The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-24

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until we have been compelled to sell
| bonds. We do not intend, when we get
| our Dill through, to increase the bonoeo
| debt. If we do not get our bill through
that may and probably will happen.
ihen reverting to the President, ne salo
MT. Pres dent. / speak OF the PRESIDENT
OF the United States with nothing out the
| klndest feelings. l have never IN my HE
mao anything hut the kindest feelings LOT
| MIN. L believe he is one OF the most re-
markable men in public life seen IN me
last nifty years in any civilized country IN
| the world. To elect him the hrst tlme ne
was candidate l gave my constant and
unremitting labor. | stood by him when
| ne MAD been defeated, and was one Oh the
lew who had the moral courage to walk
through the slime and filth and uphold
MIN. supported his nomination LOT the
second time, though not agreeing with the
policy OF his declarations In his message
OF 1857, aud | stood by my friend, the
Senator from Ohio (Brice). who gave to
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland his sub
| stance and his time, anu everything mat
a man can give to serve great cause. L
stood with him from the beginning OF the
campaign to the end. | was in favor OF
Mr. Cleveland's nomin alton again In 1892
as matter of policy, but stood with
the distinguished Senator from Ohio
| (Brlce) and the distinguished Senator from
| New York (HilO. who carried the battle
nag In that State, and the Senator
from North Carolina (Mr. Ransome) We
never permitted anything to stop our ef-
| forts until we placed him in this high sta
ton. We did it with an admiration for
the man, with belief he would serve his
country well. bu: | did it also in order
that we might have Democratic control in
this government | have given the Pres
ldent fair support and an honest sup
port; never subseIvient, never swayed by
the want of patronage or by patronage,
ready to stand with him on whatever was
right. He has no cause to complain
against he. l am not his debtor. Let
him answer for himself. But in the
cam paign of 1892, when mems cheeks were
blanched with fear, my friend, the junior
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. SMITH, &C
tive as was the Senator from Ohio Mr..
Brice) and |, and the distinguished Sena-
tor from New York (Mr. HID. whom |
hear now opposes the bill, went to the
front 10 lead in that campaign and made a
Democratic victory possible. starting the
frs cheer which gave hope and comfort to
the country.
The c0nfsrrees in this matter on the
part of the Senate have great duty TO
perform. There are almost irrecOnclable
differences But | want them to say 10
the conferrees on the other side, now above
all other times, the law must be observed.
Harmony can only be had by standing by
the letter of the law. You, who make
laws with US, must not violate them.
There is in this case The written and the
unwritten law, to which there is no eXcep-
ton, and that is that when one house pro-
poses to change an existing statute and
The other refuses to go so far, the house
making the radical demand shall give
way. That is the law. That Ia the GUS
tom. Whenever 1t Is insisted upon there
is no escape from ii if you intend TO have
legislation.
you can saw. Mr.. Chairman address
ing Chairman Voorhees, that while there
has been great talk about people coming
out in the open, Senator after Senator has
announced what he is bound to do as
matter of conscience if,that radical change
have free and. fair conference. l would
exclude everything except your own
thoughts. The country can say that this
body, now where We have only one ma
ioritv among the Democrats, that the great
State of Ohio and the States of New York.
New Jersey, Louisiana and Maryland step
out to the front and tell the public frankly
what ought TO have been told only in
private, and say that within the borders
of the States | have named, while they
number only five or six, there is more
manufacturing industry than in all the
States which demanded this radical change.
Say to them that at this time when the
whole world is ablaZe with the solution of
a problem in industrial affairs and want
and distress are felt. the Senators have
said to you they cannot go further. they
prefer to make a mistake for high rates
rather than TO have them too low; that it
is wise statesmaDship and patriotism to
make the tax too high and let these labor
ing people 60 to work rather than TO make
it too low and thereby keep them all in
order too. Mr.. President, with our rules
the bill stands, as / think, in the best
shape possible to get it to represent our
side to stand together with the perfect
knowledge that if we do not the bill is de-
feated. If my good friend from New
York (AIr HID or the Senator from Wis
cOnsn Villas succeeds, and any Democrat
unites with them and any of the others in
amending this bill you have the declara-
tion of enough Senators To know you de-
feat it.
"What is our duty? What did we agree
to do when we placed in your hands, Mr..
Chairman. ard you, Democratic confer
rees. the power to say what we ought To
do after careful and unfsttered conf
dencep No such confidence on the part of
all our party has ever been given to men
as we gave to you. Let this confidence
continue. Let this bill 60 back to a con-
ference on the part of the two houses.
These thunder clouds will roll by, these
flashes of lightning, these exhibitions of
temper all must clear the atm osphere and
enable the conferrees TO give new hope
and new life to the American people. ZAP
plause IN the galleries)
Senator White followed Mr. German. He
| said the question of the merits of the tariff
was infinitely superior to the question OF
taste as to the Presidents letter read in
the House. He reviewed the difficulties in
framing the tariff bill. Free coal and Tree
iron would be great boon to California.
The State pays almost the entire coal tax.
and yet this bill was cheerfuliy accepted
becau,e it was the best that could be had.