The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-08-15


al way. Then Reed, with lily concealed
contempt, made the Democrats listen 10
''piain talk" He is always magnificent
in battle, knowing where to wound the
most. His scorn and withering contempt
was admirable. The Democrats skunk
in their seats wishing to avoid his attack.
They had to listen shamefaecdly to his
whitening invective.
Mr. Turner, of Georgia, the broadest
and best of Democrats, led forlorn hope
and did so ably, hut had to acknowledge
the position unsatisfactory.
Mr.. Reed replied with dignity and pro-
ceeded even more cruelty 10 lay open the
whitened sepulcher of the Democracy.
Mr.. Turner admitted he was eating dirt,
but was accustomed to it. \ pretty in
terchange Of words followed, and the
rule WAS adopted, l76 TO %.
Mr.. Reed fired another shot with a
point of order that the bill was not in the
House. Crisp, his eyes twinkling with
triumph, pointed 10 the bill, which had
been stolen from the Senate conferees and
lay on the clerks desk.
Then came pathetic scene, indeed. 1t
was Chairman Wilson urging the adop-
tion of the Senate bill. He had fought
the Senate bill for forty days and worn
himself 10 a skeleton. Just few hours
before he had unsuccessfully begged the
caucus not to surrender and had been
overwhelmingly Inundated. As he got
up sadly, looking pale and i'll, wearing
black frock coat, flowing sky blue neck
tie and one of Springer's red flowers, il
was pitiful. The little idols of the Mas
sachusetts tariff reformers fell like tink-
ling glass, With sorrow he obeyed his
colleagues and urged the acceptance of
the obnoxious bill, eonsoling himself
with the statement that il is better than
the Mckinley bill and that it was only
the beginning of the great fight.
Great was the silence and the galleries
looked pityingly upon the little West
Nirginian Tho had aspired 20 the Presi-
deney by the Wilson bill route. Flo
quently he performed the sad task.
When Mr.. Wilson had finished and
had several times been slightly applauded
by the saddened Democracy, Mr.. Reed
came to the fore again attacking the
Democrats with his heaviest artillery.
Those who had heard Reed speak before
had said he could not surpass himself, but
as they heard him again they said: This
is the best" His reference to the House
conferees as '.The little babes in the woods
whom if would he found had been left
there by their uncle in the White House
was ludierous, In the most forceful man
ner and in the midst of an awesome
silence Mr. Reed prophesiei the defeat Of
the Democracy. II was an eloquent att
tack, as was the reference to the country
disheartened and PROSTATE under nemo=
cratic rule. and the picture of the bright
ening future which the Democrats had de-
stroyed.
II was dramatic scene when Mr.. Reed
yielded to BOurke Cochran, who is al
ways a spell-binder. Standing amid
the men who hate him, Cochran showed
why ii WAS wrong to accept that bill. He
spoke of Wilson with tenderness. and adj
dressed himself TO the intelligence of the
shook his fist. The New Yorker, brush
ing him aside TO the music of Democratic
groans, demanded to know to whom they
were surrendering BY Reeds courtesy,
Tarsney, of Missouri, u Ways and Means
committeeman, as was Cochran, said For
me TO vote for il would involve personal
dishonor and personal perfidy." Mr..
Reed then yielded to Tom johnson, the
free trader, who prophesied that the
Democrats would find that "Every bag of
sugar sold for dollar becomes One-third
less, and that every woman would speak
against the Democracy" and tnen Mr..
Turner, of Georgia, came 10 the rescue.
Disorder then reigned. Cuckoo Tracy
was in the chair and made more disorder
with his gavel. Mr., Reed sought 10 re-
serve his time to the last. The Democrats
desired Crisp to close with a frantic ap-
peal. Speaker pro TEN Tracy decided
that Reed must lose the time remaining
unless he used it then. Reed flushed and
{ I'D Crisp, who had instructed Tracy. that
he ,puld dictate to him from the chair but
not II ON the floor There were cries from
both sides aud jeers and groans and dis
order generally. Finally Crisp appealed
to the Democrats TO stand together. He
spoke of Cockran's pyrotechnics and
taunted him for being absent.
Affer row, Cochran spoke bitterly of
the decline of the Georgia chivalry, and
told the Speaker he knew full well why
he had been absent. The Speaker forgot
himself and howled at Cochran. There
was an exchange of bitter words, while
Crisp tried useless TO explain. lie had
been guilty of breach of gentlemanli-
ness and felt it, when Cochran cried out
above the noise that IL was great fall
from Alexander ii. stephens 10 Charles
F. Crisp There might have been an
encounter, but common sense prevailed.
Mr.. Wilson, of Washington, electrified
everybody by announcing that sugar had
risen to lO9, and Cuckoo Tracy pounded
for order while the cuckoo cry was heard
from all parts of the hall.
The vote followed in indescribable con
fusion, and Bartlett, Cockmn, Dunphy,
Hendrix and Warner, all of New York /;
Davey, Meyer and Price, of Louisiana /;
johnson, Of Ohio; Everett, Of Alassachu-
setts; Tarsney, of Missouri, and Gornlan,
Of Michigan, Democrats, voted against the
bill.
MAY BE VETOED YET.
WASHINGTON, Aug. la-sEveFy true
Democrat and every sincere tariff REFORM
er knows that this bill in its present form
and as it will be submitted 10 the confer
ence falls far short OF the consummation
for which we have long labored, for which
we have suffered defeat without discour-
agement, and which in its promise of ac-
complishment is 50 interviewer with
Democratic pledges and Democratic sue
cess that our abandonment ofthe cause or
the principles upon which il rests, means
party perfidy and party dishonor."
That is what President Cleveland said
on July 2 ofthe Senate bill which was
adopted by the House so humiliatingly
to-day. And now, A days later, he can
not accept il without party perfidy and
party dishonor." That is what makes
many Deople believe that the President