New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-27
1906
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been laid before the Chief Magistrate the country
@ents were based and hoy they were dealt with n
The President expressed ne same desire inat , 30
there should be Tariff bill enacted at the present
session for the relief Of the country Bu; upon ms
charge that is made9 What Is the testimony Of the
from arkansas? asked him Ts' cd Seca anS
iron ore were proposed by the Finance COMMITTEE Tee
recsd6nf 9 70 Re senas OF tns he sb
those amendments was mentioned between MN ana
| asked him was there a sng:e conference which
he had with the President in which The President
free coal and free iron ore; and he answered truly
He said every occasion he hoped that such
words Of the PRESIDENT but in respect 10 the fact
But It was the expression Of hope and G' nG 30
they have mol up 10 this hour Now Is there man
mn Ge T0 sl whn osn S 10 say Of uc
conferences must necessarily take place when
erai principes that there was any want Of perfect
openness on his part In ne desire that thls bi oe;
fore its final perfection should carry free coa ana
Mr. Pres1snt the Senator from ON Arkan ,s doubt
statement | would be content perfectly to rest The
Tmf Of any C Of % f Wou not
be becoming in him to have interposed I; would
| conversation TO have inerposed fierce demand
that The bill. should at once. in the very process
to effect unhcaion Of Democratic opinion. to strike
out those subjects which some Senators insisted
V wond have added il the question had been adj
the h"sq sa Ma n or
| II not always within expression between them.
of o10 this bin wond not be known. tha, the result
could not be certainly predicted. until conference
cgsatIon as }hs body therefor not in any form
which had always characterizcd him he said to
the chairman OF the Ways and Means Committee
ore ' and coal to this BODY FOR Agreement With
them. that he hoped the result might be accom-
the basis Of everything that had transp'Tet. as
| Is disclosed TO us.
HEARsAY TESTIMONY.
! Mr.. President remember to have read in the
| law books In evidence. and than 10 have
| heard good Judges say jures. tha, the testimony
Of conversation Is a species of evidence 10 be care
| fully weighed and considered before results
taken; not that the particular statement should he
| doubted when a witness Of perfect credlbiiy gives
| Il: and that II the other side were heard other
facts impressed the memory OF another received
with the same significance by the nearer as felt
! perhaps by the utterer. would qualify and change
the general result to be drawn. But sir I do not
mean TO appeal to any superstition that II we heard
the other side there would be qualifications OF any
of the conclusions we may draw from ;he testimony
already produced accept it, and have NJ
in parceiving that the right Of the President
10 ase Their G ace IN s by any
proper means. was as perfectly open 20 him as
conversation
Senator from Arkansas as It would DC before
50 SIT much FOR ne charge ana spscirca,ion upon
make no other comment than 20 develop the fact
the just Inference OF fact from the testimony un-
disputed which We have before us
NOT UNwARRANTABLE INTERFERENCE.
Mr.. President. II said Of this letter that II
was an Executive Interference with the conduct OF
business before the houses OF Congress. The Tresi
dent himself has given explanation OF why
he felt It TO be his duty to write that letter: and
am entitled. first, to call attention TO his own sug
gestion Blu, II will be observed that that letter
was written az personal letter to the chairman 81
the Ways and Means Committee. and the question
OF the right to write It must be measured 10y thai
| fact and the circumstances under which was
written The President begins by saying the letter
In the senate.
MY Dear Sir: The certainty that conference.
will be Ordered between the iwo houses OF CON
gress for the purpose Of adjusting differences on ne
s sub Of f2T IN legislation makes slso eerisn
in the cause OF tarir reform My public M. has
been so closely related to the subject. | have So
longed for It's accomplishment AMI / have often
promised rs realization To my feilo" -countrymcn
as result OF their trust and confidence in tho Dem
ocratic party that | hope no excuse Is necessary
for my earnest appeal TO You that IN this crisis yoI
faiih. and sturdy adherence to Democratic pr!n-
Is that the language Of man wllfully striking
beyond the just sphere Of his official Obligation? l.
Addressing. in private Ie,,er' his feow Demo
cr a In supper Of The great princples OF h party
fight through two such trying canvasses as that
OF 1888 and that OF 1892? Can any man speak Of
such one as he. az unfair expression ~ opinion?
Why had ne any reason to think he could not speak
10 the House OF Representatives or TO member ~
that House as well as to The senate and senators
G h the 81 se yS. let cor l from
Maryland. who says that, after these amendments
pared-I certain which he had one re-
s1onsibllhy TO- gre@ter question because OF Ms
said TO the members Of the Finance Committee a.
with he diversity Of views with The excitement in
the public mind which is phenomenal growing out
possible to gather together. the basis which the
bil suggests votes to pass It unless ".
the Government, liz hearty s2o1 VIII and its
HnG h seDG ade T ha Sco% on The Of
the party in the Senate. came those interviews Of
Mi President long before this letter was written
It seems to have been the opinion Of the Senator
Executive Of the tinted States support him in an an
effort to qualify the enactment Of Democratic
dent to attempt to support them in the House Of
X pre- ZION mer without foundaton
invited by the very Senator himself who now
when they had Impressed upon him in the con,
ference which the Senator from New-York de
,be Pres,Tent Of the ned sap"s whnn nc u %
went into conference that he should call the at
tention Of the Chairman Of the Ways and Means
House OF Representatives In order to give effect to
the Democratic principle?
WASHINGTON SET A PRECEDENT
Talk about Executive interposition: talk OF it,
being without precedent and without foundation
OF reason. In the very first Congress that assem-
bled at the adoption Of the Constitution OF the
United States when that same great and noble
man whose farewell address 10 his countrymen
was read the other day was In the executive
chair for the first time. he who had himself pre-
sided over the Constitutional Convention that
framed this Constitution of ours. who knew the
sentiment which II had been constructed, and
which governed the duty of "A eistrate- that
same first. great and illustrious man the
Senate of the United States in person, accom-
panied by MS Secretary OF War. and took his seat