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iMPI!; 2 THE SttN. TUESDAY, JULY 24, JgjKl j " 1
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B Plfll ' ahntl be preserved, tt place me. Mr. President,
LLLV" I4 RIB In a position where T mint tell tlia itorr as It
K' I uV " occurred.
LLaBi"-' 'i Vm' t"c pnrttlt!,r coarxuizo win.
IHvSl' HH "Never In the conn in of mr life and 1 have
saLHI IH had connection with party management almost
LLafl ftjawi. ll myllfe-haveleTerthoufhttheprovocntlon
HH -, , HB was sufficient, the nlrasa and misrepresentation
B ',( H violent enouglv, or the .aspersion of eharneter
H 1 sufficient to IrSueettetotalkofirrlvate matters
Hi H tn public, but the limit of i endurance ha been
H 4 i . reached. H l not mjr honor. It le the honor of
1 ' i MB"' many of my fsllowawhiohjlmpsbj me to mako
HHl ', BW the ttAtement which. I ntw make. Mr.PresI-
HH ' " H' dent, you know Mr. Faulkner of West Virginia
oiLH f ifll' In the chair and. all the. forJr-three Democrats
HB ( VB here know that when we ascertained the fact
aaaBtT ) SI that the Wtleon bill, a inch, could not paet
BBB f Jil when we ascertained the fact that the
BaVJalV' ' hI "nt mended bill ae reported by mr dU-
LwBb $ 81 UnguUhed friend from Indiana (Mr. Voorhees)
LwaWaB Is fOfl could not paae thli body, that It oould not re-
HLlil smI celre 43 vote, we counselled again. The tub-
l! '' nw committee In charge of the bill was composed
HbbVJ ' I i .;! ' "' dl'tlomlshed Senator from Missouri (Mr.
LHbbwJ'. f(H Vest), and the distinguished Senator from Ar-
aHaWJ '''' ' HI kansas (Mr. Jones). Everr Democratlo Senator
BBH i Hfl was seen and was talked to. Ills views and
BBl ' ' flU suggestions were ascertained and a memoran-
BBI ' iffl dum was made qf every amendment proposed.
BUbI )" ! i aVH Then those of us and 1 am one responsible tn
BvHI'V HI a greater extent, because of official connection
BBI' ' flfl with the party organization, said to them:
BBBr mm 'With tho slim majorttr In the Senate, with
BB & the diversity of views, with the excitement In
BBHi ill t18 Pobllo mind, which Is phenomenal,
BBI M SI growing out of the grent Industrial rcvo-
BH 4 , BBJ lutlon, It will be Impossible tn gather
BBl t! H together on the bnsls which the bill
BBJ s WM auggesU 43 rotes In the Senate to pass It, unless
BBj ') , B wehave the.ooOperation of the executive branch
BBJ ! MM of the Government, lie heartr (food will, and Its
BBj ' BB earnest support of what wo ore to do.' Theso
BBJ KB two gentlemen not onlr conferred with the ex-
BB M 1 eoutlte branch, as they had a right to do, hut
BBl 1' L Hi they conferred with their fellows In the other
.) SS lloiife who were responalblo and actlro In
BBH 'I SB fmmlnc the original mcasuro which enmo to
BHl ' MB th's boly. So when we were informed (and
SB there ran bo no mlstako us to the Infomm-
Hh tlon) that thl thorough codperntlon, this
Hfj' haartr eupport whlrli wo knew to be necM-arir to
the iwssage of the ineanuro and the unlllcatloti
I-, SB f n,,r I'orty was had. as wo wero auured, wo
BBBI SB went nn to secure th paSKngoof the bill. On the
BBBI BB 23'' o' le. when wo find rcachol that ronsum-
I 'I SB tnatlnn, 1 slanted to the Henato In the remarks
f M which I then made, ' that this bill (meaning tho
. ' HB bill with the Jone amendment) is a Democratlo
MB mcasuro of larlfT reform which merits, and. I
BBB k ' BB' bolleve, will receive every Democratic vote in
BBB Elfl this Ixxly. the endorsement of n Demorratlo
I ( llouv, and tho alcnuturu of a Democratic l'resl
BBB dent.'
1 SB "Mr. President, I believed then, as I believe
I SB now, tlmt I had tho right to mako that state-
I SB nient. While these amendments were being con-
BBB SB elilcred, bofore they were offered to this Ixxly hy
SB t'u Senator from Arkansas, there was intense
BBB afl anxiety, there was grent fcollog among, I may
SBB 1 SB e"T) majority of the Democrat in both Houses
SBfll BS ot Congre, that the amrnuinrnts were too
SBB SB radical; that tho bill if amended as proposed,
SBB SB would not bo agreeable to them, to say theleaat,
SBB SB ' "'"' they hesitated nbout accepting tho
SBB f BB amendments because they wrm not radical
SBB ' BB ttnnugli In tho line ot free trade, it becamo
BBB BB' neeoiear' to assure tho hesitating, to soften the
SBB BS blow. If It was a blow, to the free trader. If you
SBB BB please, or the radical tariff reformer, to let them
SBB ' HB know and to let the country know that this
SBB ' SB compromise w as a compromise which not only
SBB f' 9S had theapprovnlof tho forty-thren-oteson this
SBB nflH "'le of tho chamber, but that It bad the en-
BB ' 1MB dorsementof the executive branch.
BBS 1 BB mo cuuraoHisE or ruiNcirLr.
BBB II' Mr. Gray (Dem., Dol.) It was no compromise
SBB i- HB 'n principle.
