New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-09
RIKER'S,
9th Ave., Cor. I'D St.
MR.. HOAR ASSAILS THE BILL.
PUNGENT CRITICISM FROM THE MASsA-
CHUSETTs SENATOR.

| HE STlhS MR.. GRAY to WRATH BY HIS COM
MENTs ON THE ATTITUDE OF THE DEMO
| CRATIC sENATORs-THE CREDENTIALS
OF MEssRs. GEAR AND FAT
TON PREVENTED
Washington May SIT required the usual call
of Senators this morning to secure the presence
of quorum before the reading Of yesterday 5
| journal.
The credentials Of John F. Gear, as Senator
elect from the State OF Iowa. to succeed Senator
| Wilson. whose term expires March 4. 1895
were presented by Mr.. Wilson and read and laid
on the table. after Mr.. Hear had made his usual
! criticism of their fornl-the Governor, he said
not having certified tc the election OF Mr.. Gear
| but to the fact that somebody else had certified
to it.
At II 80 a. m. Mr.. Harris (Dem.. TENN moved
| to proceed TO the consideration of the tariff bill
AT the same moment. Mr. Allen pop. Neb), who
had offered resolution yesterday In regard 10
| the arrest of Coxey and his two subordinatcs.
| which resolution had gone until this morn
| Ing rose to claim precedence for it. Mr. Harris
| thought that his motion in order at any
| time. even Immediately after the reading OF the
| journal. Mr.. Allen consented TO his resolution
| going over until tomorrow on condition that 1t
| would then occupy the same position that 1t
motion was put and agreed to. and thereupon
| the tariff bill taken up for consideration.
and Mr.. Hoar Rep.. Mass) addressed the Senate
in opposition to it-ths being the opening Of the
| sixth weeks debate upon that measure. He said
| in part:
The relation Of the Senate TO this measure Is un-
examp.ed in our legislative history. The trainers OF
the Constitution expected that in this Chamber
would be found the steady. conservative, deilb-
erative element in constitutional NE They had
seen all history strewn with the wrecks Of unsuc-
cessfui democracies. They had TO encounter predic
tons of disaster and failure from foreign enemies
and from timd patriots. They had studied thor
oughiy the causes which had brought 10 ruin nelr.y
every example OF popular government in the Old
World from the beginning OF time. and they meant
TO make Il q hard thing and solemn matter for
the American people 10 change its mind in regard
a great policy. They expected that the Senate like
every other branch of the Government. would
spond to the peoples will. But they only
that 1t should respond to their deliberate Will They
meant that the influence OF the tempest and the
hurricane Of delusion should enter here So they
gave TO the Senators the longest tenure Of office IN
the Government. that Of the judiciary alone
and required that only onethir1 part OF our number
should go out OF Office with an expiring Congress
But the Senate to-day is asked to enact into law
spasm that the people have got over. Ii Is 10 be
controlled and guided by a delusion from which the
people have recovered. The hasty action and ex-
element of. the fall OF 1892 of which the American
people are repenting in sackclo;h and ashes Is to
take effect in the infinite mischief and misery OF n
great act OF Legislation. We are TO hurry and &c,
our work done before the people get at
This Democratic majority OF Two made by the
Junior Senator from North Dakota and the Junior
Senator from Kansas. expected to compel the
American people to submit TO a measure which they
have Enthusiastically condemned. and which they
loathe and hate. they tell every occasion
and in every form in which they utter their
will. Idle factories extngushed furnaces suffering
homes. armies OF tramps. unprecedented maJorities
at the polls are clamorng In the deaf ears Of this
accidental majority In the Senate wait and pause
until the will of the American people again And
its constitutional expression. And It is the grea,
conservative deliberatve body. the Senate OF the
United States, which Is expected 20 deny their
prayer.
vINDICTIvE MEASURE.
This bill Is founded upon principle and has nc
legitimate parentage 1t IL born of unnatural
union between two hatreds. that OF section against
section and that OF class against class The passion
born OF the Rebellion. which has forg en- the
Union for It's victories. combines with the passion
o. dleness and ignorance against honest labor and
honest gain and honest property.
There free traders men who have studied
the question and whether mistaken or not mis-
taken. at least are accustomed TO support an hon
est belief by honest reasons There have been
philosophers. English philosophers. who have
preached this creed. 1t found expression In the
Democratic platform OF 1892 But this Is not a free
trade measure. II contains clauses In the highest
degree protective Inserted for tins undsgused pur-
pose or buying votes IL Is not a protectlonIst
measure. either moderate or extreme On the con-
trary Its chief Trainer boastfully announced that
he and the political chieftain to whose fortunes
he Is devoted were engaged In a warfare OF ex- |
termina ton against protected industries
II IL not a Democratic measure whether Dcmoc- |
racy Is TO be found in the resolutions of It's plat
form or In the teachings Of It's sages OF old The |
Senator who reported this bill times takes upon |
his lips the of Thomas jefferson and n otbcr
times declares himself the disciple OF Andrew Iact
Yet there cannot be two men found In our |
history TO whom the political principles OF that |
Senator would be more abhorrent than they would |
to Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
What have these sages In common with the Sena-
tor from Indiana? 1t is not every man who says: |
Lord Lord, who shall enter the kingdom Of |
Heaven" And 1t is not every man who crieth |
Democrat. Democrat" that Thomas jefferson or |
Andrew Jackson would admit to his company
When the men who have reported this bill TO the |
Senate. say TO Thomas jefferson Andrew Jack. |
son: Lord! Lord. have we not prophesed in Thy |
name?" they will be likely to get the answer Il |
knew you. Depart from ye that work In |
iquity."
When heard that these three Democratic Sena- |
tors. the Senator from Missouri. the Senator from
Texas, and the Senator from Arkansas. who until |
they fer past the age when men ordinarily |
change their opinions believed that the only rea-
ton the employer should bear to the employed |
TO own him. who had given the best years |
and the best strength OF life to attempt over
throw the Constitution Of their country and to live
In one OF its fragments. under a constitution whose |
cornerstone slavery and which imposed by 1
the same logic eternal free trade as fundamental |
law upon its people: men who learn nothing by |
consultation with Justin Morrill,. or John Sherman |
William b. Allison, or John Z. Jones' or Nelson |
w. Adrch; men whose hearts stone TO the |
petitions from workmen capitalists-when | |
heard. l say. that these three gentlemen were shut
up by themselves TO reverse the policy OF George
Washington. and Alexander Hamilton. and Thomas