The morning call., 1894-05-09
MADE GRAY WILD.
Charged With Violating
His Oath.
DEBATE GREW VERY WARM
Senator Hoar Meant What He
Said Exactly.
GREW VERY WARM
AND HE SUSTAINED HIS POINT.
Morrill, Believes the Democrats Will
Yet Get Educated Upon the
Tariff Question.

promise OF an electric display in the Sem
ate when that body met to-day, as the Re-
publicans were active and disposed to ask
some embarrassing questions concerning
the compromise amendments" offered to
the tariff bill yesterday. Mr. Quay de-
manded the presence of quorum before
the journal was read. Then some routine
business intervened. The credentials of
Senator-elect Gear of Iowa were presented
by Mr.. Allison, and Mr.. Hoar questioned
the form OF the certificate. A certificate of
the Speaker of the Iowa House and the
President was not sufficient.
Mr.. Wilson, whom Mr.. Gear is to sue
ceed, stated that the certificate was iH the
form usually employed in Iowa.
Mr.. Allison suggested that the certificate
lie on the table. There was plenty of
time, lie said, between now and March 4
next to examine it,
At II 80 Mr.. Harris, In charge of the
tariff bill, abruptly moved to proceed with
the consideration of that bill. The resou-
ton offered by Mr.. Allen yesterday, look
ing TO the appoin tment of a special commit
tee to investigate the alleged police club
bing on the stairs of the Capitol on the
over until tomorrow. and when the tariff
bill was laid before the Senate Mr.. Hoar
took the floor. The Senate was asked,
be said, to enact into law a spasm the
people had got over. The tariff vas born
of an unnatural union between two hatreds.
that of section against section and that OF
class against class. 1t was not a free
trade nor protectionist measure. The
Senator argued that upon high wages de-
pended the constant Improvement In
manufacturing processes, which Increased
production and diminished the cost.
Toward the close of his speech Mr.. Hoar
succeeded in arousing the ire of Senator
Gray. He was talking about the methods
used by the so-called conservative Demo-
cratic Senators 10 secure concessions in
the form of higher duties, and concluded
his statement by declaring thas Demo-
cratic Senators who would support the
compromise bill agreed upon by the Demo-
cratic caucus would violate the constitu-
ton and their oaths. This statement
brought Mr.. Gray to his feet, and he de-
manded to know what the Massachusetts
Senator meant by such charge charge,
be said. which was unworthy of Mr.. Hoar.
Mr.. HOar waved the Delaware Senator
aside. He would refuse to yield to him,
he SAID. But Mr.. Gray was not 10 be put
off. his cheek was flaming, and he in
sisted upon an explanation.
Very WELL" said Mr.. Hoar. 81 can
not be intimdated by little bluster. But
l will explain. l meant to say that for
Democrat who subscribed to the doctrine
of the Chicago platform tariff for pro-
lection was robbery; who went to the
people affirming his allegiance 10 that
platform, and who now comes here seek
ing protective duties, / say that for such
Senator there is no escape from the logic
that he has violated both hiG Senatorial
oath and the constitution"
Senator Gray made an effort to reply.
but Mr.. Hoar refused to be interrupted,
whereupon Mr.. Gray called him TO order
and asked ruling upon his point that
such language as the Massachusetts Sena-
tor had used was unparliamentary
Mr.. GaIlinger, who was in the chair.
overruled the point OF order.
Mr.. Gray could do nothing but sit down.
In a few moments Mr.. Hoar concluded
his speech and Mr.. Gray arose. His anger
had not subsided. This was the sixth
week of the tariff debate. he began. If
there was any doubt about the artificial
of the edifice of protection this
debate had supplied it. Every attempt to
approach the monstrous aggregation of
folly and greed known as the Mckinley
bill had been met by those who raised a
clamor about the interests of the people
and by the greed of corporations. The
of McKinleyism was charac-
terized In this debate by the wild state
ments and assertions of the advocates of
the system that had wrought 90 much
ruin to the country. They threw aside
all restraints of speech and dealt in the
historic of the slums. They cast their
foul aspersions on those who sought to do
their duty to their country and their
party. To-day. in the speech Of the Sens-
tor from Massachusetts, the decorum of
debate had been violated. but the Ian
guage INDUCED in only showed the straits
to which the Senator had been put.
Hoar was seemingly unruff1ed when he
replied in few words to what Gray had
said. He said the Senator from Delaware
had been too severe In his condemnation
of the Mckinley law and he stood here on
tHls lluOI auFOcatlnR a uedSuI6 u0CtSu ana
crowded all over with protection. If pro-
lection was unconstitutional and a rob-
berry this was wicked thing to do.
why did he not tell the Senate in ex-
tenuation of his course why he had put
protective duty on sugar ?" CALCULATED Gray
from his seat
'Cau the Senator not understand the
difference between protective and a
revenue duty"
An audible litter ran around the Repub-
Iican side at this retort. Hoar Insisted
that an attempt to show that increases in
duties were for revenue purposes and not
for protection was simply an evasion.
When Hoar took his seat Palmer D) of
Illinois felt called upon to defend himself
from several of the insinuations In Hoar's
remarks, as, he said. as far as he was
half loaf was better than no
loaf at all; If he could not get in measure
framed by his Democratic colleagues all he
desired he would take what he could get.
The discussion was closed by the vener-
able Senator from Vermont, Morrill,.
When the author of the war tariff, white
haired and bent with age. arose in his