Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-07-24
HILLS ADVICE TO SENATE
IT SHOULD RECEDE ON SOME
POINTS
GOrIna and Oiher 8ena' Ors Re
lieve Their Minds A. To The
Pre- siSent's L.eiter-A COnsulta-
ton On To See what Can he

bone.
WASHINGTON. July 2+. +.-ln the Senate
yesterday, continuing the debate on he
Presidents letter to Chairman Wilson,
Villas asked if in every conversation the
Senator from Arkansas (|oncs) bad
with the President the lattcr had az
proved of the duty on coal and iron ere.
Goal and iron ore were mentioned in
every single onc," Ioncs said amidst
great laughter and applause,
In answer to another question from
Villas, Jones said the President showed
himself in favor of free coal and free iron,
but was willing to accept the coal and
iron schedules rs amended, applause,
which the presiding officer vainly tried
to check, aud was Obliged to deliver a
lecture to the galleries.,
German called on Harris Tenn for
an explanation of his understanding OF
the Presidents policy. Harris told of
several interviews he had with the rrcs-
ident. The President, like every Demo-
cratic Senator, was not perfectly salts
fled with the bill, but he was in favor OF
the Senate bill as a great Improvement
over the existing law.
German threw down the gauntlet to
President Cleveland, and insnuatcd
that the latter was seeking to blackcn
| 4 In. cha nractrr bI senator's
Men in high places" said German,
chad sought to blacken the character Of
the senators. These men were guilty OF
no dishonor. The limit OF endurance has
been reached" said he. "Thcrc is no
power, however great, the President
with all his patronage, that would keep
me silent. hurl this at the President"
he said, "and at those who chirped as he
talked, that their irsinu 4tions were III
famous. 1t was destructive to the coun-
try that men OF high position should
seek to blackcn those who battled for
their rights when those in high places
dared not show their heads" (Subducd
applausc).
THE great secretary oi the treasury"
added Corn III. himself a tariff reiorrncr,
who had seen every amendment that
was proposed, or to be proposed, know
L lug the condition that confronted his
party and wanting to let the country
know how matters stood, published a
prepared statement April 80, lS9l
This s. atcmcnt was an interview with
Carlisle about the tariff bill, III which he
said that the I! would bc u,s>ed with,
out difficulty. That state mc't,' SAID
German, had probably a womb rlu
effect" but it did not stop there The
President was not ignorant "i what the
Senate proposed to do. Forty-tllrce
Democratic senators understood and
believed this. The daily paprs stated
that tho President concurrcd with his
secretary of the treasury. 1t was known
that he was not satisfied with the meas
ure. The same could be said OF every
Democratic senator. for a compromise
measure would not be satisfactory II
levcry particular to anybody. /. was
b,iievcd that every cabinet officer, ever,
Democratic senator and the President
himself were satisfied with the compro
mise bill as the hest that could he had
1t was 1927 before Harris Tenn.
called tip the conference report and then
much to cvcrybody's surprise, hill aros'
and told the Senate that he agreed will
the Senator from Maryland lGormau
that the country was confronted by ;
Igrcat crisis. He skctched the cvcnt
leading up to the deadlock between tn,
Senate and House and added that it wa
sufficient to say that the bill us passet
was not satisfactory TO either the pco
pie or the Democratic party because /
violated the principles OF the party an'
did not fulfill the pledges the )artv wa
obliged to perform.
Hill said the House was backed bv tn
public, by the press and by the Pres
lid,nt on this point of free raw ma
tcrials. The Senate could afford to rCced
from these amendments. 1t struck hin
that the right and honorable course TO
the Senate to pursue was to rCcCdc iron
Its amt ndmcnts on these two articles
coal and iron. lie had simply picl ed on
these two articles, and he suggested t.
his party friends that the S,natc rcccd
and see il that would not result i'll a
agreement.
Hill concluded his speech at l,52 p. II
amid applause. lie was followed b
Caffcry lLa) who offered an amcndmcrl
providing that the Senate conier,cs sha
stand firm on the bounty feature of til
Senate schedule.
The Democrats of the Senate intend t
hold conference at 3 o'clock for a gcl
eral consultation, with the hope I
reaching some agreement on the tarl