The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-25
MIR. HILL SPEAKS.
HIS DEPESsE OF THE PRESIDENT
 MAKES VILLAS WONDER.

Says Cleveland Is Right-senators Invited
 Interference by Consulting Him-Ltseiy
 Times at Washington.
 Washington July 2t. Senator Cor mans terrible arralgnment of the pres ident yesterday was the sole topic of discussion at the capitol to-day. Inter- est in the fight between the president and the senate had not abated in the least, as shown by the cagerness with which men and women struggled to gain admittance to the senate galleries this morning.
 It was announced that Senator Hill and Senator Brice would take part In the debate, and naturally there was a keen interest to hear from such con- spicuous figures in the coming contest.
 Before the session Senator It'll face tiously remarked that in view of the attack upon his client (Mr. Cleveland) by Senator German he felt called upon to reply.
 I realize" added Senator Hill, "that my client has violated the usual prac- tice in legal proceedings of talking with the other side"
 Ills remark had reference to the con- ference between Cleveland and German at the White House yesterday.
 Senator Hill entered the senate cham Der just before the chaplain offered prayer, bearing package of papers for his speech. While he was engaged in arranging them he was joined by Sena- tor 1rby of South Carolina, who en- gagged him for a few minutes in a whis- pered conversation. As soon as Sena- tor Irby withdrew Senator Villas, the leader of the administration forces in the senate, approached Senator Hill and offered certain suggestions which appeared to satisfy the New York sena- tor. It is probable that Senator Villas assured Senator Hill that he has no idea of withdrawing his motion to strike out the differential duty on sugar, now pending before the senate.
 Senator German entered the chamber a few minutes later with conference report on one of the annual appropria- tion bills, and there was a buzz of inter- est as he arose to make brief state- ment of the report. He seemed to have fully recovered from the effect of the strain of yesterday.
 All of the senatorial leaders were in their respective places, and the mem- bers of the house were present ill force to watch the battle in which they were, for the present, but indirectly inter- ested.
 During the preliminaries there was considerable gossip and speculation as to the effect of yesterdays developments upon the fate of the tariff bill.
 One of the most conservative mem- bers of the conference committee on tEe part of the house, in conversation with reporter, remarked that while he deprecates the washing of the party's dirty linen in public, he was still confi- dent that tariff bill will be eventually passed.
 Said he: "I have conversed with sev- eral of my democratic associates since last night, and while we of the house are inclined to stand firmly by the Will son bill, there is sentiment in favor of mutual concessions which I sincerely trust will prevail and result in the pass age of democratic tariff bill. From my point of view consider the success and prosperity of the democratic party of greater importance than the personal grievances of President Cleveland and democratic senator's D ..-. 3 .
 When the routine morning business was disposed of Senator Hill was recog- nized by the presiding officer to ad- left his own desk on the back row of the circle and took the desk of Senator Faulkner of West Virginia, directly in front of his own desk. '.':
 Senator Hill opened his speech by an- nouncing that he agreed with the dis tinguished senator from Maryland that the democratic party was passing through great crisis. He conceded that the party was very evenly divided OH the pending bill, and proceeded to outline the process of formulating the senate bill to show that it was not &C., ceptable to many of the senators who framed it, and equally repugnant to the house of representatives and the presi- dent of the United States.
 He declared that there appeared to be no prospect of the house yielding to the senate on the items of coal and iron, and he urged that his motion to put these items on the free list in the interest of making the bill more accept able. He said he could see no hope o1 the house yielding while it was backed by public sentiment, the democratic press and the president of the United States, and he appealed to the good sense of his party friends to recede from these two items. and see if an agreement did not follow. j.
 Leaving the coal and iron subject, Senator Hill turned his attention to the presidents letter to Representative Wilson. He said he would not under. take to criticise the propriety of the writing and sending of that letter, but he desired to give the sentiments con. tained in the letter his hearty approval.
 He defended the right of the presi. dent to send personal letter to a mem. Der of the house and did not question the sincerity of the writer, and added that no senator had questioned his mo. tives in that direction. Senator Hills defense of the presi. dent was not relished ly the democratic senators, nor did it attract the atten. tion of the occupants of the galleries, They evidently expected and were anxious for something more sensational and exciting.
 So strong was Hills defence of the presidents attitude on the subject o1