The Forrest City times., 1894-07-27
A LITTLE SATIRE.
Senator Hill, of New York, Ar
 raigns Senator German.
A Defense of tho President Bristling with Eulogy-Some Caustic Remarks Aimed at the Heads of Cleve-
 lands Traducers.

matte scene occurred Tn the senate to- day, but President Cleveland instead of being, as on yesterday, the object of the attack by the leader of his party, was defended with vigor and vim. MT. Cleveland's champion to-day was his political rival and enemy, Senator David Bennett Hill. of New York. The New York senator spoke for almost two hours to breathless galleries and full senate. Several times the pre- siding officer was unable to restrain the enthusiasm his remarks evoked, notably when Mir. Hill declared that personal considerations would not pre- vent him from defending the president when he was unjustly attacked. He defended Mir. Clevelands letter, his right to send it and the sentiment it contained, and made a strong point against his adversaries when he pointed out that they criticised the president for siding with the house when they admitted that they had used all their influence to induce him to interpose ill behalf of the senate amendments to the tariff bill.
 SYNOPSIS OF SENATOR HILLS SPEECH.
 When. at 12:2s, MT. Harris. the floor manager of the tariff bill, called up the conference re- port almost every seat the floor was filled. Mir. Hill was on his feet. and at once rec ognized for speech. He agreed he s:id, at the outset. with Mir. German that the demo- cratic party was in the midst of great crisis The democratic party, after such a long strug- gle in the minority, had at last been intrusted with power. It had gone to work to redeem the pledges 1t had made. The greatest of those was that to reform the tariff. The house had passed tariff bill which. aside from it's income tax feature seemed to meet with general satis- faction and approval. As it passed the senate. however, after long. weary months of debate. it was not satisfactory and violated the pledges of the party. It went to confer ence.
 The house eonferees were confronted with the fact that the senate had made the bill in- consistent: had made 1t unworthy Of demo- cratic 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 in- sisted upon their attrude and the senate was obstinate, all prospect of tariff legislation was at an end. His CHilisp motion that the senate recede from the coal and iron duties was in the line of an agreements
 It would do no good to oostinatelv adhere to the position taken when the bill was passed.s
 Do you see any signs of yielding on the part of the house:' he asked addressing his demo- cratic colleagues. Backed by the public press of the country by the democratic masses and by the president of the United States as it un- doubtedly is the house will never yield Why not yield on these two points. and see whether it does not lead to an agreement
 CONCESSIONS MUST BE MADE.
 He was not, he said. talking about Mfr Villas motion to recede from the diferentian in favor of the Sugar trust But concessions must be made if the bill was to become a law.
 Mir Hill said he sympathized with the presi- dent letter to Chairman Wilson. Its senti- ments were his. The president violated no clause of the constitution when he sent that letter. He had the right to do it. IL was private communication. The question as to making 1t public was one to be decided by it's sender and receiver. It ore with which senators had dnothing to do.
 No democrat on this floor could controvert the position tai-en by Mir Cleveland in that let ter. He saw that to place duty on coal and iren would be to violate the platform dcclara- lions of the party and would place the party. whose success he desired. in false and indefensble posi- tion The democrats of the country were In sympathy with Mir. Cleveland. Democratic clubs and democratic conventions all over the country had indorsed the Wilson bin in re- spect to free raw materials. On the other hand, the senate bill had been received every where with signs of disapproval.
 Even in the senate every democratic member of the finance committee had announced him. self as personally in favor of free coal and free iron ore. The senator from Maryland (Mr. GormanD on the other hand, with that frank ness and ooldness' which was his nature. had boldly thrown aside the mask on yesterday and proclaimed himself in favor of tarir on coal and iron orc.
 A revenue rariR" suggested Mir. German. quietly.
 "A revenue tarin as you will" replied Mir Hill. but nevertheless a tariff. You" contin- ued Mir Hill. looking Mir German straight in the eve. did not. like your colleagues. set up the childish defense that you had been bun coed into supporting duty on coal and iron"
 MT. Hin then proceeded to take issue with Mir. Gorman's argument yesterday that the president had only recently discovered the doc- urine of free raw materials He carefully quoted from the presidents public utterances to dem- snstrsts saat Mr. Cleveland had been welded f,5 ttaf doctrine since he sent his famous tariff message .0 congress Tn 1887. Neither did MT. Hill believe that MT Cleveland could be held responsible for the unofficial utter anees of Secretary Carlisle. but, referring to the official utterances of the secretary of the treasury. he pointed out that until this present question arose both MT. Cleveland and Mir. Carlisle were consistent and in harmony. I SHOWING TRIBUTE TO THE PRESIDENT.
 When Mir Cleveland saw that the senate bin placed duty on coal and iron ore. the property of the rieh,H said Mir. Hill. and re- moved the duty from wool. the product of the farmer he would have been false to himself. false to his pledges and false to his party had he not called attention so the discrimination and inconsistency He spoke too candidly, too earn estly That was why he was criticised. Did not these very senator's who criticised Mir. Cleveland yesterday go to the president and plead and badger and implore him to stand by the bill they framed: Did they not realize how tame and weak any bill would be that did not have the approval of a democratic president.
 ..Only yesterday" he continued, the senator