The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-01

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WASHINGTON. d. c.. July "a
| Another dramatic scene occurred i'm
the senate today. but President Cleve-
| land. instead of being, as on yesterday,
the object Of attack by the leader Of his
party, was defended with vigor and
! vim
| Mr. Cleveland's champion today was
his old political rival and enemy, Senator
David Bennett Hill of New York. The
! New York senator spoke for almost two
| hours TO brea9hless galleries and fun
| senate. Several times the presiding off,
| Ger was unable to restrain the en-
/ thusiasm his remarks evoked. notably
| when Mr. Hill declared that personal
| considerations would not prevent him
/ from defending the president when he
| was unjustly attacked. He defended Mr..
| Cleveland's letter, his right to send It.
| and the sentiments Of the contents and
| made a strong point against his adver-
saries. when he pointed out that they
| criticised the president for siding with
the house when they admitted that they
| had used all their influence 10 induce
| him TO interpose in behalf Of the senate
amendments to the tariff bill. He took
| op Mr.. Germans argument and met it.
| point by point. in a manner satisfactory
to himself at least, and concluded with
| a piece Of satire that stung those on the
| floor and tickled the galleries unmeas-
! urably Mr.. German on yesterday COM
pared Mr. Hill 10 "Iago." Today Mr.. Hill
| likened them who had Joined i'm the as
| sault on Mr.. Cleveland 10 the conspir-
| ators who stabbed 'Ceaser'' To death at
| the foot of Pompey's statue In the Ro-
man senate. Mr.. German he character
/ lied as the lean and hungry "Cassius;"
/ Mr.. Jones, Marcus Brutus" the honest
! Brutus" OF the senate; Mr. Vest, who
struck the first blow on Friday as
| "Casca:" Mr.. Voorhees, as "Trebonius,"
| "testy. but earnest" and Mr.. Harris as
| "Metellius Climber" They had struck
| down the president, Mr.. Hill said, not
| that they loved Mr.. Cleveland less but
| that they loved the senate compromise
| more. And yet" ne concluded. and
each word rang out like hammer on an
! anvil. Il can say with Antony they
| are all honorable "
Mr. Caffery Of Louisiana. who followed
| Mr.. Hill with a brief speech also gave
to the country his share Of the secrets Of
| the political prison house. He detailed
| at length the manner in which the
! sugar schedule had been prepared, in
| sisting that II was made by and In the
| interest Of the sugar trust He gave
way In order 10 give the democrats a
| chance to caucus. Altogether Il was
very exciting day and the indications
are thar others as interesting will follow.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The senate
| Will accede 10 the request of the house
| for another conference on the tariff bill,
and its conferees viii return TO the meet
| ing with those OF the house, untram-
melled by any specific instructions what
ever. This was the conclusion Of the
democratic senatorial caucus, which ad-
| journed sine die a few minutes after
o'clock today, after a TWO days sitting
WASHINGTON. July 26. - Senator
Villas Of Wisconsin, who was secretary
of the interior and later postmaster
general during President Cleveland's
first administration, replied at great
length today to Senator Germans attack
upon the president. For two hours
he held the floor amid the wrapt atten-
ton of the senate and galleries, deliv-
ering his scathing rebuSe of the Mary
land senator He denounced Mr.. Cor
mans assault as wanton. reckless and
unjustifiable and, although he declared
that Mr.. Cleveland needed no defense
at his hands ne took up the charges
made by Mr.. German and met them
with mastery skill and logic. lie made
his statement, he said, in the interest of
the truth Of history. Ma German was
not in the senate at the time and to this
fact the Wisconsin senator called atten-
tion with regret. In conclusion, he
eulogiZed the personal character and
public integrity Of Mr.. Cleveland in the
most glowing terms, declaring, with
dramatic fervor, 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 unjusufable attack of the
Maryland senator.
At the conclusion OF his speech Mr.
Villas explained that In view Of the fact
that Messrs. German. Brice and Smith
had assured him that his motion to re-
cede from the one-eighth differential in
favor Of the refiners of sugar must fail.
and the further fact that a democratic
caucus had decided to agree to a fur
Their conference without Instructions he
would withdraw the motion.
After some general remarks by Mr.
Stewart against the interference of the
executive with the legislative branch Of
the government, Mr.. HITS motion that
the senate recede from fits amendments
placing a duty OF 40 cents g ton on coal
and iron ore We're voted upon and de-
feated. the republicans, except Mr.. Hans
brough Of North Dakota Joining with
the democrats bound by the caucus
agreement against IL. The vote stood s
to 65 and to 81. Mr.. Irby OF South
Carolina was the only other democrat,
except Mr.. HILL who voted for free coal
and iron. The popullsts. Allen. Kyle
and PETER, also voted in the afflrma-
tive.
Mr.. Washburn renewed Mr.. Vilas's mo-
ton TO instruct the conference to re-
cede from the one-eighth dlfferential on
refined sugars. but Mr.. Gray immedl-
ately made the point of order against Il
that II was not competent for the SEN
ate 10 instruct in a "full and free" con-
ference. The point of order was de-
bated for some time, but had not been
decided when the senate adjourned.
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