The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-26
DEFENDED BY HILL.
cleveland Finds Champion In
His Old Political Enemy.

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cleveland Finds Champion in
His Old Political Enemy.
Washington, July 25.-Evcry seat in
the galleries was tiled again to-day when
the senate met. RESUMPTION OF the heavy
firil & against the executive was anticl.
pated.
When Mr.. Harris called up the con-
ferer &c report almost every seat on the
floor was occupied. Mr.. Hill Of New
York was Immediately recognized. He
q: greed, he said. ut the outset with Mr.
German. that the Democratic party was
i'll the mist Of Il great crisis. The Demo-
cratic parity. after such a long struggle i'll
The minority, had at last been intrusted
with power. 1t had gone to work to re-
to reform the tariff The house had
PASS ed tariff bill y kich, aside from it's
income tax feature, seemed TO meet with
general satisfaction AS it passed this
senate, however, after long. weary months
of debate. it was not satisfactory, and it,
viol5ted The pledges Of the party. 1t
went t. conference. The house conferers
were confronted with the fact that the
senate had made tie bill u worthy Of
Democrat: support They rejected the
d' ty OH coal and iron ere. They refused
to yield, ard there wss no hope that
they woull yield. If'tkey insisted upon
tleir attitude and The senat" was OBJ
st;nHte, all prospect Of tariff legislation
~ S at m end
''Do you see amy signs of yielding on
tie part of the honse:'' he asked, ad-
dressing his Democratic colea CUES.
Backed by the public rress Of the coun-
try, by the Democr; tic masses, and the
president Of the United States, as it I'LL
| d"ubtedly is, the house will never yield.
Why not yie;d on coal s,d iron, and see
whether it does not lead to an agree
! II cnty'
He was not, he sid, talking about Mr.
| Villas motion to recede from the differ
| ential in favor Of the Sugar trust; but
concessions must AMI should be made if
tic hill was ~ bee ne :, law.
| He was in >y'urall v with the presi-
dents letter. It's sentiments were his
sentiments. The pres i.ent violated 10
| clause of the cnnsti! utirn when he seEt
that letter. He had Tie right to do it.
| Mr. Fill proposed to take issue with
Mr.. Germans III grment yesterday that
the PRESIDENT had only recently discov-
cred the doctrine of free raw materials
lie carefully qTote,l from the president s
pull lie uttcranc''s to demonstrate that MI.
Cleveland had tee1 welded to tn 1T doc
tribe since he sent bis fatr,,ls tariff mes
sage to congress in 1887. Neither did he
believe that Gle, Gland could be held re-
sponsible Cor the unofficial utterances of
Secretary Carlisle, bat, referring to the
official utterances of the secretary of the
treasury, he pointed out that until this
present question arose both Mr.. Cleve-
| 1or Eel,
their harm ony.
''When Mr.. Cleveland saw that the
senate bill placed a DIT ty on coal and iron
ore, the property of the rich,' said Mr.
Hill dramatically, "and removed the duty
IF from wool, the product Of the farmer
he would have been false to himself
false to his pledges and false to his party
had he not called attention to the dis
elimination and inconsistency.
Il 10 rot often defend the president,
said Mr.. HILL raising his voice until i
rarg through the Oh; 4 Ter. ''but to-da,
it is my duty to do So I hope L IN
troad-minded and liberal enough to de
fcnd him when he is unjustly critic!se,
and attacked"
AS he was saying this there wer
,noEstr;ltions IF 81 proval in the CALLER,
that broke finally into applause whicl
compelled Mr.. Harris, who was in til
clair, to caution the galleries to desist
A suggestion from Mr.. Hawlcy that tn
galleries should be cleared upon a repe
ton of the offense was iaerad an
| Kissed.
Several times the presiding officer w,
unable t. restrain the enthusiasm hi
remarks evoked, notably when Mr. Iii
declared that personal consid.yatiou
{ | would not prevent him from defendin
, | the president when he was uniuStly a
: tackled. Ele defended Mr. Clcveland's lie
; 1c,', his right to Serd it :nd the sent
f ,nents it contained, and made stron
roint against his advers;,ries VIII II h
! pointed out that they criticised the pros
, dent for siding Will, the house when thu
, admitted tkat they had used all their il
, tluence t.. induce him to interpos, in b
, half of the senate amendments to Il
talif bill. He took up Mr. German
y argument and met it point by point in
manner satisfactory to hilr self at leas
: ard concirded with 4 piece Ct satire th;
= stung those on the floor and tickled ii
I GALLERIES u1 mea:urably. Mr. Gorma
yesterday compared Mr.. Hill to lag
y To-day Mr.. Hill iikened those who h;
! joined III the assault on Mr. Cleveland
the consplrators who stabbed Caesar
y death at the foot of Pompeii's statue
/ the roman senate. Mr. German he cha
It acterizcd as the lean and hungry Cassiu
e Mr.. Jones, Marcus Brutus, the hone
S Brutus of the senate; Mr. Vest, wi
/ struck the first blow on Friday,
c Casca Mr. Voorhees, as Trebonir
l. "testy but earnest and Mr.. Harris
Metallus Climber. They had struck doy
n the president, Mr.. Hill said not til
l. they loved Mr.. Cleveland less, but til
It they loved the senate compromise MOI
&c land yet" he concluded, and each wo
d rang out like a hammer on an anvil,
It can say with Anthony, They are !;
q honora Die men, "
le Mr.. Caffery Of Louisiana, who f
p lowed NJ. Hill with brief speech, al
is gave to the country Lis share of t
s secrets of the political prison hor Sc ]
N detailed at length the manner in viii
rhc sugar schedule had been prepar,
% insisting that it was made by and in /
interests Of the sugar trust He Il,
II gave way in cr,!er to give the Democr;
81 chance to caucus Altogether it "
a very exciting day and the indicatic