SBB HH "r Oorman And that It was no compromise
SBB BB 'n principle. I wish tn rmphaslru thai fact. It
SBB BB wasdlrectly In tho line nf the lvmooratloprnm-
SBB HH I'e. There was no principle compromises! from
SBB HH' 'he beginning to tho end. It was tiuroly a rev-
SBB !BH enuobllt, with no dutlrs levied hlzlier than tho
SBB HB revenue standard, and no favorillira toanr In-
SBB "'HH tcrest. Thou, at wan understood and will not
SBB MHH' now be denied, the grent Secretary of the Treas-
SBH 1HH ur' himself a tariff reformer of the foremost,
SBB B regarded by his party fellows in that particular
SBH (IB' ',no M without a icer within his party in all
SBH iiHfl' - probability, who had seen every amendment
SBH HB which was to be proposed and was afterward
SBH iHB proposed, who scanned every ameudmrnt. wlu
SBH llHHv mauo suggcstlous If he liad any to make, ns he
SBH HB dld looking it all over, knowlup; the condl-
SBH -HB tlons which confronted tho party, wanting
SBH . HH t tn P l'' country know tliat the Ad-
SBH 1 HI'. mltrtstrntion were In favor of It and
BBaf -1 Bli t'tbt it was a measure which the Democratlo
VMBr -i (hKB. r Viu-yr could with honor stand upon publlshul
BBH iiHSr- - n t"B wasldngton i'rot on April 30, 1804, the
SBB IWnW C " statement which I will ask tn have rend. Ills
SBaV HB; k. statement Is not an Interview given casually to
SBB HB reporter, but. as I nm informed and believe,
PHH nu unt directly from the Treasury Depart-
SBl sBBV uient to tho press organizations that it might bo
SBa! BB published nnd beome nfllelal. I usk my friend
SBal tVH. from Missouri, Mr. CockMI. to rrul It.
SBal' HB Mr.Cirt-krnll then read the stntemunt of Secre-
SBa W ' tery f'arllsle, which was contained In the
SBLr IW." United Press despatches of April SO, favoring
I BUl" the iiassngo of a compromUo measure.
LwHlf Hi ' Assnur.D or the admi.mstiiation's eirprriHT.
HHH IMfl Mr. Onrman-Such was the declaratlnnnf the
BBB HB Secretary of the Treasury. That statement
SSI SBB from him had probably a wonderful effect. It
BBii" ' HB- eoftened the hard places with which w met
BBl s HB ' when we came tn confer and tn act. It was ao-
SBI1 UBBl rested. It did much tn enable us tn brln't to-
SBii ' 4 IBB Reiner forty-three Senators in this Ixxly. f re-
SBii ' HH ' 'Hnt t,iat but for It I do not believe we ever
SBH HH should havo succeeded In getting together. Hut
SI' ' RBB" It did not stoii (here. It was not alone with tho
1 ' HH Secretary of the Treasury, who necessarily
(, BH"' speaks for tho Prreldent In matters concerning
S 1 HH ? his department. The President was not ignorant
SBIf BH ' of what wo prnixsed to do. Nothing was cnu-
SH' ; BH cealod from him. Thepapcrsannounccil, on the
SB1 W day following the lutervlow with Mr. Carlisle,
SBI M that tho President himself roncurrrd with his
rxeat Secretary. So we understood, and. If it
s not true, tlien forty.threu Senators
SBI IBB onthlssldaof the chamtiur have len misled.
SB' ' HB Kery liromlnent amendment tn the bill ss-as as
MB'- wull known to him as tn mo. While neither the
HH President nor his Sn:retnry was in love with all
SH HH' "l0 Provisions of Hiom amundmi'nts aye, sir,
S HH may """ 'n falmess that there were many of
SBI ' BH them tn which thev wore opposed, as the Sen-
BBB' ' (HH tor 'rom Missouri, on my right, and the Sen-
BH IBB atorfromArkansas,andth-dlstlnguishedChalr-
lltB man of the Committee on Finance were opposed
BBl1 ' ' :4Kl '" many of them I nssert that as It was a
BBaf ' 'KB compromise measura it was not satisfactory
SH yfil tn a single solitary human being on this aide of
BBIk 4 HH thechamber In nil its details; but I avert fur-
BBf fi 'BB tlier that, as a whole, tlio structure ns present-
BBall-l 3 HB ' ed, as scanned by these gentlemen whom I have
BBl t I w- HB named, as looked Into by us, was satisfactory,
BBaf Til MB wa" recognized us the liest that It was pcwdble
HBbI i4 HB to pass through this body: and that no sugges.
BBLIU BB- J'" '""" nn Qartir, IiIkIi or low, from the
BBaf k BB' President through his Cublnet or b any mem-
SBFt BB 'ICT "' ltjl body, ever suggeoti d or intimated
BHl ' Bin lhat there svas any violation of Democratic prln-
SHh ' HB' cljde In anything we did.
f SB .sow, Mr. Preiddent. this is a very brood state-
BBL? " BB ment. 1 rail upon two gentlemen who had the
SBfr ft BB Irnmeillate control of tlio bill, the Senator from
SH'. HI BB Missouri (Mr. Vest) and the Senator from Ar-
BBkw '3 BB Kansas (Mr, Jones), and I ask them If I linve
SBK BB made a statement which varies a hair's breadth
SBH! iBBH 'nm 'he truth, and It is due to the Senate, It is
SBK SHBH due to themsels ea.lt lsduetome.it is due to the
BBbF 7BH countrr, that the truth shall be known. Let the
SBBf mI MB people have the truth. I pause for a reply from
BK ! Bl m' friend from Missouri.
BBl ' ll T COXrI"MS OOKUiN'S STATEMENT.
