The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-24
GORMAyS BROADSTDE.
The Maryland Senator Vigorously
Assails the President,
HE CHARGES BREACH OF FAITH,
A Pointed Defense Of tho Senate Com
promise ~ the Best Measure That Gould
Pass the Higher Body-Corroborated


WASHINGTON, July "a. - Perhaps no
more remarkable scene was ever witnessed
| In the United States senate than that
which occurred there yesterday when for
two and half hours Senator German, the
Democratic political leader on the floor,
| delivered his speech against the president
and in defense of the senate tariff bill
| The galleries were packed to the doors,
| and 50 great was the interest in Mr.. Cor.
mans speech that the members Of the
house focked to the senate end of the
/ Capitol, and the house, being unable to
| hold a quorum, adjourned. Among those
| who listened most earnestly to Mr.. Cor
man was Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
| British minister, Who was in the diplo-
/ matte gallery His references to the presi-
dent created such commotion in the gal
leries, sometimes of approval and some
times of disapproval, that the presiding
officer was obliged to repeatedly caution
them to preserve better order. He was
listened to with rapt attention through
put his speech, deep feeling of excite
ment being printed on every face.
Mr.. German, with a frankness that
amazed those present, discussed party Sc
crets, opened the door to party caucuses,
and flashed his search light into the dark
corners of party history. The president
was assailed with keenness and vigor 10y
| the leader Of his party on the floor of the
| senate. He defended the senate tariff bill
and its preparation, and charged in most
positive terms that both Mr. Carlisle and
! Mr.. Cleveland were not only aware of the
| concessions made in that bill to procure
its passage through the senate, but that
| Mr.. Carlisle had been consulted Mt every
step, and that Mr.. Cleveland had sane
| toned all that was done Mr. German is
a cool, easy talker but he gives to tone
and gesture a dramatic effect that thrills
the auditor. Yesterday he was at his best
One by one he called Senators Vest, Jones
| and Harris as witnesses to the truth of his
statements, and these gentlemen corrob-
Grated him. Then, having freed himself
from all restraint, he told the inside his
tory of the conference over the bill. He
even went back and told the secrets of the
Mills bill and the st. Louis and Chicago
platforms, and the demands made upon
the national Democratic committee by the
sugar senators in 1892
His personal attack on the president
was full of the most sensational charac-
terizations. He t,ld how he had dared,
when other people faltered, to walk with
Cleveland through 1.-The filth and slime of
the campaign of 1884," how he and his
colleagues had fought for tariff reform
"when towards in high places would not
show their heads" how Mr.. Cleveland
had tried to "gibbet the senate before the
eyes of the country" and said that his
action must he attributed to consuming
vanity" an action that was echoed by
those who "chirped when they talked"
After Senators Vest, Jones and Harris
| had corroborated Mr. Germans state
, ment that the president approved the sen
, ate compromise the Maryland senator,
: speaking of that compromise, continues
at did much to enable us to bring TO.
gether forty-three senators in this body.
= repeat that but for it | do not believe we
E ever should have succeeded in getting to-
b gether But it did not stop there 1t
, was not alone with the secretary of the
treasury, who necessarily speaks for the
. president in matters concerning his de
partment. The president was not ig
norant of what we proposed to do Moth
ing was concealed from him. The papers
= announced on the day following the in
terview with Mr.. Carlisle that the presi
q dent himself concurred with his great
secretary. So we understood, and If it is not
| true then forty-three senators on this side
q of the chamber have been misled. Every
prominent amendment to the bill was al
p well known to him as to me, AS it was
compromise measure it is not satisfactory
\ to single solitary human being on this
: side of the chamber in all its details, bu
l assert rs a whole that the structure a.
presented was recognized as the best tina
1t was possible to pass through this body
"As have said, sir, this is most ex
u traordinary proceeding for a Democra
: elected to the highest place in the govern
{ ment to join with the commune to ira
duce the senate of the United States, t.
= blacken the characters of senators VIII
- are as honorable as they dare to be, VIII
= are as patriotic as they ever can be, VIII
- have done as much to serve their party a
. the men who are now the bene6ciaries o
your labor and mine to taunt and jeer u
before the country as the advocates o
trusts, as being guilty of dishonor an
perfidy 1t is time to speak. The limi
of endurance has been reached The ser
q q ate owes it to itself Every senator her
u u who is part of tn is Democratic majorit
y owes it to himself.
u u "rhere is no power, no matter hoy
u great, in this country, the president wit
= his patronage that would keep me silen
o longer under the charges, under the impU
tations so foully made from such distiI
guished quarters. l hurl it back TO hin
9 and say that this treatment Of his fellow
y is infamous. 1t is destructive to the GOV
~ ernment that men in high positions shoul
y attempt 90 lower this body. No man ca
~ reach here by devious ways and renal
~ long. 1t is composed of men who repr,
u sent the best thought of the country, me
who have stood and battled for tariff r,
form when the towards in higher place
N dared not show their heads; men whC
8, when another place was overrun aud the
u had not the courage to stand and tight
u tyrant, stood here at the risk of health, 6
y the risk Of fortune, of all that is dear, an
~ ~ saved the liberties of the country whe
\ those towards could not be seen, We wi
r. not be traduced longer, Mr.. President, II
p facts must come,
Or "We have seen how this bill passed I'll
Sc senate, how only it could pass the senat
No man, whether in this or in anoth,