Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26

: compromise senate BILL not because b
( approved il. but because it was IN
t best that could be secured.
: Mr.. German here resumed with on
of the most sensa tional references O
The day 10 President Cleveland. Th
, senator spoke of the deep regret rha
he was compelled to ask the public ties
umony Of these senators. But TIL
time had come to speak.
The limit of endurance had beel
reached The senate had been ira
duced. An attempt had been made t,
try and gibbet it before the country.
These charges had been ''foully mad
from distinguished sources" and the,
J must be met and refuted. The charge.
were echoed by men who chirpe(
when they talked These senator.
who had been summoned ha(
fought for tariff reform when Cow
ards in high places would not show
their heads"
/ Mr.. German said he could conceive
no reason for the remarkable action
that had been taken unless perhaps
the one responsible for it was con
sumed by vanity in having the coun
try regard him as the author of al
that was right in tariff reform.
AS Mr.. German made each reference
TO the president there was a cOmmo-
tlon in the galleries which compelled
the presiding officer to interpose con
! strations.
Mr.. German next turned his atten-
| ton to Senator Hills speech of Fri
day endorsing President Cleveland's
| letter.
That letter." said Mr.. German,
was a godsend to the senator from
New York. 1t was the only comfort
he has had from this administration. -
! Naughter)
| AS the laughter continued Mr.. Hill
with good-natured deiberativeness
said: I'm the last proposition 1 will
say that the senator from Maryland is
entirely correct
Mr.. German proceeded to criticise
Mr.. Hills course and asserted that the
New York senator had throughout at
tempted to thwart his party. Never
before, since the declaration of indie
pendence, Mr.. German went on, had a
president of the United States been
guilty Of such a violation Of the spirit
of the constitution as had Mr.. Cleve-
land in writing his letter to Chair
| man Wilson. He handed to Mr.. Black
burn and had the Kentucky sena tor
read the extract from Washington's
farewell address about encroachment
of the executive on the powers Of con-
gress as subversive Of the principles Of
the republic.
He referred to the great political eX-
element attending the Hayes-Tilden
! controversy and the fear of the con-
centration of the army in Washington.
Forms Of law had averted that catas-
trophe. There should be, be went on.
no further concentration of power.
Conference committees should be free
from outside Influences THE liberty
Of the senate should not be invaded"
he said in thunderous tones, though
and traduce u.s."
The president, he continued, had
said it would be dishonorable to tax
coal and iron. The house, parrot-like,
repeated the cry. Men who set up
high standards, said the senator,
should come to us with clean hands"
He urged that the house if ii had
~ictn how f1ln
all raw materials On the free list. He
enumerated other raw materials which
the house had made dutiable. He de-
MED that it was either democratic doc
trine or in accordance with democratic
platform declarations to place coal
and iron on the free list. He enum-
Grated the amount of the tax on coal
, placed by different democratic con
greSSmen.
'"The same bills you speak Of" in
terrupted Mr.. Hill, placed wool and
lumber on the dutiable list"
''They did," replied Mr.. German.
He proceeded to declare that the
democratic platform did not demand
free raw material. He went back to
said Mr. Cleveland was elected. by
the grace Of God and a great deal Of
hard work" 1t did not provide for
free raw materials. The bill prepared
by his distinguished radical friend (Mr.
Mills placed 20 cents duty on coal.
II was in the same situation then"
interrupted Mr.. Mills, that I am now.
I was in the hands of half a dozen
men who forced a duty on coal. 1t
was not my choice"
81 am not attacking you,' said Mr..
, German deprecatingly.
you said I prepared a bill with
taxed coal in it." replied Mr.. Mills,
hotly.
Mr.. German then gave the history of
the convention of 1888, where, he said
j the radicals were in the saddle.
! A resolution was adopted endorsing
I the Mills bill taxing coal Mr.. Cleve-
i land accepted it and stood on it. He
/ referred to the platform declaration of
! 1892, prepared by Mr.. Cleveland's
friends, commencing the house "for
) going in the direction of free raw ma
, terials."
: The radical resolution sprung in the
convention was pushed by those who
desired to defeat his nominal ton. But
! it did not defeat his nomination. No
one expected Mr.. Cleveland to stand
! on that radical plank.
Mr. CIavnlaDd'S letter was looked for