Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-25
HALE TACKLES GORMAN
The Maryland Senator's Tariff
Speech Attacked.
BRILLIANTLY SARCASTIC REToRT.

| Allen, the Nebraska Populist, Gets an
Amendment Adopted-Fair Progress Is
Made on the sehedule-Bribery Investi-
| gators In a Qaandary.
| WAsHINGToN..May s5.-;9Shc senate pro-
ceedings were tGlivcned by 4 short debate
on Hawaii and a very sarcastic speech from
| Mr. Hale on Mr.. Germans speech of
| Wednesday,
The Maryland senator he said had
spoken none too soon. The Macedonian
cry had gone up like the wall of lost
soul from the DEMOCRACY of the country
| for some one to appear as a leader in the
senate. The senator from Maryland, Mr..
| Hale proceeded, had emerged from his Sc
| clusion just at the time when his party
| stood discredited, its ranks broken, it's CO.
| herency of action entirely lost, an indig-
nant people showing their distrust the
newspapers piling up denunciation after
| denunciation and with panic imminent
on his own side of the chamber.
Hale scores German.
Mr.. German had come forward with the
| effort of his life to reform the broken
ranks. No one in the country was better
| fitted to do this, but the task he had I'M
dertaken would have crushed the Shout
ders of Hercules. Other men had been able
to reform their parties to their everlasting
fame and glory, but they believed in what
they did. Mr.. Jefferson had formed a
great party in opposition to England. He
believed in it. Jackson had recreated and
reformed the party on the basis of opposi-
ton to the national bank because he be-
lieved in it, Even Tilden had never low
cred the banner of reform, and Cleveland,
when he was first indicted into the White
House, had early rallied his party and
made it formidable because he believed in
the principle of tariff reform. But here
the senator fSom Maryland (Mr. Germany
attempted to reform the lines of his par
ty-to recreate Democracy in the United
States and the cOuntry-not by an appeal
to principle or the traditions of his party.
Mr.. German had said TO his associates.
Let us buy and sell, cheat and commit
falsehood, but, aboveall things let us pass
this bill" 'She speech made by the Mary
land SENATOR added Mr.. Hale, was made
not to the country, but to his Democratic
colleagues. Mr.. Halecontinued with vivid
words and vitriolic comment to divide the
Democratic side of the chamber into
''groups," to which he said Mr. German
was addressing his remarks.
The first group, he said, comprised the
two senators from NSw York (Nlessrs. Hill
and Murphy, Mr.. Smith IN. J.) and
Messrs. Kyle and Roach. They represent
cd constituencies opposed to this bill. The
second group, a large one despised the
bill before the senate because it gave the
lie to the convictions and professions of a
lifetime. 1t contained Messrs. Mills and
Coke (Tex), Vest and Cockrell (Mo) vi
las wis. }, Gray (Del. Palmer Oils. }, Lind
say and Blackburn (Ky.) Harris and Bate
Glenn and perhaps one or two others.
They were the men who, when they were
obliged to vote for protection to coal and
iron ore to the Sugar trust and the Lead
trust would ask themselves, is thy serv-
ant q dog that he should do this?" Then
they would all vote for those provisions
and answer their own question. Uaugh-
teri
There was another group to which no
appeal from the senator was necessary. 1t
included Messrs. Camden and Faulkner
CIV. Va.), Morgan and Pugh Gala }, CAT
frey and Blanchard ia J, Brice (O.), Glib
son (Md) and the great comproniser HIM
self Mr.. German had given no anxiety
to this group, Why? Because they had
secured all they wanted He knew how
large this statement was. 1t extended to
the confines of the earth, but he repeated
it, They had got all they wanted.
Bargaining For Votes.
Mr. Hale continued to point out in de-
TAIL SDcClICttIIy H1ldU tlc I1O pllC0
paid for votes in the latter group calling
ators in the past.
Those speeches were made when they
were out of power" interjected Mr.. Hill.
The bill as it now stood, Mr.. Hale said,
had no responsible parents. 1t was a po-
litical bastard. 1t was the result of the
intercourse of those who had abandoned
party principle with the easy virtue of a
few protected industries and the habitual
prostitution of the trusts. 1t had its ORR
gin in the back room of a New York office.
Whether it passed or not, it had the
badge of traffic upon it. 1t was not a COM
promise. 1t was not trimming. 1t repre-
scented bargain and sale-votcs bought
with concessions of principle and honor.
Mr.. German, concluded Mr.. Hale, had
seen in this bill the sun of promise to the
Democratic party. He was mistaken. 1t
was the rising sun, not of Austerlitz he
saw, but the sun of Waterloo dying into
dawnless night.
1t was after 3 O'Clock when the senate
got down to actual work on the schedules.
Very fair progress was made, eight pages
from paragraph 121-143, inclusive-be
ing disposed of. The surprise of the day
was the acceptance by the finance commit
tee of an amendment offered by Mr.. AL
wire on the free list. Several Republicans
opposed it, but did not carry their oppo-
sition to the extent of demanding a record
making vote upon it.
An intimation from Mr.. Hoar that free
barbed wire was to be the price of Mr. AL
len S vote for the tariff bill was indignant
ly denied
In the House.
After being under consideration for just
no c1 OF oyoontixya mr.
dicial appropriation bill was passed by the
house. The mssn fight was in the house
after the bill had been reported back from
the committee of the whole on the amend
ment declaring the laws authorizing the
docking of members salaries for absence
repealed, and on the amendment refusing
to provide for civil service commission. Sep
arate yea and nay votes were demanded
on these amendments when the first was
lost by vote of 104 to 1913 and the latter
by 80 to 1853.
Another amendment proposed by Mr..
Caruth of Kentucky and agreed to in COM
mittee of the whole, which was designed
to still further emasculate the civil serv-
ice commission, was defeated in the house
without division, as was also the amend
ment to equalize the salaries Of the assist
ant doorkeepers of the house.
The-only amendments adopted in the
committee Of the whole and agreed to by
the house were to increase the appropria-
ton for Publishing the postal guide from
SIS, 900 to $50, 900 and an additional item
of So, 500 for clerical service for the Dock
cry commission. Mr.. Terry (Ark. secured
the adoption of an amendment providing
that each circuit court of appeals should
be entitled to have expended for its use at
least one-half of such surplus as they had
accrued.
Looking For Bribers.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The bribery in
vestigation committee will probably de-
vote considerable portion of today to the
problem of deciding what to do with the
no Iofo no