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the members of the finance committee
religiously ignored.

Senator German used his senatorial
witnesses, their testimony and the theat-
rical elects which were produced as
prelude to his vigorous assault upon the
President. He did not claim that the
bill was in any respect satisfactory to
Mr.. Cleveland, but he attempted to Off
set any ground for objection which the
President might find by declaring tnat
il was also unsatisfactory to him and to
nearly every other Senator on the Demo-
cratic side. Even at this juncture Mr.
German did not explain why the pro-
tectiye features in the Senate bill were
made necessary. Instead Of this lie de-
clared with a sufficient degree of
solemnity to make his mock heroics
utterances impressive that under exist.
ing conditions no power on earth could
keep him silent under charges so toully
uttered from so high source, forgetting
that the most serious charge brought
against him is that during all the period
of doubt and uncertainty since the
House bill reached the Senate he has re-
Trained from expressing any sentiment
which could Indicate u desire to redeem
the pledges of his party.
Mr.. German, in the course of his re-
marks, gave the people one cause for
gratitude. In referring to the Senator
from Ohio, the Senators from Louisiana,
the Senators from New Jersey and
others, he designated the persons for
whose Cancellation the policy of the
Democratic party has miscarried in the
Senate. Although he shielded himself
behind the greedy desires of these Sena-
tors for protective duties for local in
dustries, he did not make it absolutely
clear that any one of them had refused
absolutely to vote fora Democratic tariff
in case protected one were impossible.
On the contrary he but vaguely inti-
mated,a he has done upon former occa-
sions, that the defeat of the Tariff bill
was entirely conjectural and that
his own conclusions were based
upon the willingness to concede
rather than upon certainty that tariff
reform is impossible. His own desire in
the matter was shown in his admonition
to the members of the conference com
mittee. The unwrtten law governing
conference, he declared, is that the
house making the most radical changes
in existing law shall yield to the more
conservative, and upon this absurd
proposition he advises the conferecs
from the Senate to resist every demand
made by the House of Representatives,
the President and the people of the
country in order that some tariff bill
might pass. Ignoring the fact that Others
than Senator Hill believed that the
passage of the Senate bill is re.enact-
ment in fact of the Mckinley tariff
Nh TN1vN,, t,lo ht,,1erlf NrI
Probably not in the history of the
| Senate has so sensational an address as
that of Senator German been delivered
In the opinion Of both Republican and
Democratic Senators it will have a de
cided effect upon the House of Repre-.
sentatives and the country. 1t clearly
outlined the fight between the Maryland
Senator and the President of the UniteC
States.
MR.. GoRNAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Senator German was at the Whit,
House this morning, and his visit ha
| given rise TO several sensational rumors
One Of them that is given greatest cir
culation is that President Cleveland
asked Senator German not to make hi
contemplated speech. According to thi
story the Senator, making use Of his pc
expression, "rhe limit of endurance ha
been reached" informed the Presiaen
that nothing but a stroke OF apoplex,
or death in his chair could prevent hi
expressing his view to the Senate and t.
the country. Whether or not this stor
is true, it is known that President Cleve
land sent for Mr.. German Friday after
noon. The message, however, was eithe
received too late or the Senator refuse
to comply with the Presidents request
He was again invited to the Whit
House this morning and spent neal
an hour with the President.
How Senator GormIn's speech tC
day has affected the situation it is diff
cult to conjecture. Several Democrat
Senators declared there could be n
doubt of the passage of the Senate bill
Others declare that Mr.. German
speech opens the way to u further com
promise and that the proposed reduC
tons in the duty on iron to 20 cent
y per ton and on coal to 30 cents q to
are made possible. The adjournmen
Of the SeSste Immediately after til
speech delivered by Mr.. White indicate
that the "conseryatives" and those VIII
stand with them are not yet ready
take vote upon any of the pendin
propositions. From this it is inferTe
that an effort is being made to reconci
: the existing differences among Demt
; cratic Senator'S.
, WASHINGTON, July 94.-Eyery SCI
in the galleries was filled again to.da
when the Senate met. Resumption
{ the heavy firing against the executi'
| was anticipated. The strain and eXcit
ment were almost as intense US whe
the Senate convened yesterday.
The Senators were slow in arrivin
: most of them remaining in the clot
/ rooms until the morning business W
| completed. Senator Villas (Wis.) wi
1 was expected to defend the Preside
y against some of the aspersions ca
: upon him yesterday, was, however,
r hand early, as was also Senator III
IN. W who also was billed for spGec
h "rHE HOUSE WILL NEVER YIELD"
r When at 1928 Mr.. Harris, the flo
: manager of the Tariff bill, called up t
Il conference report almost every seat
g the floor was occupied. Mr.. Hill {
q w was on his feet and was immediate
recognized for speech.
Q He agreed, he said, at the outset wi
/ Mr.. German that the Democratic par
e was in the midst of a great crisis. 1t h
q gone to work TO reclaim the pledges
y had made. The greatest of those W
q that to reform the tariff. The Hou
c had passed Tariff bill, which asi
from its income tax feature, seemed
3 meet with general satisfaction and a
Ie prevail AS it passed this Senate, ho
J. ever, after long weary months OF deb'
!, it was not satisfactory and it violat
a the pledges of the party. 1t went
" conference.
70 The House conferees were confront
l. with the fact that the Senate had ma