The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-25
A HOT DEBATE,
Cleveland Is FuriOusIy Assaulted nv
senator German,

senator German.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 23-After
the expira ton. of the preliminary rou-
tine business at 1922, Senator Voorhees,
called up the conference report on the
tariff bill. Then the storm broke. Mr.
German Immediately arose. He hoped he
appreciated the gravity of the situation, he
began. Ordinarily the situation would be
easy of solution. There would ordinarily
be no difference of opinion about sending
the bill to conference when the differences
between the two houses could be adjusted.
He drew graphic picture of the anxiety
with which the country awaited the fate
of the bill, the idle factories, the closed
workshops and the unemployed. Further
suspense neither to the best interests
of The country of the Democratic
party. He hoped that the senators would
meet the situation became patriotic
men and duty bound Democrats. 1t was
idle for him. he said, to add anything to
what had been said last Friday by the
senator from New Jersey (NIr Smith,.
In the mouse there was an overwhelming
Democrat majority. Here in the senate the
Democrats were at the outset confronted
with the fact that there were but A Demo-
Gratis. A bill must be framed which would
secure the support of all these senators, all
of whose votes save one were necessary to
pass it. That one vote was lost. The sena
tor fiom New York (Mr HID had from
the beginning opposed the bill, openly and
manfuly. The Democrats faced with such
Il cOntutlOn ndQ gone manIully TO Work
harmonic the differences and had accom-
plshed it by many sacrifices-almost at the
sacrifice of principle. No legislative body
in this country had ever been confronted
with such IA condition. The reports of the
states of New York. New Jersey, Ohio
West Virginia and Maryland at the outset
announced that the house bill 60 radi-
cal destructive of the interests of the
people that they would not support it, He
paid high tribute to Senators Vest, JONES'
whose laborious work had at last accom-
plished the feat of adjusting these differ
ences and had made the passage of any bill
possible. Then in dramatic tones he deliv-
cred his defiance. The infamous calumnies
heaped upon the heads of the senate
forced from his lips, he said a plain I'M
Vanished statement of the facts. He would
make it, he said, with malice toward none
but he would look his colleagues and the
American people in the eye and tell the
truth.
Mr.. Harris, of Tennessee yielded the
chair to take the floor and corroborate the
statement of Mr. Jones as to the assertions
made by the president in the interview at
which he was also present
Mr.. German then resumed his speech He
said: IN patriotism the Democrats of the
senate had gone to work to save the coun-
try and keep their party in power, when
suddenly, in the midst of the struggle,
came the presidents letter. 1t the
most uncaled for, the most extraordinary
most unwise communication said he in
bitter tones that ever came from presi-
dent of the United States. 1t placed this
body in a position where it's members must
see to it that the dignity and honor of this
chamber must be preserved.
''It places me-" said Mr.. German, "ili a
position where l must tell the story as it
occurred.
THE LIMIT OF ENDURANCE
has been reached" Mr.. German then pro-
ceeded to detail the history of the tariff
bill after it reached the senate and the
manner in which to meet the objections and
secure the support of certain disaffected
Democrats the changes had been agreed
upon. He stated emphatically that during
the progress of this work Messrs. Vest
and Jones had frequent conferences with
Secretary Carlisle and often times with
Mr.. Cleveland himself. The material sacri-
flee of principle was made. The result was,
as he had declared a previous occasion,
a Democratic measure which. in his opin-
ion, leaned toward the radical tariff re-
form sentiment, and which he thought
would receive the support of Democratic
house. senate and president He believed
then. as he believed now, that he had au-
thority for that statement He charged
directly that every one of the senate
amendments had been seen by Secretary
Carlisle and scanned by him before they
were agreed upon.
He drew from his desk and had read an
interview with Secretary Carlisle on April
30 in which the secretary of the treasury
gave the same bill his sweeping indorse-
ment.
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