The Dickinson press., 1894-07-28

would break before long OH the people and
the congress of the United States.
MIR. Call agreed that government
schools should supcrcede scctarian schools
whenever it was possible to do so. But
it a government school were to be set
Town beside IL scctarian school there was
nothing to compel the children to attend
it.
by unanimous consent bills were passed
by the house today authorizing the con-
struction of q bridge across the Missouri
river at Lexington, Mo-: also, a rrsolu-
ton calling on the secretary of war for a
report OIL the government Improvement
ut Sasatuck harbor, Mich.
Washington, July 1.-The house, with
out division adopted II motion to insist
on the house disagreement to the senate
amendments to the tariff bill and the bill
was sent back to conference, the speaker
appointing the same conf-rees. Previous
to this action Chairman Wilson, of the
ways and means :ommiitec, sent to the
clerks desk and had read a letter lie had
received from President Cleveland. The
letter was in the presidents vigorous style
and was a stirring triblt to the Wilson
bill and a direct blow at any surrender
to the senate bill. The president insists
that the Democratic party should not lose
sight of the fact that it had promised the
country tariff r.fMm. lie says that Demo-
cratic principles should not be surren-
dered. While the Wilson bill is not whit
every sincere tariff reformer would like,
al abandonment of the principles upon
which it rests means party perfidy and
party dislo lor. The letter says that the
party is pledged to provide free raw ma
%tcrials, and says that placing the wool
Of the farmer OH the free list and taxing
the iron ore and coal of the capitalist is
an outrageous discrimination and a viola
ti"n of Democratic principles. He
says that while no tenderness
should be shown trusts and that while in
present conditions this is a delicate sub
jcct, We ara in no danger of running
counter to ncmocratic principles by plac-
ing a tax on sugar He concludes by
depreciating the incorporation in the hill
of the income tax feature, but says that
in matters of this kind, which do not
violate IL fixed and recognized Demo-
cratic dn"'::nr. We are willing to defer
to the judgment of q majority of our
Democratic brethren.
The Republicans jcerel the sentence in
the letter stating that the taxation of
sugar is Il delicate question. Chairman
Wilson then spoke in favor of the house
bill, and after a few remarks by MI.
Reed the motion sending the bill back to
conference was adopted.
III the scnatc the report of the dis
agreement vas received and went over
without action.
The feeling is generally expressed by
Democrats and Republicans alike in both
houses that President Cleveland, by writ
ing the letter to Chairman Wilson, has
precluded any possibility of the passage
Of n tariff bill Mt this session of ron
gress. They claim that the senate can-
not now recede without humiliation and
disgrace and that the house cannot reccdc
owing to having the president with them.
The Indications are Cor II deadlock. l'res-
idcnt Hill said today: II prefer to say
nothing ut this time as to the propriety
or wisdom of the letter. 1t comes rather
late, and may complicate the whole situn-
tion and defeat all tariff legislation what
ever. If the president, instead of writ
ing a letter, had exercised his influence
to assist NE in getting votes for free raw
materials when l was making the fight
thcrfor in the senate, the prcsnt III
fortunate complication might not have
arisen"
Washington, July 2l.-Crowds such MS
had not %thronged the senate in months
packed the galleries to-day. The house
and the president had yesterday thrown
down the gauntlet to the senate on the
tariff question md IL pitched battle was
expected. An ominous hush was upon
the chamber when the president pro tenn,
Mr.. Harris of Tennessee, raped the SEN
ate to order. Senator Blackburn 0f Ken
tucRy, in a pink legligee shirt, stood,
watch in hand, while the chaplain deliv-
cred his invocation, looking like a judge
ut a Kentucky Derby.
The conservative Democrats" Mr..
Brice in an immaculate suit of white
flannel. Mr.. German in a sedate suit Of
blue. and Mr.. Smith in a long black
frcck coat, sat grouped together on the
Democratic side. Mr.. Hill, sitting far
back, chuttcd merrily with Gen. Daniel
Sicklcs, the one-leyged veteran of Gcttys'
burg. Senators Sherman, Aldrich, ALI.
son, Hale and Chandler, the leaders OF
the Republican side, appeared amused al
the storm which threatened across the pc.
litical aisle. The preliminary routine
business was transacted in q ~perfunctory
way.
After a speech by Mr.. Smith of New
Jersey attacking the president for writ
ing the tariff letter, Senator Hill arose
He said: "a theory as we'll as q condi
ton now confronts US. The theory of the
Democratic party is that in the enactment
of tariff legislation free raw materials
should always be al essential and con
spicuous element. We are committed tt
this side of. the question. We are hon
0rably bound to redeem our professions
and our promises. Until recently l had
supposed that there was no dispute upor
this question of principle, but that every
Democrat was willing to concede that II
there was one thing more than another
to which the Democratic paw was com
mitted, it was to the doctrine of absolute
ly free raw materials"
He said that while the presidents lctte
came too late and was ill advised, still b
endorsed it.
Upon the question of free raw ma
terial the president is right, and you know
it. You cannot answer his arguments
You cannot doubt his sincerity and pa
triotism. You must yield in the end t
his views. You cannot stand up agains
" ocANiluSNl VI kuC SbSNS
masses of the country, which will rail-
around the president III his contest wit
you Oh this particular branch of the sui
ject. The time to yield is now, befor
there Is further humiliation, embarrass
ment and discOrd."
Senator Vest, speaking o. Hills in
dorseinent of Cleveland. said &c was gla
to know that the lion aud the lamb ha
Mt last lnin down tovntI,nr Ho vvn,,II M
!. say, however, which was the lion an
which the lamb. In scatling terms b
arraig,.cl the president, saying he ha
/ been his t1itil and defended him OH I'll
! Iiaoor of~thc senate when his friends coul
have becn counted on the fingers of on
hand. He asked where the president *
5 the right to dictate to congress, and sal
] that he believed that this bill would |
passed or 10 t:iil.
Senator Villas moved that the sena,
Il rcCeue from the IA cent suSar diffprol