The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-27
CUBA And THE TARIFF.
Alternately Receive Earnest Consideration
and Evoke Eloquent Debate In the Senate.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR CUBAN RESOLUTION
Oaered by Senator Allcn-To RecoG.
nize the Independence OF Cuba
PopuIists WiI support the Tariff
Uill with IL Free Silver Rider-sen-
ator Garter Makes an Impression.

Washington. Feb. 26.-(Sen1te.)-
Cameron presented the petition of the
Glass Bottle Blowers Association OF the
United States and Canada, urging the
re-enactmcEt of the free coinage laws
at the ratio C.f IL to /.
nhr army appropriation bill was re-
ported and placed on the calendar. II
calls for to:al appropriation of $685.
279.i02
The Scnate Committee increased the
amount of the House bill by $500 only.
Mr.. Allen offered Il substitute for the
pending Cuban resolution. 1t authoriz-
cS and requests the President to issue
proclamation recognizing the irdepend-
tnce of the Republic OF Cuba He asked
that the resolution lie on the table
Mir. Allen referred 10 the vote yester-
day on taking UP the tariff bill and
the statements made by Messrs. Morrill,
ana others that the tariff M.l was
dead. and stated that while he did not
believe in the policy set forth In that
bill, yet If the Republicans could unite
upon tt. and would couple with IL an
amendment providing for the free coin
age OF silrer-noi a substitute-thc Pop
uiist party In the Senate would help pass
It, r"'7'
'hhe PEpulists In the Senate now said
70 the prc':ectioniSt Republicans: I'VE
VIII swallow Your mode OF taxation ftbo
House tariff bilD which IS uaueo,tin,.
when Is unjust, If you give TO the people
M tne country more sound money with
Wnieh TO pay the increased taxation"
ne sent TO the Clerks desk and had
read an extract from one of MIR. Mckin-
leEs speeches, and said he did so for
the purpose of showing that the chief
apostle OF protection in this country con-
demned Mr.. Cleveland in 1855 for the
uemonetiZation OF silver for the purpose
ot showing that the Republican party
outside OF Congress claims one thing be-
fore the people, and the partv In Con
gress claims and votes for an entirely
inherent thing, and for the purpose of
showing the absolute good faith to tn,
iopulist party. He said that the Popu-
list votes added 10 the forty-four Repi,b
Icah votes in the Senate would carry
M M!he House tariff bin by Il majority OF
hve. and the Populist Senators would
give their votes for 1t fwithout the dot
ing OF an IL or the crossing of a ''t'0
II the Republican Senators would vote
Tor me addition to it OF a free coinage
substitute He introduced and sent 10
the Clerks desk n bill In that form.
MI Baker (Rep0. of Kansas. asked
MT: Alien ir he would pledge himself
and his party to vote for the House tariff
Dill. with proviso for the free coin
age of American silver only
MI. Allen replied that he could not
pledge his party one way or the other
'a'' ioi niHiSeli, lie would not do it,
because IT was not free coinage
The bill was ordered TO be printed nc
an amendment to the House tariff bill.
Mr. Carter HeD.). OF Montana, then
addressed the Senate in explanation of
MS vote against taking up the House
tariff bin on the 18th of February, Mir
carter was stu speaking TO a deeply in
terested audience when the morning
hour expired and the Cuban reso)utinn
came up as the unfinished business: bur
al the instance OF Senator sherman
Hoar and Frye-who all rose sin,ultan,
eously-the Cuban resolution was fem,
porarily laid aside and Mr.. Carter was
permitted 10 finish his spesch Iyhich
he did. at 2:15. his peroration being
generally appfauded
MI. carter made an excellent impres
sion at the start. speaking In slow time
and In soft. well rouned tones. without
any undue excitement or passion. and
ne kept II III me close. when his perora-
lion was warmly applauded The speecb
was made in justification of himself and
the other Republican Senators who had
voted against taking up the House tariff
p!li. FOR that vote. he said. he had annie
1astihcation and no apology The In rirf
piIi was not Republican measure. 1t
was Il measure TO meet an alleged emer-
gency which, according 10 the President
aid not exist at all. 1t afforded no pro
lection TO the American wool growers
while II took care of the American wool
manufacturers. As Senator Morgan n
row years ago held up TO ridicule the
President's Democratic cuckoos, SO Mr.
Garter ridiculed the Republicans who
sustained the Presidents Sound money
policy as magpies. lie appealed to the
candid Judgment of honest men as To
what Republican Senators were recreant
TO their pnrty-those who resisted the
obliteration of the last vestige of legis-
iation in favor of silver from the sta
tute books. or those who sustained
PRESIDENT Cleveland in that policy. His
speech was followed by n discussion of
the money question. In which Senators
sherman and Teller were the comba ants
on either side, and In which hard blows
were given and received. This parlia-
mentary storm was succeeded by dead
CAIN, IN which the Cuban belligerency
resolution foated for an hour or two
without making perceptible progress
ana at 5l0 p. IN. the Senate, after
short executive session adjourned until
Tomorrow
The Senate to-day confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations of postmasters:
North Carolina-W. r. Marshall. Gas
tonia; j. A. Little, Wadesboro; w. n.
Pritchard, Chapel Hill: w. d. Caster,
Fayetteville.
Qlouse.)-An b,ht the first hour of a
long days session in the House was de-
voted 10 the discussion OF the Van Horn
asraney contested election case. It