Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-20
PRESIDENTS WISHES.
MT. Cleveland's Tariff Letter
 Read In the House.
HE URGES FREE RAW MATERIAL.

HE URGES FREE RAW MATERIAL. The Tariff Conference Ends In Disagree
 ment, and the Hill Is Returned-surprIss In the Senate at the Presidents Course.
 Exciting Scenes In the House.
 WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The Demo Grats of the house of representatives, with out n division of sentim ent, so far as sur face indications were concerned, and amid a scene of unparalleled enthusiasm, sent tho tariff bill back to conference, with instructions to the conferees to stand firm against the amendments which the senate had placed upon the bill.
 4 special order was brought in from the committee on rules which limited the debate on the motion to disagree to two hours and it was SO wordcd us to prevent specific instructions on sugar or any oth CT particular schedule. In the prelimi- nary debate over the adoption of this res olution Representative Johnson, the rad ical free trader from Ohio, protested against n course of procedure that would give the house no opportunity to give specific instructions on sugar. The de-
 
 the motion instructing the house to insist on its disagreement was mainly between Chairman Wilson on the one hand and ex-Spcaker Reed on the other, although short speeches were made by General Wheeler of Alabama and cX-Speaker Grow uf Pennsylvania before the vote was talk en- Tho uttcranccs of Mir. Wilson, who was suffering intense pain and whose head was bound with n silk handkerchief Ii practically blindfolded, crcatcd the most intense enthusiasm among his Democratic colleagues. Every sentiment ho uttered in opposition to the concession which the senate sought to force was applaudcd to the echo and the climax was reached when he sent to tho clerks desk and had read Il lettor from President Cleveland dc claring that the future welfare of the Democratic party depended upon the ad- hercncc to the Democratic principles upon which the house bill was framed. The presidents letter was as follows:
 MT. CIeveIand's Letter.
 EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 2. To Hon. William L. Wilson:
 MY DEAR SIE-The certainty that n conference will Dc ordered between tho two houses of congress for the purpose of adjusting differences on the subject of tariff legislation makes it also certain that you will be again called upon to do hard service in the cause of tariff reform. My public life has been so closely rclat- cd to the subject, have so longcd for its accomplishment and I havo so often promised its realization to my fellow countrymcn as q result of their trust and confidence in the Democratic party that hope no excuse is necessary for my earnest | appeal to you that in this crisis you strcn- uOus!y insist upon party honesty and good | faith and n sturdy adherence to Democrat ic principles. l believe these arc absolute | ly necessary conditions to the continua- | tiOn of Democratic existence.
 I cannot rid myself of the feeling that | this conference will present the best if not tho only hope of true Democracy. In ! dicatiOns point to its action as the reliance l of those who desire the genuine fruition i nf Democratic effort. the fulfillmont of | Democratic pledges and the redemption of | Democratic promises to the people. To 1 rcconciIc differences in the details com priscd within the fixed and well defined lines of principle will not bc the solo task ! of the conference; but. as 1t sesms to me. l its members will also have in charge the | question whether Democratic principles themselves are tu lr saved or abandoned.
 In these circumstances they cannot do otherwise than to look with confidence tO you and those who with you. have pa AAlbt AtsllAl anu AItitlf flbllNA AllN cause of tariff rviurm within Democratic lines and guided hy Democratic princi- pies. This confidence k vastly augmented | by the action under yuur leadership of the house of representatives upnn the bill now pending.
 | The Question of Free Raw Material. Ono topic will be submitted to the con- | ference which cmbodics Democratic prin- ciplcs so directly that it cannot be com | promised. We have in our platforms and 1 in very way possible declared in favor of the frcc importation of raw materials. We havc again and again promised that this should be accorded to our people and | our manufacturers us soon as the Demo l cratic party was invested with the power to determine the tariff policy of the cOun- try. The party now has that power.
 It Is quite apparent that this question | of free raw material does not admit of ad iustmcnt on any middle ground, since the subjcction tu any rate of tariff taxa tiOn, great or small, is nike violativc oi Democratic principle and Democratic good | faith.
 l hope that you will not consider 1t in trusivc if say something in rrlation to q subject which can hardly fail to bc trou blcsomc to the conference. I rCfCr tO the adjustment of tariff taxation on sugar.
 Under our party platform and in accord nnce with our declared party purpose: sugar is legitimate and logical article o revenue taxation. Cnfort unatcly, however incidents have accompanied certain stage of the legislation which will be submitted to the conference that have aroused in con nCCtion with this subject n natural Demo cratic animoSity tO the methods and ma nipuldtions of trusts and combinations. confess to sharing in this feeling, and yc 1t seems to me We ought, if possible [, sufficiently free ourselves from prCjuC ic' to enable Us cOolly la weigh the cunSido rl tions which, in formulating tariff lUgisla tion, ought to guide our treatment of susa as a taxable article.
 \ Few Words on Trusts.
 While no tenderness should bc enter taincl for trusts, and while am decided ly opposed to granting them, under tn guisc of tariff taxation, any opportunity L further their peculiar methods, l suggcs that we ought not to bc driven away iron the Democratic principle and policy whicl lead to the taxation of sugar hy tho fear quite likely exaggerated, that, in cnrryin out this principle and policy, we may in directly and inorIlinately encourage n com bination of sugar refining interests.
 know that in present conditions this is
 delicate subject, and appreciate the dept
 and strength of the feeling which its treat
 mcnt has aroused. do not believe W
 should do evil that good may come, but
 seems to me that we should not forge
 that our aim Is the completion of tari
 bill.
 We all know that tariff covering n
 the varied interests and conditions of
 country us vast as ours must of neccssit
 be largely tho result of honorable adjus
 mcnt and compromise.
 expect very few of us can say. whc ) our measure is perfected, that all its fe; turcs ars entirely us We would prefer. No . know how much dcppccated the inco