Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-20

tno olu COnIertes. AItcE the IaElu ulil had been sent back to conference the con ference reports on the naval, military and diplomatic appropriation bills were agreed to, and the house began tho consideration of n resolution for a constitutional amend mcnt looking to the election of senators by the people.
 The consideration of this bill under a special order adopted will continue today, and on Saturday bill will Dc considered to re-cstablish railway mail clerks dis missed between March 15, 1889, and May l, 1889.
 How the Letter Was Received. The news of tho reading of President Clcvcland's letter was not long in travel ing from the house to tho senate Mr Wilson had kept his secret of the posses sion of the letter well guarded, and it proved a decided sensation. Information ns to the contents of the document was eagerly sought alike on both sides of tho chamber.
 A copy was taken into the Democratic clOakroom asd read in turn by groups of senators of four or five one of them gen erally reading it aloud to the others, and | in other instances two of them looking over the shoulders and reading with tho senator holding the copy. After senators became familiar with its contents they again gathered in groups to discuss the document both with reference to points made by the president and the policy of the president in writing it. So intense and general was the interest that for two or three hours very little attention was paid to routine proceedings on the floor of | the senate.
 | While no senator hesitatcd to express his views privately, the Democratic sena- tors were loath to submit to interviews for publication. They said that the cir | cumstancss wcrc unusual, and, their ac- | tion us u body being in opposition to the position taken by the president. they could not give publicity to their opinions what ever they might be-
 Republican senators were at first in- | clincd to express themselves very freely | on the policy of the letter, but when they discovered that their Democratic col ! leagues werc generally inclined to remain silent they changed their policy, as if by common consent, and announced, whcn | spoken to upon the subject, that they pre- ferred that the Democrats should do the talking, declaring that it was time for | Republicans to be silent
 | Senators Call It Very Extraordinary.
 Tho most common expression of opinion among senators was that the writing of | such n letter was very extraordinary, '' and in many instances where the speaker was suro of not being quoted stronger words were used. These expressions were heard, with slight variations on both the Democratic and Republican sides of the chamber.
 Upon the suggestion of senators known | as conservative 1t was agreed that peace full policy would be the best According | ly several well known Democrats went about and advised moderation in tho speeches today They suggested that, hay
 ing got thus far, it was now best to devote every effort to secure the adoption of the
 bill and to avoid any friction.
 The Republican steering committee has
 held meeting, and the general opinion
 was expressed that it was good policy to
 allow the Democrats to do most of the
 talking on the subject.
 On the lSusc side tho question as to
 whether the tariff situation had been sim
 pliied or further complicated by the prcsi-
 dents letter was the subject of much spec
 ulation after the stirring proceedings of
 the day.
 Members on both sides of the chamber
 agreed that 1t wuula havo n profound inn
 prcssion on the situation, but therc was a | disposition tO wait until its effects on the
 senate had Leen sccn bCfurr pruphesying
 the results 1t mi9ht~aCeomplish. | BccIaratIon oT SeIicy.
 The letter together with NF.. Wilson
 speech constituted declaration 0E policy
 which was very satisfactory to the rCvGnuS | reform element in the house, IL was cun.
 struCd to mean that the house would never | yield it's principle of frcc raw materials,
 and in this 1t had the strong support and | influence of the president As to the effect
 of the letter on the sugar conflict there
 was wide divergence of opinion. The
 Louisiana members prOfcsscd tO be well
 pleased with the presidents letter and
 said that it clearly reCogniZcd and appruy. cd the policy of raising revenue from sug.
 ar. On the other hand. those members
 who have most consistently urgcd free
 sugar expressed apprehension over the let | ter. They said 1t seemed to make n dead lock certain.
 From the Republican standpoint the
 general view was expressed by Representa-
 tive Hopkins of Illinois n Republican
 member of the ways and means commit tee President Clcvcland's letter Is with.
 out precedent in the history of tho couu, try, " said he. The queen of England
 even the Georges in their most arbitrary
 day-would not have dared to have OK. | pressed such views tO n legislative branch . of government. It absolutely preclude: the possibility uf tho passage of tariff , bill. The senate cannot yield after sucf
 n letter without humiliation and disgrace
 and the house cannot yield without disre s garding the views of the president The Galleries We'll Filled. In anticipation of lively tariff debat, E in the senate the galleries were we'll filled l but the occupants were disappointed. I'm only event of interest in connection witt
 the tariff was the reception of a messag,
 from the house announcing that that body I insisted on its disagreement and asked fo { a further conference.
 D Some time afterward Mir. Voorhees, ask . ed to have this message laid before tn - senate after which he announced that tn z | full and frcc conference had bccn had r that the house cunfCTccs had not agrCcd t
 the senate amendments, and that the sen
 ate coufCrCts had insisted upon them | The message from the house was thCl - laid on the table. to bc taken up for con 0 alteration immediately after the radin 0 of the journal today, when Mir. Hill wil n move to instruct the confcrecs to plac h iron and coal on the frcc list : Consideration of the Indian appropria 2 tion bill was resumed at an early hou r. and finally passed after being under cor l. sideration for two days, during whic l time several amendments weTc mad' n The report of the confcrccs on the diI h lomatic and consular appropriation bi was agreed to
 |. New Minister to Russia :, wAsHINGToN, July 20 Clifton I n Brcckinridgc has been nominated fC
 minister to Russia to sucCccd Mr. Whit II who held on from Mir. Iiarrisun's admin n istration.
 W Mir. Brcckinridga had tho offer of Il
 Russian mission by the president tv t- weeks ago and
 has had the mat ~>SNA h ter under Cunsid- 2A a- eratiOn since. S.. <SSsNNl 'u Thursday Inc nOti- 1|S Af<s T. fled the president SS SH9 10 of his ncccptauCc. ss,L-.s