Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-26

WAsHINGToN, July Ex-senator Cor
man made speech in the Senate to.
day. II was speech that will be re-
membered as long as the pending
struggle for tariff reform is remembered.
He threw down the gauntlet to his
enemies and boldly proclaimed his
defiance. He attacked the President,
attacked Senator Hill, attacked the press
of the country and the Republicans In
his wild desire to vindicate himself he
threw caution to the winds and appeared
y for the first time since the tariff fight
began heated, angry and defiant. lie
was like desperate man tioundering in
the mire and striving to pull everything
within his reach into the same difficult
ties that surrounded himself. Party
condolences and political stratagems he
laid open to the public gaze. Intrigues
that had been successful in party con-
yentions were proclaimed and policies
which had one meaning for the public
and another for those who framed them
were held up for derision or respect, as
the witness desired. 1t was wonder
full spectacle. it portrayed both the man
and his methods, but a gruesome one,
too, because in his fierce desire to save
himself and injure others MIR, German
revealed party management in light
that cannot be pleasant to contemplate.
Through it all he lost sight of the fact
that for years he has been leader and
q counsellor in the conclaves of his
party. If the party platform, as he
declared, meant nothing, it was then a
gigantic scheme to deceive the Ameri-
\ can people, with which he was init
mately connected.
M If the Presidents letter of acceptance
was the true announcement of Demo-
cratic principles, then the Presidents
Interpretation of that document must be
regarded as better than that of Senator
H German, and the Senator's exposition of
the frailty of party promises must be
w brought into comparison with the clear
and manly declaration of Mr.. Cleve-
\ land on the subject OF party principles.
VA Mr.. German began his address with
the oft-repeated story concerning the
:. u difficulties that have confronted the
party since the tariff fight in the Senate
N began, and from this he led up to his
n anticipated effort to show that the com
promise bill had been thoroughly in
dorsed by the administration.
"A Referring to his speech of May 23d
IN he declared that he believed then and
IA the bill was sure of the approval of tue
n President. His speech had been made te
let the country know that the compro.
mise bill had the support OF a majority
of the Senate and the Endorsement oi
the executive branch of the government
He then requested Senator Cockrell tC
read the Carlisle interview on the sugar
schedule. All this had been anticipated
but the dramatic scene which FOLLOWED
was not.
( THREE SENATOR'S WE'RE HIS WITNESSES
After acknowledging that because o.
his connection with the party organlza
ton he was peculiarly responsible fo
the compromise measure, he went on t.
say that while the bill was passin!
through the various formative stage
the administration was consulted anl
the Senate was assured of the co-opera
ton Of the executive branch of the gov
N ernment. If the President had no
fully concurred in the Senate bill, n
ii had been misled. To show upon wha
n he based his assertion he called upoi
s4 Senators Vest, Jones and Harris to stat
"a what they had been told by the Pfesi
# dent. He placed these Senators upoI
N the witness stand with the air OF law
"A yer making case for "A client, and eacl
in turn made exactly the statement tina
Senator German wanted him to make
Senator Vests testimony was hearsa
testimony, and he cited Senator Jone
authority for the statement that Pres
dent Cleveland had promised to say O
do anything that would help the passag
of the bill through the Senate. Sena
tors Jones and Harris corrobUrated th
statement, however, but each admitte
that Mr. Cleveland had expressed
desire that in the final adjustment {
differences between Senators coal an
iron should be placed upon the free lis
Their testimony in brief was that NJ
Cleveland was anxious the Senate bi
should pass if no better arrangemet
could be made; that coal and iro
should, if possible, be made free, an
a that the President had not suggeste
that q duty on either of these III
materials would be violation of Demt
cratic principles. 1t was upon this latt'
4 proposition that Senator German la
most stress With a prepared speeC
before him, in which he proposed lat
on TO attack the President for interferif
at all with tariff legislation, he attemptt
to show that the members of the iinant
n committee had consulted MI. CleVeial
at every stage of their deliberations ar
had construed into a willingness
comply with the demands of the co
servatiyes his mildly expressed desi
that raw materials should be Plac,
upon the free list because he did II
then declare that a tax upon coal al
iron would be a violation OF Democrat
principles.
Senator Jones' statement was
markable one. His declaration that
had himself obtained the views OF
gt diyidual Senators and had commul
IN Gated them to Secretary Carlisle al
IN obtained an approval of them from til
gentleman showed laudable desire
share with Mr.. Gorman the respon
bility for the Senate bill, which mi
have been received with gratitude
the conservatives.
A AN INSULT TO SINCERE TARIFF H
FORMERS.
In spite of his witnesses, it was
weak case Senator German made o
and as it is carefully analysed by
public IL will be found to contain
attack upon Mr.. Cleveland which W
y not justified by the circumstances.
tempting to refrain from interferer
with legislation, Mr.. Cleveland could
=, nothing more than express his wisl
..;.L .sr,r rJ ~ tho hill and these wiSl