Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-24

to put the President Of the United States
on trial by Impeachment These Senator's
detailed private conversations with the Pres
ident. They admit the President at all times
urged free raw material Yet they inferred
or concluded or supposed that he wanted the
Senate bill And in view of this Spprehen-
sion or the Presidents wishes IL was but
natural that he should wri. an honest
frank and manly letter to Chairman Wilson
Surely the President never could have said
anything TO these Senators which bound him
frretrievably to the Senate bill, as they
would have 1t understood.
Tribute to Mr.. Cleveland.
have known him long and WE'LL con-
tinued Mr.. Hill. and whatever may have
been our differences. one thing 1 know well
OF him. He considers public questions
slowly. deliberately. honestly. sincerely. He
says but little. He weighs all carefully"
The President did not indulge in idle and
random comment. said MI. Hill. These
Senator'S. therefore had discussed a subject
IL general terms. They had not received
the matured and well-weighed opinion of
the President He had not attempted to
pass in deliberate judgment on the flood of
propositions they presented to him.
Mr. Fill defended himself against the ref
erences of Mr. German and other Senators
concerning his position on the tariff bill.
He referred to his past speeches in the lines
of tariff reform. In them he never failed
raw material
The Senator says / am an opponent of
TINS Dill Then let ii be So, said Mr.. Hill,
with vehemence.
Dill The people are opposed to it. The
House of Representatives. is opposed to it.
The President of the United States is OPP
posed TO IT, III. therefore, / am opposed to
II, l lind myself in good company"
While Mr.. Hill was saying this Or Cor
man arose from his sea; and went about en-
the democratic side holding whispered con-
ferences with his colleagues
His Attitude ON Imcome Tax,
Contina.>s. MIR. Hill again defined his at
utude In opposition to the income tax. after
which he pointed out the inconsistency of
fis democratic colleagues when they placed
duty on coal and iron On the ground of
revenue and left wool untaxed. A revenue
tartn bill must be consistent. His own idea
was that all articles should bear their due
proportion of taxation except the neees-
saries of life. like tea. coffee. sugar. &c,
unless the absolute ,exigencies of the treas
Try demanded a revenue duty On sugar
MI Gornian said on yesterday, in charac-
terizinS him tHilD as an opponent of this
Dill, that ne could dance a waltz down the
(Mr. Aldrich}
Mr. Hill was not aware that he had beer,
waltZlng with Mr. Aldrich. but he reraer.l-
beret last summer when MIR. German was
waltzlns down the aisle with Mr.. Sherman
n the night to repeal The Sherman silver
Jaw The New York Senator said this with
biting sarcasm He recalled the fact that
his colleagues who were now prophesying
the defeat Of this tariff bill were then loudly
ProcidlinlnS that unconditional repeal could
never pass; that the struggle must be COM
promised.
The President was then the bold and I'M
HlnchinS champion of unconditional repeal
GU said Ii could not pass said Mr. Hill
turilnS to the democratic side but if ai,:
pass and tell you now. while this compro-
Lllse Dill may pass, L do not believe ii Will"
ne thea referred TO Mr.. Germans asser-
hat h.
MI Brice and Mr.. Smith. had promised the
louisisna senators duty on sugar during
TIE campaign of 1892. He doubted their
authority to constrne platforms.
better Keep A,vny From tI,e white
House.
He. for one. would refuse to be delivered
He thought that if Mr.. Clevelands Interior
ence was complained of the best way to
AVOID such an ENHANCEMENT in the future
was to keep away from the White House.
as 1 do" Q-auShter)
The idea that these old political foxes had
eo3e % the White House and had mlsunder-
stood the President was absurd IL was
childish for them 20 come back mere ana
plead that they had been overreached by
one ambitious President"
L shall vote to perfect this bill - coptin
ued Mr. Hill, Il shall vote for free coal
free iron ore. and free sugar"
III the Senate recedaS from every amend
ment placed upon the bill as it came from
You vote for it?"
II will cross the bridge when I come tn
1t. replied Mr.. Hill. parrying the thrust of
the astGte Senator from MARYLAND ..Rut
you have said he added quickly that the
Senate VIII not rece1e and You are perfectly
safe IN making that bluff"
w ny don't you call it?" inquired Mr..
Lindsay, naiyely.
THE Senator understands the terms of
the national game better than / do" re-
torted Mr.. Hill.
Mr. Hin closed his speech with the keen
est piece of satire that has been heard dur
ing the debate.
Shakespearcnn Satire.
THE Senator from Maryland has sought
to term me the Iago OF the Senate" laid he.
Il might respond with drafts upon Shakes
pearean characters. In that case / would
term the Senator from Maryland as the
Cassius OF the Senate. U-ong iaughter) We
all recall Cassius-the lean and hungry
Cassius."
Mr.. Hill leaned over and addressed HIM
self almost directly to Mr.. German.
And the Senator from Arkansas l would
call Marcus Brutus. 1t is the Senator from
Arkansas who had labored so earnestly for
this bill HE is the honest BrutuS OF the
Senate Q-ong laughterD And Casca is the
name of the Senator who struck the first
blow on Friday last (SIr. VesO.
'Trebonius is the Senator from Indiana
Testy yet earnest And Metellus Climber is
fhe Senator from Tennessee GIr. Harris)
Having thus characterized the Senator'S
amid great laughter. Mr.. Hill added, I'VE
all remember the cabal which struck down
Caesar, and when, yesterday, these
Senators sought to strike down our Presi-
dent. they made the mistake that had been
male before. Not that they loved Caesar
less. but that they loved Rome more Not
that they loved the President less but that
they loved the Senate compromise more"
Then, pausing for a moment, MIR. Hill
closed with sarcastic deliberations: But /
can say with AnthOny they are all hon.
CRADLE men"
MIR. Cafery's Sugar Resolution.
Mr.. Caffery Qa.) followed Mr.. HILL first
Offering 4 resolution inS tructing the con-
ferees to prepare a new schedule continuing
the. bounty this year, and levyins u duty on
d:nt<ent grades thereafter, In accordance
with the demands of the sugar planters.
Mr. Caffery then commended Senator Hill
tor his defense of the President, and de-
CARED that there was nothing in the letter
which need rouse the ire of the Senators
who felt themselves aSgrieved, and did not
call for the denunciation of the Senator
from Maryland. He then read an extract
from the letter and commented upon it in
favorable terms.
The President ExOneratcd.