Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-26
He Speaks as the Presidents Per.
sonal and Political Friend.
MR. GORMAN'S CHARGES ANSWERED
A High Tribute Paid to Senator
Hill.
NJ A NY BILLS ASSEU

oratorical pyrotechnic display was over for
the present unless the republicans seized
the opportunity to harass their political
adversaries.
BY agreement IT was decided not 10 cali
up the conference report on the tarifr
bill until O'Clock
The House bill to provide an Ameri.
can register for the schooner Astoria was
| passed, also a Senate bfil to provide an
American register for the steamer Oceanic.
On motion of Mr.. Hunton (va) a resolu.
tion directing the Secretary of the Treas.
ury TO transmit a list of claims I'm the
hands OF the accounting officers of the
government, also all claims passed upon
by the Court of Claims requiring appro-
Mr.. Aliens resolution calling on the At
torney General for copies of all corre-
spondence with railroad officials in COM
nection with the recent strike.
Bills on the Calendar Taken I'm.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
bills the calendar The following hills
were passed: To provide for the location
and satisfaction of outstanding military
bounty land warrants and certificates OF
location under section Of the act of 1855:
TO grant an increase of pension TO Eliza X,
starr; to retire mates in the United States
navy; to amend the act Of April "a. 1894,
authorizing the construction of a steel
bridge over StLouis river between Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota; for the applics ton of
the accretions of the Caracas Uenezuelal
awards of 1868 to the new awards made
In 1889 and 1890; to retire William ii. Hugo
as nrst lieutenant Of cavalry.
Mr.. Mcpherson IN. JD Interrupted the
orsioeratton of bills on the csleniar to
ask indefinite leave of absence His re-
quest was based upon persistent illness
caused by bad air in the Senate chamber.
The request was granted. Other bills were
passed as fC Cllows:
Other BtlIs Pa..ed.
To authorize certain persons 10 accept
decorations and testimonials from the Ha.
waiian government: for the relief of BENZ.
F. Potect; to authorize the state of Mono
tana to make selections from certain pub.
lie lands; to authorize Commander Dennis
w. Mullan. United States navy, to accept
a medal presented 10 him by the Chilean
government; to remove the bar of the STAT
ute of limitations and give the right OF
appeal to laborers having claims upon the
government under the eight-hour law; TO
pension Mary +. Trickey; to provide for
the sale of the old custom house at Louis.
vile: to prohibit the interment OF bodies in
Graceland cemetery. in the District of Co.
lumbia-
To provide for an Investigation relative to
the work and wages OF women and children;
for the relief OF p. s. Corbett; for the relief
of James n. Townsend; for the relief OF
Samuel Fftzhugh. administrator OF the &C.
tate of Henry Fitzhugh; donating con-
demned cannon to the ST. Lawrence State
Hospital at Ogdenburgh. n. "; concerning
lease of land in the Yellowstone National
Park: for the relief Of Andrew Gray: su.
thorizing the sale Of United States title to a
tract IN Montgomery county. Md: for dis
posal Of acoretion Of Virginia indemnity
fund.
To authorize the payment 20 Rear Ad.
Of his grade.
The Tariff Report Again.
AT o'clock Mr.. Jcnes called up the con.
ference report on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Villas CWis) was Immediately recog.
rized, but yielded to Mr.. Quay Pa.D. who
withdrew the sugar amendments ne offered
just before adjournment last night.
Mr.. Gray Oel) suggested the absence Of
a quorum, and the absentees came trooping
in. in response TO the summons OF the cleo
trio bells.
There was general air Of expectancy,
All present felt that something OF import
ance was about to occur. MIR. Rrice tOhio)
came in and held a whispered consultation
with Mr. Villas.
senator Villas Defends the President.
1t was expected that the Ohio Senator
would make a statement before Mr. Villas
proceeded, but he did not do so. The Wis
consin Senator began his speech by saying
that an extraordinary scene occurred on
Monday last in the Senate. IL was evident
he intended to defend the President. A
democratic Senator. said he. saw fit to at
thought, or If there was a precedent. IL
was one that ought TO be Stunned instead
of followed. IL was a personal assault upon
the President and his character
He had hoped, he said, that the remarks
of Mr.. German and those who Joined with
him on that occasion would have appeared
In the Record before he dMr Nilas) re-
piled. But, he went sarca stically he
presumed the engagements of the MARYLAND
Senator were pressing that he had had
no time to revise them. Mr.. Villas con-
sidered IL mis- duty TO reply 10 that assault
he would speak as the personal as well
as the political friend of the President
he re1oiced in the honor OF Mr. Cleve.
lands friendship. 1t was pride to him,
OF the rewards. few and stinted, that come
to public men, one of the greatest that had
come TO him was the intimate association
with that lofty and distinguished man.
The President Landed.
II was his honest testimony TO his char.
acter that never at any momen; Of tempta.
tion. either political on personal. had he
failed TO see in Mr.. Cleveland the pure
white light OF an upright purpose For
such man nc saw fit to say some words
not in defense Ohe needed none) but some
correction Of a discoloration OF facts nv
which Mr. Clevelanl had been placed in a
false light before the country. lie would
make this statement I'm behalf of Tho truth
of history. What were the points of accu-
sation," inquired Mr. Villas in the re-
markable assault 10 which have alluded?''
ilt itSifltcus Sditl. mat Mr.. frOfInan
was absent from the Senate chamber
The first accusation. he proceeded was
that the President was open TO the charrs
OF duplictty. That was lased upon a letter
in which Mr.. Cleveland EXPRESSED the bons
that iron and coal should go on the free
list in the tariff bill. The second was the
executive had by that encroached on the
preroeatives OF Congress. and third. that
the President had traduced the senate.
Those charges were true or false not as a
matter OF argument, bUt q matter Of
fact.
Fncts Rs TO Coal aud Iron
with regard 20 coal and iron ore. LET
Us examine the facts" said Mr.. Villas.
And desire 10 say here that am under
deep obligations 10 the Senator from New
York, who never in his public career made
such an able exposition of any subject as
he did on Tuesday last"
His high tribute To Senator Hill caused
suspicion of a smile on the faces of many
In the chamber.
The Presidents Position on Raw
Materials.
Nr. Villas thon reviewed at length the