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A BLOW AT CLEVELAND.
Senator German Makes an Attack on
the President.

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The accusation Of "party perfdy" and
"party dishonor." made by Mr.. Cleveland iu
bis celebrated letter to Chairman Wilson.
drew from Senator German, Of Maryland,
the most savage rejoinder ever launched,
perhaps, By party leader In Congress
against either friendly or an opposition
President. What makes 1t all the more re-
msrkable is that the Maryland Senator
called at the White House In the morning
and had a long interview with the President,
and tha. he went direct from the White
House to the Senate Chamber and delivered
his arraignment Of the man with whom he
had Just been talking.
The attack was personal, bitter, vlrulent.
He called the President coward, accused
him OF bad faith and duplicity and told him
and tho House of Representatives that they
would have to take the Senate Tariff bill or
nothing.
Senator German was reused at times al
most to fury. Vest. Harris and Jones, OF
Arkansas, had planned the attack In dra-
matte fashion. German brought charge
after charge against Cleveland, and Vest.
Harris and Jones sprang up one after
the other as German called upon
them and declared that every charge
dent had put events in wrong lights. In the
course OF his speech Mr.. German said that
Mr.. Cleyeland's action in criticising the Sem
Rtors for their tariff course was infamous.
He declared he was cogniZant OF all the
Senate amendments and agreed to them.
he also declared that the President and Sec
retary Carlisle were kept informed OF the
proposed amendments and were willing to
nccept them in order to pass the bill. This
statement was corroborated by Senator'S
Vest. Jones and Harris. The unwritten his
tory of the conventions which nominated
Cleveland and Of the campaigns which
The MARYLAND Senator In his speech spared
no one who does not agree with his tariff
views. He censured Senator Hill, OF New
York, for his course, as well as several other
Senators. In conclusion Mr.. German
said 'Mr. President, with our rulea,
this bill stands, rs think, IN the
hest shape In which 1t Is possible
TO get 1t to represent our views. I
nnpesl to my colleagues on this side to stand
as we stood during all this long struggle In
, the Senate, to stand together with the per-
feet knowledge that II we do not the bill Is
defeated. II my good friend from New
York, Mr.. Hill, or the Senator from
Wisconsin, Mr.. Villas, succeeds-and
aQY D6mOCEdl ulhy ouSoo0u W ouo
inc now with any other-in amending the
bill, you have heard the declaration of
enough Senators to know that you defeat
II. II the Senate amendments are not
accepted This bill is defeated. You have
heard enough Senators already to know that
it 1s this bill or nothing
After the demonstration had subsidized,
Mr.. White, of California. took the floor, and
argued that from a Democratic standpoint
there was nothing to do but to adopt the
motion of Mr.. Gray, to insist on the Senate
amendments and to agree to a further CON
ference. The adoption OF the motion either
OF MIR. Hill or Mr.. Villas, he held, would re-
suit In the defeat Of the measure and the per-
petuation OF the Mckinley act.
rhe question was put by the presiding Of
ficer, on Mr.. Hills motion. when Dir. Cock
rell moved to proceed TO executive business.
That motion was agreed to. and, after
short executive session, the Senate ad-
iourned.