The record-union., 1894-07-25

| am in opposition to this present bill.
The people are opposed to it. I, there
fore, am opposed to it, and | find myself
IN good company"
While Hill was saying this, German
arose from his seat and went about on the
Democratic side holding whispered con-
ferences with all his colleagues.
Continuing, Hill again defined his at
tltude IN opposition TO the income tax,
after which he pointed out the inconsst-
ency OF his Democratic colleagues when
they placed duty on coal and iron on
the ground of revenue. and LETT wool un-
taxed. A revenue tariff bill must be
consistent. His own idea was that all
articles should bear their due proportion
OF taxation except the necessaries of life,
IKE tea, coffee. sugar, etc., unless the
absolute exigencies of the Treasury de-
manded revenue duty on sugar.
Even in the Senate" said Hill,
every Democratic member of the FL
nance Committee had announced himself
as personally in favor of free coal and
free iron ore. The Senator from Mary
land (Gorman), on the other hand, with
that frankness and boldness which was
his nature, had boldly thrown aside the
mask yesterday, and proclaimed himself
in favor of tariff on coal and iron ore."
A revenue tariff" suggested German,
quietly.
"A revenue tariff, as you will" replied
Hill, but nevertheless tariff"
"4ou," continued Hill, looking Cor
man straight in the eye, Ibid not, like
your colleagues, set up the childish de-
fense that you had been bunkoed into
supporting duty on coal and IRON"
Hill then proceeded to take issue with
Gorman's argument yesterday that the
President only recently discovered the
doctrine of free raw materials. He care
fully quoted from the Presidents public
utterances to demonstrate that Mr.. Cleve-
land had been welded to that doctrine
since he sent his famous tariff message to
Congress in 1888. Neither did Hill be-
lieve that Mr.. Cleveland could be held
responsible for the unofficial utterances
of Secretary Carlisle. But referring to
the official utterances of the Secretary of
the Treasury, he pointed out that until
this present question arose both Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle were consist
ent and in harmony.
When Mr.. Cleveland saw the Senate
Dill place duty on coal and iron Ore the
property of the rich," said Hill, land re-
move 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 very Senators who criticised
Mr.. Cleveland yesterday go to the Presi-
dent and plead and badger and implore
him to stand by the bill they had framed?
Did they not realize how tame and weak
any bill would be that did not have the
approval of a Democratic President?
Il do not often defend the President"
said Hill, raising his voice until it rang
thrOuOb the ehanbar hhut t0-Hau iS
my duty to do so. and | hope l am broad
minded and liberalminded enough to
defend him when he is unjustly criticised
and attacked"
AS ne was saying this there were dem
onstrations in the galleries that
broke finally into applause. A sug-
gestion from Hawley that the galleries
should be cleared upon repetition OF the
offense was jeered and hissed.
German had said yesterday. in charac-
terizing him (Hill as an opponent OF this
bill, that he could dance and waltz down
the aisle with the Senator from Rhode
Island (Aldrich)." Hill said he was not
aware that he had been waltzing with
Aldrich, but he remembered last sum-
mer when German was waltzing down the
aisle with Sherman in the fight to repeal
the Sherman silver law. The New York
Senator said this with biting sarcasm.
leagues who were now prophesying the
defeat of this tariff bill were then loudly
proclaiming that unconditional repeal
could never pass-that the struggle must
be compromised. The President was the
bold aud unflinching champion of uncon-
ditional repeal.
You said it could not pass" said Hill,
turning to the Democratic side, ''but it
did pass, and tell you now that, while
I do 1nf
believe it will.'
He then referred to Gorman's assertion
yesterday that the Maryland Senator,
Mr.. Brice and Mr.. Smith had promised
the Louisiana Senators duty on sugar
during the campaign of 1892. He doubted
their authority to combine platforms.
He for one would refuse to be delivered.
He thought that if Mr.. Cleveland's inter-
ference was complained of the best way
to avoid such an ENHANCEMENT in the fu
ture was to keep away from the White
House, as l do" lLaughterl. The idea
that these old political foxes had gone to
the White House and had misunderstood
the President was absurd. 1t was child
ish for them to come back here and plead
that they had been overreached by an
Ambitious President"
81 shall vote to perfect this BILL" con-
tinued Hill. ''I shall vote for free coal,
"If the Senate recedes from every
amendment placed upon the bill when it
comes from the House," interrupted Cor
man, twill you vote for it?''
81 will cross that bridge when I come
to it,' replied Hill, parrying the thrust
of the sstute Senator from Maryland
"But you have said," added ne, THAT
the Senate will not recede and you are
perfectly safe in making that bluff"
n ~ III
quired Lindsay.
"The Senator understands the national
game better than l do," retorted Hill.
Hill closed his speech with as keen
satire as has been heard during the de-
bate. 1.-The Senator from Maryland has
sought to term me the Iago of the Senate"
said he. 81 might respond with drafts of
Shakespearean characters. In that case
1 would term the Senator from Maryland
as the Cassius of the Senate. [Great
laughter.] We all recall Cassius, the lean
and hungry Cassius."
Mr.. Hill leaned over and addressed
himself almost directly to German. And
the Senator from Arkansas l would call
Marcus Brutus. II is the Senator from
Arkansas who has labored SO earnestly
for this bill. He is the honest Brutus of
the Senate. [Long laughter.] And Casca
is the name of the Senator who struck
the first blow of last Friday CVest). Tre-
bonius is the Senator from Indiana, testy,
yet earnest. Metillius Climber is the Sem
ator from Tennessee (Harris).n
Having thus characterized the Senators.
amidst great laughter, Hill added: "We
all remember the cabal which struck
down Caesar, and when on yesterday
these Senators sought to strike down our
President they made the mistake that had
been made before. Not that they loved
Caesar less, but they loved Rome more.
Not that they loved the President less.
but that they loved The Senate compro-
mise more"
Then, pausing for a moment, Hill
closed with sarcastic deliberation, but
can say with Antony, They are all hon.