Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-27

He made bis statement he said, ia the
| interest of the truth Of history Mr..
| German was not Ia the senate AZ the
time, and TO this fact the Wisconsin .ena.
| tor called attention With regret In con.
| olusion. he eulogized the personal charac-
ter and public integrity Of Mr. Cleveland
In the most glowing terms, declaring
with dramatic fcrvor that the President
OF the United States, who had received so
many evidences OF the honor and respect
Of the American people. could not suffer
from this uniustihable attack OF the
Maryland senator.
At the conclusion Of his speech Mr..
Villas explained that IN view of the fact
that Messrs. German, Brioe and Smith
had assured him that his motion 10 re-
oede from the one e-eighth differential In
favor Of the refners Of sugar must fail.
and the further fact that a Democratic
caucus had decided to agree to a further
conference. without Instructions. he
would withdraw the motion.
Against Free Coal and Iron.
After some general remarks by Mr..
Stewart against the interference Of the
executive with ths legislative branch Of
| the government, Mr.. Hill's motion that
| the senate recede from It's amendments
placing n duty Of 20 cents ton on coal
and iron ore were voted upon ard de-
featsd, the Repu blicsns, except Mr. Hans
brough of North Dakota, Joining with the
Democrats bound by the caucus agree-
ment, against IT,
Mr.. Irby Of South Carolina was the only
other Democrat who voted for free GOAL
and iron. The populists, Allen, Kyle and
PETER, also voted In the Affirmative.
Mr., WashbuFn (Rcp., Mimi renewed
! Mr.. Villas motion 70 instruct the confer
| ence TO recede from the one-ei9hth differ
eptial on refined sugar. but Mr. Gray i'm.
mediately made the point against IL that
II was not competent for the senate to In.
struct In full and FREQ conference.
The point of order Was debated for
some time. but had not been decided
when the senate adjourned There is no
doubt. however that It will be detained
and this motion ruled out. The general
impression Is that the bill will 20 back 70
conference this afternoon
| villas and Csnrsy Won ovor.
Repu blican tactics prevented the Dem.
ocrats Of the senate from getting the bill
back into conference yesterday, as they
had hoped to do, but they cleared the
way 50 far rs thcy we're able to do So.
having Senators Villas and Caffery with
draw their m lotions for the ihstru ction of
the conferrees. aud by voting down Sen.
ator HilPs motions, with the aid Of the
Repu ublieans
But for the fact that the Repu blican
side Of the chamber took mp Mr. Villas
idea, the bill would have been referred
back before the close Of the days session.
The Democrats, having secured Mr. Villas
pledge to stand with them TO return the
bill To conference, feel that the breach is
healed and count upon full Democratic
vote. with two exceptions. agains, the
motion These exceptions are Senators
Hill an Irby.
The Repu blicans claim that besides se-
curing these two Democratic votes, either
on the motion direct of against n decision
of the chair, they will have the full sup.
port Of their own party, aud also the
votes OF Senators Allen, Kyle aud PETER
Populists Tlre only doubtful vote they
claim is that OF Senator Stewart, whoa,
vote they believe, II given for ths motion
would cause It to carry
President IL Firrn
Speaker Crisp was az the Whit. Hous,
yesterday, and his visit with the presi
dent caused renewal of the comment a.
to the interes, Of the administration 4,
supporting the tariff position ~ the house
Mr. Crisp declined 10 say anything COZ
serning the conference. OF to even inti
mate whether the tariff deadlock between
he houses was su blsct Of discussion.
Representatives kilgore Of Texas snt
Bynum Of Indisna, the latter mcmbe
Of the ways and meaus committee, al.t
saw the president Kilgore IL endeavoy
ing 20 stem the tide Ia the house whiei
has set In for the last two days toward
,nncsssiou ia most DOT AL that A..