The evening world., 1894-07-23
GoRMAN on The BILL.
Maryland Senator Tells of Trouble
in the Upper Chamber.
Differences Arose Over Radical
Propositions Of the House.
Tribute to "Those Brave Men"
Who Worked for Reconciliation.
Dy Associated Press)

| 'bN Associated fress)
| WASHINGTON. July 23.-The battle
over the conference report on the Tariff
bill was resumed in the Senate to-day.
The attendance in the galleries and on
the floor. Notwithstanding the gloomy.
rainy day, was even larger than on
Friday. Ladies and gentlemen, promi-
nent in society and public life. were
| conspicuous in the reserved galleries.
and several members of the Diplomatic
Corps occupied the terra Gotta tier of
plush benches opposite the Nice-Presi-
dents cahir.
| Mr.. HILL of New York. was one of
the first Senators in the chamber He
busted himself arranging the documents
on his desk, and looked alert and ag-
gressve.
Mr.. German, of Maryland, calm and
serene. but with n grave, earnest face.
stopped on his way to his seat to hold
whispered conversation with Mr.
Smith. of New Jersey. Mr. Mills. of
| Texas, appeared to be CORDED for the
| fray. and all about the Chamber there
| were indications of the cominb storm.
Mr.. Harris. the President pro item,
| was in the Chair:
After the preliminary routine bust
ness. Senator Voorhees, Dem., Ind. at
the Tariff bill.
MI! MI. German Dem. Md Immediately
GRAVITY or the situation. he began. Or
dinarily. the situation would be easy Of
solution. There would ordinarily be no
difference Of opinion about sending the
bill to conference. where the differences
between the two houses could be ad-
| justed.
He iis, drew ,,,,, a graphic picture of the
the fate of the bill, the idle factories.
the closed workshops and the unem-
pioyed., Further suspense was neither
| 10 the best interests of the country nor
| to the Democratic party. He hoped that
the Senators would meet the situation
as became patriotic men and duty bound
1t was idle for him. he said to add
to anything to what had been said OF
Friday last by the Senator from Ne "
Jersey (Mr. Smith. In the House there
was an overwhelming Democratic ma.
1ority. Here in the Senate the Demo
| Gratis were at the outset confronted with
the fact that there were but A of their
| party.
| A bill must be framed which would
secure the support of all these Senators,
al of whose votes save one were neces-
sary to pass 1t. That one vote was lost.
The Senator from New York (Mr. HID
had from the beginning opposed the
bill. openly and manfully. The Demo-
Gratis. faced with such a condition, had
gone manfully to work to harmonic
the. differences, and had accomplished
II by many sacriiices-almost at the
sacrifice of principle. No legislative body
in this country, he declared. had ever
been confronted with such condi-
| ton.
The reports of the States of New York,
| New Jersey. Ohio. West Virginia and
| Maryland, at he outset. announced that
| the House bill was so radical. so destruc-
| tive of the interests of the people. that
| they would not support 1t.
! Mr.. German paid high tribute to
Senators Vest. Jones. Voorhees, and Har-
| ris--those brave men whose laborious
work had at last accomplished the feat
of adjusting these differences.