New-York tribune., 1895-12-31


NsYuSesIl Mr. Mitchell replied ed. sSSd
,ory Of The Senate Sc M does But far am per
sonay concerned was not advisea o,e wne was taken
as to whether the result would be a majority IN
Mr. Hoar rRep Mass) said that Mr. Harriss re-
marks 70 & sEs sc was That tRe
,nittce memberships required not majority vo'e
D": Does s' the Republican party" Mr.. Palmer Dem
I) broke In. decline to be responsible for the COM
mttees?'
HOW POpUIIsTs GENERALLY VOTE.
."rhat question:" Mr. Hoar replied. does not re-
late to anything that am saying at present
Q.aughter) As to Mr. IIarr!ss remarks about 'he
Popu.ist rar,y being an annex Of the Repuohean
party Mr. Hoar remarked that the Popuiists hau
voted in the past. and would probably vote IN the
future. ten times with the Democratic party iol
the once that they had voted or would vote WITH
hs Rspuc hs You'd Err say Ii that fP s To
publican party expected TO be responsive IN an S
sonable bounds If the committees report tas tnei
ordinarily did measures based upon principles wnGn
the Rpu6ean party bseveq IN ny yhf Repubcan Sen
ator dissented from them and acted OH ms Smm Sor
SSnsiSMy SS% Mnyand nS cVS@ @ q
Tennessee Mr Harris the senator torn ,r1 noss r
s YaS not tim in waory yo n int into he and
made speech in defence Of tine Ss
afs By 70 M Mr. f2nt 2s4s %ho Sad
he did hold his seat by cooperation lon with ssh the
by such cooperation for the simple reason that the
party TO which yom belong had got 10 De 90
party could could be- ' today, in power in North Carolina
hd stood Sy pledges and wP,S PFO%Isesb Ss bemo Tne
with the Republicans They preferred to vote with
kye apa Rspa g. pa sr assnst sRSs an he
nouneea hmse ns as ese independent the
through" and not bound by any caucus po,,n-
leans in the Senate were in a plurality but had no
power Of carrying any measure by their Own votes votes
resolution and said that if ali the Populsts had
voted with the Democrats (only one Of themIMr.
thirty yeas and ,hirty,three nays. and the Repub-
Lean programme would have qm6lsd to yoLS pecce o
cur again and agan-the. Populist Senators having
wbeber Se Se r lay with
the Republican party was outside OF the domain OF
THE MILK IN THE CoCOANUT.
THE concrete of the whole matter Mr.. Vest
Dem, Mo- broke IN. lis that the Populists re-
maned silent and allowed the Republicans to take
charge OF the committees, because the Finance
Committee. constituted, has majority Of
Of silver-coinage 1t has been stated that
that committee consists OF six Republicans, six
Democrats and one Populist but the Senator from
Colorado (Mr WolcotD was put upon II by the kc-
pubicans with the understanding that that would
give majority Of slver-coinage men on the COM
mittee. That is the concrete in this whole bust
Moad nave saen our Pout nd sit dumb as
oysters, when this thing was carried through. h ~
pleXion Of fhe Finance Commtiee had not been
changed from what it was in the lat Congress IT'S
we may say here it is known that that committee
was and is in favor q. the free coinage of silver,
Senate Sem could have been made without practically.
that being So And theTe95e it is ina; we are aep
spects this whole question ,
ma tority Of that committee as organized. would be
in favor OF the free coinage Of silver. every Demo
that, as respects he selection Of Mr. Wolcott or as
respects the selection of the new Democratic mem
Mr German Dem, Md confessed his amaze
claiming to the country (a:ier he and his party
m md had 80 mqs sa T TO get
out the DEGREES Of their bariy senator's on the
phass, are responsible from this time henceforth
for the legislation OF both branches Of congress;
knowing that you had not clear majority in the
Senate and we had made PROVISIONS last tss SESSION
vision the most liberal terms as between the
parties on lines which would s hsys sscuSd rec for for
best thought OF both sides Of the chamber i And M
Pres dent. the country viii held etier the Re-
pubicans or The Democrats responsible for the
responsibility You are in large majority in the
other House. and there is IN the executive chair a
Isashser5 And therefore i VA. ;asssstsd in the 9
% S but i The desire MSua o the n
tS s e nss you M
enable you TO throttle legislation Put you have
jority OF one'
MR.. GORMAN FREES HIS MIND.
Mr.. Hoar Rcp. Mass) asked Mr.. German if he
could suggest a single measure Of doctrine or prn-
ciple which 1t was in the power OF the Republican
Senators to pass without the AID Of Democratic
votes.
THAT is true" Mr.. German admitted Il admit
It, But the Senator from Massachusetts knows as
great committee, putting Democrats in a minority
on all Of them save one you put y0urseyeI II
sumo. If you had carried out the idea suggested by
concessions on both sdes-you would have been
sble to bring together the better M thought OF the
the country at heart would have controlled d., the
iIii issisatiOn than we Win have now when the great
Finance Committee is; BY the action Of the Repub-
Mr. Hale asked Mr. German to explain what ne
meant when he spoke of the best thought Of the
On What issue did he mean? Was it on the money
ON the money % % would that senator explain
how II happened that when the Finance Committee
Democrats were e entitled they put in another silver
man. when they had five silver men already? -
remark that he would Ike to have the term "sound
money" which had been used by Mr.. Gorman de-
fined. Qsaughter)
Mr. German said that forty-two Republican Sena-
tors assumed the right to control the majortics on
the committees and had proceeded to assign to the
free coinage men seven members and to give TO the
sound money men six.
II Mr. Hale reminded Mr.. German that if the Demo
II Gratis had chosen sound money man for their adj
II ditiOnai member the Finance Committee the anti
i silver men would have had majority on II. and
1 that. when they refused to DO that the whole CON
II troll OF that committee given over to the silver
y men.
II SILVER AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.
Il MIR Teller Cfcp, Col)-As TO the Democrats put
| ting two sound money men (Which cal 'unsound
| money menO on that committee, want to say that
II had been done there would have been no re-
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