Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-26

of the country, by the Democratic
masses aud the President of the United
States us it undoubtedly is, the House
will never yield.
"Why not yield on these two points
and see whether it does not lead to an
| agreement"
He was not, he said, talking about |
Mr.. Villas motion to recede from the |
diiferential in favor of the Sugar Trust.
| But concessions must aud shall be made |
il the bill has to become a law.
cLEvELAND's LETTER RIGHT.
Mr. Hill said he was in sympathy
with the Presidents letter to Chairman
| Wilson. Its sentiments were his senti.
ments. The President violated no clause
| of the constitution when he sent that |
| letter. He had the right to do 1t. IL was
q private communication. The question
! as to making IL public was one to be
decided by its sender and receiver. 1t
was one with which Senators had moth
| ing to do.
No Democrat on this floor could con
trovert the position taken by Mr.. Cleve-
land in the letter. He saw that to place
a duty on coal and iron would be to
violate the platform declarations of the
party and would place the party, whose
success he desired, in false and indefep-
sible position. The Democrats of the
country were in sympathy with Mr.. Cleye-
land. Democratic clubs and Democratic
conventions all over the country had en-
dorsed the Wilson bill in respect to free raw
materials. On the other hand the Senate
bill had been received everywhere with
signs Of disapproval.
Even in the Senate every Democratic
member of the finance committee had an
npnnpni hip1Splf uprSDpnllv in favor Of
free coal and free iron. The Senator from
Maryland (MT. Gorman) on the other
hand with "franknesS and boldneSs,"
which was his nature, had boldly thrown
aside the mask OIL yesterday and had pro-
claimed himself in favor of tariff on
coal and iron.
"a revenue tariff suggested MIR. Cor
man quietly.
"A revenue tariff as you will, replied
Mr.. Hill. but nevertheless tariff. YOU"
continued Mr.. HILL looking Mr.. German
straight in the eye, did not, like your
you had been bunkoed into supporting
, duty on coal and iron"
Mr.. Hill then proceeded to take issue
with Mr.. Germans argument, made yes
,, terday. that the President had only re-
Gently discovered the doctrine Of free raw
: materials.
when Mr.. Cleveland saw that the
, Senate bill placed duty ON coal and iron,
J the property of the rich,' said Mr.. Hill
dramatically, land removed the duty
from wool, the product of the farmer, he
would have been false to himself, false to
his pledges and false to his party had he
: not called attention to the discrimination
, and Inconsistency.
!. He spoke too candidly, too earnestly.
} That was why he was criticised. Did not
these Senators who critised Mr.. Cleveland
. yesterday so to the President and plead
i and badger and implore him to stand by
the bill they framed? Did they not realize
! how tame and weak any bill would be that
did not have the approval Of Democratic
y President?n
d The Senator claimed that because the
d President spoke candidly and earnestly,
for this reason he had been criticised.
Reverting once more to the Presidents
q letter to Mr. Wilson, Mr.. Hill remarked
= that the President had written it "per-
haps not wisely, but too candidly, too
:. honestly, too earnestly" That was all
A the criticism which could be properly
4 made of it.
= AS to the interviews with the Presi-
i dent as rehearsed yesterday by Senators,
1 Mr.. Hill remarked that these Senators
II had "badgered" the President with their
v concessions" and had striven to gel
Is him to support them. They had known
n how weak and tame their bill would
y seem to the American people if ii did
). not have the sanction and approval Of
r. the Democratic President.
ar Abiding to the fact that Senator Cor.
a man had read yesterday paragraph
4 of Washington's farewell address, MIR
te Hill said that that address had been
v quoted in vain when Senators, instead
: of relying on their own reserved rights
D. and octing on their own judgment, and
l. taking their own steps independent ol
ic anybody else, sought the White House
10 and asked the interposition of the Presi
l. dent of their party. Applause. Itcamt
= with poor grace from Senators wht
l. asked suggestions, aid and help from
g. the President, to turn round ant
Is have read to the Senate Washing
m toms farewell address-to show that tht
ut President ought not to make any sug
,e gestions pending legislation, in the form
ID and manner that Mr.C Cleveland had done
10 Then Mr.. Hill alluded to "the won
to derful and unusual spectacle whicl
10 Senators witnessed yesterday" whel
sd conversations with the President wer
lie retailed, "for the avowed purpose o
o. placing that President in u false position
before the Senate and before the coun
try"
at He was no defender of the President
ly ordinarily. He had received no favo
of at the Presidents hands. He had hi
We grievances. He differed with the Pres
C. dent on party politics, especially as t
I'll matters in his own State. But b
thought that in this particular 1t wa
lg, his duty-and that he was broad-mindc
ak enough and liberal enough--to defen
as the President when he was unjust
ho attacked. Renewed and continue
mt applause.
asst Coming again to the session of yeste
on day, Mr.. Hill said "Great scenes haV
Al taken place in this chamber for the la'
III. half-century and more; great speechC
have been made; fierce personal denuI
,or Citations have been had; encounters hay
he taken place; great debates have bee
on heard. Yesterday, with crowded tlool
N. and crowded galleries, we witnessed Ii
ely conceded leader on the Democratic sic
of this chamber (whom | PERSONAL
ith respect and honor calling witnesse
rtv one after another, on the question
Iad what the President had said to the
, it about the details Of the Tariff bill.
vas stranger came into the Senate chamb,
use yesterday. He looked at the presidir
ide officer, and heard those witnesses calle
to and he asked bystander whether th
an. was the Chief Justice of the Unite
W. States presiding, and whether this WI
ate a Court OF Imprisonment, Trying VI
ted President OIL the United states. IL WI
TO a pertinent inquiry under the circur
stances.
ted Again reverting to the Presidents le
lde ter, Mr. Hill described it as ian hone
A u a