BH ' ) Hi Mr. Vest then said In reply to Mr. Oorman'a
S HLf Question; "Mr. Prtsldrnt. when I addressed the
SBr !BI Senate on Friday last I studlouslv avoldeil gn
SB - 'fll ing Into details which might add to the Irritated
SBI IBI feeling that was known to exist. As the fen
SB ' !Ba1 ator f rom Maryland has addrrssnl himself tn ,
SB ' IBI me particularly as one of the in Senators w hn 1
SB ' 'SB did roost of the work in lrtpsrlng the billon the
SB ' - BB Demowatlo side. I wish to s.ty that 1 have never
SB ' HB spoken to the President upon tills subirct. nor 1
SH HH huvnlseen him since he did me I lie honor to
SH -.' HH seudforme during the pendency of what was '
HB i , BH known as the bill repealing the purchasing 1
aB r f kb clause of tho Sherman act. The heirctary of
mm IfH iu irensun. while we were working
SH HH Ul"m lnn Tsriff bill, was frequently In
HH 1 4 HH our committee ruom, and distinctly gave us to
HH ' HB understand that the greatest imwlble rslsmltv
BHfA iC 3B which could come to the Democratic party and
BH .ylH tn the country would be the failure to pass a bill
IB;..; U Bet to take the place of the McKinley act upon the 1
if-,-' sUtuto bonk, He often consulted with us lit
A Bi regsrd to the details, and dUtlnctly lnipre.l j
DH Upon me and the other members of the cum-
I ".flH tulttee bis opinion that no difference of opinion
S araH '" regard tu rutes or duttea should present the
I ilHB Ercat consummation nf passing a tarilt hill dur
Hl ' -xflH ne tl10 present session of rongrea. The Sena
SB ;; tJUBi tor from Rhode Island, ut the record shoHsuud
I MHI as my brother Seuators will remember, fairly
BI' ?BH -' n( legitimately.asaraalterof debate, at.kedrr,u
It FHH repeatedly while weweredlscUMtlng the billorlg.
I 1 BB inaliy reported from the r'inanco 1'i.mniltteo to
SI ' HB i"v Senate, If a large number of amendments,
SI I HB amounting to more than 300, had not been pre.
HI !'HH pared to the blll.andlf they would uotbeoffered ,
Bi i. fl (HH In a very fen-das s. I told him tlieu honestly,
Hi H, HH t'"lt l knew ot no such amendments, and!
H 5 Hi, H BUkted the truth. It is truu that my colleague 1
BB , fltfflH the Senator from Arkansas tMr. Jones), ului
Hi ; HEmBI hod been working witli me upon the bill, had
Hi HKIHH lolJ U1 that he Intended tu consummate a rom.
Hi -4 HnvBH promise bill, if possible, and that he would sea
j HT tfBH? 'he dissatisfied Senators upon this side of the
I " BylB i chamber and ascertain what amendments would
Hr-mHH "" necessary to secure their votes. I encouraged
Si ' ' H HH t'"1 ' that direction, and told him, as I huvu
HI HP HH t"'1' everybody rise, and as the Secre
H H 'BH tary of. the Treasury has statal tu us
'Hr that the greatest calamity which rould come to
j H 'HH the Democratic party and to the country. In my
Hi , HI rBH Judgmvnt. wuuld bo the failure to pass a tariff
Hi BrPtBB bill at the present session of Congress. When I
Bi H'.f'HB'' answered the Senator from llhode Island as I
I , Bh-BB did, I answered truthfully, because I knew then
B Bpr BB r of no such amendments. Two or three days af.
Hi HT HH trward my coll'sgue on the (ommlttiv, the ,
Hi H HH Senator frum Arksiiu', iiime tome vrith arum
Hi H HH btirof r..ncniluK-i tssthlchuereaft rwanl adopt. ,
Hi g H HH ' ud "'"' to the cuuferenre rommittr. I '
Hal ' Hi H found ma-ay of them such that i was i-orupeJIcd .
j Ha Hi -ttf tesl4ttliirjiJi2ptlon, .utosjiicuously, asjuow (
Bjj .H H -e'jo
remember, the duties npon cotton rarns and.
upon cntlerr. and In the metal schedules gener
allr. Ho appealed tome to withdraw mr ob
jection, and In argument sipon the question
stated that the Secretary of the Treasury hsd
passed upon every one of the amendments ana
agreed to them: that he had alto seen the Pres
Went of the United States, who had told him
that the bill as proposed tn be amended would
lie acceptable tn him, and. ha1 concluded
his conversation srith him In thee words,
as far as 1 remember: ! am will
ing to do or ay anythlng. that will
pss this bill through Congress.' Then I ssldi
'Thlslstorrceite the snppottnf IheAdminls
trstlon? Let us dUtlnctly. understand esrh
other. If wo go Into this light. It will lie n close
one, and wo must have tho President and his
Administration with us The Seiistnr from Ar
kansas assured me that this would be the fact.
I gave 11 n my personal opinions; I went Into tho
contest and have done my duty, and for the first
time, when this letter was read In the House of
Representatives. I ascertained that the President
of the United States is against the bill as passid
by the Senate."
jo.vrji aijso cnnnoooRATK nnnMAK.
Mr. Jones substantiated all that Mr. Vest hsd
said, and gave more details nf his conferences
with Secretary Carlisle and the President. In a
day or two after his conference with Mr. Car
lisle Mr. .lone railed on thn President nnd asked
him If tho Secretary of the Treasury had ex-
ilalneil to him the proposed rhnuges. The Pres
dent said he had, Mr. .tones then said: "Mr.
resident, 1 will not take ono step further In
this matter unles this proposed comiiromlo
meets the approval of the Administration. It
must bo ondnrvd by you nnd the Secretary of
the Treasury or I will. go no further.". The
President then said tn him that he would do
and say anything that ho could tn effect (he
compromise; thai It was a wise thing and a
proper thing to do. . . . ...
