Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-07-23
AS G0RMAN UNDERSTOOD
TCLEvEI.ANDw wOUI ID
SIGN SENATE BILL.
The Maryland senator Had an
Interview win The Pre- sidenl
and Then Tells some Secrets
Vest. Also. Was Surprise d by the
Wilson Letter.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Something out
of the usual line occurred at the executive
mansion this morning. which may have
an important bearing upon the expected
proceedings in the S.nate today. Repre-
sentative Savers of Texas was with the
President when, at 10 o'clock, Senator
German was announced. Sayers closed
his interview in hurry and departed.
The Maryland Senator was shown i'm
mcdiatc!y to the Presidents room and
the door was closed. At 1915 the Pres
idcnt and Senator German were still
closctcd together. A visit of German to
the White House is sure to excite interest
at any time from its rarity, but today's
visit was evidently prearrangcd rs the
coast was kept entirely clear and no one
was permitted to interrupt the confer
cncc.
The excitement in and around the Ser-
ate chamber today was much greater
than even Friday last when action
was expected to be taken on the dis
agreeing conference report on the tariff
bill. BY noon there was hardly vacant
seat in he galleries. and there were hun.
dreds of persons in the halls and corri-
dors who were unable to get inside the
chamber.
Senator VOORHEES, at 1920 called up
l,n nip ct b. IA.
and Senator German began speaking on
he subject. in an impressive manner
the Mary land Senator told of closed fac
tories and suffering mechanics. and said
further suspense would be destructive.
1t would he destructive. he said to the
Democratic party, and he hoped the ST.
uatlon would bc met as became Amcri..
can Senators and patriotic ctizans.
Senators had voted for the bill at Il sac
riIcc OF state interests. almost of princi-
cplc. To the recent calumncs that had
been hcapcd on the conterccs he would
give plain statement, putting the
responsibility where it belonged.
Gorman made a reference 10 Ircsi-
dent Clcvcland's letter to Chairman Viii
son as the most unusual, most unwisr
letter ever pcnned by President of The
United States. Ga account oi this letter
he, Gorman was forced to talk of private
party matters i'll public. The honor Of
his fellow senators also made him make
he statement he would make. Telling OF
the tariff bill conference, German said
every Democratic Senator had been CON
suited with view to rcconciling their
views. Two of the Democrat lead
ers had conferred with the Presi.
dent knowing that the bill would not
pass without the hearty cooperation OF
the executive branch of the government
What tic President had said gave him
the right to make the statement, which
he did privately at the time, that the
Senate bill would receive the endorse
ment of the Democrat House and the
Democratic President
Vest then arose and told what he knew
of the matter. Vest said { rlislc had
told him that the greatest calamity that
could happen to the Democratic party
and to the country would BE- failure to
pass the tariff bill. Senator Jones had
seen the President and Carlisle, and both
had told him that the bill as proposed
to be amended by the addition OF the
400 Jones amendments would be per
fectly satisfactory to them. TIL. Prcsi-
dent, Vest said, concluded with these
words:
II am willing to do or say anything
to pass this bill through Congress"
81 toll Senator Jones" said Vest,
that il we go into this fight We must
have the President bchiud u.s."
Jones assured him that this was the
fact aud he (V>st gave up his personal
opinions; and, for The first time, when
he heard OF the Presidents letter to
Chairman Wilson, he learned that the
President was against them.
Jones' Ark. explained that he under
stood that the President and Carlisle
were satisfied with the amended bill un-
til he heard the Wilson letter read,