Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-23
The NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Senator German Hurls Bitter De-
fiance at the President.
Country Anxiously Awaiting the Re-
suit Of the Tariff Controversy
Pension Attorneys Dis
barred.

Washington, July 23.-The battle over
the conference report on the tariff was re-
sumed in the senate to-day. The attend
ance in the galleries and on the fioor was
even larger than on Friday. Senator Hill, OF
New York, was one of the first senator's in
the chamber. He busted himself arrang-
inp the documents on his desk and looked
aggressive. Senator German, of Mary
land, calm and serene, but with grave,
earnest face, stopped on the way to his
seat and held a whispered conversation
with Senator Smith, of New Jersey. Sen
ator Mills, of Texas, seemed to be glrded
for the fray, and about the chamber there
we're Indications Of the coming struggle.
Senator Harris, president protein, wasin
the chair.
SENATOR aoRMAN SPEAKS.
After the expiration of the preliminary
routine business, at 1:22, Senator Voor-
hees called up the conference report on
the tariff abill. Then the storm broke.
Senator German Immediately arose. He
said he hoped that he appreciated the
gravity of the situation. He followed by
saying: "Ordinarily the situation would
be easy of solution. There ordinarily
would be no difference of opinion about
sending a bill to conference where the
differences between the two houses could
be adjusted" He drew a graphic picture
of the anxiety with which the country
awaited the fate of the bill, particularly
the idle factories, closed workshops and
the unem ployed. Further suspense was
neither to the best interest OF the coun-
try nor of the Democratic party. He
hoped that the senators would meet the
situation as became patriotic men.
IT WAS IDLE FOR HIM
to add anything more to what had been
said last Friday by the senator from New
Jersey, (Mr. SMITH. In the house there
was an overwhelming Democratic ma
iority. Here in the senate the Demo-
Gratis were at the outset confronted with
1 the fact that there were only forty-four
Democrats. A bill must be framed which
would secure the support of all these
senators, all of whose votes save one
we're necessary to pass it. That one vote
was lost. Senator Hill, of New York,
had from the beginning opposed the
bill openly and manfully.
| The Democrats, faced with such con-
dition, have gone.
MANFULLY TO WORK
to harmonize the differences and had ac-
com plished it by many sacrifices, almost
at the sacrifice of principles. No legisla-
tive body of this country ever had been
confronted with such condition. The
reports from the states OF New York,
| New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and Maryland
att outset announced that the house bill
was 80 radical, 30 destructive of the inter
ests of the people that they would not
support it. He paid high tribute to
Senators Vest, Jones and Voorhees, and
Harris. "Those brave men," he said,
"whose laborious work had at last accom-
plished the feat of adjusting these differ
ences and made the passage of the bill
possible" Then in dramatic tones he
delivered his defiance. "The infamous
calumnies that had been
HEApED UPON THE HEADS OF THE SENATE
forced from his llps", he said, "a plain
unvarnished statement of facts. He
would make it with malice toward none
but he would look his colleagues and the
American people in the eye and tell the
truth.
In response to an appeal from Senator
German, Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, related
a conversation had by him with President
Cleveland before he proposed the Jones
amendments to the tariff bill in the senate
He said he told the president that he
would not 90 one step further with the
compromise measure until he was assured
it would have the presidents support
The president told him, he said, that he
would favor almost aIy compromise to
secure the passage Of the bill.
At the close of Senator Jones' state
ment Mr.. Villas asked whether Presi.
dent Cleveland had not expressed de.
sire for free coal and free iron. Senator
Jones replied that he had, but had urged
that the senate get the compromise bill
through.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, yielded
the chair to take the floor and corroborate
the statement of Serator Jones as to the
assertions made by the president in an
interview at which he was also present.
Senator Gorman then resumed his
speech.
b. CONFERENCE WITH THE PRECEDENT.
l SENATOR 0OTuHu WAS VlbltOE db tut
White house this morning and had short
conference with the president before con
gress met.
PENSION ATTORNEYS DIsBARRED
The disbarment of six pension attor
neys from practice before the interier de
partment for violations of the pension
laws has been ordered by Secretary Smith
: They are William H. Kerr, Salinville
: Ohio; Samuel M. Eclil, Travellers Rest
Ky.;J. s. Armstrong, Xenia, Ohio; A. q
Posey, Vicksburg, Miss; Thomas Cald
; we'll, Chetopa, Kas, and B. F. Brown, o
Pittsburg, Pa. The main charge is ac
ceptance of illegal fees from claimants.
OLD wAR MEDALS.
Medals of honor have been awarded Il
the following members of the voluntee
storming party at vicksburg in 1852