Mr. Vilas (l)em.. Wis.) nsked Mr. Jones If there
wasan) thing In thenmendments proposed which
wns the subject of conference with the Sere
tnry, or tn which anything said by the President
related to the subject of duty on rnnl or iron ore.
Mr. Jones- In overy convcrsntlon I nnd witli
the President raal and iron oro werementloned.
(Loud applause. in otcry one nf theso ton
venations tho President said that he earnestly
desired and hoped that In the progress of the
compromise free coal nnd freo Iron oro could be
brought out of it. but nowhere, in 110 solitary
word, was coal and iron oro on tlio dutiable list
complained of. (Renewed applause.)
Mr. Oormau Mr. President, I notice In this
morning's Post, published in this city, a state
ment purporting to come from the dlntlngulshed
senior Senator from Tenntsee Mr. Harris), a
Srnator whom we hare delighted to honor In
Riving him a placo Uxin tho great 1'innnco Com
mittee nnd making klm President pro tcm. nf
this body. I ask that distinguished Senator If
that interview lssnlntantlnlly correct, or, rather,
will he in Justice tn us nil state to tho Scnato
and to the country' whether the statements that
I nnd tho Senator from Missouri and the Sena
tor from Arkansas have made are substantially
correct, for it will not do to do injustice to any
high officer uf thn (love rnment. 1 ask that Sen
ator now If he will rtato to the Senate and the
country exnetly what he knows of this ensc.
IIAHRIS'8 I.VTKHVIEWft WITH TUB lMtEMDEKT.
Mr. Harris (Dem., Tenn.) said that he had bait
two conversations with tho President on the
subject of the bill and its general management.
and while he would not undertake to reprtxluoe
the language of the President In nnv one of these
Interviews, he would sav that he understood most
distinctly as thn result of each of those Inters lews
that tho President was deeply nnd earnestly in
terested in having the bill passed with tho con
cessions which the committee hsd consented to
make, as a compromise measure. Not that it
was satisfactory to tho President any more
than It wus satisfactory to himself, but be
cause it was n great Improvement on
the existing law on the subject. After the
passage nf Inn bill, and while It was before the
conterrccs, he had another interview witli the
President, nnd ho came ussy with the distinct
understanding thnt tho President desired that
the bill, as it passed the Senate, should be agreed
to if no letter terms could bo made. The Presi
dent expressed to Senater Jones nnd himself the
wish that some way could bo arranged tn put
coal nnd Iron nre on the free list: but he told tho
President that lie feared it was Impossible to do
so, and his understanding was. as a result of
that Interview, that the President was most dis
tinctly in favor of passing the bill as It passed
the Sennto if no better terms could be made.
Mr. Oormau asked Mr. Harris whether any
suggestion hsd been made tn him by the Presi
dent, or from any other quarter, tlint the duty
on coal or on Iron ore was it violation of the
Democratlo principle, and that Senators who
voted for it bad been guilty of perfidy.
Mr. Harris replied witli much earnestness and
strong ompnasls: " So such suggestion has ever
been mode to me by the President or by any
membor of the Cabinet, or by any human be
ing." (Applause.
DEKOCXCES THE riUCSIIIKKT'l LETTER AS IXrA
MOC8. Mr. Oorman Now. Mr. President, my distin
guished friend, tho Chulrman of tbls committee,
tne distinguished Senator from Indiana, has had
Intimate connection, nf course, with this mens
sure throughout. I happen to know that he Is
not feeling very well to-day, and experts him
self to make his own statement before the close
of this discussion. Therefore I shall not ask him
to-day to give tho country the benefit of his
statement, so thnt all tho truth In con
nection with this matter may go to tho
people. As I havo said, this is a most
extraordinary proceeding, fur a Demo
crat, elected to the highest place In tho
Oovernment. when fellow Democrats in an
other high place, where they havo the right to
penk nnd legislate generally, to Join with the
commune to traduce the Sennto of the United
States, to blacken the characters nf Senators
w ho are as honorable as thcydareto be, who are
as patriotic as they ever can he, who have done
ns much to sen e their party as the men who are
now the beneOclarles of your labor uml mine
tn taunt and Jeer us before the country as the
ndtooatesof trusts, as being guilty of dishonor
and perfidy. Mr. President, It is time to spenk. Tho
limit of endurance has been reached. Tho Senate
owes It to itself. Every Senator here who 1 a
part of this Democratic majority owes It to him
self. There Is no power, no matter how great.
In this country, tho President with his patron
nge, that would keep me silent longer under the
charge, under the Imputations so fonlly made
from such distinguished quarters. I hurl back
to him anil tn those who Joined in his charges
the charges, and nay that this treatment nf
their fellows Is Infamous. It Is destructive to
the Oovernment thai men In high podtlon
should attempt to lower this body, n body con
servative, consisting of eighty-eight great rep
resentatives of States when full. No man
can reach here by devious ways and re
main long. It Is composed of men who
represent the best thought of our country, men
who have stood and battled for tariff reform
when the cowards in higher places dared
not show their heads (applause in the gallerlen);
men who, when another place was ovcrun and
they had not the courage to stand and tight a
tyrant, stood here at tho risk nf health, at the
risk of fortune, of all that Is dear, and anted
the liberties of the country when these cowards
Oould not be seen. We will not be traduced
longer, Mr. President; the facts must come. We
havo M-en how this bill passed the Senate; how
only tl could pass the Senate. No man,
whether In this or in another place, no
matter what his p-isltlon may lie. who styles
himself a Democrat, who believes In bis party,
ran cnange materially this measure without de
feating It. Who dare take that responsibility?
