Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

m,;Iea. 1T was to the doctrine of absolute
ly free raw materials
He said that while the presidents letter
came too late and was i'll advised, stu he
endorsed il.
Upon the question of free raw ma
terial the president is right, and you know
IL You cannot answer his arguments.
You cannot doubt his sincerity and pa
trio,ism. You must yield In the end TO
his views. You cannot stand up against
the sentiment of the great Democratic
masses of the country, which will rally
around the president N his contest with
you ON this particular branch of the sub
ject. The time to yield is now, before
there is further humiliation, embarrass-
plent and discord."
Senator Vest, speaking of Hills in
| iorsement of Cleveland, said he was glad
to know that the lion and the lamb had
nc last lain down together. He would not
say. however, which was the lion n
which the lamb. In scathing terms he
arraigned the president, saying he mad
been his friend and defended him on the
floor of the senate when his friends could
have been counted on the fingers OF one
hand. He asked where the president got
the right to dictate to congress, and said
that he believed that this bill would be
passed or no bill.
Senator Villas moved that the senate
recede from the Is cent sugar differen-
tisl.
A very hot personal controversy oc-
Cured between Senators Hill and Gray,
and il looked at one tine as though there
might be a personal collision. An ad-
journment was taken until Monday with
out action.
The feeling is even more pronounced
that the senate and house will be dead
locked on the tariff and that nc bill will
be passed.
Washington, July 23.-The senate re-
sumed consideration of the tariff to-day.
No action, however, is expected until
late this evening if at all to-day.
There has been a persistent rumor
about the capitol that the conservative
Democratic senators have been in con-
ference and that they adopted a plan
under which steps We're TO be taken to
defeat the tariff bill by 5 O'clock to-day.
The senate did not definitely instruct the
tariff conference to stand by the senate
bill. 1t is stated that there is a plan on
foot for the repeal of the present sugar
bounty by an independent measure In
case the differential duty on refined sugar
should be stricken out of the tariff bill
and the tariff bill then defeated in Con-
sequence of this section. The Republican
advisory committee Of the senate held a
meeting for the purpose of an exchange
of views. The opinion was generally ex-
| pressed that the Democratic situation
was very delicate, and il is understood
that il would be improved from a Re
publican standpoint by tae interference
of Rtpublican senators; hence they will
advise members of their party to allow
the Democratic senators to continue to
do the greater part of the talking in the
senate on the subject of the tariff so long
as they will do so. 1t is also understood
that the committee discussed the policy
on the part of the Republicans with ref
erence to the differential duty on sugar
and concluded to advise that the Repub-
Iican senators should vote TO strike it out
Il they should have the opportunity to do
so.
Mr.. Villas has been appealed to by a
large number of Democratic senators to
| relieve the senate of the embarrassment
which the offering of the motion has
| caused by not insisting on the amend
ment. This he has declined TO do. He
said that he had no intention of with
drawing it.
Il shall let the motion be decided upon
its merits" he said, 'or call the chair to
rule upon it, but l shall not withdraw it.
l did not offer the motion with a view of
! throwing a bomb, and if it had that eff
: feet, it was not the result of my pur-
pose, l thought / saw an opportunity
to compromise the differences existing be-
tween the senate and house and made
the motion with that end in view. Ii
has seemed to me that this differential
| duty is the vital spot of the differences
between the two houses of congress-, and
1 believe that if it could be gotten rid of
the two bodies could easily compromise
their differences and an agreement be
reached upon the bill"
But little business was transacted by
the house. The resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution providing
for the election of senators by the direct
vote of the people was passed by a two
thirds majority with 13 votes to spare.
The senate amendments to the Indian ap-
preparation bills were disagreed to and
conferees were appointed. The house bill
for the reinstatement of clerks dismissed
from the railway mail service between
March Is and May /, 1889, was under
consideration all the afternoon, but failed
to pass on account of the lack of a
quorum.