The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-10
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.
The Cleveland Four Hundred.
N. Y Sun

N. Y Sun
In the Senate on Monday of last week Sena
tor Aldrich OF Rhode Island made this state.
ment:
am informed and believe that three hundred
anenlmens have been agreed upon at the con.
some OF the Democratic members of the Senate
,s nnanee COMMITTEES The Senator from Indiana the
| other day stated that uttered an untruth when
maae statement similar to this"
Mr.. Voorhees,. the chairman of the commit
tee on finance. then replied:
II say again here today IL is not true; not one
word OF y. Doubtless there amendments in
statement this morning II is merely conjeciurai az
pss 10 whai may happen, bat when the senator from
am here to say that his statement is not correct
Then the fiery free trader. Mills Of Texas,
Indignantly denied any knowledge of what
was going on. and asserted his right of inde-
| pendent action:
.o The gentleman says he understands there are
svJ amendments. He has knowledge Of what is
golng on In our party that do not have and r
wnat Is going on in the secret chamber of Demo-
cratic councils Suppose there are 800 or 5000
anmendmens, and know nothing about them, II
they do not meet my approval when they are
brought before this body, shall take pleasu e in
voting against them. SO far as concerned, /
am going otry to aid in making a Democratic
measures and 1 an going to do my best to make IL
democratic measure"
The suave Palmer of Illinois joined in de-
nouncng the idea that any pressure from the
White House could influence Democratic
Senator's:
TIE ooay = not now the most popular part Of
be said that the Secretary OF the treasury Is nre
scriblng the law for the government Of the mem
the president of the finance commit ee has spoken'
no Senator dare open his mouth, what would be
tne enect OF the impression that would reach the
i would haoa
would be dsgraced already IL any Senator had
parted with his right to present his opinions and
act upon them."
Then Voorhees,. the chairman. got the floor
again and made this positive announcement
of his own intentions with regard to further
amendments:
'wbile on my feet may as wefi Ms mt another
time say that have made all the CONCESSIONS IN
the rection OF trusts TO the z. eat protected
industries that ! shall make have gone The limit
ihere VIII doubtless be amendments. am resdy
TO make anendrdk nts. for Instance in the admins
lratiye features of the meas The admini-tra-
tax should be willing TO amend; but as TO inter.
ferins with its vitality, its amount its substance
to couceding anything % tn e Sugar Trust or any-
thing more on the subject Of sugar, shall not 20
hairs breadth further"
So adebate. which as Mr.. Voorhees, truth
fully predicted will be historic" ran On in
the Senate. 1t eliminated in an extraord-
nary and apparently alcoholic attack by SEN
ator Tnrpie of Indiana upon Mr. Aldrich for
alleging that 200 amendments had been agreed
upon in conference between Mr. Cleveland's
representative. the Secretary of the Treasury.
and certain members of Mr.. Voorhees,
finance committee:
'rhrec lies, gross. pslpabe; three lies bsseiy
there no way Of defeatIng tls consideration Of a
bill. or OF delaying It, except b deliberate false
" tn respect % other matters before us. never
before usy Today the honorable senator from
ard says, in the first place. that there is biz
being prepared by the Secretary OF the Treasury to
considered. dii not understaId the honorable
senator very exactly, but the honorf BILE Senator |
sss sana say. as there are either
oeen agreed 70 by the majority OF the committee
hnance, thirdly, that the present bin has never
5 not the bill Which the committee Aon ON
inancs ,;n intend to present to this body for is
shich for the last ten or twenty days have been
,ircuIatingg Who is the father, who is the au- |
lble Senator from Rhode Islandq He is equal TO
ssn paternity. ne might doubtless claim the
lotions, such falsehoods."
And on Tuesday. May s. Just one week after
his historic discussion. in which indignant
lenials unqualified protestations OF ignor.
nee and spirited assertions Of independence
4 Executive influence. were varied by square |
OF falsehood, hurled against the |
iepublican. asserting that three hundred
had been agreed upon
etween the Secretary OK the Treas |
ry and certain members OF the Sem
te finance COMMITTEES. printed copies of the
leveand 1ariff bill were laid on the desk of
very Senator. IL MIR. Voorhees,. Mr.. Mills.
fr. Palmer and Mr.. Turpic took the trouble
, cnumerate the amendments agreed upon
etween Mr.. Cleveland's representative and
he Democrats OF the finance committee. they
al the satisfaction OF discovering that. in |
ne respect, at least, Senator Aidrich's state
tent was Inaccurate. He charged that there
ere 900 changes in the finance commuters
IN. There are more than four hundred. a