The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-24
be concluded the senate adjourned with
the situation seemingly in as chaotic q
state as ever.
SENATE pKooEEDrNas.
Germans Sensational Excoriation OF the
President.

Presidsnr.
WASHINGTON. July 2S.-The battle
over the conference report on the tariff
was resumed in the senate this morning.
The attendance was even larger than
Friday.
Harris, president pro tenn. was in the
chair. Senator German had short
conference with the president before the
senate met.
After the expiration OF the prelimi-
nary routine business, Voorhees, called
up the conference report on the tariff
bill, and then the storm broke. German
addressed the senate, speaking from care
fully prepared notes.
He hoped he appreciated the gravity OF
the situation, Mr.. German began. Or
dinarily the situation would be easy OF
solution. There would ordinarily be no
difference of opinion about sending the
bill to conference, where the differences
between the houses could be adjusted.
He drew q graphic picture of the anxiety
with which the country awaited the fate
OF the bill, the idle factories, the closed
workshops and the unemployed. Fur
Their scspenso Was neither to the best
interests of the country nor of the DEM
ocratic party. He hoped that the sen
ate would meet tie situation as became
patriotic men and duty-bound Demo-
thing to what had been said last Friday
by the senator from New Jersey (Smith).
In the house there was an overwhelm-
ing Democratic majority. Here in the
senate the Democrats were at the outset
confronted with the fact that there were
A Democrats. A bill must be framed
which will secure the support of all
these senators, all OF whose votes, save
one, were necessary to pass it. That
one vote was lost. Tie senator from
New York (Mr. Hill) had from the be-
ginning opposed the bill, openly and
manfully. The Democrats had gone TO
work manfully to harmonic the differ
ences, and had accomplished it by many
sacrifices. almost ut the sacrifice OF
principles. No legislative body in this
country had ever been confronted with
such Q condition. The representatives
of the states of New York, New Jersey,
Virginia, Ohio and Maryland at the out
SGT announced that the house bill was
30 radical, 60 destructive to the inter-
ests Of the people, that they would not
support it.
He paid high tributes to Senators
Vest, Jones, Voorhees, and Harris
those brave men whose laborious work
had at last accomplished the feat of ad-
justing these differences and had made
the passage of the bill possible. Then
In o dramatic tone he delivered his def
snce.
INFAMOUS CALuMNIEs REFUTED
Infamous calumniss hesped upon the
head of the senate forced from his lips,
he said, = plain. unvarninhed statement.
He would make it, he said, with malice
toward none. but he would look his col
leagues and the American people in the
eye and tell the truth.
In patriotism the Democratic senate
had gone to work to save the country
and continue party power. when sad
denly in the midst OF the struggle came
the presidents letter. ut was the
most uncalled for, most extraordinary
and most unwise communication" said
German in bitter tones, that ever
came from o president of the United
Str tes. 1t placed this body in position
where its members must see to it that
the dignity and honor of this chamber
be preserved. 1t places me in posi-.
ton where must tell the story as 1t &C.
Cured"
German then proceeded to detail the
manner in which to meet the objections
and secure the support OF certain dis
affected Democrats, changes had been
that during this work Vest and Jones
had frequent conferences with Secretary
Carlisle, and often with Cleveland him.
self. No matter what sacrifices of prin-
ciple were made, the result was as he
had declared on a previous occasion.
He charged directly that every one
OF the senate amendments had been
seen by Secretary Carlisle before they
were agreed upon. He drew from his
desk and had read an interview with
Secretary Carlisle, on April 30th, in
which the secretary gave the same bill q
: sweeping Endorsement.
A DRAMATIC EPISODE.
After the reading of the Carlisle inter.
view, Mr.. German led up to one of the
most dramatic episodes OF the day, the
summoning OF Messrs. Vest, Jones anc
Harris as witnesses to his statement thn
the president approved the senate com
promise BY making the following re
marks:
"Such was the declaration of the sec
rotary OF the treasury. That ststemen
from him had, probably. wonderful Of
feet. It softened tho hard places will
which we met when we came to COME
and to act. 1t was accepted. 1t di,
much to enable US to bring together A
senators in this body. Irepeat that blu
for 1t / Go not believe we should hav
ever succeeded in getting together. Blu
it did not stop there. 1t was not alon
with the secretary of the treasury, VIII,
necessarily speaks for the president il
matters concerning his department. TIL
president WAS not ignorant of what W
proposed to do. Nothing WAS conceale,
from him. The papers announced OIL
the day following the interview will
Carlisle that the president himsel
concurred with his great secre
tary. So We understood, and
If it 10 not true, then
senators ON this side Of the chambe
have been misled. Every prominen
amendment to the bill was as wei
known to him 90 to me. While neithe
the president nor his secretary we're il
love with all the provisions of thes
amendments, aye, cir, may say, in fair
moss, there were many of them to whicl
they were opposed, as the senate
from Missouri and the senator fror
Arkansas and tho distinguished chail
man Of the finance committee were OF
posed to many of them, and ga it was