, also on knowing why, when
| that schedule was agreed on. and the
| House conferrees were given the choice
| of either free iron ore or free coal, those
conferrees determined TO accept free iron
ore After telling the Senate conferrees
/ that they would take free iron ore ana
| allow coal 10 be taxed, the conference
| adjourned for the night. Next morning
the House conferrees came in and re-
| tracted their acceptance Of free iron
and said they had determined to take
free coal Now the American people
want to know why this change was made
during the night, and whom they saw
| between the adjournment in the evening
and the assembling next morning These
| are questions that ii is absolutely neces-
sary there shall be some explanation Of
| or a picture that is already black enough
will become far blacker than it is. Is
there some malign influence that has had
| the Democratic party in its grasp for
| months back and that selected Mr. VIII