The evening world., 1894-07-20
HILL ENDORSES CLEVELAND,
Reads from the Letter of Yestcr-
day. and Says President In Right.

| (By Associated Pross.D
| WASHINGTON, July 20.--Crowds such
as had not thronged the Senate in
month"; packed the galleries to-day.
The Hottie and the President had yester-
day thrown down the gauntlet to the
Senate on the tariff question. and a
| pitched battle was expected. An
omnous hush was upon the Chamber
when the President pro. TEN. (Mr
Harris, of Tenn raped the Senate to
| order.
Senator Joe Blackburn, OF Kentucky
in pink neglige shirt, stood. watch in
hand while the chaplain delivered his
| invocation, looking like Judge at a
| Kentucky Derby.
The conservative" Democrats. Mr..
| Brice in an immaculate suit of white
| flannel Mr.. German in a sedate suit of
blue and Mr.. Smith in a long black frock
coat, sat grouped together on the Demo-
cratic side. Mr.. Hill, sitting far back,
| chatted merrily with Gen. Dan Sickles,
| the one-legged veteran of Gettysburg.
Senators Sherman, Aldrich, Allison,
Hale and Chandler, the leaders on the
Republican side, appeared amused at
| the storm which threatened across the
political aisle. The preliminary routine
| business was transacted in a perfume
| tory way.
senator Smith Speaks
At 1917 Senator Voorhees,. Chairman of
| the Finance Committee. arose in his
place and called up the conference re-
port on the Tariff bill. Without a word
of explanation he yielded the floor to
Senator Smith. of New Jersey, who
| arose and read carefully prepared
speech. He had hoped, he said when
the bill passed the Senate two weeks
ago, that It had been perfected But
the events of the last twenty-four hours
had confronted the Democratic party
with the possibility of the failure of all
tariff legislation at this session. II so
the responsibility must be placed where
1t belonged
No White House Intimidation
He criticised the President for ''violat-
ing" the principles OF his party in at
tempting to interfere with the preroga-
tives OF the legislative branch OF the
Government. but declared that he should
never be inundated by threats from
the President. or by the utterances Of
his, party ass Jciates at the other end of
ous.y applauied.
He called attention to the difference
between the situation In the House and
the Senate. He reviewed the events in
the House, which eliminated in the
passage of the bill. with the loss OF sew
enteen Democratic votes in that body.
In the Senate all was changed. Every
democratic vote was needed to pass
bill, If II was to be passed as a party
measure, and the members OF the FL
nance Committee went heroically TO
work to harmonic the differences exist
ing In the Democratic side. They had
accomplished that purpose, to their ever
lasting credit. be II said.
smith ConcessIonist.
He had been one of those who had
stood out for concessions in the inter
est of his constituents. He made no
Concealment II hts position then. he
made none now.
He then proceeded to deliver a glowing
eulogy of the Tariff bin as II passed the
Senate declaring that, unlike the House
bill, II contained no menace to the indus
tries of the country and had not been
framed by men from sparsely settled
districts who knew nothing OF the great
commercial interests OF the United
States.
He asserted that the trainers Of tho
House bill and large proportion OF the
formers, they were free traders Per
sonally, he said, ne believed in the theory
NJ free raw materials; hut ut a time
when miners were hardly able TO keep
the greatest mining strike In history. he
did not believe that the Democratic
party could afford to run the risk OF
striking down this vast industry.
A broad smile ran around the Senate as
Af..d