The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-24
MAJ the senate Bill IS Every
OBsTINACY WON'T DO.
The House Bill Has the Sym
pathy of Everybody
The Press, Democratic Masses
and President Back 1t.
we QisapprOved.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Every seat in
the galleries was again filed today when
the senate met Resumption of the
heavy firing against the executive was
anticipated The strain and excitement
was almost as intense as when the senate
conveyed yesterday. The senators them
selves were slow in arriving. most of
them remaining in the cloak rooms until
the morning business was completed
Senator Villas of Wisconsin, who was
expected to defend the president against
some of the asperslons cast upon him
yesterday. was, however, on nand early,
and so was Senatot- Hill of New York,
who was also billed for a speech
When at 12.2S, Mr. Harris, the floor
manager Of the tariff bilL called up the
conference report almost every seat on
the door was filed Mr.. Hill was his
feet and was at once recognized for
speech. It was agreed, he said. at the out
set. with Mr.. German that the Democratic
party was in the midst of a great crisis
The Democratic party after such long
struggle in the minority, had at last been
intrusted with power 1t had gone to
work to redeem the pledges it had made
The greatest of these was that Of tar
if reform The house had passed a tar
iff bill which. aside from the income tax
feature. seemed would meet with gener-
al satisfaction and approval AS il pass
ed the senate, however after long and
weary months of debate, it was not salts
factory and violated the pledges Of the
party. It weat to conference The
house conferrees we're confronted with
the fact that the senate had made the
bill Inconsistent; had made it unworthy
Of Democratic support
They rejected the duty on coal and iron
ore. They refused to yield and there
was no hope that they would yield If
they insisted upon their attitude and the
hist safI f.rr
legislation was at end His (Hurs) mo-
tion that the senate recede from the coal
and iron duties was in the line of an
agreement. It would do no good to OBJ
sunately. adhere to the position taken
when the bill was passed
do You See signs OF YisIdIng2''
tDO you see any signs of yielding on
the part of the hOusee" he asked, ad-
dressing his Democratic colleagues
Backed by the public press of the
country, by the Democratic masses, and
the president Of the United States. as it
undoubtedly is, the house will not yield
Why not yield on these two points and
see whether il does not lead to an agree
ment."
lie was not, he said, talking about Mr..
Villas motion to recede from the differ
ential in favor Of the sugar trust But
concessions must and should be made if
the bill was to become a law.
Mr.. Hill said he sympathized with the
presidents letter to Chairman Wilson.
Its sentiments were his The president
violated no clause of the constitution
when he sent the letter He had the
right To do it. 1t was private commu-
nication. The question as to making it
public was one to be decided BY its
sender and receiver. 1t WAS not one for
the senators to do. No Democrat on this
floor could controvert the position taken
by Mr.. Cleveland Ia that letter.
He saw that to place a duty on coal
and iron would be to violate the platform
declarations OF the party and would
place the party, whose success he de-
sired, in a false and indefe0sible posi-
ton The Democrats of the country
were in sympathy with Mr.. Cleveland.
Democratic clubs and Democratic con
ventiOns all over the country had in
dorsed the Wilson bill in respect to free
raw materials. On the other hand the
senate bill had been received everywhere
with-signs of disapprovaL