Ono hundred and eeventy.four million dollars,
as shown by the figures presented from tho
Treasury Department by the Senator from New
Je.-scy, would be aaved tn the people of the
country In five years by the passage of this bill.
It Is not all my friend from Mlstonrl wants, or
my friend from Indiana, or my friend from
Arkansas nr my friend from Tcnneeaee; it Is
not all that any of us want; it is not what I
want, but it Is nil we can get. .Ml the miner we
hate will not drive It beyond that, lie
who takes the re-poiislhill(y of keeping
the McKinley law upon the statute hooks. In
stead of ncieptlng this bill, lias a terrible re
sponsibility before hU country. I can Imagine
no man n ho would do it, unless he was con
aumed with nnlty ami desired to set his Judg
ment ahotti that of his fellows, or dnslred to
keep an issue beforn the pi-iplo that lie might
ride into mner rather than give content nnd
peace and labor and prosperity tn his fellow
lountrymen. TheSenntor from New York has
fought tills bill openly nnd manfully, und
fought tl from the lunmvnt he could
not get what ho wanted the ellmlna.
tlon of the income tax. In etery mosa
he has inode during the consideration nf the
bill, wo looked upon that distinguished Demo,
crat ns the mi active and moit dangerous op
ponent we imii upon tne floor, lletnul no was
I fighting for a principle, but ho submitted tnthe
vole being taken in the tasty, nnd the bill wns
I passed byonl) the requisite number of Demo.
1 cents. What ugiNlserd the letter of President
1 Clei eland his been tn that distinguished Sen
ator! (Laughter.l It is the mil) comfort he
has had out of this Administration. (Laughter
on the floor and In the gulleries.)
. Mr. Hill Tho Senator Is entirely right In that
last proposition.
HILL'S COUHSK ntlTICISEP.
Mr. Gorman- The Senator rejoiced In It, be.
cause be tells the Senste and hu telUi he coun
try frankly that he wants to defeat the hill If
the iiii'oiuo tux is ront'ilned in It. I hopo do
not misrepresent the Miintor If 1 do not umi hi
exact langusge. Mr President, tho bass in the
1 Potomac net rr went more siftl to the Look
than the Senator from New York did to this
1 letter of the President of the I'ultrdSlati'H. He
I wasalmitet prepared at first to swallow it all,
until he rc.11 bed sugar nnd lb j income lux. Hut
immediately ho offered a motion that I ho Senate
recede from the amendments on ctwvl und iron
ore. Why did he do it Ho did It because he
knew, or he thought he knew, that If lie was
successful in changing u line nf the bill before It
went back toUiocoiiferencebewnulddemnrallie
his Democratlo friends on this side und the bill
wnnld be defeated.
Mr. Hill 'The Senator will do me the Justice, I
think, to state that 1 mode both those motions
weeks befure the letter of President Cletclaad
appeared.
Mr. Uorman Mr. President, I do. I said a
moment ago tht the Senator from New York
hail been consistent from the day the bill came
upforconslderatloo In his efforts to defeat the
bill. He has made every motion which It was
Snasiblo for him to make to defeat it: he would
, 'Cfcat it now. I do not tartliat ho does not
believe lu freo coul and free Iron, but
I U"Vnaln. Porpcjoa of the Senator from New
1 urk lias been from the beginning to thwart his
1 fimr,lVu?.tu- pwvcot the passage of the bllL
( He.uUhhlsnnfciU attitude, taluks be hu dl. ,
covered a great principle In the Income Uxt an
Other distinguished cttlsen of New York thinks
he has discovered a great principle in the tai on
coal and Iron, and between the two, differing In
everything else, if they adhere to their prinet
Pie, the bill will be defeated, and the .Senator
knows It. He Is playing bis handwellt bets
stirring up passions here. It lithe role of logo,
flayed by n man who It not suited to the part.
Laughter. ,
vrAntnoTO!t' wAnstxo.
Sir. President, such nn Interference comes for
the first time In the history of the country.
Never since the Declaration of Independence
wns such action tnken by n President nf the
t'nlted Htr.tes. it Is well right here nt the
beginning to read n single clause nf the fare
well address of tho Father of his Country, and I
ask my friend from Kentucky (Mr. Rljckhnrn)
if he will favor me by rending the clause which
I liste marked from thnt Immortal address?
Mr. Illarkbilrn thru rend the clause referred
tn. whlrli refer to reciprocal checks In the ex
ercise nf political power, nnd wnrning the coun
try ngslnst the evils arising from tho encroach
ment of ono department of tho Oovernment
upon another.
Sir. Oorman-Mr. President, this Is an anpro-
Srlatetlmo to rernll to our countrymen these
eclanttlnns nf that great man. The one en
croachment hns occurred. Let every slf.re
spectlnp member of either branch of Congress
who believe In our form of Oovernment put
his condemnation upin the flrst step, which
would, If followed, lend to the control nf nur
Oovernment b ono mnn. Remember, fellow
countrymen. Hint In it time nf great political ex
citement, wo on tlds side nf the chamber nnd
Democrats throughout the United States looked
with dread tn the concentration nf the
army In Wnehlugton, when at one time It looked
nstf the great Cnptaln, who then was tho head
of the nation, would hold tho power of Oovern
ment himself. His superb patriotism nnd the
compromise which wns made, by which Hayes
was counted In, saved us by the forms of law,
Dn not open the dour for any man who controls
,100,000 appointments to dictate tn either House
of Cnnffrrss what thev ahull dn! keen vnur com
mittees of (onference frro from ntiy outside in
fluence; let us ray thnt Hint is n matter which
belongs to 11. and that the liberty of the Sen
nto shall not be Invaded, though a thousand
hirelings write the Senate down and trailuco Its
members.
rtlEE HAW MATERIAL rWT A DEMOCRATIC POLS.
nrt.E.
