The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-23
AN Open RUPTURE.
Senator German Denounees
President Cleveland in the
Senate-A Ludierous
Spectacle.


WASHINGTON, July 23. 1894.-Silence came
over the gossipping crowds in the galleries
aud the more noisy Senators and Representa-
tives on the floor when Senator Voorhees, at
twenty-five minutes past twelve called up the
conference report on the Tariff bill and Sena-
tor German dem, Md began speaking
on the subject. In an impressive manner,
the Maryland Senator told of closed fac
tories and suffering mechanics, and said
further suspense would be destructive.
1t would be destructive to the Demo
cratic party. which now controlled every
branch of the Government and he hoped
the situation would be met as became Amer
lean Senators and as became patriotic citi-
ZenS
Mr.. German said the Democrats had only
A votes for the bill. and, excepting the dis
tinguished Senator from New York Mr..
HilD who had openly and manfully opposed
the measure, there were only 43 Democratic
votes to be depended on.
Senators had voted for the bill at sacrifice
of State interests almost principle Never
before had there been such a
condition of sacrifice. When the radi-
House it had been asserted that it
could not be passed by the Senate with the
odious income attached. When the bill
went into conference, although majority
of the Democratic conferrees had been
Southern men, justice had been done by
them to every section. 10 resent
the calumnies that had been
heaped ON the conferrees he would
give a plain, unvarnished statement put
ting the responsibility wherever it belonged.
He would say now, as he would tell every
Democratic Senator privately, that no mat
ter at what sacrifice to State interests, the
paramount duty Of every democrat was to
keep the party in power.
Mr.. German made reference to President
Cleveland's letter to Chairman Wilson as the
most unusual the most unwise
letter ever penned by al Presi-
dent of the United States. On account
of this letter he was forced to talk of private
party matters in the public The honor of
his fellows also made him make the state
ment he would make.
Telling of the tariff bill conference, Mr.
German said every Democratic Senator
had been consulted with view to
reconciliug their views. Two of the
Democratic leaders had conferred with the
President, knowing that the bill would not
pass without the healt cooperation of the
Executive branch Of the Government
What the President had said gave him the
right to make the statement, as he did at the
time, that the Senate bill would receive the
endorsement of Democratic House and a
Democratic President
The great Secretary of the Treasury, him
self tariff reformer, who had seen every
amendment that was proposed or was to
be proposed, knowing the condition
that confronted his party, and want
ing to let the country know how
matters stood, published prepared state
ment on April 30, 1894 This statement was
an interview with Mr.. Carlisle about the
tariff bill, in which he said that the
bill would be passed without difficulty
That statement, said Mr.. German, had
probably wonderful effect. But it did not
stop there. The President was not ignorant
of what the Senate proposed to do. Forty
three Democratic Senators understood
and believed this. The daily papers
steted that tho President concurred with
his Secretary of the Treasury 1t was
known that he was not satisfied with the
measure. The same could be said of every
Democratic Senator, for a compromise
measure would not be satisfactory in every
particular to everybody. 1t was believed
that every Cabinet officer, every Democratic
Senator. and the President himself, were
satisfied with the compromise bill as the best
that could be had Mr. German called on
Mr.. Vest dem, Mo9 to verify this broad
statement.
Amid an intense silence Mr.. Vest some
what hesitatingly arose and told what he
knew OF the matter
Then German called on Senator Harris,
who told his little tale of woe. German then
continued scoring President Cleveland, ani
denounced almost to vulgar extent, the
Presidents actions.