Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1894-07-24
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Intense Interest Manifested in the
Senate Debate on the Tariff.
Senator Hill Strongly Sustains the
House and Defends the Action of
President Cleveland.

Washington, July 24.-The Democrats
of the senate intend to hold a conference
at o'clock this afternoon. It will not
be caucus, as that would mean that all
the senators should be invited and it is
not desired that Senator Hill should par
ticipate. The plan will be TO invite the
Democrats who voted for the tariff bill
to the conference. 1t means also that
there will be nothing binding upon them
and that general consultation may take
place with an interchange of views with
the hope of reaching some agreement.
HILL NOT INVITED.
As soon as the senate met to-day Sena-
tor Faulkner went to the Democratic
side notifying senators of the conference
to-day. When the members of the steer
ing committee asked hima to the notl-
fication being extended to Senator Hill,
He replied: "This is conference Of the
friends Of the tariff bill and only friendly
senators will be asked to attend.'
INTENSE INTEREST.
Every seat in the galleries was filled
again to-day when the senate. met. re-
sumption of the heavy firing was again
expected. The heavy strain and excite
ment were almost as intense as when the
senate convened yesterday. The senators
themselves we're slow arriving, most of
them remaining in the cloak rooms until
the morning business was completed.
Senator Villas, of Wisconsin, who was ex-
pected to defend the president against
some of the aspersions cast upon him
yesterday was, however, on hand early and
50 was Senator Hill, of New York, who
was also billed for a speech.
SENATOR HILL TAKES THE FLOOR.
When at 1928, Senator Harris, the floor
manager of the tariff bill, called up the
conference report almost every seat on
the floor was filled. Senator Hill sprang
to his feet and was at once recognized for
a speech. He agreed, he said, at the out
set with Senator German that the Demo-
cratic party was in the midst of a great
crisis. The Democratic party after such
long struggle in the minority has at
last been intrusted with power. 1t had
gone to work to redeem the pledges it
had made. The greatest of these was
that to reform the tariff. The house had
passed tariff bill, which, aside from it's
income tax feature, seemed TO meet with
general satisfaction and approval As it
passed the senate, however, after long
| and weary months of debate, it was not
satisfactory and violated the pledges of
| the party. It went to conference. The
house conferees were confronted with the
fact that the senate had made the bill in
consistent; had made it
UNWORTHY OF DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT.
| QThey rejected the duty on coal and
iron ore. They refused to yield and there
was no hope that they would yield. If
they insisted upon this attitude and this
was obvious, all prospect of tariff legis-
lation was at an end. His (Hilrs1 motion
that the senate recede from the coal and
iron duties was in the line of the agree.
ment. It would do no good to obstinately
adhere to the position taken when the
bill passed. "Do you see any signs of
yielding on the part of the house?" he
asked, addressing his Democratic col
leagues. "Backed by the public press OF
the country, by the Democratic masses
and the president of the United States as
it undoubtedly is, the house will never
yield. Why not
| YIELD ON THOSE TWO POINTS
and see whether it does not lead to an
agreement" He was not, he said, talk
ing about Senator Villas motion to re.
cede from the differential in favor of the
sugar trust, but concessions must and
should be made if the bill was to become
law. Senator Hill said he sympathized
with the presidents letter to Chairman
Wilson. Its sentiments were his.
The president violated no clause of the
constitution when he sent the letter. He
had the right to do it. 1t was private
communication. The question as to
making it public was one to be decided
by its sender and receiver. It was not
one for senators to do. No Democrat on
taken by Mr.. Cleveland in that letter.
He saw that to place duty on coal and
iron would be to violate the
PLATFORM DECLARATIONS OF THE PARTY
and would place the party, whose success
he desired, in false and indefensible
position. The Democrats OF the country
were in sympathy with Mr., Cleveland.
! Democratic clubs and Democratic con-
ventions all over the country had in
dorsed the Wilson bill in the respect of
free raw materials. On the other hand
the senate bill had been received every
| where with signs of disapprovA.
| BLACK PLAGUE IN CHINA. >
Information received to-day at the de-
| partmept of state from China il that the
black plague is increasing at Toxic and
Hong Kong. At the latter pllce 1900
deaths have occurred. At Canton 5000
persons have died of the disease Vp to
the 8th of May.
REoE1vRD BY THE JAPANESE LEGATION.
Information received at the Japanese
legation to-day from Toxic ID to the
effect that the trouble referred to in the
Shanghai dispatch to the Associated
Press occurred at Seoul, the capital of
Corea, and not at Nagaski as reported.
The mistake in locating the scene of the