Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-27
HILL VOTED DOWN.
Only Six Senators for Free Iron
Ore and Coal.
Villas swITHDRAws HIS AMENDMENT


the President as Against Gorman-Ths
Democratic Caucus Programme Not
Quite Carried Out Because washburn
Blocks tho Wheels-Crisp, Kiigore, and
Bynum See Cleveland House Caucus
Probable.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-Vilas. who was
secretary of the interior and later post
master general during Cleveland's first adj
ministration. replied at great length to
G ,rman's attack upon the president. For
two hours he held the floor, delivering his
rebuke of the Maryland senator He de-
clared Germans assault wanton, reckless,
and unjustifiable, and though he declared
that Cleveland needed no defense at his
hands he took up seriatim all the charges
made by German and met them. He made
his statement, he sid, in the interest Of
the truth Of histor:. German was not in
the senate ut the time, and to this fact the
Wisconsin senator called attention with
re sret.
Not Executive interference"
At one point in his speech Villas said:
"At the very time when the president was
W .iting his letter to Mr.. Wilson the sena.
tor from Maryland and his conductors
were appealing to Mr.. Cleveland to in
! duce him to SUI port them in an effort to
qualify the enactment of Democratic prin-
ciples instead of crystalizing them into
! law. How utterly wanton is this cry of
| inte, ference now. because he has seen fit
| to throw the weight Of his influence with
the house in favor of Democratic princi.
ples-because he refused to stand with
them they make his action a ground OF
complaint here and in horror cry out
against executive interference
Closing EIogy of the President.
Villas went on in the following words:
Long years hence-wnen the actors OF
| today's tempestuous scenes shall have
! passed away, the accessories of our poll
tical strife, the MISUNDERSTANDING, the
neutrality-suspicious. and all unchari-
tableness will be lost in oblivion or only
! be recalled as we now in curiosity recall
the scenes around other great figures in
the story of our national life who suffered
IN their day from unmerited calumny-
the stature of the figure of Grover Cleve-
land will rise in growing honor for his
noble character and his great and devoted
self-sacrificing service to his country, su-
| preme above detraction-
As some tall cliff that lifts is awful form.
| Swells from the va c, and midway leaves the
| storms
| Though around its breast the rolling cloI ds
| are spread.
| Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
| Withdraws His Sugar Amendment.
| In conclusion he eulogized the personal
character and public integrity of Cleve
land in the most glowing terms. declaring
with dramatic fervor that the presiden;
of the United States who had received sc
many evidences of the honor and respect
| OF the American people could not suffer
| from this upjustifiable attack of tn.
| MARYLAND senator. At the conclusion o
his speech Villas explained that, in view
| of the fact that German. Brice and Smith
| had assured him that his motion to receds
from the one-eiGhth differential in favol
of the refiners of sugar must fail, and the
Murther fact that u Democratic caucu:
had decided to agree to a further confer
euce without instructions, he would with
draw the motion.
| Voted Down free Coal and Iron.
| After some general remarks by Stewar,
against the interference of the executive
with the Legislative branch of the govern
ment Hills motions that the senate re
cede from its amendments placing n duty
of 40 cents n ton on coal and iron ore wer.
voted upon and defeated, the Republicans
except Hansbrough or North Dakota
| joining the Democrats against it. Th,
| vote stood to 65 and to Ga Irby o.
South Carolina was the only other Demo
crat except Mills who voted for free Goa
and iron.
Renewed the Villas Motion.
The populists, Allen. Kyle, and PETER
also voted in the affirmative. Washburr
of Minnesota renewed Villas motion to in
struct the conferrees TO recede from the ,
differentiGl on refined sugars, but Gra,
Immediately made the point of orde
against it that it was not competent 70
the senate to instruct in "full and free
conference. The point of order was de
bated for some time, but had not been de
cidei when the senate adjourned. Their
is no doub. however, that it will be sus
tanned and this motion ruled out.