St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-24

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men whose laborious work had at last
accompli'""d the feat of adjusting these
differences and had made the passage of
any bill possible.
Then in dramatic tones he delivered
his defiance.
THE INFAMOUS CALUMNIES
heaped upon the heads of the senate
forced from his lips, he said, a plain,
statement of the facts. He
would make it. he said, with malice
toward none, but he would look his col
leagues and the American people i'll the
eye and tell the truth.
In patriotism the Democrats of the
senate had gone to work 20 save the
country and keep their party in power,
when suddenly in the midst of the
struggle came the presidents letter.
1T is the most uncalled.for, the most
extraordinary, most unwise communi-
cation" said Senator German in bitter
tones, "that ever came from president
of the United. States. 1t places this body
in position where Its members must
see to it that the dignity aud honor of
this chamber must be preserved. 1t
places me in position where l must
tell the story as it occurred. The limit
of endurance has been reached"
MIR. GORMAN
then proceeded to detail the history of
the tariff bill after it reached the SEN
ate. and the manner In which, to meet
the objections and secure the support of
certain diSatfected Democrats, the
changes had been agreed upon. He
stated emphatically that during the
progress of this work Messrs. Vest and
Jones had frequent conferences with
Secretary Carlisle, and ottentlmes with
Mr.. Cleveland himself. The material
sacrifice of principle was made. The
result was, as he had declared on a
previous occasion, Democratic meas
ure which. In his opinion, leaned toward
the radical tariff reform sentiment, and
which he thought would receive the
support of Democratic house, senate
and president. He believed then, as he
believed now, that he had authority for
that statement. He charged directly
that every one of the senate amend
ments had been seen by Secretary Car
Isle and scanned by him before they
were agreed upon.
He drew from his desk and had read
an interview from Secretary Carlisle on
April so, In which the secretary of the
treasury gave the same bill his sweep
ing Endorsement.
After the reading of the Carlisle in
terview Mr.. German led up to one of
the most
DRAMATIC EPISODES
Of the day (the suinmoning of Messrs.
Vest, Jones and Harris as witnesses to
his statement that the president ap-
proved the senate cOmpromise) by max
ing the following remarks: Mr.. Cor
man-Such we're the declarations of the
secretary of the treasury; that state
ment from him had probably wonder
full effect. 1t softened the hard places
with which We met when we came to
confer aud to act. 1t was accepted. 1t
did much to enable us to bring together
forty-three senators in this body. |
repeat that but for it do not believe
we ever should have succeeded in get
ting together. But it did not stop there.
1t was not alone with the secretary of
the treasury. who necessarily speaks for
the president in matters concerning his
department. The president was not
ignorant Of what we proposed to do:
Nothing was concealed from him. The
papers announced on the day following
the interview with Mr.. Carlisle that the
n l.;
great secretary. So we understood, and
ii it is not true then forty-senators on
this side of the chamber have been mis-
led. Every prominent amendment to
the bill was as well-known to him as to
me. While neither the president nor
his secretary was In line with all the
propositions of these amendments. aye.
sir. | may say in fairness that there
were many of them to which they were
opposed, as was the senator from Mis-
souri,, and the senator from Arkansas
and the DISTINGUISHED chairman of the
committee OIL finance were opposed to
many of them, and. as it was a compro-
mise measure, 1t was not satisfactory to
single, solitary human being of this
side of the chamber in all its details,
but assert that, as a whole, the struc-
ture was presented and scanned by
these gentlemen and was satisfactory,
and was recognized as the best that II
was possible to pass through this body,
and that from no quarter. high or low,
neither from the president
THROUGH HIS CABINET,
nor by any member of this body, was Il
ever suggested or intimated that there
was any violation of Democratic prin.
ciples in anything we did. Now, Mr..
President, this Is very broad state
ment. l call upon the two gentlemen
bill, the senator from Missouri (Mr.
VesD and the senator from Arkansas
(Mr. jones', and ask them if they have
a statement that varies hairs breadth
from the truth, and it Is due TO the sem
ate, it is due to themselves, it is due to
me, it Is due to the country that the
truth shall be knoWD. Let the people
have the truth. / pause for reply
from my friend from Missouri"
Mr.. Vest arose. He began by saying
that he had not himself seen the presi-
dent since the repeal of the Sherman
law last summer, but with the secretary
of the treasury he had frequent CONVEX
satlons. Mr.. Carlisle had repeated div
and distinctly stated to him that the
greatest possible calamity that could
happen Would be the failure of any
hew bill. He had distinctly stated to
him that no difference in rates should
be allowed to stand in the way of the
consgmmatioh of SOME change in the
direction OF tariff reform,
HIS COLLEAGUE,
Mr.. Jones, had seen both Mr.. Carlisle
aud Mr.. Cleveland aud they had both
declared that the bill was acceptable to
them. The bill did not suit him (Vest).
He knew II must have the support of