Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-07

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 than with the finance committee; that he had gone ns far as he could; that after such ''crnck of the whip'' as the senate had been treated to there could bc no thought of yielding. and concluded with these words: "Gcntlemcn, therc's our bill It Is the result of great labor and infinite pains It has met with the approval both of the free trade and protection clements of our party. It Is adapted to conditions, net theories It is not perfect, but it is as nearly perfect as We can hope to make it ht this session. In any event such as It is, thcrc it lies You arc at liberty to tnk" it or to leayeit. That, sIrs. is my pusi- tion. would not rrceSle rum it by so much as haIrhnsadth. That, sirs. Is all hnvc to say. trust that 1t will bc considered sufficient
 Senator Hill ExeorIator.
 Senators Hill and Gray both rosc, and ihe former was rcOognixcd- This was cm- phatically his day. His face scCmcd whItcr than usual, with something like n mar ble coldness and apparently without q trace of precipitation. It guSs without say ing thnt his speech was n mastcrpicCc of It's kind Under the glIisc of a defender of the president, in the lattcr's advocacy of raw materials. he had the opportunity t0 show the consistency of his own rccorJl. the inconsistency of his opponents and the sIi- perior orthodoxy of his Drmccracy, while at the same time slicIng the very nerves of his opponents with the kccncst of blades Imagine, if you can, m cmincntly skillful surgeon who unexpectedly finds his mortal enemy under his hands on the operating table, imagine him. under prs- tense of doing the needed Sur1rcry, skill fully slictng the nerves uf most exquisite sensibility, availing himself Cf every chance to produce agony and leave n condition to create permanent sorcs, and you will have something like a aoomTarison for Mir. HIn's day work. It was too much for MT. Noor- he's Under pretcnsc uf coFrcCting m CT TOT into which Mir. lIill had fallen by talk ing n garblcd rtport of n convention in Indiana, he apparcntly sought to affront the latter, but tho New Workers cold sar- | casm was more effective than the others heat, and the laugh was agninst the IndI- | ana senator. Mir. Hili's second scntencc, MT. President, n theory ss well n con ditiOn now cUnfronts us, ,'' raised great | laugh in the galleries, and the president pro tcmporc addPs sscd tO them the usual admonitiOn. after which the laughter was subdued and then, wa. no mOrc applause, but the audience was delighted with the speech just the same.
 Senator Vests Opinion.
 So far. while the spccchcs wcrc pointed enough, they were only what had been expected, but when Mir. Vest arOsc thCrc was n rcal sensation. He began and ended | with a pleasantly, but the body of his speech was serious and earnest to an al most painful degree. He pointed out the 1 real objection to the presidents letter not that it criticised the senate bills. not | that 1t was n mcrc indisCpcct cxpp=siOn of opinion, but that it was a shameful violation of the spirit of the constitution I and an outrageous mcnaCe to SSnatUrs. | several of whom wcrc well known tOilcrs for tariff reform before the president left | Buffalo.
 Thcre was something pathetic in his plaint that, after several months of the most arduOus toil, in which the members | of the committee had suffered libel, islander, calumny in all its black and tor | tuOus details. they werc now dcnOunccIl | us traitors by the very man whom they had bcfricndcd when his friends were few. He skillfully cvaded n personal cnntrOvCr- sy by closing with this refrrence to MT. Hills pretcnded defense of the president: | 1t rcminded me of a desperate murder case tried in my early life, when I was compelled to plead the abnormal and nat | ural moral dcpraVity uf my client tO such | an extent that hc was incapable of com | mitting crime. After Clcared him he came to me and said. I am obliged to you for having gut me oil, but I would rather go [" the I'cnitcntiary for life than to hear that speech again.
 Like n five net drama of the old stand arl type each net in this senatorial day brought renewed sensations smith, Hill and Vest had said much, but the climax | of astOniShmcnt came when Gray rosc. | Many had said: ''I am sorry for Gray. | He has such a terrific task brfop, him, ' taking it for granted that hc would defend the president In truth it might la said that the president WAS not properly ds~ nounCtl till hc sIukr, but it is noi PSrssi blc tO Cundcnsc his lanIuasc and present it effectively. His sketch of the difficul. tics before the tariff rcforIncrs when thS Democrats came into power was wonder fully effective. He pointed out how skill fully the Republicans had olrstFuCted prng r,=ss and scOpSi Mir. Hill. Then came ths grcat scene of the dAy-Hill and Gray gradually nearing each other, with out stretched arms and clinchcd fists, as il threatening mn encounter, the senator from Delaware dark with emotion and looking as Jupiter might have looked while hurl ing the thundcrbolt. tho senator from New York so pale that every ono in thS | galleries could notice it, and yet d.aling out his cutting sentences with the viguI of giant. It was n hattie Of the s:,sls. The import in the rSnnrl gives but f,y,blS idea uf it. Of course the partiSlns Of cact claim victory.
 An Opinion of the Letter.
 Tho rI.st of the day was comparatively uncxciting MT. Villas made n rather fCc hle attempt at reconciliation and moved that tho diffcp'ntial duty on sugnr h, stricken out of the hill. General Palmer supported this motion. McssrS. Caffcry and Blanchard gave notice that Louisiana had yielded all she could. By this tim, the galleries were nearly empty. and aftCr n short executive session the senatc ad jOurncd till the next Monday noon. Re fore that time. however, it was evident that the thrre days intermission had not restored harmony. subsequent prOCesd ings indicate that the presidents letter has had exactly the opposite effect t' what was intended. as 1t seems to have left the senate no option between insisting on its position and an abieCt surrender which the conservatives declare would bs disgraccful. And here a mere rcpor might properly ClOsc. But this is an Oc casion where all the materials for history should be preserved, and contcmPorarI opinion is an important part of history Of course the president has many defend CTS and some culogists in the house anC out of congress, for no man Is disposed [, quarrel with anything which turns thu water upon his millwhccl. Among thu