New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-09
share of the spells. In that case suppielnen'.i
bill of sale will have to be prepared ou' 'i''
| is Democratic Reform.
ANOTHER "TyCIDEyTr CLOSED.


ON Monday. April 80. Senator Harris, or Ten
ncsscc in whose charge al present are me III
dustrieS Of the country and the sources OF i'S
future revenue moved that the Senate take up
thc revenue bill Senator Wolcott, OF Coiorauo'
thcreupon asked for information whether the
bill under consideration was the one on WHICH
the Senate would be expected to vote. III WAS
Il quite pertinent inquiry. since II IL WIS rue,
rs was reported. that great NUMBER oi
changes had been virtually agreed upon by 'he
Marty in control which would make Il Inherent
bill of IT, the time spent over the one Detore the
Senate was wasted. In the course OF the us
cussion which followed Senator Adrich, OF
Rhode Island said he had been informed, anu
he believed that at conference between the
Secretary of the Treasury and the FINANCE
Committee some 800 amendments TO the penn
ing bill had been agreed TO- Senator voorhees,
of Indiana chairman Of the Finance commit
tee replied that this was not true WINE nc
did not say the Senator from Rhode Island
uttered an untruth in the sense of personal or
fence" he said. he "mcant To convey 10 me
Senate and 70 the country the fac; that he was
talking on false information Senator Noor
hoes was very positive on this point, without
being offensive or passing the bounds OF cour
tesy TO this Senator Aldrch answered thar, ac-
cording 10 his information, about 300 amend
mcnts which had been practically agreed upon
were already in print. and he believed his IN
formation 10 be correct
At n later stage If the discussion another
Senator from Indiana staggered to his feet. ana
with thick utterance and husky speech, In Ian
image better suited TO the slums than to the
Senate. began the most vulgar. violent ana
clownsh TRADE of abuse Of the Rhode Island
Senator that ever disgraccd dcliberativc body.
The measure of drunken blac&guardlSm anu
bullying insolcncc in which he INDUCED III inc
presence of ''the most august deiiDera'Nc hS-
sonhly known 10 men," and Of the presiding
officer who had characterized II, may Dc
estimated by the single quotation In which he
snoko of the statements made by the Rhode
Island Senator rs Three lies. gross. papablc;
three lies bascly born three lies OF inconcelv'
able mcndacity" Continuing. he said: VINO.
then. IS the father and author Of all these re-
ports which for the last ten or twenty days
have been circulating In the press ana nave
been given certain amount of circulation III
this chamber with respect 10 the existence OF
these three fctions? Who Is the father. who IS
the author. who claims their paternity. except
the honorable Senator from Rhode Island: lie
is equal 10 such paternity" Then, IN VEN OF
maudin irony. he spoke OF the Senator's 'prede-
ccssor" meaning Senator Aldrlch himself rs
man who had an enormous development Z"
check: OF cheek which reached from the 'hih
and ear on both sides down 10 the feet Ana
this was the sally Of wit with which he con
Guided:
Let me ask the Senator from Rhode Island. when
he assumes the paternity % thee three hctions
how will he ever attempt to rival MS professor
VIII he excel him In insolence or mendacity' II u
utterly vain to try that He can only nope 10 rVai
him in that hatred OF the truth and in that utter
ance and love ~ the false which has always
characterized the champions and the cheats o,
protection.
The most august dclbcrativc assembly
known 10 men" listened in silence. hut no doubt
with shame and modification. Ia TINS torrent "'
vi.uperation and personal abuse. lie was ho'
interrupted. Why not. only The United States
Senate which Is the guardian of lis own dl2
nifty. knows Then that body had III" satsfac-
ton Of hearing a sclfrcspcciing gentleman"
answer to the foul abuse of a drunken black
guard Senator Ahrich simply said:
Sir President II would certainly De unworthy the
Senate 10 undertake to reply TO the speech which
has Just been made BY the honorable senator from
Indiana ! certainly DO not suppose that IN the
posltlon which he now takes he represents any
body but himself. AMI have no doubt under other
circumstances and under other conditions ne would
not have made the speech he has just mGde.
That was all. 1t was the answer of a patient
and sclf-posscSscd gentleman. who never for
moment dreamed that his honor required him
10 descend TO the level of his aSsailant. and who
had no thought Of demanding any further sat
iSfaction" than that Of expressing his pity and
conceang his contempt The ''incdent' Itself
may be considered To have closed on Monday.
when the announcement was made that the
Finance Committee about whose action the
question OF veraclty had arisen, had agreed
upon compromise revenue bill, which con
tanned more than 400 amendments instead Of
the 800 which Senator Aldrlch said he believed
had been agreed upon, Notwithstanding the
denial of Senator voorhees,. The Rhode Island
Senator's information was correct Senator
Voorhees, was quibbling when he disputed II,
and his colleague had no excuse for stumbling
headlong into the discussion OF a question he
knew nothing about. except that he was in that
condition Of fighting drunkenness In which II
was necessary for him 10 call somebody liar
who WAS reasonably certain not to resent 1t.