The Redwood gazette., 1894-08-02
GORMAN'S BIG GUNS.
TIE MARYLAND SENATOR OPENS HIS
BATTERIES ON CLEVELAND.

He Defends the Senate Bill and Says Cleve-
land and Carlisle Sanctioned the Conces-
sions Maidstone Inside Democratic
History Made Public-A Most Remark
able Scene.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Perhaps no
more remarkable scene was ever wit
messed in the United States senate than
that which occurred there during the
day, when for two and half hours
Senator German, the Democratic pollt-
ical leader on the floor, delivered his
speech against the president and in de-
tense of the senate tariff bill.
The galleries were packed to the doors
and SO great was the interest III Mr.
Gorman's speech that the members OF
the house f1ocked to the senate end OF
the Capitol, and the house, being unable
to hold quorum, adjourned.
Mr.. German, with frankness that
amazed those present, discussed party
secrets, opened the door to party eau
cuses and flashed his searchlight into
the dark corners of party history. The
president was
Assailed With Keenness and VtgOr
by the leader of his party on the floor of
the senate. He defended the senate
tariff bill and it's preparation, and
charged in turn that both Mr.. Carlisle
and Mr.. Cleveland were not only aware
of the concessions made in that bill to
procure it's passage through the senate,
but that Mr.. Carlisle had been consulted
at every step and that Mr.. Cleveland
had sanctioned all that was done. Mr..
German is a cool, easy talker, but he
gives tone and gesture dramatic effect
that thrill the auditor, and he was at his
best. One by one he called Senators
Vest, Jones and Harris as witnesses to
the truth of his statements. Then, hav-
ing freed himself from all restraint, he
told the inside history Of the conference
over the tariff bill He even went back
and
Told the Secrets
of the Mills bill and the St. Louis and
Chicago platforms and the demands
made upon the national Democratic
committee by the sugar senators in 1892.
His personal attack on the president
was full of the most sensational charac-
terizations. He told how he had dared,
when others had faltered to walk with
Cleveland through the ''flth and slime
of the campaign of 1884, how he and
his colleagues had fought for tariff re-
,,,l, iCrl,
would not show their heads" how Mr..
Cleveland had tried to ''gibbet the SEN
ate before the eyes Of the country" and
said that his action must be attributed
to consuming vanity'-an action that
was echoed by those who ''chirped when
he talked" His references to the
president created so much commotion in
the galleries, sometimes Of approval and
sometimes Of disapproval, that the pre-
siding officer was obliged to repeatedly
caution them
To Preserve Better Order.
throughout his speech, deep feeling Of
excitement being printed on every face.
Among those who listened most ear
nestly was Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British minister, who was in the diplo-
matte gallery. In conclusion Mr.. Cor
man practically warned his colleagues
that, on the material points, it was the
senate bill or no bill
Mr. White of California was the only
other speaker of the day. While per-
sonally in favor Of free coal and free
iron ore, he, too, declared it to be the
part of patriotism for the Democrats to
stand together for the senate bill.