Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-26

Washington, July -. Every seat in
the galleries was again filled
yesterday when Senator Harris
the floor manager Of the tariff bill,
called up the conference report and
almost every seat on the floor was
filled, Mr.. Hill was on his feet, and
was at once recognized for Il speech
He agreed, he said at the outset, with
/ Mr., German that the democratic party
was in the midst of Il great crisis.
The democratic party after such Il
long struggle in the minority had ut
last been intruStcd with power. 1t had
gone to work to redeem the pledges
it had made. The greatest Of these
WAS to reform the tariff. The house
had passed Il tariff bill, wnTrn aside
from its income tax feature, seemed
to he satisfactory.
AS the bill passed the senate, how
ever, after long, weary months of de
bate, it was not satisfactory and VIC
lated the pledges of the party. 10
ferces were confronted with the fact
that the senate had made the bill in
consistent. had made it unworthy of
democratic support. They rejected the
duty on coal and iron ore, They TO-
fused to yield and there was no hope
that they would yield
If they insisted upon their attitude
and the senate was obstinate all pros
pcct of tariff legislation was ut an
end. His (IiillSl motion that the sen
ate rccCde from the coal and iron du-
ties was in the line of an agreement.
1t would do no good to obstinatcIy
adhere 10 the position taken when the
bill was passed
DO you Soc amy signs Of yielding
on the part of the house, ne asked,
addressing his democratic colleague s.
Backed by the public press Of the
country, by the democratic masses.
and the president of the United States
as it undoubtedly is, the house Will
never yield Why not yield on these
two points and see whether ii does
not lead to an agreement"
He was not, he said, talking shout
Mr.. Villas motion to reccde from the
dif'rrrntal in favor of the sugar
trust. But conclusions must and
should be made if the bill was To- be-
come Il law.
Mr.. Hill said he sympa thized with
the presidents letter to Chairman Will
son. Its sentiments were his. The
president violated no clause Of the
constitution when lie sent that letter,
He had the right to do it. 1t was Il
private letter.
The question rs 10 making the letter
public was one to be decided by it's
sender and receiver 1t was one with
which senators had nothing to do.
No democrat on the floor could coll
trovert the position taken by Alr.
Cleveland in that letter. He saw that
to place Il duty on coal and iron
would be to Violate the platform dec
larations of the party and would pace
the party, whose success he desired,
in false and indefGIsible position.
The democrats of the country were
in sympathy with Mr.. Cleveland.
Democratic clubs and democratic con-
ventions all over the country had en-
dorsed the Wilson bill in respect to
free raw materials. On the other
hand the senate bill had been received
everywhere with signs o. disapproval.
Even in the senate, every democratic
member of the finance committees had
announced himself as personally in
favor of free coal and free iron ore.
The senator FROM Maryland lGor-
nam on the other hand, with that
"frankneSs and hoIdnesS" which was
his nature, had boldly thrown aside
the mask on yesterday and had pro
claimed himself in favor Of a tariff
on coal and iron ore.
~ revenue tariff suggested Mr.
German quietly.
"A revenue tariff rs You will" re-
piled Mr. Hill. "but nevertheless a
tariff YOU" continued Mr. Hill, look
ing Mr. German straight i'll the eye
did not, like your colleagues, set up
the childish defense that you had been
huncocd into supporting duty on
coal and iron"
Mr. Hill then proceeded to take issue
with Mr. Germans argument vester-
day that the president had only re-
Gently discovered the doctrine of free
raw materials. He carefully quoted
from the presidents public utterances
to demonstrate that Mr.. cleveland
had been welded to that doctrine
since he sent his famous tariff mess
are TO congress in 1887. Neither did
Mr.. Hill believe that Mr.. Cleveland
could he held responsible for the I'M
official utterauceS of Secretary Car
isle but. referring to the official ut
teranceS of the secretary Of the treas
ury. hc pointed out that until this pres
net question arose both Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Carlisle were consistent and
in harmony,
when Mr.. Cleveland saw that the
senate bill placed duty on coal and
iron ore. the property OF the rich,
said Mr. Hill, and removed the duty
from wool. the product Of the farmer.