The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-27
BITTERLY ATTACKED BY sENA-
TOR GORMAN.
OPEN ELR UPON THE PRESIDENT.
the Maryland Senator Declares That the
Senate TariR Bill Had the Approval
OF the President and Secretary
Carlisle Before It Was Brought
In Finance Committee
Bears Him Out.

WARRINGTON, July H4.-Wn mem Gn0
senate opened to-day the attendance
In the galleries and on the floor was
oven larger than on Friday. Men
and women, prominent in society and
public life, were conspicuous in the
reserved galleries and several mem
bers of the diplomatic corps occupied
the terra Gotta tier of plush benches
opposite the vice presidents chair.
Mr.. Hill of New York was one of
the first senators in the chamber He
busted himself arranging the docu-
lments on his desk. Mr.. German of
Maryland stopped on his way to his
seat to hold whispered conversation
with Mr.. Smith of New Jersey. Mr..
Mills of Texas appeared to be ready
for the fray and about the chamber
there were indications of the coming
struggle. Mr.. Harris, the president
pro tenn, was in the chair.
After the preliminary routine bust
ness had been disposed of Mr.. Voor-
bees called up the conference report
on the tariff bill and Mr.. German
arose. He hoped he appreciated the
gravity of the situation. There would
ordinarily be no difference of opinion
about sending the bill to conference,
where the differences between the
two houses could be adjusted. He
drew graphic picture of the anxiety
with which the country awaited the
fate of the bill-the idle factories, the
closed workshops and the unem-
ployed. Further suspense was neither
to the best interest of the country nor
of the Democratic party. He hoped
thof fha yOI1ld thu attn.
alton as became patriotic men and
duty bound Democrats. 1t was idle
for him to add anything to what had
been said last Friday by the senator
from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).
In the house, Mr.. German went on,
there was an overwhelming Demo
cratic majority. In the senate the
Democrats were at the outset con-
fronted with the fact that there
were but forty-four Democrats. A
bill must be framed which would
secure the support of all these soma
tors, all of whose votes save one were
necessary to pass it, That one vote
was to assist. Mr. Hill had from the
beginning opposed the bill openly and
manfully. The Democrats with such
q condition before them had gone
manfully to work to harmonic
the differences and had accom-
plished it by many sacrifices. No
legislative body in this country had
ever been confronted with such
condition. The represen tatives of
the states of New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland at
the outset announced that the house
bill was so radical, so destructive
to the interest of the people
that they would not support it.
He paid high tribute to Messrs. Vest
Jones, Voorhees, and Harris, whose
work had made the passage of the
bill possible. Then in dramatic tones
he delivered his defiance. The infamous
calumnies heaped upon the heads of
the senate forced from his lips, he
said, plain unvarnished statement of
the facts. He would look his coll
leagues and the American people in
the eye and tell the truth.
BITTER AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
In patriotism, Mr.. German declared,
the Democrats of the senate had gone
to work to save the country and keep
their party in power, when suddenly
in the midst of the struggle came the
presidents letter sit was the most
uncalled for, the most extraordinary,
the most unwise communication"
said he in bitter tones, chat ever
States. 1t placed this body in a po-
sition where its members must see to
it that the dignity and honor of this
chamber must be preserved. 1t places
me in position where l must tell
the story as it occurred. The limit of
endurance has been reached"
Mr.. German then detailed the his
tory of the tariff bill after it reached
the senate and the manner in which
Al IL L.
support of certain diSaffected Demo
Gratis, the changes had been agreed
upon. He stated emphatically that
during the progress of this work
Messrs. Vest and Jones had frequent
conferences with Secretary Carlisle
and oftentimes with Mr.. Cleveland
himself. No material sacrifice of
principle was made. The result was,
as he had declared on previous
occasion u Democratic measure which
in his opinion leaned toward the
radical tariff reform sentiment and
which he thought would receive the
support of a Democratic house, SEN
ate and president. He believed then,
as he believed now, that he had au-
fhority for that statement He
charged directly that every one of the
senate amendments had been seen by
Secretary Carlisle and scanned by
him before they were agreed upon.
Mr.. German drew from his desk and
read an interview with Secretary Car
Isle on April 80, IN which the secre-
tary of the treasury gave the bill his
sweeping Endorsement. That inter-
view, he said. softened the hard
places for those who were trying to
harmonic differences. 1t did much
to aid the Democrats of the senate IN
gett; lg together. He did not believe
that the Democrats would ever hav e
gotten together had it not been for
the inverview. The secretary of the
treasury necessarily spoke in a great
measure for the president in matters
relating to his department.. On the
morning following the publir StionyOi
that interview the papers announce
that the president was in entire &C
cord with his great secretary OF tn