The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-25

move tae dSty from wooi, Che product OF
the farmer, he wouad have oeen false 20
his Pledges snG fAiseto his party had he
not called attention 80 the Discrimination
and inconsistency lie spoke too cam
d'diy. too earnestly. That Was Why he
Vas criticised. psi not these very 2sena-
/ tors who criticised Nn. Cleveland yestar-D
daF 50 II the president and plead aud
badger and implora him 10 stand by the
| hul they had framed IBID they not re-
afzs how tame and weak any bill would
30 that dad not have the approval OF
Democratic president / 10 not often de-
lend the president. said Hill, raising his
voice until itrang through the chamber,
~aut today Il is my duty to do So, aud
hope ana broad minded enough and lib.
eral-ninded enough 70 defend himowhen
I he IA unjusslv criticised and attacked"
As he Was saying this there we're demon-
STATIONS in the galleries that broke finally
into applause. A suggestion from Hawley
that the galleries should be cleared upon q
repetition Of the otfense was jeered and
hisSed.
Hlh then proceeded Cin inpassioned
| tones 10 say Chat in the last half century
the senate chambeF had witnessed great
scenes and crest debates but yesterday. in
the presence Of great crowd. a conspicu.
Gus senatorial leader of the Democratic
! party had summoned senator after sena-
tor, with the 5ormallly OF a judicial pro-
eeedifg to put the president of the United
/ States on trial for impeachment Those
I senator's detailed private conversations
| With the president. They admitted that
the president AZ all otinses urged Tree raw
materials. Yet they inferred or concluded
/ or supposed that he wanted the senate
| bill, and IN view of the misapprshension
| of the presidents wishes il was but
natural he should write an honest. frank,
/ manly letter 20 Chairman Wilson. Surely
the president could never have said any
| thing to tbese senators which bound him
lrrevocably 70 the senate bin, as they
would have il understood. g
II lfaye known him long and well. ."eon-
/ tinned llfl, ''and. whatever may have
been our differences once thing | know
/ we'll ot mm. he considers pablic questions
slowly. deliberately. honestly and sim
| esrely. He saws little. lie weighs all
oarefully. The president did not in
duige in Idle and rando8o comment"
added Hal. .'Thess senator-, therefore.
had discussed a subject an general terms.
| They had not read the matured and WE'LL
weighed opinion of the president lie had
not attem?tetEto pass deliberate judg-
ment on the propositions they presented
To him.n
I'LL defended himself against the refer
ences of German and9other senators con-
4 cerniHg his position on the tariff bill lie
referred to his past speeches in the line Of
! tariff reform. faoel1sm he never failed to
insist on the Democratic principle of free
raw materials "The senator fmeaning
GormauI says am an opponent of this
bill. Then let Ii be SO, 4" said Hill, with
yehemenee. "Yes. am in opposition to
| thus present bili The people are opposed
10 il. Il, therefore. am opposed to II. aud
find myself fn good company"
While Hill was saying this. Mr.. German
arose from his seat and went about on the
Democratic side holding whispered con-
ferences With all his colleagues.
Continuing. Hill again defined his atti-
tude in opposition to the income tax, after
which ne pointed out the ineon sistenciss
| of his Democratic colleagues when they
placed a. duty ON coal aud iron on the
ground Of revenue, and left wool nntaxed.
A revenue tariff bin must be consistent.
| his own idea was that all articles should
bear their due proportion of taxation. ex-
cept the necessaries Of life. like tea. coffee,
sugar, etc.. unless the absolute sxigencies
u
! on sugar.
German had said yesterday la character
iaisg him (IIiii) as an opponent OF this
| bill that he could DANCE and walts down
the aisle with tile senator from Rhode
Island (Aldrichl. Hin said he was not
aware that he has BEEN Waiting with
| Aldrich, but ho remembered last summer
when German was Waiting down the
aisle with Sherman in the fight to repeal
| the sherman silver law. Fhs New York
| senator said thiswith biting sarcasm, and
| then recalled the fact that his colleagues,
who sere now prophesying the defeat OF
| this tariff bill, were then loudly proclaim
| ing that unconditional repeal could never
/ pass; that the struggle mustC be eompro
missed. The president Was the bold and
/ unfiinching champion OF unconditional
repeal. 4'You said il could not pass" said
/ Hill, turning to the Democratic side,
| ''hnt II did pass, and q tell you
now that, while1 this comprorniss
4 bid may pass 1 do not believe ID viii"
! lie then referred 20 Gorman's assertion
| yesterday that the Maryland senators,
/ Brice and Vest. had promised othe Louisi-
ana senators duty on sugar during the
1 camp8ign Of i592. lie doubted their au-
thority to.consfrue platforms che, for one.
| would refuse to be delivered cHe thought
that IL Mr.. Caeveland's interference was
/ complained Of, the best way to avoid such
an ENHANCEMENT In ths future was ito
/ keep away from tia White House, as
do" Laughter. The idsa that these old
political foxes had gone 10 the White
I House aud had misunderstood tho presi-
dent was absurd. Ik vas childish for
| them 20 come haek here aud plead that
they had been overreached Qby one am
/ bilious president. q / shall vote to perfect
THIS bill. continued Nr. Hil 81 shall
yete for FREQ COAX. cree irop ore and free
| sugar"
"If the senate recedes frorn eyery.nmend.
! ment plaaed upon the bill when Il came
from the house. = interrupted ,Gofman,
'.win YOU vote fof it9' II xill cross tho
bridge when come 10 i,."orepIled IIiIi.
pArrying The thrust Of The astnte senator
from Maryland, "fut you have said i" he
J added, '.that the senate sili not7 receds,
ard YOU aro perfectly safe In making that
| bull CO 80
why do not you call ib556 inquired
Lindsay 90
THE senator understands fhe terms Of
the nat,onal game better than I Idos'' re-
/ toFied iIiH. 90
Hu closed his sTeech with as keen a
satire NJ has beeu heard during the debate.
4 .sIhe senator fFofa. Maryland has sought
TO ter5 me the iago 81 the senate" said
/ he. II nlkht respond wtth drafts upon
/ Sf4ak espearan characters. la saat cass /
would tern the senator from Mafglars1
I the Gasslas ~ tie senate glsfeat