Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-27
CoNsERvAT1vEs vExEp.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun says:
The anger of the ''conservatiyes"
over the action of the House OF Rep.
resentatives aud the Presidents em-
phatic declaration in opposition to
the Senate Tariff bill found expres
sion today The speeches OF Sena.
tors Smith, Vest, Gray, Gallery and
blanchard, announcing their intsn
tion OF standing by the measure
which tho Senate has already agresd
to, evidenced not only determine.
tioa to resist to the utmost tho cour
ageous course taken by the House.
but also certain amount Of chagrin.
that they should be made tho sub
jects of such just criticism by the
Representatives. Of the people and by
the President himself. Nor wes thia
bitterness Of feeling confined to the
Senators mentioned. Senator Voor.
hes made something Of a sceno by
getting angry at remark made by
Senator Hill, while Senators Cockrell
and Pugh entered the discussion
with some intorrogations directed at
Senators Hill and Villas, which show.
cd that they, too, felt tho force of
President Clevelaud's condemnation
OF the Sanate's course. With the OK
oeption Of Senator German, Who .at
calmly throughout the heatad diacus
sion, there was hardly Democia ATTIC
Senator that did not evince an unus-
ual degree Of feeling, due doubtless
to the extraordinary situation in
which they find Themselves placed.
Tho speech in which Senator Villas
defended tue course OF the House
and asked the Senate to recede from
that position of it's amendment to the
sugar schedule which provides for
the differontial duty on sugar was
probably the mcst striking effort OF
the day. Senator Villas olose aasoci.
alton with President Cleveland caus
ed the Senators aud others who heard
him to accept his utterances as rep
resentative RI tho views OF Mr.. Cleve
laud upon the question of sugar.
His proposition to striks from tho
bill oil that portion OF the sugar tax
which would DO directly beneficial to
tho Sugar Trust was regarded na in,
dicating clearly the desire of the
President to make the sugar sched-
ule an honest one. and one that cnn
be approved md defended. Mr.. vi.
las' appeal to his associates to FREQ
themselves from snspicion of aub.
servienoy to the Sugar Trust was
one TINT can hardly be ignored. This
suspicion has brought already moro
scandal upon the Senate than any.
thing else, and u proper regard for
the standing of tho Democratic party
before the country, if nothing elise,
should cause every Democrat to re-
cord himself against it.
Mr.. Villas did not confine himself
to the sugar schedule. bnt proceed
ing to discuss the pending differ.
ences between the House and the
Senate, he forced his associates to
view the matter ns it is viewed by the
country. The injustice of expecting
the House to accept over six hundred
amendments, while the Senate refuses
to make single concession to the
sentiment of the House, ha pointed
out with force and clearneys. II was,
he showed, question whether or
not tue Senate had right under the
constitution to select us subjects of
taxation articles which tho House
had declared should bo free. The
unquestioned authority for the House
to originate all revenue bills aud oil
forms Of taxation gives that body, he
contended. better right to insist
upon the adoption of its bill than tho
Senate has to attempt to force amend
ments upon the Houso. His speech
throughout was one which the Sen
ate might have profted by.
The Louisiana Senator's. who fol.
lowed, were evidently not much i'm
pressed, for after explaining why
they regarded the sugar schedule as
it is at present absolutely necessary
to the welfare Of sugar planters; they
declared their unalterable determine
tion to insist upon its retention in
the bill.