Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-09
FIVE MINUTE SPEECHES
Senators Make an Agreement Concerning Tariff Debate.
THE BILLS PROGRESS NOT HELPED.
Agricultural Schedule Not Het Finished. Senators Hoar and Mills and Vest and Chandler Exchange sharp words-Mr. Terrelis Testimony.

I Chandler Exchange sharp words-Mr
 Terrelrs Testimony.
 | WASHINGTON, June 9.-An agreement was reached In tho senate to proceed with | the agricultural schedule, covering about 10 pages of the tariff bill, under the five minute rule, but the progress was almost | as slow as before the arrangement was made. Eight aragraphs-1s0-l9 l9S, com | prising about n page and a half of the bill were disposed of.
 The debate, as a rule, was rather dull, | although thel were occasional sharp OK changes, whicl indicated that the prolong- cd daily sessions have rutfled the usually l calm temper of the senate. For somo days this bad humor has characterized such | fencing as has occurred in the course of 1 the debate.
 Before tho tariff was taken up Mir. Hoar's resolution to inquire into the ad- visibility of releasing tho claim of the government against tho Leland Stamford estate was laid on tho table.
 A rather heated debate grew out of an attempt on the part of Mir. Hoar to induce Mr. Mills to tell the senate who 1t was that had applied so much pressure to tho Democratic majority that they were fore cd to break their platform pledges. Who
 
 tho bill if it contained free coal, free iron orc or freo sugar? Who was it who forced this high duty on rico? Tho senators from the coal states had declared on the floor of the senate that they would have voted for the bill, frco coal or not. "Namo your man." said Mir. Hoar. Mako him stand out in the daylight and take the reSponsi- bility. You owe it to the country and to yourself"
 Hoar Taunts Mills.
 Mir. Mills replied rather warmly that observations like Mir. Hoar's wcro in the nature of special pleading. They fool mo- body, said he, because every intelligent man understands that under tho present circumstances 1t requires every Democrat ic vote in this chamber to make n legisla tive majority The Democrats werc thcre- fore compelled to make such concessions ns werC necessary to secure such n majori ty. He recalled the fact that when the Mckinley bill was considered tho then senator from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds) had insisted on and had obtained duty on maple sugar and maple sirup as the price of his support of the measure. The power of organization was greater on the Rcpub lican side than the Democratic side, yet tho Republicans had lately expressed sur prise at tho evidence of organization on
  sessions. They intended to stand together and pass this bill in spite of Republican tilibustcring Bad as it might be, it was infinitely better than the present law.
 Mir. Hoar thought Mir. Mills reply to his question no reply at all. It was cry of agony. He recalled tl.lt a few days ago Mir Mills had described himself as between the devil and the deep sea- After this cry of rage ho thought that there was no trou- ble in locating him. He was not in tho sea or in dangcr of drowning Every ono knew who had him. With much sarcasm Mir. Hoar proceeded to try to goad Mir. Mills into n direct reply to the question as to who had forced the main concessions in tho bill.
 Mir. Hale joined forces with him, and when he sat town Mir Mills sought an op- portunity to reply hy oftcringa pro forma amendment to strike out the last word as Senators Hoar and Hale had done. Mir Berry rcmonstratCd in an undCrtonc and MT. Mills left the chamber with somc in dications of irritation.
 Mir. Berry then stated that he had re monstratcd because he did not want to see a Democratic senator follow the example of Republican senator in n course hc considered violation of good faith under a unanimous agreement.
 Mir. Hoar replied very deliberately that n man who took this view of the case dis played gross ignorance, and Mir. Berry as serted that the Massachusetts senator had willfully and knowingly donc that which no honorable man could afford to do, and he expressed his surprise that the senator from Massachusetts should have done such thing, which he had never known him to do before. Mir. Hoar briefly defended his action, and the episode closed.
 AmaD1mpptS 1ODE iDtr n Ibp r,StpratiOD of the present rates on dairy products wcro lost, and the following rates were fixed: Butter, cents per pound; cheese, 1 cents per pound; fresh milk, 3 cents per gallon. Vest and Chandler Exchange Courtesics.
 A sharp exchange of senatorial courtc- sieS between Messrs. Chandler and Vest occurred. Mir Chandler, in the course of ironiCal remarks, referred to the result of tho recent municipal elections at Kansas City. Mir Vest replied contemptuously that this style of argument indicated the Caliber of Mir. Chandler'S craftsmanship. Tt may be, said he, that Missouri will go Republican; it may he that I will be re- tired to private life; but if am will have the sweet consolation of knowing that I shall no longer be Coerced into lis tening to the senator from New Hamp- shire That sort of thing was no argu- ment, said Mir. Vest.
 Republican argument usually pictured the interests of the American farmer blecd- ing in the streets aS the eggs of the pauper hens of Canada came across the border. In conclusion he characterized a remark which Mir. Chandler had quoted against him as a joke
 When he sat down, Mir Chandler arose and made a mock apology. Ho owed the senator from Missouri an apology, he ad- I, Ia Ho had not thought Mir. Vest had smiled or had felt like smiling since this contest began because ho realized the trials and tribulations he had been through; how he had been pestered and worried by the agents of trusts which had finally prevail cd; how he had pleaded unavailingly with his Democratic colleagues to be truc to principle, and finally how he had listened to him (Chandlerl. ''When he made that remark" concluded Mir. Chandler, 'the sting of his speech was in the tail. I supposed he was still as solemn, serious and demented as he seems to have beon since this session of congress began"
 In the House.
 The days proceedings in the house were enliveped by MT. Walkers (Rep., Mass. complaint of the poor ventilation of the house and the incapacity of tho architect
 
 (Dem., Mich. reply to the attack of MT. Linton on tho Catholic church.
 The business transacted in tho morning hour was the passage of \ bill for tho reg istry or enrolment of the bark Skudenaes and of bill to define tho present units of electrical measurements. Tho confer ence report on the Pennsylvania and Now Jersey Railway bridge bill was adopted, and resolution authorizing the Mary land state courts to occupy for five years the old United States courthouse in Bal timore was agreed to
 The question of continuing tho Indian warehouse at New York was discussed hy Mir Aldrich of Illinois and Mir. Bartlett of New York, and Mir. Brosius of Penn sylvania protested against the reduction of the appropriation for Indian schools.
 Tho evening session was devoted to pen sion bills.