St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-21
SUPPORTED BY HILL.
New York's Senator IndorSeS
All the Presidents Letter
EXCEPT THE SUGAR PORTION.
Democracy Committed to the
Wilson Bills Principles.
THE SENATE MUST YIELD.
Senator Vest Defends the Ac-
tion Of the Senate.
DEA0CRATS DO THE TALKING.

DEMOCRATS DO HE IALKIRG.
WASHINGTON, July 2o.-Today was
bne of dramatic interest in the senate,
for the fate of'the tariff bill Of 1894 de-
pended upon the course pursued in the
upper branch of congress. The friends
the tariff bill wore anxious faces, and
more than once during the dav felt that
the very danger point had been reached.
The enemies of the bill at times be-
lieved they would be able to defeat it.
When the adjournment came the situa-
tion was still perpleXing. The senate
proceedings were of a peculiar nature,
in that the debate was carried on en-
tirely by the Democrats. save a brief
speech by Senator Sherman and ques-
tion by Senator Aldrich. The princi-
pal speeches of the day were
those of Senators Hill and Vest,
though others contributed to the inter-
est of the occasion. Senator HllPS
prsition indorsing the president in en-
phatic terms was one OF the most con-
spicuous incidents of the day. Senator
Vest took occasion to talk i'll plaln
terms i'll defense of the rights OF the
senate and house to manage their confer
ence without executive interference.
His criticism of the presidents course
and the action of Mr.. Wilson was more
severe than was expected. He spoke
for the finance committee and the po-
sition of the senate conferees. The
action of Senator Villas i'll preceding
his speech with melton TO strike out
the eighth-ceht differeutial on sugar
was
AN ADDITIONAL SENSATION
of a sensational day, from the fact that
it was probable that the motion would
carry. 1t caused CONSERVATION until it
was found that the motion may be de-
clared out of order.
The statements Of Senator Smith and
Senator Blanchard were important as
indicating that change in the sugar
schedule might mean the loss Of their
votes, while Senator Blanchard stated
decidedly that he would not vote for the
bill if this change were made. Senator
Gray's vigorous speech was enlivened
by brisk colloquy with Senator Hill.
The exciting days proceedings closed
with an affirmative motion to adjourn
over until Monday.
The preliminary routine business was
transacted in pertunctory way. Sem
ator Voorhees,, chairman of the finance
committee, arose and called up the con-
ference report on the tariff bill. With
out word of explanation he yielded
the floor TO Senator Smith, of New Jer-
sey, who arose and read carefully pre-
pared speech. He had hoped, he said,
when the bill passed the senate two
weeks ago. that it had been perfected.
But the events of the last twenty
hours had confronted the Democratic
party with the possibility of the failure
of ali tariff legislation at this session.
If so, the responsibility must be placed
where it belonged. He criticised the
president for violating" the principles
of his party in attempting TO interfere
with the prerogatives of the legislative
branch of the government. but declared
that he
SHOUT. D NEVER BE INTIMIDATED
by threat Sfrom the president, or by the
utterances of his party associates at the
other end of the capitol, who had been
SO uproariously applauded.
He called attention to the differences
between the situation in the house and
the seuate. He reviewed the events IN
the house, which eliminated in the
passage of a bill With the loss of seven
teen Democratic votes in that body. In
the senate all was changed. Every
Democratic vote was needed to pass 6
bill if it was to be passed as party
measure, and the members of the
finance committee went herOically Il
work to harmoniZe the differences eX.
isting on the Democratic side. They
had accomplished that purpose to theil
everlasting credit, be it said. He haC
been one Of those who had stood out fo
concessions in the interests of his con
stituents. He made no cOncealment o
his position then; he made none now
He then proceeded to deliver CLOWN!
eulogy of the tariff bill as it passed tn
senate, which, unlike the house bill, h.
declared, contained no menace to tn
industries of the country, and had no
been framed by men from Sparsely set
tied districts, who knew nothing of tn
great commercial interests of the
United States. He asserted that tn
trainers of the house bill. and a larg
proportion of the Democratic party
were not tariff reformers, but were fre,
traders.
The president, in his letter acceptin
the nomination, had favored not free
but freer raw materials. He proceede
to point cut the reductions that tn
senate bill made on coal, iron and lea
ore, and detailed at length the reductio
on other schedules. Then the speake
TOUCHED ON SUGAR.
a majority of eighty-three in tn
house had enabled that body, he saiS
to ride rough shod over the wishes
the representatives of the sugar-pr,
ducing states, and. in the face of til
presidents protest. the chairman of til
ways aud means committee propose
to place sugar, raw and refined, q
the free list In a separate bill
He then devoted some time
an exposition of the situation with re
erence to sugar, raw and refined, CO
tending that the proposed reduction
the senate bill was one OF the bigge