Mr. President, It Is said In this communica
tion, nnd endorsed ery thoroughly nnd com
pletely by the distinguished senior Senator
from New York, that there Is n Democratlo
rrlnclple Involved lu taxing raw materials; and
hat if we tax coal nml iron ore wo vlolalo
that principle. The Senator from New York as
serted that every platform wo have had for
twelve years declared for thnt principle. The
President snys that It wuuld bu dishonorable tn
tax raw materials. Men who set up it high
standard must themsehes coma to ou
with clean hands. The Hnuso of Represen
tatives, if they demanded freo raw ma
terial as n principle, ought tn havo applied that
rule throughout the hill. Did they do It? No,
theydhl not do it. There are Innumerable In
stance in this bill as it came hero w hero the
c rudest sort of raw material is taxed. There are
ninny nf them; I shall not enumerate them now.
Now you ask us tn strike coal nnd Iron from a
bill which, according to your necount, has no
principle In it. (Laughter.) The whole criti
cism l on what the Senate has done.
Mr. President, we have had many great and
Sood men whn have been elected to tlio Presl
rncy of the United States, wo have hnd a great
many Democratlo Houses of Reprrsentatites,
nnd the Senate was controlled prior tn 1HD0 by
some of the greatest men of the nation. It has,
however, been left to tho )cnr 1M04, on the'tlt
day nf June, for the discovery to liemado byauy
Democratic statesmen or Republican statesmen
that it was n lolatlon of principle to tax
either coal or iron. The Senator from New
York says that the Democratlo platform has
said so. I deny It. Tho etiuenco which
he produces lu regard to tho last platform
was evidence which refutes the statement
ho made, ns I shall try tn show. In the
flrst Tnrlff bill which was over psssed, when w o
hnd statesmen who were near to the time of tho
formation of the Constitution, who understood
a nrlnMftlA tvliftn f ti, en,,' It tiltnr tttut, ,nm..
of 11a do who nre n hiindrcdyenrs distant from
Hint Jperlod, levied n tax nn coal of oU cents a
ton of t',V40 iiounds. Krom lTO'J to 1704 the tax
was 84 cents a ton. from 1704 tn 1813 It was
$1.40 a ton. from 181;.' tn 181(1 It was tt.H0 a
ton. from m4 to 184'.', tho great Democratlo
period, when the giants of the party controlled
the Oovernment, nnd when we hnd undisputed
control tn etery branch, what do you suppose
was the tax levied on conl? One dollar nnd
G8 cents n ton. In 1843 It wns Increased to $1.73
a ton. From 18SU to 1800. br n treaty made. It
Is true, by Democrats, wo made an arrangement
with Canada that we would stop charging any
duty upon her conl provided she would let ours
Into Canada free of duty. That ran ten years,
until 18(10, and then, by tho common consent of
every patriotic Democrat in the country, without
dissent on either side of the chamber, wo abro-
Ruted that treaty and put coal back upon the
liable list, and the duty remains now nt 75
cents a ton. What did the Senate pronse to
do ? To put a tax of 40 rents n ton on
coal. Only one-half of what Robert J. Walker
placed upon coal In bis great Democratic tariff.
ana less tnan was put upon It tn the great Tariff
act of 1837. when R. :, T. Hunter of Virginia
mannged that bill in the Senate, as you manage
this bill now. We have fixed the dutv ten per
cent. lower thau he did. There, Mr. President,
la the uniform action of Democrats from the
foundation of the Oovernment taxing coal, and
the same Is true of Iron ore. tho duty on which
we have reduced lower than tho Democrats eier
did prior to tho war. and yet you turn around
and tell us it Is a Democratic principle.
"And that it Is perfldy," broke In Mr. Pugh
(Dem., Ala.),
NEVER IS A DEMOC-RATIO PLATFORM.
Mr. Oorman Yc.perfldy. That will become n
common wont now. I suppose, Tho Senator from
New York nnd his distinguished fellow cltiren of
New York want tn have Iron nnd coal free. They
think they have discovered u new principle, and
that It Is In a Democratic platform. I denr it.
It never has been In a Democratic platform. The
Senator from New York cited the action of tho
House of Representntlvea at the session preced
ing the Chicago Contention of 180'J as an evi
dence that that Convention endorsed free raw
material. I deny it. Let us go back, howeter.
to 1K84. when President Cleveland was first
nominated nnd then elected by tho grace of Ood
nnd n great deal of hard work by jicople whom
It Is not necessary to describe. Laughter.l
That platform declared not for freo raw
materials, but for n fair revenue duty. Mr.
Cleveland came Into power on that platform.
He kent his celebrated mesage of December,
1K87. to Congress recommending n revision of
the tariff. He talked of tree wool, but show mu
a single sentence In that message in regard to
conl or Iron or any general declaration as to free
raw material all around. It was not In the
message, and It was not even In the report of
the head of the Treasury Department. It rnn
not be found, and the distinguished Senator
from Teias (Mr. Mlllsl, who Is known to lie us
thorough and radical a tariff reformer as exists,
who la manly and outspoken nbout It, whn
framed the bill in rrsvmse to the President's
message, put a tnx on coal nt 7. cents n ton, a
tax on Iron ore, and n tax on sugar.
Mr. MlllsI wns In Jnt precl-ely the ssme sit
nation I am to-day. and lu which the majority
on tills side of the chamber are tn-day, I waslu
the handsof half ado.en gentlemen who con.
trolled that measure. It was not my choice In
Fiut Iron oro nr coal upon tho f ree llt, though
be Senator charges me wit h tusking thnt bill.
