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general appropriation bills. and Sent
it to the senate. The house also
passed without debate the DinglCy
bill authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to take and Kill the Alaskan
seal herd if a modus yivendi could not
be concluded before the opening of
the present season for permanent pro-
lection of the herds with the countries
Interested.
Washington. Web. 1S. - The tariff
crisis in the senate brought another
day of intensely dramatic action, of
impctuOuS debate and of stormy per
Sonal cOl!Oquy. The speech Of Senator
Garter of Montana, one of the five Re
publican senator's who voted against
proceeding with the tariff bill. was thc
main formal event of the day. There
was added interest in the speech Ow-
Ing to Mr. Carriers position as chair
man of the Republican national COM
mlttep. The senator used very plain
words in ~lenouncing what he termed
the movement to drive him and his
silver associates out of the Republican
party. In concluding his speech Mr..
Garter said:
1T is time Republicans who claim
10 be within the party should take
their cues from the party platform
rather than from the White House.
Ii it shall occur that this SenSelcSs cru
SADIE against the Republicans who be
lievcd in good faith in the Minneapolis
platform when it declared for bimetal-
lism as well as protection. shall be
carried to such an extent as may re-
suit in The adoption of President
Cleveland's scheme by the st. Louis
convention, | submit hat the Repub-
iican success will be rendered utterly
impossible. If the platform Of 1896
Announces TO the country that the
plank of Dimetallism adopted ut Min
neapolis was a delusion, a fraud and
a snare, it would be just as well for
the Republican party not to make "a
nomination at st. Louis at ALL"
This was but the prelude to more
stirring events. Mr.. Hoar questioned
Mr.. Carte" as to whether he intended
TO defeat n protective tariff bill I'M
less senators surrendered their con-
yictions TO him. and whether his con
struction Of the Minneapolis platform
agreed with the construction given to
1t by President Harrison. Mr.. Garter
responded with great vigor that Mr..
HarrisOn'S course had not been all that
was desired, but it was at least Il
| beacon Of hope for the future. But 1t
was not the construction applicable to
the situation in the senate today. Mr..
Gear Qowa) sharply questioned Mr..
Carter upon the circumstances of franz
ing the financial plank of the Minncap-
oils platform, bringing out that Sen
atOrS Jones lNev.) and Teller (Colo.)
had taken part in shaping the docu-
ment. Mr.. Carter asserted chat while
this was true, the men who framed
that plank never dreamed that the
7! English language would permit such
miSCCnStru"tiOn of its terms. There
upon Mr.. Gear. referring to M. Car
tcr'S conduct of the national campaign
in 1892, asked if this plank was not
the one 10y which he Carter and the.
senator from Colorado CTcllcr) sought
to carry the State of Colorado for the
Republican party. Mr.. Garter replied
that the plank was so accepted be
| cause the Republican party had always
| kept its promises, and il was now in
cumDont on that party 10 again re-
deem it's promises.
The reference TO Mr. Tell"r's part in
framing the platform brought him to
HIS lttt Win an 'Apllii'lOJ VI what
had been intended and q fiery de
nunCiatiOn of bimCtailism of Mr.. Sller-
man. The latter in turn arraigned
the dishonesty of he policy Of free
silver which would pay the laboring
| man in n So-Ccnt dollar.
The house discussed the Van Horn
Tarsncy election contest, but no action
was taken.