Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-25

tails OF the tariff bill. A stranger came
,o,o tho Senate chamber yesterday. He
ioo,,ed at the presiding officer. and heard
,bose witnesses called. and he asked
bystander whether that was the Chief
Justice Of the United States presiding,
and whether this was court OF I'm
p,achment trying the President OF the
United states. IL was a pertinent In
quiry"
Again rcvertlng 10 the Presidents letter.
Mr. IIin declared that II was IAN honest
and manly letter 10 the chairman OF the
Committee on Ways and Means. telling
him of his doubts and his fears In regard
70 the BIN He had not intended. Mr..
Hil asserted, TO dictate 10 either branch
Of Congress. The letter could not be con-
Nrued into dictation. 1t was a sugges-
tion. an expostulaton. a warning TO his
party friends not 20 persist In the Sen
ate bill. As TO the interviews with the
President, which had been detailed yes
terday. Mr.. Hill asserted that there was
nothing in them 20 lead senators to be
llevc he was irretrievably bound 10 the
senate bill. lie OHilD had known the
President for many years. he was
man who said little In conversation. He
was a good listener. lie formed his con-
clusiOns. slowly. deliberately, honestly
and sincerely. He permitted his party
friends 10 disclose their plans and pur-
poses. And it was certain 10 his htill ~
mind. that the President did not bind him
self 10 the provisions Of the Senate bill,
and that he did not approve them. The
Senator from Maryland had referred yes
terday TO him UIilD as an opponent OF the
bill. He would let that be, so far as
II applied to the bill I'm its present shape.
The Democratic masses were against H.
the President was against II. and he
nBuD was therefore, in pretty good com
pany. Q.aughterD
CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
Mr.. IIill touched upon that part OF Mr.
Germans speech referring 10 the promises
made in the last campaign TO protect the
interests Of the sugar-piauters or IOuisl-
ana and said that " that was
proper ground for urging the adoption ot
The sugar schedule i'm the Senate bill. II
would make the people desire more than
eyer the provision OF the House bill,
placiug sugar on the free list lie believed
that IL the duty on sugar was defensible
at an f. should be defended on the
principIe Of its being requisite for revenue.
Coming back again 10 the interviews
Of senators with the President, Mr. nm
told them that IT was not right ior
them to be running TO the Whlte houSe
seeking instruction, and he added, amid
mat they DO as do. keep away from the
White House. The idea that the Presi-
dent of the United States Overreached
these other politicians. who had been
through many campaign; that he was
too sharp for them, and That they came
away with n different sort OF impression
from the idea which he had. Is absurd.
And then. when the President wants 20
clear the atmosphere. and tells the Demo
cratic masses just what the bilI is ana
what he wants 1t to be, they say they
were overreachcd by this ambitious Presi-
dent" GaughterD
Coming again to the question OF the
proposed duties on coal and ir0n-ore,
Mr. i'm said that II had been suggest'd
bv Mr.. German that there was some
great interests somewhere demanding free
coal and free irOn-ore. lie 0iilD did not
know where those interests were, and
ne presented petition from citizens Of
baltimore asking for free iron-ore he
did not know what interests were seeking
free coal He had yet to hear any senator
suggest that the President of the United
States. in making these recommendations
had decided To subserVe the interests OF
any monopoly or of any individual lie
believed that the President had made
these recommendations because they were
for the best interests OF the country.
NOT TO BE BLUFFED.
Mr.. German asked Mr.. Hill If the
Senate would recede from every amend
mcnt which il had placed on the House
I'm and would let that bin stand, with
free sugar. free coal. free iron-ore, ana
free wool he would still vote for the
Wilson bill.
Il viii cross that bridge when | come
tn if" Mr.. lin replied. and his answer
was greeted with contemptuous laughter
on the part of many Democratic sena-
tors. And ne added, taking no notice OF
,his manifestation. "The Senator from
Maryland has said that the President
would not concede. and he Is pretty safe, OF
course. in making the bluff when ne
makes now
"Do not let him bluff YOU" said Mr..
Gray. without rising
- do not think / Will" Mr.. Hin said.
"Can him." Mr.. Gray suggested amid
laughter ~
.'The Senator from Delaware Mt
UiU remarked sis more used TO those
figures of speech than ! am. | suggested
10 the Senator from Maryland to try me;
remove the duty on these raw materials
make sugar free: take of the one-eighth
of a cent pound difierential; relieve thls
hill from the suspicion and scandal at
tachcd TO it; place all these articles on
the free list and then | Will tax with
you about how you vote and vote.
Then Mr.. Hin recalled the fact mat
Mr. German had referred 10 him yester-
day as playing the role of lago' ana he
said that that reference TO Shakespeare
reminded him of the great senatorial con-
spiracv of many centuries ago, when Il
senatorial cabal compassed the death OF
a great Roman emperor If he billp
were DISPOSED to make comparisons, he
might speak of the distinguished Send-
tor from Maryland as "the lean ana nun
a.rv Cassius" Oaughter) The Senator
would recollect that Caesar said ol hih'
"Hc thinks too much; such men are
dangerous" d.aughter) And he might
sneak Of the Senator frc'l Arkansas ,Mr'
Jou,sD as Marcus Brutus-"honest Bru-
tus." Here he paid compliment 10
senator Jones for his wonderful patience
and sagacity in the management OF thc
Inn. and said that the senator had won
the esteem and respect of his countrymeh
everywhere. And 50 he would call MIN
Honest Brutus. ,,-,..
"Cassius." said he. with a mallcious
tone ana look. II have already referred
to-" loud laughter) There was Cascn'
,.nvious Casca' " mcanng Mr.. Nesp'
was represented by the Senator from IN
diana tNlr. Voorhees,. and emma ny the
DISTINGUISHED Senator from Tennessee 'dr'
Harris. ~, nan
mir President" concluded Mt. nm
when Yesterday they struck at our fiesi-
d.nt and sought to strike him down, they
made the same plea which the conspir",
tors of old made-'Not that they had loNeu
caesar less but that the loved hoile
more, Not that they loved CieVeiahd
tess hut that they loved their party ana
tha nlbllc more. And 1 can say WIN
Mark Antony. What private grieis 'heH
have: alas! know not. Ihey are All
Wis. and honorable men,.
win This application Of Shakespeare ;
MAY of Julius Caesar TO the attaIk %"
president Cleveland. Mr.. Hi'l closer ms
speech. resuming his seat ahliu "0''"'''''
tons of applause. o,,oo to
Nr Caffery followed with noloh W
i,etruct the Senate conferrees 10 iise'
-, tbn sugar schedule Il provision TO pa!
,na o,,,ar-proGucer of the United states
sor ISq1 a bounty Of 9-l0c. pouhd on
sugar testing not less than !" ues'een 'n
by polarlSSoPs' - "a degrees lie
,'l',',n eSS his speech by defending the
p,.sident i'm connection with the "'o"
letter. and declared that there ',4an,
rim, in that letter which the fTesiuea,
,,as not perfectly justified in saying; ana
,','.S,n,, - IN II that assailed In the shsh'est
d',,,rea the honor of the Senate OF vi any
garafor T..Aarx,