Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-10

lady from Massachusetts," yesterday.
Everybody was surprised, for Senator
Gray rarely allows himself loose rein.
The way he sailed into Mr.. Hoar was
enough to make the latter feel as though
he would like to crawl into very
small hole.
The excitement was intense on the
floor and in the galleries when Mr.
Gray, in imprisoned language, threw
back into the teeth of the Senator from
Massachusetts, the charge that the
Democrats had violated their oaths.
The point of order he made against
Mr.. Hears language was not sustained,
for Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire
was in the chair, but when Mr.. IIoar
sat down the Senate heard one Of the
finest indictments of the protective sys-
tenn ever heard on the floor Of the
Senate. He said that for over five
weeks the tariff debate had been going
on. If there was any doubt about the
artificial character of the editlce of pro-
lection this debate had supplied it.
Every attempt to approach the mon
strous 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
gTeeu Oh corporations.
All were arrayed in solid phalanx
against the most moderate attempt to
correct existing abuses.
We are now living under the McKin-
ley law, which had at last reached its
eliminating climax with organized idle
ness marching on the highways sum
moning the legislative power OF the
country TO do its bidding. These bodies
nF mo- ala Al
legislation was the cure.all for all ex-
listing evils.
The elimination of McKinleyism was
characterized in this debate by the wild
statements and assertions of the advo-
Gates Of the system that had wrought so
much ruin to the country. They threw
aside all restraints of speech and dealt
in the rhetoric of the slums. They cast
their foul aspersons on those who
sought to do their duty to their country
and their party, To-day in the speech
of the Senator from Massachusetts the
decorum of debate had been violated,
but the language he had INDUCED in
only showed the straits to which he had
been put.
DETAILS OF THE LIVELY TALK.
WASHINGTON, May Stewards the
close Of his speech on the Tariff bill in
the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Hoar succeeded
in arous the ire of Mr.. Gray. lie
was talk = about the method used by
the so.called conservative Democratic
Senators" to secure concessions in the
form of higher duties, and concluded
his statement by declaring that Demo-
cratic Senators who would support the
compromise bill agreed upon by the
tttAl uN
constitution and their oaths.
This statement brought Mr.. Gray to
his feet. He demanded to know what
the Massachusetts, Senator meant by
such charge-a charge, he said, which
was unworthy of Mr.. Hoar. Mr.. Hoar
waved the Delaware Senator aside. lie
would refuse to yield to him, he said
But Mr. Gray was not to be put off.
His cheek was flaming and he insisted
upon an explanation.
"Very WE'LL" said Mr.. Hoar, ~ can
not be intimidated by little buster.
But l will explain. meant to say that
for u Democratic Senator who sub.
scribed to the doctrine of the Chicago
platform, that a tariff for protection was
robbery, who went TO the people affirm
ing his allegiance to that platform and
who now comes here seeking and OBJ
tanning protective duties, l mean to say
that for such Senator there is no es-
cape from the logic that he violates both
his senatorial oath and the constitution"
Mr.. Gray made an effort to reply, but
Mr.. Hoar refused to be interrupted,
wnereupon Mr.. Gray called him to order
and asked a ruling upon his point that
such language as the Massachusetts
Senator had used was unparliamentary.
Mr.. Challenger, who happened to be
in the chair at the time, oVerruled the
point Of order.
Mr.. Gray could do nothing but sit
down and wait. In few minutes Mr..
Hoar completed his speech. Mr.. Gray
arose. His anger had not subsidized. He
said the elimination of Mckinleyism
was characterized in this debate by the
wild statements and assertions of the
advocates of the system that had wrought
50 much ruin to the country. To-day
in the speech of the Senator from Massa-
chusetts the decorum Of debate had been
violated, but the language he had in
dulged in only showed the straits to
which he had been put
MIR. Hears temper was seemingly un-
ruflled when he replied in u few words
to what Mr.. Gray had said. lie thought
the Senator from Delaware had been
too severe in his condemnation of the
Mckinley law when he stood here on
this floor advocating measure dotted
and crowded all over with protection.
If protection was unconstitutional and
robbery, this was wicked thing to do.
Why did he not tell the Senate, in ex-
tenuaton Of his course, why he had put
protective duty on sugarY
u do not propose to put.a protective
duty an sugar." calculated Mr.. Gray
from his seat. "Can the Senator not
understand the difference between Il
protective and a revenue duty" An
audible litter ran around the Republican
side at this retort. The discussion was
closed by Mr. Morrill,.
The 400 amendments to the Tariff bill
offered on yesterday, he said, showed
that after listening to Republican
speeches for six weeks the Democratic
Senators had learned something. If the
Iarln bill were laid aside for month
anu that month was devoted by his
friends onithe other side of the chamber
he thought that at the end of that time
they would bring in bill which would
DC perfectly acceptable to the Republic
can side and which would pass the
Senate unanimously. The Senate seemed
to enjoy the playful joke.
When Mr.. Morrill, took his seat Mr..
quay appeared from behind his huge
pile OF manuscript and resumed the
speech he has been delivering since
April 10Th.
NO attention was paid to the Penn
sylVahla senator save by the official re-