The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-24

WHICH the piii haEkeheAN<f''SN N"'N' votes in the senate to pSs the bill uniess we have the co-operiy.on of the executive branch of the gtSrnment. its hearty good will and iIe, sarnest support Of what we are 10 dc<- scna- tors Vest and Jones. in chargeT the bill. considered with the exsytive branch and with their fellows iyths other house who were active In frato ,s tho original measure. So when we W informed that this thorough co-opei< ton. this hearty support WAS had we went on to secure the passage of the bill. On May 23. when we had reached that consummation. I stated to the senate that this bill (meaning the bill with the Jones amendments) is a demo- cratic measure of tariff reform which merits and. I believe. will receive every democratic vote in this body, the endorsement of democratic hols and the signature of democratic ,rssl- dent This bill was in line with the democratic promise. There was no principle compromised. It was purely a revenue bill. with no duties levied higher than the revenue standard. and no favoritism to any interest. Then, as was understood. the great secretary of the treasury. himself tariff reform CT of the foremost, who had scanned every amendment which was to be pro- posed. wanting to let the country know that the administration was in which the party could with honor stand upon. published in the Washington Post on April 30 the statement which will ask to have read"
 Mir. Cockrell then read the statement of MT. Carlisle given out April 29.favor- ing a compromise measure.
 "Such." continued MT. German, "was the declaration of the secretary. That statement had a wonderful effect. But for 1t I do not believe we ever should have succeeded in getting together. But the matter did not stoy there. But president was not ignorant of what we proposed to do. Nothing was concealed from him. The papers announced on the day following the interview with MT. Carlisle that the president himself con cured with his great secretary.
 Every prominent amendment to the bill was as well known to him as to me. Neither the president nor his secretary was in love with all the provisions of these amendments. As 1t was a compro- mise measure 1t was not satisfactory to a single human being on this side of the chamber in all its details. But as a whole the structure, as presented, was recognized as the best possible to pass through this body, and no suggestion from the president through his cabinet or by any member of this body ever in- timated that there was any violation of democratic principle in anything we did," MT. German then asked Messrs. Vest and Jones if his statement varied a hairs breadth from truth.
 MT. Vest said: "I have never spoken to the president upon this subject, nor have I seen him since he did me the honor to send for me during the pen dency of the bill repeating the purchas- ing clause of the Sherman act. The sec retary, while we were working upon the tariff bill, was frequently in our com mittee room, and distinctly gave us to understand that the greatest possible calamity which could come to the dem- ocratic party and to the country would be the failure to pass bill to take the place of the Mckinley act. He dis tinctly impressed upon the members of the committee his opinion that no diff erence of opinion in regard to rates or duties should prevent the passing of tariff bill during this session."
 MT. Vest stated that he had been opposed to any of the amendments made by MT. Jones, but the latter had told him that the secretary had passed upon every one of the amendments and agreed to them, and had also seen the president, who had told him that the bill as proposed to be amended would be acceptable. MT. Vest then gave his personal opinions. He did not know until the letter to MT. Wilson was read in the house that the president was against the bill as passed by the sen- ate.
 MT. Jones, dem., of Arkansas, sub- stantiated all that MT. Vest had said. He said that in day or two after his conference with MT. Carlisle he had called on the president and asked if the secretary of the treasury had ex- plained to him the proposed changes. The president said he had. MT. Jones then said: MT. President, will not take one step further in this matter.un- less this proposed compromise meets the approval of the administration. It must be endorsed by you and the secre- tary of the treasury or I will go no fur ther."
 The president had then said to him that he would do and say anything he could to effect this compromise; that it was wise thing and proper thing to do.
 Replying to a question by MT. Villas, MT. Jones said: 'In every conversation had with the president coal and iron were mentioned. Loud applause.) In every one of these conversations the president said that he earnestly hoped that free coal and free iron ore could be brought out of the compromise. But in no solitary word was coal and iron ore on the dutiable list complained of" Renewed applause)
 MT. German then asked MT. Harris. dem., of Tennessee, to say whether the statements made by Messrs. German, Vest and Jones were substantially cor rect.
 MT. Harris said he had two converse. tions with the president concerning the bill and he understood distinctly that the president was earnestly interested in having the bill passed with the con