The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-24


had from his administration" Laughter
AS the laughter continued Hill arose,
and, with good-natured deliberateness
said: 'In the last proposition l will say
the Senator from Maryland is entirely cor
rect"
German asserted that the New YORK
Senator had throughout attempted 10
thwart his party. Never before since the
declaration of independence had fresi-
dent of the United States been guilty OF
such a violation of the spirit OF the consti-
tuition as had Cleveland in writing his let-
ter to Chairman Wilson. German had
! Black burn read an extract from Washlns-
toms farewell address about the encroach-
ment of the executive on the powers Oh
Congress as subversve of the principles
| of the republic
He referred to the great political excite
ment attending the Hsyes-I1lden contro-
yersy and the lear of the concentration OF
the army in Washington. Forms OF law
had averted that catastrophe; there had
been. he went on. no further concentra-
ion of power Conference committees
! had been free from outside Influence. ne
! liberty of the Senate had been invaded,
| but the truth would rise, he SAID, 10 thun-
derous tones, Though thousand hireilngs
write US down and traduce.
The President" he continued. mad
said il would be dishonorable to tax coal
and iron. The House, parrot.like. re-
peated the cry. Men who set up high
Standards" continued the Senator,
"should come to US with clean hands"
He urged that the House, If it had been
consistent, would have placed all raw ma
terials on the free list. He enumerated
| other raw materials which the House
| had made dutiable. He denied that II was
either Democratic doctrine or in accord
ance with the Democratic platform to place
| coal and iron on the free list. He enumer-
ated the amount of The tax on coal placed
by different Democratic Congresses.
The same bill you speak Of" inter-
rupted Hill. placed wool and timber on
the dutiabls list"
They did, replied German, and ne pro-
ceeded TO declare that the Democratic
platform did not demand free raw mater
ial. He went back 20 he platform Of 1884,
on which he SAID Cleveland was cleo ed
''by the grace of God and great deal of
hard work" 1t did not provide for free
raw materials. The bill prepared by his
distinguished radical friend (Mr. Mills)
placed 70 cents duty on coal.
Il was in the same situation then" in
terrupted Mr.. Mills, that l am now. l
was In the hands OF half dozen men who
forced a duty on coal. 1t was not my
choice"
Il am not attacking you," said M. Cor
man, deprecatingly.
gu said l IRE AIRED bill with tax on
coal in it," replied MIR. Mills, holly.
Mr.. German then said the history of the
convention of 1888, where he said the rad
icals were in the saddle. showed that a
resolution was adopted indorsing the Mills
bill. Mr.. Cleveland accepted il and stood
on it. He referred to the pla torn declar-
alton in 1892. prepared by Mr.. Cleveland's
friends, commenting the House for going
in the direction of free raw materials
The radical resolution sprung in the con-
vention was pushed by those who desired
to defeat Cleveland's nomination, but they
did not defeat his nomination. No one
expected Mr.. Cleveland to stand ON that
radical plank, and his letter was looked
forward to with anxiety. In 1t Mr.. Cleve-
land declared specifically against the de-
struction of any industry and in favor of
"freer raw materials"
"That letter." said Mr.. German, turned
the tide and elected Mr.. Cleveland Presi-
dent"
Revertng again to the duty on coal
German argued that 40 cents a ton was
purely a revenue duty. Free coal, he said,
would give to a single foreign corporation
all the coal trade from Boston north Free
coal would not benefit any man or woman
in the country. Who demands it? he
asked. As the professional. as the rhetOr-
ical tariff IefOrmer said, it would cheaper
the cost of manufacturing yet mathemaii-
cally free coal would not give the manu-
factursr more than tnree-tourths of per
cent on manufacturing There was but
one great concern on the face OF the earth
that wanted free coal. In Nova Scotia
there was deposit of coal as broad and
as high as any on the face of the earth.
The Government OF Canada had controlled
il. Five years ago the Dominion Govern
msnt was induced to change its policy.
The small leases were wiped out. The
Canadian Pacific, that great artery of
Great Britain, together with men from the
United States. associated themselves to-
getber and secured niUety-nine-year
lease of this coal land Oh condition that
they would pay into the Canadian treas
ury II cents ton royalty. If coal were
free the coal of Nova Scotia would dis
place that of the United States in New
England and the treasury of Canada
would be enriched by money that ought to
60 into the treasury of the United States.
God knows we have enough trusts"
said Mr.. German. Il will never consent
to allow this mammoth foreign corporation
to invade our territory and take the sub
stance away from our people"
Mr.. Germans reference to the sugar
question was In the following words
Mr.. President. there is only one other
serious proposition, as l understand il, in
volyed in this controversy-the subject of
sugar. Our friends on the other side, with
great generalship, saw the weak spot in
our line from the beginning. In the con-
struction of the Mckinley bill they made
free sugar the pivot, so they might increase
the duty on their own wares and the out
put of their own factories They attempt
ed to secure free sugar by fighting us
when we attempted to reverse their Nc
Kinley act, outwitting US by going back
aud putting upon The dutis BILE list an arti-
Gle which they put upon the free list
They managed it we'll. They knew how
to stir up the animosties and the feelings
which are natural with us against duties
on ANYTHING whatever. They used the
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