The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-26
ATTACKS ON CLEVELAND.
Some Details OF the Tariff BIZ ssnsa-
lions.

lions.
A number of special dispatches to the
papers give some interesting points in
connection with the recent sensational
attacks on President Clevelant in con-
nection with the consideration of the
tariff bill, as follows:
Sugar Trusts Control.
WASHINGTON, July 25.=The sturdy re-
fusal of Senator Villas yesterday, when
beseiged with appeals aud entreaties in
long continued caucus, to withdraw his
motion against the One-eighth differen-
tial on sugar left the situation as chaotic
today as it was yesterday and necessi-
tates the holding of another eau
Gus this afternoon after a compare
lively early adjournment. The trad
ers and fxers under Germans
lead, resolutely commended that the with
drawAl Of that motion and the return of
the bill to conference without instruc-
lions was a condition precedent to the
entertainment OF any hope of any tariff
Legislation. Throughout this long drawn
controversy the dominance of the sugar
trust has been the Pixies peak in the
geography of the situation. In every
form Of suggested compromise, IN
all the juggling with the pub
lie welfare, there has never been
time when the interests OF this corpora
ton were not first abundantly cared for,
when its continuing power to take
tribute from the whole people was not
asserted as the essential condition to
which refOrmers must yield assent The
assault on the president. led by German
and his allies, was the GROWING infaIny
IN the warfare it has waged and the
proof conclusive Of its ownership Of SEN
atOrs of the United States.
What the Impression Is.
The general impression is that some
sort of a bill will pass before a great
while, and that the president Will sign il.
q fef h.f rf h.af
Will carry free materials is, while in
creasIng, not nearly 80 large as the num-
Der Of those who believe that the bill
Will carry reduced taxes on coal and iron
and 421z per cent ad valorem on sugar
about d dIfferentiaL
Startling Developments Ahead.
The combine senators still stoutly de-
clare that the adoption Of Vilas's resolu-
ton means the utter defeat of the BILL
but If current reports on the work of the
sugar investigating committee are
tenth part true there may come any day
such astounding revelations of corrup-
ton and established perjury on the part
of at least three combine senators as
might make them fee for very safety.
What They say At baltimore.
BALTIMORE, July 25.=Under the cap
ton "Iow the Truth Is Prevented Some
times" the Baltimore Sun said today
editorially:
''The charges against the president
and the hints and innuendoes which have
been made in the senate are all the
more dastardly because his position
scarcely permits him to protect himself
It will not do for the president of
the United States to handy words with
senators. 1t is just as we'll to state few
facts as they are given by those who are
intimate with the circumstances. One
day last week personal friend of Sen
atOr German asked the president to
nd toll
to him about the tariff bill assur-
ing him that it was his convic-
ton that such an interview would go far
toward settling the tariff deadlock. The
gentleman who made this request of the
president was so close to Alr. German
that he had every reason to believe that
the request came from the senator him
self. After some hesitation Mr.. Cleve-
land wrote note tc Mr.. German asking
him to come and see him aud Mr.. Cor
man came. The interview instead of
being stormy, as was asserted, was as
calm and quiet as possible
The herOics of MIR. German in declar-
ing that nothing but sudden death could
prevent him making his speech against
the president did not occur. The presi-
dent did not request him not to make the
speech, nor did the senator give Mr.
Cleveland any idea of the character of
the speech he was going to make, telling
him only that he was going to make a
BRIEF statement OF facts. No one was
more surprised at the tenor Of the speech
than Mr.. Cleveland.
But more than anything else the pres
idsnt was astOnished at the conduct of
the senators upon whom Mr. German
called for confederation. In their re-
marks in the senate they sought to make
it appear that the president had aband-
oned his advocacy Of free iron and coal
Whatever was done by the president
in this connection was done at the earn
est solicitation of she senators named
Mr.. Cleveland did not lay so much stress
upon the form of the bill as it passed the
senate. He was assured and he believed,
that defects would be cured in the con-
ference committee. 1t was the presi-
dents earnest desire all along to get the
bill away from the senate, where there
was danger that it would be throttIed
and into the conference committee. and
to assist in this he was urged by the cor
roborating senators. The establishment
of the president, therefore. can be
imagined when the senators tried upon
the floor of the senate to try to have it
appear that he had abandoned his prin-
ciples.
BLASTING THE CORN.