Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
A SENSATIONAL SPEECH.

ana u Dig attendance on tne HOOr. AT
1928 the conferrees' report was laid
before the Senate, and Senator Cor
man (dem., Md arose and addressed
the senate, speaking from carefully
prepared notes.
Senator German said no one more
than he appreciated the gravity of the
situation. He drew graphic picture
of the anxiety with which the country
awaited the fate of the bill, the idle
factories, the closed workshops and
the unemployed Further suspense
was neither to the best interests of
the country nor of the democratic
party. He hoped that the senators
would meet the situation as became
patriotic men and duty-bound demo-
Gratis.
He paid high tribute to Senators
Vest, Jones, Voorhees, and Harris,
those brave men whose laborious work
hid at last accomplished the feat of
adjusting the differences between SEN
ate and house and had made the pas
sage of any bill possible
Denounced the President.
The infamous calumnies heaped
upon Vic hcduS VI Jle ScHdUe IOTceu
from his lips, he said, a plain, un-
vanished statement of the facts. He
would make it with malice toward
none. In patriotism the democrats of
the senate had gone to work to save
the country and keep their party in
power, when suddenly in the midst of
the struggle came the presidents let
ter.
"It was the most uncalled for, the
most extraordinary, most unwise COM
munication," said he, in bitter tones,
that ever came from a president of
the United States. 1t places this body
in position where it's members must
see to it that the dignity and honor of
this chamber must be preserved. 1t
places me in a position where must
tell the story as it occurred The limit
of endurance has been reached"
Received Their Endorsement.
Senator German then emphatically
declared that during the progress of
the committees work in revising the
house bill Senators Vest and Jones
had frequent conferences with Secre-
tary Carlisle and oftentimes with
President Cleveland himself. He
charged directly that every one of the
senate amendments had been seen
by Secretary Carlisle and scanned
by him before. they were agreed upon.
He drew from his desk and had
read an interview with Secretary
Carlisle on April 80 in which the sec
retary of the treasury gave the same
| bill his sweeping Endorsement. The
secretary of the treasury necessarily
| spoke in a great measure for the
president in matters relating to his de-
partment. On the morning following
the publication of that interview the
papers announced that the president
was in entire accord with his great
secretary of the treasury. If that was
not true then the forty-two demo
cratic senators on this side of the
chamber had been misled.
| Best That Could Be Had.
AS compromise Senator German as
serted that the bill as completed was
satisfactory to not a single, solitary
human being in all it's details, but as
a whole the structure presented was
acceptable as the best bill that could
be passed. There was no suggestion
anywhere, either from the president
or the secretary of the treasury that
the bill as modified was violation OF
the democratic principle.
Verified the Statement.
With dramatic emphasis Senator
German called upon Senators Vest
Jones and Harris to bear testimony a.
| fn ,yha fhar bis Sta tananfS had uariar
a hairs breadth from the truth. Lei
the people have the truth" said he, a.
he paused.
Senator Vest arose. He began by
saying that he had not himself seer
the president since the repeal of the
Sherman law last summer, but with the
secretary of the treasury he had fre
quent conversations. Mr.. Carlisle haC
repeated and distinctly stated to hin
that the greatest possible calamit,
that could happen would be tn,
failure of any bill. He had distinctl.
stated to him that no difference il
way of the consummation of SOM
scheme of tariff reform. His colleague
Senator Jones, had seen both Mr.. Car
Isle and Mr.. Cleveland and they hat
both declared that the bill was accept
able to them. Senator Jones said:
II told the secretary OF the treasury, after h
had approved the BILL to lay it before tn
president. He promised to do SO. The mex
day called on the president and asked him
Secretary Carlisle had done So The presiden
said yes. l then said wanted to know tn
attitude of the administration toward the bill
He must. told him, indorse 1t or woul
not go farther with it, The president said h
| approved of what we had done, and would d
ali in his power to effect compromise"
Senator Villas jumped up with
question. During that interview,
he said to Senator Jones, was any
thing said by you about putting dut
on coal and iron?"
yes" Senator Jones exclaimed: ''
told him distinctly that this duty ha
been put on"
President Wanted Free Coal and Iron.
, But" persisted Senator Villas
"was there single interview betwee
l "a 4 l.. Ill. 4.