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mitted, it was to the doctrine Of absolute

mitted, it was to the doctrine Of absolute
~ free raw materials"
He said that while the presidents letter
came too late and was ill advised, still he
endorsed it.
Upon the question Of free raw ma
terial the president is right, and you know
it. You cannot answer. his arguments.
You cannot doubt his sincerity and pa
triotism. You must yield in the end to
his views. You cannot stand up against
the sentiment of the great Democratic
masses of the country, which will rally
around the president IN his contest with
you Q n this particular branch of the sub
ject. The time to yield is now, before
there is further humiliation, embarrass-
ment and discord."
Senator Vest, speaking of Hills in
doIsement of Cleveland, said he was glad
to know that the lion and the lamb. had
at last lain down together. He would not
say, however, which was the lion and
which the lamb. In scathing terms he
arraigned the president, saying he had
been his friend and defended him on the
floor of the senate when his friends could
have been counted on the fingers of one
hand. He asked where the president got
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that he believed that this bill would be
passed or no bill.
Senator Villas moved that the senate
recede from the Is cent sugar differen-
tial.
A very hot personal controversy oc-
Cured between Senators Hill and Gray,
and it looked at one tine as though there
might be a personal collision. An adj
journment was taken until Monday with
out action. -.<#& ..s~.s
The feeling is even more pronounced
that the senate and house will be dead
locked on the tariff and that no bill will
be passed. -. ..r ...
Washington, July 23.--The senate re-
sumed consideration Of the tariff to-day.
No action, however, is expected until
late this evening if at all to-day.
There has been a persistent rumor
about the capitol that the conservative
Democratic senator's have been in con-
ference and that they adopted a plan
under which steps were to be taken to
defeat the tariff bill by 5 o'clock to-day.
The senate did not definitely instruct the
tariff conference to stand by the senate
bill. It is stated that there is a plan on
AVN AoA LAX ACpCd1 VI luS p1tSC1I sugar
bounty by an independent measure in
case the differential duty on refined sugar
should be stricken out of the tariff bill
and the tariff bill then defeated in con-
sequence of this section. The Republican
advisory committee 81, the senate held a
meeting for the purpose of an exchange
Of views. The opinion was generally ex-
pressed that the Democratic situation
was very delicate, and it is understood
that it would be improved from a Re-
publican standpoint by the Interference
of Republican senator's; hence they will
advise members of their party to allow
the Democratic senators to continue to
do the greater part of the talking in the
senate on the subject of the tariff so long
as they will do so. It is also understood
that the committee discussed the policy
on the part of the Republicans with ref
erence to the d%ifferential duty on sugar
and concluded to advise that the Repub-
lican senators should vote to strike it out
if they should have the opportunity to do
so. ,.- y .,-.r -- -
Mr.. Villas has been appealed to by a
large number of Democratic senators to
relieve the senate of the embarrassment
which the Offering of the motion has
caused by not insisting on the amend
ment. This he has declined to do. He
said that he had no intention of with
drawing it.
II shall let the motion be decided upon
its merits" he said, f'or call the chair to
rule upon it, but I shall not withdraw it.
I did not offer the motion with a view Of
throwing a bomb, and if it had that eff
feet, it was not the result of my pur-
pose. / thought l saw an opportunity
to compromise the differences existing be-
tween the senate and house and made
the motion with that end in view. 1t
has seemed to me that this dIffcrential
duty is the vital spot of the differences
between the two houses of congress-, and
I believe that if it could be gotten rid of
the two bodies could easily compromise
their differences and an agreement be
reached upon the bill" =
But little business was transacted by
the house. The resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution providing
for the election Of senator's by the direct
vote Of the people was passed by a two
thirds majority with 13 votes to spare.
The senate amendments to the Indian ap-
preparation bills were disagreed to and
conferees were appointed. The house bill
for the reinstatement Of clerks dismissed
from the railway mail service between
March Is and May 1, 1889, was under
consideration all the afternoon, but failed
to pass on account of the lack of q
quorum. z N