The Globe-republican., 1894-07-27

No should have been gratifed. and 1t would
unQuestionably have been Of practical benefit
to tho cause. Irejoice that he has expressed
them even now, although am not required to
defend the manner Of their presentation even
II they are SO required. While do not as
sumo to respectfully differ from the president
In his assumption that a tax upon sugar is nee
essary At this time, conceding that an income
tax is to be retained: clearly both are not
needed for any legitimate purposes Of the
treasury.
The president speaks OF the democratic
principle and policy which led to the taxation
OF sugar" and he asserts that I'VE are in no
danger Of running counter to democratic priu-
ciples." desire only to suggest that if it was
desirable that sugar should be taxed. las q
legitimate and logical article Of revenue taxa
alton" as he now says, it seems strange that
the president did not in his last annual mes
sage make some intimation. suggestion or
recommendation to that effect.
Mr.. Hill, in closing his speech, called
attention to the fact that the president,
who had been so often quoted in the
tariff debate as favoring an income
tax, had at last come out in no uncer-
tain tones against it. He trusted the
presidents words would have their eff
feet. He (HilD wanted to perfect this
bill. He knew it was claimed his
wishes should not be consulted because
he did not intend to vote for this bill.
He never should vote for it so long as
it contained the income tax. but he
wanted to see it made defensible
Mr.. Hill in a most dramatic manner
concluded by declaring that unless the
democrats of the senate yielded they
70 h, ha
dent would go to the front.
Mr.. Vest Replies.
Mr.. Vest took the floor when Mr..
Hill was seated. After the speech Of
the senator from New York, he began,
it was a subject of congratulation that
he and the president had at last found
a platform on which both could stand.
The lion and lamb had at last lain
down together and were led as little
child by the ways and means commit
tee. He left to the other side which
was the lion and which was the lamb.
The senator from New York had said
that free raw material was a cardinal
principle of democracy. The president
to place free raw material on the free
list was democratic perfidy and dis
honor. Why did not the senator
from New York vote for free wool. he
asked.
Il did not vote on several motions
when the bill was in committee" re-
piled Mr.. Hill. but distinctly voted
e., <1o 10
IF my very soul was thrilling and
pulsating for free raw materials" re-
torted MIR. Vest, sarcastically, ''at the
peril of my life l should have been on
hand to vote on every roll call for the
cardinal principle of the democracy"
Mr.. Vest then proceeded to read the
letter of acceptance of President Cleve-
land in 1892. pronOuncing in favor OF
freer raw material. Yet now he de-
nOunced freer raw materials as perfidy
and dishonor.
Mr.. Vest declared he had been the
presidents second. he had defended
him on the floor of the senate when
his friends could have been counted on
the fingers of one hand. Where did
to congress? To denOunce one branch
of congress to the other? Did he en-
body in his single being all the demOc-
racy. all the tariff reform sentiment in
this country? Mr.. Cleveland was big
man, but the democratic party was
greater than any one.
1t had survived jefferson, Madison,
Jackson; it would survive Grover
Cleveland.
Under what clause of the constitu-
ton did Mr.. Cleveland get the right
after bill had been sent to ''full and
free" conference between the two
houses to make an appeal to his party
friends to stand by his individual
views?
Mrs. Madison had said in her memoirs
that the capitol had been placed at one
of the avenue and the White house at
the other to prevent the president from
exercising an undue influence on the
Legislative branch of the government.
If the president could send word to his
friends to stand firm. he had the right
to send his cabinet ministers here to
right to do as he had during the fight
over the repeal of the Sherman law,
punish recalcitrant members of his own
party.
1t was a mockery to talk of a full
and free conference when one OF the
conferees came to the cOmmitte room
with the orders of the president in his
pocket. Mr.. Vest spoke with bitter
ness of the presidents denunciation Of
the senate bill. which had been passed
after four months of such toll and re-
sponsibility as he should never assume
again. Yet. he said. those who were
instrumental in harmonizing the differ
ences and bringing about its passage
tariff refOrmers before Mr.. Cleveland
began his phenomenal career-had
been arraigned as traitors who sought
to dishonOr their party.
Personally. the bill did not suit him.
He was q radical tariff refOrmer, but il
he could not get all he would take
what he could get.
Il give it as my opinion" he de-
hot