Mr. Oorman -Mr. President, the Senator from
Texas and I hate not been very Intimately ns.
aoclated ujmn thev. matters; but I think he
knows me vel enough tn know thnt I do not in.
tend to do him nny Injustice. I am only giving
the history nf this rase, nnd the Senator is a
prominent flgiiro In the history, (Laughter.)
I want to give hl bill more prominence than he
has kI en the Onrnian.Rrire bill. I should have
preferred his hill; I did from the begin
nlng I so told the Senator, and I am
glud he hns stated the ftcts. That bill
was framed with n view nf passing the House of
Representative, not representing the views in
half of Hi Items of the nnw Senator frnmTex'is
and the then grrnl lender of the other llnn,e,
whn was framing n bill for his part). Ills effort
was to frame a bill which rnuld be pnaan). Just
as we have been endeavoring hero tn frame a
bill which could la jmased. llefore the txiwngu
nf that hill the Contention n( St. laiuls wns
nbnut to lie assembled, and the President nf the
United States Mr. Clet elnud) as about tn lie re
nominated hy acclamation. No Democrat from
one end of the Und to the other opposed his noml.
nation, He wanted a platform upon which he
could stand and be elected, for his tariff mesaaun
liad created a great deal of excitement and feel
IniT throughout the country. That platform was
drown, and drawn irltli his approval, not sating
a word about the Mills bill, but simply reaffirm
ing the declaration made at Chicago in 1884,
1 hat was his own w h, wanting tn stand, na he
ought to hate stood, endorsing the platform
upon which ho was elected, and that his reconi
meiidations In the inwuw nf 1887 were of
necessity In strfctiiiinpli.incewltlithat platform
upon which he was nominated, not one word of
which was about free raw material.
TIIK PLATFORMS OF 1888 AMI 1803.
Mr. President, ns it has been published by n
very distinguished authority, Mr. Henry wit,
tersnn, and the ucls are no longer prlt ute, 1 can
afford tn repeat w hat Mr. Wattt-rMiu Kaiii after
the tnnventlon, because every word of It was
true. W hen 1 went ft the Convention, at the ex.
pre rvqtieat of tl.o man who was tn bo uo-nl.
nuird.topreMnthiscousiTvatlto platform, the
radicals nt the Convention I menn Hie free
traders and tho more udt ancrd tariff reformers
wero not content tn stop with the lmpleie.
Rntrinlug.if the platform of 1884. Thc got up
a r.-olui!ou endorsing the Mills bill as a u hole;
".. . there tho eenat-r from New York
will And the reMilutI',ii endorsing a bill which
taxed coal 73 tents a ton and iron ore 73 cents
a ton. )u that platform Jlr. Cleveland ran and
made his campaign. hero was the principle
of the senator from New York nnd Ids friends
wlui think as be does when this .iillc declara.
tlon was made for tliat proposed act Take the
Convention of 1803. It mrt after the House of
Representatives -for wo did not control this
body or the executive branch-had passed nu.
gero"! bills tn put this aud that article on the
lT?JwMiiULlrAl"w,t " not possible to pass
a tariff bill, bo they came, not with a great con-
up the other side and doing something in the
dirt tlon of tariff reform, and the distinguished
Cbalrmaa of the Committee on Ways and
Means used the homceopathlo remedy instead of
the -allopathic. The other House sent overVlot
at hula, not to pai oual on the freo lbt."ut to
put a number of other articles on the free list.
The Convention met, and the wise heads of the
Democratic party and I assnme the closest
friends of the President with mr distinguished
friend from Wisconsin (Mr. Vllss) If I mistake
not, and the distinguished Senator from Del
aware (Mr. Oray) on tlio committee. Ther
prepared rcsolntlonv, endorsing the, other
Ilouse? Oh, not We. were too astute to do that.
We commended the .House of Representatives
for going In the direction of free raw materials.
CLKVEt.AKD RErDDIATES THE PLATFORM OF 1892.
Then came tho nomination of Mr. Cleveland,
amid thnt scene which has never la-en equalled
In nny Convention, with the thunder rolling
nnd the lightning flashing, nnd every mnn In the
Convention feeling unsafe for his life In thnt
temporary structure. Tho men who were op
posed to .Mr. Cleveland's nomination, who, In nil
probability, wanted to strike a blow nt his elec
Hon, brought In nn extreme resolution, going be
yond whnt Uio conservatives, who were Mr.
Cleveland's friends, wanted put In the platform.
They put in the addition that protection wns a
fraud, Ac. The President scanned the platform
as an able, conscientious, earnest man would.
He had no reservation. He wns ready to present
to the country his best thought, and to tell
frankly what he would do If lie became Presl.
dent. Ho felt, as all his friends around him felt,
that the extreme nctlon at Chicago would put
hlselrctlon In Jconnrdt, He knew. Just ns tho
grent captain on the other side, Mr. Illalno, had
expressed It In 1884, that tho declarations of n
3 rent National Contention, tontlstlng of hun
reds nf deh gales, had no longer nny weight
with the American People. It wns the declara
tion of the rnndldnto himself to which
the peoplo looked. Platforms wero gone. It
was thn letter nf the candidate, ncccptlng the
nomination nnd saying what he would do If
elected, thnt the people ncrcpted. Hence his
direful consideration nf thnt letter. Tn my
personal knowledge, nftcr conference with his
friends, he deliberately and wlely eald In the
linn of all precedents, of nil tho declarations he
had made, uf all tho declarations that his party
had ever made. In the exact Hue nt nil legisla
tion, from Jefferson down to Orovrr Cleveland
In 1884. " We will not destroy any Industry; wo
will remodel the tariff; wo will glto
lower duties; wo will even the burdens
of tho people, anil we will give freer
raw materials," not free rnw materials.
