The record-union., 1894-07-21
Crowds Pack the Senate Galleries
at the National Capitol.
LOOKING FOR TROUBLOUS TIMES IN
THE UPPER HOUSE
Over the Gauntlet Thrown Down by
the President and House on the
Tariff Question-Smith of New Jer-
sey Severely Crrticises Cleve1and's
Actions for Violating the Princi-
pies of His Party.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Crowds packed
the Senate galleries to-day. The House
and the President had yesterday thrown
down the gauntlet in the tariff question
and pitched battle was expected. Black
burn, in pink negligee shirt, STOOD
watch in hand. while the Chaplain de-
livered an invocation. looking like a
judge at Kentucky Derby.
Voorhees,, Chairman of the Finance
Committee, called up the conference re-
port of the tariff bill and yielded the
floor to Smith of New Jersey, who read
carefully a prepared speech. He had
hoped, he said, when the bill passed the
Senate two weeks ago it had been per-
fected. but events of the last twenty-four
hours had confronted the Democratic
party with the possibility of the failure of
ali tariff legislation at this session. If so,
the responsibility must be placed where
it belonged. He criticised the President
''for violating the principles of his party
in attempting to Interfere with the pre-
negatives of the legislative branch OF the
Government but he declared he never
the President or by the differences
of his party associates at the other
end OF the Capitol, who had been so up
roariously applauded. He called atten-
tion to the difference between the situa-
ton IN the House and that in the Senate.
He reviewed the work IN the House
which eliminated in the passage OF
bill with loss of seventeen Democratic
votes. In the Senate every Democratic
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Finance Committee went heroIcally to
work to harmonic differences, and
they had accomplished that purpose, to
their everlasting credit, be it said" He
delivered a eulogy on the tariff bill as it
passed the Senate, which, unlike the
House bill, he declared, contained no
menace to the industries OF the country
and was not framed by men from sparsely
settled districts, who knew nothing of
the commercial interests of the United
States. He asserted the trainers of the
House bill and large proportion of the
Democratic party were not tariff REFORM
ers; they were free traders.
Hill said: "a theory as well as a con-
dition confronts US. The theory of the
Democratic party is that in the enact
ment of tariff legislation free raw ma
terials should always be an essential and
conspicuous element. The best interests
of the manufacturers as we'll as the con-
sumers of the land demand recognition.
This was wise discrimination. Until
recently / supposed there was not dis
pute upon the question of principle, but
every Democrat worthy OF the name was
willing to concede. if there Was one thing
more than another to which the
Democratic party was committed it was
the doctrine of absolutely free raw ma
terials. The true and honest construction
of every Democratic platform for twelve
years irreVocably commits us to this just
and reasonable principle"
Hill read the Democratic national plat
form of 1892, and continued: TO repeal
the Mckinley law in form, simply to re-
enact it in effect, is keeping this promise
10 the letter, but the breaking of it in
spirit. The platform pointed with pride
and deliberately approved measures for
free iron ore, free lead ore. free coal and
free wool, which were pending in Con-
gress at the time Of the convention. The
Democratic position was so plain and is
so clear that he who runs may read.
'sIf any Democratic Senator in any part
of the country, forgetting the interests of
the whole land and subscribing the sup
posed interests of a locality, promised the
people of any State or section that there
would be an exception made to the en-
forcement of the general principle to raw
material when the Democrats should
obtain power, he exceeded his authority
and misinterpreted our position
Hill then said the Presidents letter of
acceptance was not that bold, urging and
explicit declaration IN favor OF the plat
form the party had right to expect, but
his remarkable letter" read in the
House Yesterday left no doubt of his posi-
ton now.
Hill read extracts from the Presidents
letter, every word of which he approved,
although he would not defend its expedi-
ency. He declared the Senate bill vio-
lated the Democratic theory OF tariff re-
form by leaving the duty on iron, coal,
lead and some other raw materials. He
said the President would veto the Senate
bill if passed, and appealed to the SEN
ators to surrender while they can do SO
honorably.
Hill differed from the President regard
ing sugar, the tax on which he declared
was not necessary if the income tax be
retained, and the Senate must recede
from its amendment
Vest followed Hill with a scathing ar
raignment of the President, whose letter
of acceptance pronounced in favor of free
raw materials, yet who now denounced
free raw materials as ''pertidy and dis
honor"
Gray urged the Senate to insist upon its
amendments. He intimated that in his
advocacy of free raw materlaI lne senator
from New York was insincere. He
never, in the long conferences with DEM
ocratic Senators, raised his voice in be-
half of free coal and iron ore.
An angry colloquy between the two
Senators occurred.
At 3:05 P, NJ. Villas moved that the Sem
ate recede from the sugar differentlal,
that is, to strike out the one-eightn cent
per pound differential on refined sugar.
This caused great uneasiness on the DEM
ocratic side 1t was originally retained
in the bill by majority of one vote.
Mills declared his intention OF support
ing the motion of Villas.
Brice said he thought the motion could
be modified so the Republicans would
vote against it.
Manderson intends to move as substi-
tute for all the motions pending motion
to instruct the Senate conferrees to with
draw from the conference until the Chair
man of the House conferrees has been re-
placed by some other member of the
House than Wilson.
TRADE REVIEW.