The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26

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ter may go to the people. AS 1 have
said, sir, this is q most extraordinary
proceeding for q Democrat elected to
the highest place in the government
to join with the commune to traduce
the senate of the United States and to
blacken the characters of senators
who are as honorable as they dare to
be, VINO are as patriotic as they ever
can be, who have done as much to
serve their party as the men who are
now the beneticialies of your labor
and mine, to taunt and jeer us before
the country as advocates of trusts, as
being guilty of dishonesty and per.
tidy. 1t is time to speak. The limit
of endurance has been reached. The
senate owes it to itself. Every sem
ator here who is a part of this
Democratic majority owes it to him.
self. There is no power, however
great in this country, not even the
power which is patronage, that would
keep me silent under the charges, un-
der the imputations so fully made
from such distinguished quarters.
hurl it back to him and say that this
treatment of his fellows is infamous.
1t is destructive TO the government
that men in high positions should at
tempt to lower this body, body con-
servative, consisting of SO great repre-
sentatiyes of states. No man can
reach here by devious ways and re-.
main long. 1t is composed of men
who represent the best thought of the
country, men who have stood and bat.
tied for tariff reform when towards in
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Gheir heads. [applause in the
another place was overrun
and they had not the courage to stand
and fight tyrant; stood here at the
risk of health, at the risk of fortune,
of all that is dear aud saved the lib.
critics OF the country, those towards
could not be seen. We will not be
traduced longer, Mr.. President, the
facts must come. We have seen how
this bill passed the senate, how only
I it could pass senate. No man, whether
in this or in a place, no matter what
his position may be who styles him-
self a Democrat, who believes in his
party, can change materially this
measure without defeating it, Who
dare take that possibility, | can
imagine no man who could do it unless
he was consumed with vanity and de-
sired to set his judgment above that
of his fellows or desired to keep an
issue before the people that he might
ride into power rather than give his
labor and prosperity to his fellow
countrymen.
AS Mr.. German made each reference
to the president there was a commo-
ton in the galleries which compelled
the president to interpose constant
caution against further demonstration,
M6, German next turned his attention
to Senator Hills speech of Friday ems
dorsing President Cleveland's letter,
THAT letter." said Mr. German, was
a godsend to the senator from New
York (Mr. HID. 1t was the only COM
fort he has had from this administra-
tion.' Laughter.
AS the laughter continued Mr.. Hill
arose, and with good natured deliber-
atensss said: 'In the last proposition
| will say that the senator from Mary
land is entirely correct.n Mr.. German
proceeded to criticise Mr.. Hills course
and asserted that the New York sena-
tor had throughout attempted to
thwart his party. Never since the
Declaration of Independence, Mr..
German went on, had president of
the United States been guilty of
of the constitution as had Mr.. Cleve-
land in writing his letter to Chairman
Wilson. He handed to Mr.. Blackburn
and had the Kentucky senator read
the extracts from Washington's fares
well address about the encroachment
Of the executive on the powers of con-
gress as subversive of the principles of
the republic. He referred to the great
political excitement attending the
Hayes Tilden controversy and the fear
of the concentration of the army in
Washington. Forms of law had
averted that catastrophy. There
should he, he went on, no further
concentration of power Conference
committees should he free from outside
influences. The liberty of the senate
should not be invaded, he said in
thunderous tones, though thousand
hirelings write us down and ira
duce us. The president, he cons
tinued, had said it would be
dshonorable to tax coal and iron, the
house, parrot like. repeated the cry.
Men who set up high standard, said
the senator. should come to us with
clean hands. He urged that the house,
if it had been consistent, would have
placed all raw materials on the free
list. He enumerated other raw mate
rials which the house had made dutia
BILE. He denied that it was either Dem
ocratic doctrine or in accordance with
former declarations to place coal and
iron on the free list. He enumerated
the tax on coal placed by different
Democratic congresses.
"The same bills you speak Of, u ind
terrupted Mr.. Hill, "placed coal an
lumber on the dutiable list"
They did," replied Mr.. German.
He proceeded to declare that the De-
mucratic platform did not demand
free raw material. He went back to
the platform of19S4, on which he faid
Mr.. Cleveland was elected, "by the
grace OF God and great deal OF hard
work. 1t did not provide for free
raw material. The bill prepared by
his distinguished radical friends,
mills placed rs cents duty on coal
II WAS in the same situation then, "
Interrupted Mr.. Mill, that am now.
| was in the bands of half dozen men
who forced the duty on coal 1t was
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