The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-24
THE SENATE MUST YIELD,



Made To-day.
WASHINGTON. July 24.--"EvsH in the
senate continued ME. ELL in his speech
in the senate this afternoon. every DEM
ocratic mem Der Of the finance commit
tee had announced himself as person
ally Ia favor Of free coal and free iron
ore. The senator from Maryland (Mr.
GormanJ. on the other hand. with that
frankness aud boldness' which was his
nature had boldly thrown aside the
mask on yesterday and had proclaimed
himself in favor Of a tariff on coal and
iron ore.
a revenue tariff" suggested Mr.
German. quietly s.A revenue tariff a.
you will" replied Mr.. Hill, @but never
theless tariff Y0u,v continued AIr.
Hill; docking Mr. German straight in
the eve. ibid not. like your colleagues,
set up the child sh defense that you had
been buncOed into supporting a duty on
coal and iron.
Nv hen Dir. Cleveland saw the senate
bill placed a duty on coal and iron ore,
the property Of he rich.' said Mr.. Hill,
.an1 removed the duty from WOOL, the
prOduct OF the farmer, lie would have
been false to himself, false to his
pledges aud false TO his party had he
not called attention to the dlscrlmin n
alton and inconsistency. he spoke too
cAndidly; too earnestly. That was why
he WAS criticised Did not these very
senators who criticised Mr. Cleveland
yesterday 60 to the president and plead
and badger and impiUre flIIn to stand by
the bill they framedI Did they not real
za how tame and weak any oil would
b. that would not have the approval OF 4
Democratic pres dentY
@OnIy yesterday he continued, "the
senator from Maryland read from tie
fareM ell address ef " ashlugG0n on tho
encroachment Of the executive. That old
tract might be read by those " hO acted
Independently Of all outside inf uencesy
but II came with poor grace from those
who stood here and admitted That they
had themselves sought the interpretation
Of the president 70 save them
Do-sn's often Befsna .hs President.
Il do not often defend the president"
said SIR. Hill, raising his voice until it
rang through the chamber. ''but today it
is my duty to do 50, and l hope / am
broad minded and Liberal Ia nded enough
10 defend him when ne is unjusLly crlti-
cIsed and attacked"
As he was saying this, there were dem
onstrAtions Of applause in the gallery
that brOke finally into applause.
A suggestion from Mr.. Hawley that
the galleries should be cleared upon d
repetition Of the cffsnse WAS jeered and
h4ssed
AIr. German said on yesterday. in
characterlzlng him (Hni) a. opponent
Of this bill, that lie could dance d waltz
down the aisle with the senator from
Rhode Island Mr.. Aidricnl
Mr.. Hill said ne was not aware that he
had been WALKING with Mr.. Aldrich, but
he remem bered last summer when Dir.
German was waItz.ng down the aisle
with Mr. Sherman, in the fight to repeal
the Sherman silver law. The New
York senator said this with
biting sarcasm and then recalled the
fact that his colleagues who were now
pr0phesying the defeat Of this tariff bill
were then loudly proclaim-ug that un-
conditional repeal could never pass; that
the struggle must be com promised.
The president WAS then the bold and
uuhInchIng champion OF unconditional
repeal sl8u said it could not pass
said Mr. I'LL, turning to the Democratic
side, but it did pass, and 1 tell you now
that while this compromise bill may pass
do not believe Is will"
Better Keep Away from White House.
lie then referred to Mr.. Germans as
seTtion yesterday that the Maryland sen
atOr. MIR. Brlce aud Mr. smith had prom
ised the Louisiana senato.s a duty on
sugar during the campaign Of 1892. He
doubted their authority to c0nstrue plat
forms. lie for one would refuse to
be delivered lie thought that if Mr.
Cieyeland7s Interference was complained
Of the best way to avoid such an en-
tanglement Ia the future was .sto keep
away from the white house as I do"
{ Laughter)
the idea that these old political foxes
Went to the White house and misunder-
stood the president is absurd"
AT Bob r. III. the senate adjourned IN
til tomorrow At ~ d clock.