Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-27

ton he cried that the senator from Mary
land was apparently of the opinion that he
had the right to direct the President, but
that the President had no right to express
his views. Was there not righteous de-
mand on the President Of the United States
that he should call the attention of the
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee to the necessity of sdhering to the House
provision for free coal and iron, in order to
give effect to Democratic principles.
As German had quoted Washington's
farewell address on his attack on Mr..
Cleveland, so too, did Villas refer to Wash
ington in support of his side of the argu-
ment, and told how Washington had gone
to the Senate of the United States In person,
with treaty in his pocket 20 insist on its
ratification.
Villas then took up the third accusation
that the Senate had been trsduced by the
President in the Wilson letter. Quotations
from the letter formed the basis of an argu-
ment to show that the accusation was false.
The President had merely said that
the abandonment of free iron and
free ore would be party pertidy and
party dishonor. Could it be said that the
President was aiming at any particular
senator? He was only speaking to those
who held his views.
Why so swift TO take this accusation as
personal? Was he Villas guilty of per-
fijy? Was any other senator accused?
Could that accusation be leveled
at any senator who agreed with
the President? Much less could it be lev
eled at any senator who did not agree with
him, be he Democrat or Republican. As
for the senator from Maryland, he would
| not impute any motive TO him for seeming
to array the Senate against the House of
Representatives. 1t was natural to seek to
unite the Democrats on the ground that
they had been trampled upon, but not to do
| so in the belief that the distinguished man
| (Mr. Cleveland) had sought to attack some
| body
In conclusion Vilss said he would vote
| to carry the bill into conference, and in or
der to carry that into effect he withdrew his
| motion offered Friday last.
Stewart (Pop.) Of Nevada, followed vi
las with some remarks on the Presidents
| letter.
At 4.45 p. M. the President pro tenn. an
| nounced that the question before the Sen
ate was that of adopting the two amend.
ments of Senator Hill that the Senate re-
| cede from its amendments placing duty on
coal and iron ore. The motion was, at the
| suggestion of Allison, divided so that the
| vote should first be taken on iron ore. The
vote resulted: yeas, G; nays, 65. Allen
| Hansbrough, Hill, Irby, Kyle and PETER
voted in the affirmative.
Caffery withdrew the motion that he
made, yesterday, instruc,ing the conferees
tho enbaInla 70 ipsi AN NJ u
for 1894. Hills motion with regard to coal
| was also lost yeas, 8 nays, Ga; the same
| senators supporting the motion who had
| voted for the previous one.
The question recurring on Gray's motion
to insist and to agree to further confer
ence, Washburn moved to amend it by
| instructing the Senate conferees to recede
| from the Is cent pound differential duty
| on spgar, the same amendment which Villas
had offered and had withdrawn.
Mills made the point Of order that the
Senate could not recede from apart of an
amendment already agreed to and could not
therefore instruct its conferees to do SO,
Hill argued against the point of order.
Gray ssid that it would be idle and abb
surd for the Senate to geek to limit the
power of it's parliam entary agents. Mitchell
took the view that the motion must be in
| order as the effect of it would be to reduce
the controverted points in the issue.
Hale argued that it was in no way an
abridgment of a full and free conference
for either house to abandon one of the
things in dispute. German (Dem.) of
Maryland, argued that the Senate could not
instruct the coDferees at this time as there
were no conferees. Without action on the