The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-09
The Cleveland Four Hundred.

In the Senate on Monday Of last week
Senator ALDR1cH Of Rhode Island made
| this statement:
! II am informed and believe that three hundred
endmens have been agreed upon at the conferences
bstwsen the Secretary of the Treasury and some Of
| the Democratic members Of the Senate Finance Com
mttee The Senator from Indiana the other day stated
| that uttered an untruth when ! made . statement
| similar to this"
Mr.. VOORHEES,. the Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Finance. then replied
"Gsay again hsrstodsy 1t 10 not true. not one word
oft Doubtless there amendments in oontsmpis
tion. saw the secretarys tcAaLLEsl statement this
morning. 1t 1. merely couiscturst as to what may
happen. but when the Senator from Rhode Island un
dertatss to say what mas happened am here TO say
! that his statement 10 not correct"
Then the fiery free trader, MILLS Of Texas
| Indignantly denied any knowledge OF what
was going on. aud asserted his right Of in-
dependent action:
"The gentleman says understands there three
| hundred amendments. lie has knowledge of what is
going In party that do not have: and should
like to know how he IL familiar with what IL going
| on IN tho secret chamber OF Democratic counciA
/ suppose there three hundred or three thousand
amendments. and know nothing about them. II they
do not meet my approval when they are BROUGHT be
fore this body. shall take pleasure in voting against
them. SO far as am concerned. am going to try
| to aid in making Democratic measure; and am 20
ing to do my best to make 1t = Democratic MEASURE
The suave PALMER OF Illinois joined In de-
nouncing the idea that any pressure from
the White House could influence Demo-
cratic Senators:
This body /. not now the most popular part Of the
| Government by good dealt but II It should be said
that the Secretary of the Treasury prescribing the
law for the government Of tho members OF the party
with which he that after the President the
Finance Committee has spoken no Senator dare open
his mouth what would be the effect OF the impression
that would reach the country would not Disgrace
u.s. because we would be dissraced already II any SEN
asor had parted with his rghtto present his opinions
| and act upon them"
Then VOORHEES,. tho Chairman. got the
| floor again and made this positive an
nouncement Of his own intentions with re-
gard to further amendments:
-while my feet may as well as 81 another time
say thatI have made all the concessions in the direc
ton OF trusts and to the great protected Industries that
IsnAn make. IhAve gone the limit There will doubt.
| less be amendments an ready to make amend
ments for instance in the administrative features Of
the measure The administrative features as to the
execution OF the income should be willing
to amend hut as to Interfering with Its vitality its
amount its substance and Its force never intend 90
| give my consent. As TO eonceding anything to the
sugar trust anything tie subject Of sugar
| ! shall not 90 hairs breadth further"
| SO a debate. which as Mr.. VOORHEES,
truthfully predicted will be historic1' ran
on in the Senate. 1t culInlnated In an cx-
traordinary aud apparently ALCOHOLIC ut
tack by Senator TURpIE o: Indiana upon
Mr.. ALDRICH for alleging that three hun
dred amendments had been agreed upon In
conference between Mr.. CLEvELAND's rep
resentative the Secretary OF the Treasury.
and certain members OF Mr.. VOORHEES,
| Finance Committee:
"Thrss lie. palpabls: three lies bassly born:
| three lies OF inconcsvabe msndacity Is there no
way Of defeating the consideration OF bill. Of de-
laying ~ except by deliberate fasshood not only with
respect to its contents bus with respect to other
tiers not before US never before us' To-day the hon
orabs Senator from Rhode Island repeats these
fables and says In the nrst place that there is bill
being prepared by the Secretary Of the Treasury
plant this one which - here consid-
cred did not understand the honorable Senator very
exactly but the honorable Senator from Rhode Island
says again there are either three or three hundred
| amendments which have been agreed to BY the
iorty OF the Committee Finance Thirdly. that
| present bill has never bssn considered by the
| mttes. and 10 the bill which the Committee on
Finance intend to present to this body for Its action
Who il the father of all these rsportA which for the
last ten twenty days have been cireulatingf WHO'S
the father who Is the author who claims this pater.
nifty except the honorable Senator from Rhode Island
lie is equal to such paternity. lie might doubtless
claim the fsthsrhoOd OF many such things such
| netions. such tslssAoods"
| And on Tuesday. May s. Just one week
after this historic discussion. in which in
dignant denials. unqualified protestations
OF ignorance. and spirited assertions OF In
dependence of Executive influence. we're
varied by square accusations OF falsehood.
hurled against the Republican asserting
that three hundred amendments had been
agreed upon between the Secretary OF the
| Treasury and certain members of the SEN
ate Finance Committee. printed copies OF
the CLEVELAND Tariff bill were laid on the
desk Of every Senator. II Mr. VOORHEES,.
Mr.. MILLS. Mr.. PALMER. and Mr.. TURPIE
took the trouble to enumerate the amend
ments agreed upon between Mr.. CLEvE-
LANDS representative and the Democrats
OF the Finance Committee, they had the
satisfaction OF discovering that In one re-
! spect. at least Senator ALDRICH's state
ment was inaccurate. He charged that
there were three hundred changes In the
Finance Committees bill. There are more
| than four hundred.