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faint will do his, duty to his country at any
cost was undoubtedly great. 1t touched the
Democrats. and they applauded tremendously
The speech was capital every word was III us
right place to produce precisely the effect which
the orator aimed at. The two qualities 1t chiefly
suggested were sincerity ard courage No'h'"b
Of illness appeared in the tones OF Mr. WILSON
voice. they were strong. mellow and clear "hch
he uttered his defiance to those members Oh HIS
party In the Senate who were endeaNorlhB 10
lsad Il into error and to nuify the solemn
pledges It had made. his voice rang through the
great Hall of Representatives. arousing the pride
and spirit of his party associates. No hlpt hhd
got around Of the sensation to which he would
lead Members listened with unfeigned surprise
70 LANGUAGE which they could but think would
tend strongly ~ render impossible an agreement
with the Senate but they had no Idea how power
ful If WAS fortified nor how carefully It's results
had he,,n studied Il was thought reinarkaoe
that Mr. Wilson should say that he and hs
friends had gone into the conference free ana
urtrammeued while the Senate Conferrecs had
come there fettered and limited by the appre-
hension that there were forces in the senate
nowerfu enough to resist successfully the passdge
of any bill! which did not make concessions To
great corporate and trust interests. II was
thought strange that he should have described
the division as "irreCenciahle." and that no
should have admitted that the Senator'S TOOK
The postion that unless ",his House was willing
TO accent the Senate bill there was to be 10
tariff legislation al this session Of Congress
These remarks were candid. and they won for
Mr. Wilson that respect which frankneSs always
exc,tes: but it was thought that they involved
admissions which were far from cafe unless the
hope Of final agreement had been abandoned.
As Mr. Wilson proceeded he got further ana
further away from those lines which common
prudence dictated After admitting that Tie
sugar schedule was the main point or dSifI''-
ment and that the Senate seemed determined ~
allow no change In the schedule II had auep.ru,
''If II be true" he said. that tn" great sugar
Trust has grown 50 strong and 50 powerful that
II can say that no Tariff bill can pass the Nn"r-
can Congress In which its interests are not
adequately guarded nope the House VIII never
consent 10 an adjournment
Deafenng cheers interrupted the speaker. lie
had meant 20 60 further and - quaIliH ms non
but the House. or those who w'r" making 'h'
noise wished him to stop right there Members
arose in their seats and waved handk'rchiefS
in the air and threw books and documents ava
napers high above their heads The orator
paused and seemed 10 be- looking around. al
though HIS eyes were bandagcd and he could not
see but he stood straighi"r for IN" app'a"7' a"'
raised the tones ~ his voic" another nor" "i '"'
Il hope" he said. that this House VIII no. con-
son, 10 an adjournment until. whatever IN" ialc
of the pending bill NAV be- II has passed sinEic
bill putting refined sugar On the free ISL ne
opr,lausD was renewed ana long maintained -"
had gone as far as he could 70 in de, wing thH
force which as all men know. had sntp'd '"'
Senate biz and had finally obtained m"
for its massage II seemed n he had said al
that could be left for him - say TIM wa H.
liberatclv calculated - prevent an hNi .''h''
with the Senate and - result in the failure 90
any tariff bin whatever.
THE SENSATION CONES
Hut he had lef. TO the last something tha' ~
comparison rendered all be- had yet ea'l tame
and feeble He spoke about NJ Ci'ye,an-s
services 20 the cause II tariff REF Own" ana
worked deity In tho proposition that No fI'si-
dent was great man who WAS entitled 10 nave
his way about most things. lie drew disi.nc-
ton between the Senate. removed hy itS process
Of selection from the people. and the Executive
and House both elected directly by the p''p'".
1Ie referred 10 the fact iha, taxation q !n the
first instance a function II the lower DTanch 'l
Congress and insisted hat when ~" iE''i'''s
and the House were agreed about p'Icy ~
10 acauiesce therein And then. WIN S'fi''}
ten words Of Introduction. h. drew from DIS
pocket manuscript described IL as i"'uF ~
himself from the President which D." hal me
Presidents permission = rad ana "h'h u.
would now send t. the clerks desk 10 De Ieal III
his time and as part 4 his remarks.
Nothing could have been more uta"ia,nr' M, III
stinctlvelv everybody realized that the crlNs hhd
come I'm the fate OF the Tariff bill IL was easy
enough to guess from the tenor 81 ny. N'S S
remarks The general nature Of his letter n'H
,bn preeident The faces II members were
curious siudv during IN A. moment % Waitht'
The Speaker had carefully cXtrac'"t u ''' nc
face any expression al all MT. I''ru I.'"'' .'
amused and half uncertain. He "es amuSru
because il seemed Il the entire IrinociAuc
party. from the President down; was IN ry l
mon conspiracy 20 blunder. The uncertainty
r-ocoeded Doubtless from the reflection that that
ras almost TOO good 10 be true. MI. burrows
smiled broadly. 80 did MI Bland pom r1up'',sn
with the same thought In their Hin'' ii,,nnt,,.
among the Democratic members wore uisu'.,S
serious expression. They all r"alzeo that M
Wilson had taken it upon himself "i'hou' t So
sultaton. 50 far as they knew, 10 % a 'm'ah
ina, must have notalle and lasting consequences
The Republicans generally were tn"r9utnIS
amused. They were pretty well acquaih1rd WIN
Clevelands style OF hi@rature' anu -. .'C Commit
REASONABLY sure that he Vas going - cpnPi
cate the situation. As the clerk procerd"l th'i'
amusement grew deeper, ana whtn tne t t',,h
began to read accusations against 'he go, '" ~
~ Senators when ne spoke II party peihhy ana
Marty dishonor" it was apparent. MINK; ~
most cool-headed persons that me hk', - ~ -.
any tariff legislation at TINS session oi No"oi'''
was growing beautifully less
tn Republicans and the Democrats APP
plauded the letter alternately. Inc h'pup".ans
,rert. esnecially gratlned with the remark that
w. nnnIe generally were "downcast under the
aeser,ion that the Democratic party fals IN abl-
ity 10 manage the Government. ana WIN t'e
question. succeeding the point '"al J, We ga
manifest absurdi,y 10 tax iron ore ana coal anu
IA nm; wool on the free list. how can We !l'r
thc people after INDUCING in such ou'rage"ns
discrimination and violations Of principle? lhey
apDlaudel when the sentcnc" was Tcsh ny ID III,
..;rnuhlesorneness' Of the sugar sch-lule, ana
when he said. Il know that In present condi-
lions this Is a delicate subject, they lauShcu
uproariousy In It's immediate effect, ih'Ie-
fore tho letter failed Of IT'S purpose 20 "A con-
siderable extent and the more IL was rejected
upon the more incomprehensible II Seemed that
Mir Wilson should have wished 70 read H.
What was 10 be gained? II was a plea for
free iron and free coal and for compromise
on the Sugar schedule Is that popular? Mr.
Wilson could scarcely have thought 20, Tor ~
all things else he denounced the Sugar schedule.
perceiving as everybody must that 1t IS ten
lines more offensive to the people Of the United
states than all the rest Of the provisions OF either
hin mt together Any one might have seen, too.
that the demand for free coal and free iron was
sure 10 be misunderstood; the corporations own
ing the Nova Scotia coal fields ana the IRON
mines 81 Cuba and Newfoundland are well
known 10 be Democratic corporations. ana one
OF them. at least Is largely owned by Mr.. VIII