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lished so clearly the shameful associa-
tiol between the un. American Admins
tration and this foreign coal interest that
in the opinion of most of his auditors he
utterly damned forever the Cleveland
plot to benefit the Nova Scotia syndicate
and to swell the revenues of tie Cana
dian government.
To Mr.. Gorman's denunciation of Mr..
Cleveland the Senate listened with the
absorbed silence of the most impressive
interest Mr.. Germans voice trembled
with passion when he accused Mr.. Cleve-
land of traduclng the Senate, of trying
to blacken the character of Senators las
honest as he dared be-" and to gibbet
Senators as guilty of dishonor.
II hurl back to him, and to those who
chirp when he talks, his accusation as
infamous" cried Mr.. German, brandish-
ing bis clenched fist in the direction of
Mr.. Villas.
Mr.. German also made marked i'm
preston when he distinctly stated that
no man could change this bill materially
without defeating it. He indirectly con-
trasted Mr.. Cleveland's conduct with
that of Mr.. Hill, who, he said, had
fought "openly and manfully." There
was sharp interchange between Mr..
German and Mr.. Hill about coal and
iron, in which Mr.. Hill again showed
his ability to take care of himself. Mr..
German scored another point against
the President by reading the warning in
Washington's farewell address against
executive usurpation, and by defying
the power OF the President and his 800,
900 appointees to dictate to him.
The conclusion of Mr.. Gorman's
speech was review of the history of
the three Cleveland campaigns. In the
first of these (when Mr.. German was
chairman of the Democratic National
| Committed, Mr.. German said: 81 up
held him then in slime and filth. |
stood by him again in his second cam
| paign. am not his debtor. Let him
answer for himself" Finally Mr.. Cor
man told in detail how, in the campaign
of 1892, the President had promised the
Louisiana Senators that if he were elect
ed he would guarantee a protective
duty on sugar. y The limit of
endurance has been reached. The SEN
ate owes it to itself. Every Senator
here who is part of this Democratic
majority owes it to himself.
There is no power, no matter how
great, in this Countrywide President
with his patronage-that would keep me
silent longer under the charges, under
the imputations so foully made from
such distinguished quarters. l hurl it
back to him and say that this treatment
of his fellows is infamous. 1t is de-
structive to the government that men in
high position should attempt to lower
this body, body conservatives, consist
ing of eighty-eight great representatives
of States. No man can reach here by
devious ways and remain long. 1t is.
composed of men who represent the
best thought of the country, men who
have stood and battled for tariff reform
when the towards in higher places dared
not show their heads (great applause in
the galleries); men who, when another
place was overrun and they had not the
courage to stand and fight a tyrant,
stood here at the risk of health, at the
risk of fortune, of all that is dear, and
saved the liberties of the country when
these towards could not be seen. We
will not be traduced longer, Mr.. Presi-
dent. The facts must come in spite of
the echoes of men who chirp when the
Executive talks"