Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-23
A SAVAGE ATTACK
Senator GOrman's Arraignment Of
President Cleveland for His Letter.
SECRETS OF THE COMMITTEE TOLD
Assertion That Cleveland Knew of
the Senate Amendments.
A BRIEF HOUSE SESSION

| The battle over the conference report on
the tariff bill was resumed in the Senate
| today. The attendance in the galleries and
on the floor. Notwithstanding the gloomy,
| rainy day, was even larger than on Friday,
| Ladies and gentlemen prominent In so-
ciety and public life We're conspicuous in
the reserved galleries, and several mem
bers Of the diplomatic corps occupied the
terra Gotta tier of plush benches opposite
the Vice Presidents chair.
Mr.. Hill On. W was one Of the first
| Senators in the chamber. lie busted him.
self arranging the documents on his desk
and looked alert and aggressive
Mr.. German CEd). calm and serene but
| with grave, earnest face stopped on his
way TO his seat to hold whispered con-
! versation with Mr.. Smith CN. j. Mr.
| Mills CTeXas) appeared &c be girded for The
| fray, and all about the chamber there were
| irdicauons OF the coming storm. Mr.. Har-
ris' the President pro tem.. was in the chair.
MIR. German on the Conference Report
After the expiration OF the preliminary
routine business. at 1922. Senator Voorhees,
Qnd) called up the conference report on
the tariff bill. Then the storm broke. Mr..
German (Md) Immediately arose. He hoped
he appreciated the gravity of the situation,
he began by saying.
Ordinarily the situation would be easy OF
| solution. There would ordinarily be no dif-
/ Ol OllusOn ABOUT sending the bill
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
| The idle factories. the closed workshop
| and the unemployed. Further suspense was
| neither TO the best interests of the country
nor to the democratic party. He hoped that
| the Senators would meet the situation as
| became patriotic men and duty bound demo-
| Gratis. 1t was idle for him, he said 10 ada
| anything to what had been said on Friday
/ g Sslfaa for
| Smith). In the House there was an over
whelming democratic majority. Here IN the
Senate the democrats were at the outset
| confronted with the fact that there were
but forty-four democrats.
| A bill must be framed which would se-
! cure the support OF all these Senators. all
OF whose votes. save one, were necessary
| 10 pass It That one vote was lost.
The Conditions That Confronted Them
The Senator from New York CMr HnD
had from the beginning opposed the bill
openly and manfully. The democrats faced
| with such a condition had gone manfully to
work to harmonic the differences and had
accomplished it by many sacrlnces--almost
| at the sacrifice of principle. No legisla-
| tive body in this country, he declared. had
| ever been confronted with such a condition.
| The representatives Of the states of New
| York, New Jersey, Ohio West Virginia and
| Maryland at the outset announced that the
| House bill was so radical so destructive Of
| lIc lllNefcSls OF lnc lDat Inek would
not support II He paid a high tribute to
/ Senators Vest. Jones. VOORHEES, ana Harris
those brave men, whose laborious work had
at last accomplished the feat Of adjusting
| these differences and had made The passagS
Of any bill possible.
Then. in dramatic tones. he delivered his
defiance. The Infamous calumnies heaped
| upon the democrats Of the Senate forced
| from his lips. he said. a plain unvaraished
| statement of the facts He would make Il,
he said, with malice toward none. but he
would look his colleagues and the American
| people In the eye ana tell the truth. In
patriotism the democrats of the Senate had
gone to work TO save the country ana keep
\ their party In power. when suddenly in the
midst Of the struggle came the presideats
letter.
The Presidents Uncallcd-for-Lctter.
1T was the most uncalled-for. the most
| extraordinary. the most unwise coursinica-
| tion," said he, in bitter tones, that ever
| came from a President Of the United States
II placed this body in a position where its
| members must see TO Il that the dignity
and honor OF this chamber must be pre-
| served.
1T places me-" said Mr.. German in q
| position where / must tell the story as IL
occurred; The limit of endurance has been
Mr. German then proceeded TO Detail tho
history Of the tariff bill after Il reached the
| Senate, and the manner in which. 20 meet
| the objections and secure the support OF
| certain disanectcd democrats, the changes
had been agreed upon He stated en-
| phatically that during the progress Of this
| work Messrs. Vest and Jones had frequent
conferences with Secretary Carlisle, ani Of
tentimes with MIR. Cleveland him self
No material sacrifce of principle was
made. The result wasas he had declared on q
previous occa sion, a democratic measure
which, I'm his opinion, leaned toward tho
radical tariff reform sentiment, and which
he thought would receive the support OF a
democratic House, Senate and Prasidant
He believed then, as he believed now. that
he had authority for that statement
Secretary Carlisle Had Seen Every
Amendment.
He charged directly that every one ot ths
Senate amendments had been seen by Sec
retary Carlisle and scanned by Rim before
they were agreed upon. He drew from his
desk and had read interview with Sec
retary Carlisle on April 30 in which the
Secretary of the Treasury gave the Senate
bin his sweeping Endorsement
That interyiew. said Mr.. German, soft
ened the hard places for those VINO were
trying to harruonize differences. IL ciJ
much TO aid the democrats OF ;hc Senate
In getting together He.did net believe that
the democrats would ever have gotten to-
gether had It not been for that inter,Iew.
The Secretary OF the Treasury necessarily
spoke in q great measure for the President
in matters relating to his depayt,aent on
the morning following the publication os
that interview the papers announced thas
the President was IN entire accord with
his great secretary OF the Treasury. II
that was not true then the furty-three
democratic Senators on this side OF tho
chamber had been misled As n co,o,.ro-
mise Mr.. German asserted that the bin
as completed was satisfactory 70 not q
single solitary human being in al it's de-
tails. But a whole the structure pre-
sentcd, as scanned by the Secretary Of ths
Treasury and the Presiaent.as looked az by
US. Vas acceptable as the best bnl that
could be passed
There was no suggestion anywhere,
enther from the President or THE Secretary
OF the Treasury. that the bill as mociaed
wss q violation of democratic principle.
With dramatic emphasis Mr.. German calisd
upon Messrs. Vest. Jones aid VOORHEES, to
bear testimony to whether his ttzto-
ments had varied hairs breadth fr5n
the truth. Let TIE people have the trusa.'
said he as he paused.
MIR. Vests Statement
Mr. Vest srose. He kgaa b" saying :hst
no had not seen she President since tie ~
peal OF the She-nsau 'r- i2st snmnss
but with tie S--.- ., 81 tie Tr-aS-
ury be had :relGe:.I cJi.s,.;tations, IN
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