There It stood. As I hnV" onre be f oro
said in tlio Senate, but for that declaration I dn
not believe Mr. Cleveland could hate carried
the country nnd liecti elected President of thn
United States, Is the proposed dnty of 40 cents
n ton on coal n revenue duty? It Is lower than
any Democrat ever claimed tn put upon coal
when wc lied tho power heretofore. Ilut Is It a
revenue duty, pure and simple? Theru were
Imported In 18111, under n duty of 7o cents n
ton. l.o:il.iioil tons; In 180'.'. I,:iol).o00 tons, und
In 1HII.1. 1,103,000 tons. Now ) 011 hate reduced
the dutv one-half, und If the Importations do
not double, then every man who is fnmlllarwith
the subject Is at sen. It will gite to ono
Comtmny, n foreign s ndlcate. In fltu eara. all
tho trade from 1 lost on east, llelng a revenue
duty, we have a right tu stand by It.
who tiEUAxns rmte coal?
Who wants free roal? This conl Is not used ex
cept for manufacturing purpors. It is not used
fordomeetlc purposes. It Isused for manufactur
ing purpose nnd by the railroads. There Is not
n human being, man, woman, or child, from tho
Ohio lilt er tn California, w lin would be lament
ed one lota by freo coal. You have It within
)our States. The. cost of trnnsiHirtnlioii pre
vents coal coming to you from nny foreign shore.
There is not a mnn, woman, child, nr
beast, from the Potomac River tn the
Oult of Mexico, I hat would lie benefited
by it. Who would lie benefited? New
Knglnnd, with cheaper fuel, would bu benefited.
It It amounted to an) thing to them. Hut they
do not want It. They do not toto for It.
Not n New Knglander asks for It. None nf the
New Kngland Senators w ill vote for It. One other
State ha nu Interest California. California
Imimrtrd and paid the duty on most of the coal
the llgurisnstn whlrli I hate lust stated. The
Senatcir from California (Mr.Whlte). the gallant
Democrat who pi cMded over tho St. Louis (in
vention In 18S8.nnd his colleague, a Republican,
both stand here and tell you that Califor
nia does not demand free coal. They do
not want It. They prefer tn see tho
American Interest fairly protected under n
revenue duty. Then who does want it?
Who demands It? Does It benefit anylmdy
here? Tho professional, tho theoretical re
former say ft will reduce tho cost of manu
facturing. The cost of what manufacturing?
Massachusetts lieople and those of Rhode
Island, na I have the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Aldrirh) In m etc, urn ns astute ns
any people on tho face of the earth. If there Is
a penny nny where to be found nr mnde, they
ran find it or mako it quicker than nny other
people on the face of the earth. They go into
detail In all their expenses, What do oil sup
pose freo coal would give them In the mnnu.
fncture of woollen goods or cotton goods or
nnythlng else In the way of raiment for the peo
ple? It would give them about three-fourths o.'
one per cent, on the cost. It would be so small
you could not deduct It fromnynrd of cnllccnr
a ton of Iron. It would be of no benefit. I:
might Increase the profits of the manufactur
ers but it is bo small that thry do nut want it to
the exclusion of the American interests.
THE CAXADA COAL SYXDICATB.
Whom would free coal benefit? ThpfAlsbnt
ono concern on the fnce of the earth tn which it
would give nny epeclal benefit. As we hnvo
gone on with the revolution in commerce, tho
methods of transportation, the modes of operat
ing lines, and the facility with which we dig
from the bowels nf the earth, not only ores, but
coal and the precious metals, have changed nil
the conditions which existed twenty ears ugo.
In Nova Scotia thero is n deposi. nf
coal us great as there Is In an) oth
er one spot on tho fnce ot the earth.
Tho Cnnadlan Oovernment owns every
ouuro uf It, and until live iars ngo
nn man could dig it without paving n
royalty tn tho Canadian tinvrrnment. The lml
ley of the Cnnadlan (lovernmcit. until Ave year
ago, wna the Mini) as Hint of Went Virginia and
Irglnln nnd Maryland. They thought tho roal
so valuable that they would not lease tho luud
except In small lots of thirty nr forty acres, an
small that no grent plant could bo put ilisin it.
The coal could not bo dug. although It is right nt
the sea und under the sea. Mined III this ay. It
could not bo worked successfully tn compete
with American conl. Five) cars nun, I think it
w it, or four years ugo. the Cnnadlan Oovern
ment wns luduccd tn change its jKillcy.
They wiped out, or permitted to be wiped
out, nil the small lenses. They took the officers
of tlmt grent mammoth corporation, the Cana
dian Pacific Railway, which wns built by the
English Oovernment as n great wnr measure,
the most thrrntunlng piece nf work that has
ever been constructed against American Institu
tions, anil permitted them, with certain gentle
men within our own country associated with
them, tu leitse us n w hnlo this vast coil field,
with an agreement that fur nlnety.ulne ears
they should pay tu thu Canadian (Internment
twelve rents it ton a royalty nn nil the conl
which they remitted. This compsny. with that
privilege, ran for the first time a road right
around the border of the sen, only twenty.seten
miles in length, to Lewiston, where there Is n
great harbor, open nil the year round, w hero
ships ran enter. They there, for the first time,
got Ainertcnn machinery, en that they candle
the coal and carry it only twenty-eeven miles to
the water.
Now the Canadian (ioternment wants reve
nue. The men who hnve the mlnm wnnt tn
make profits. Here are linMnn and Providence
nnd New Knglnnd. w hlch cmium the coal nf
tlio tun Irginlns and Murjlai.d and I Vnnsjiva.
nlu. "Wo nre nenrer tu It," the Canadians
said. "We can deliver the conl thero anil drive
the Americans out of their on 11 territory, (live
us free conl, and we will sweep this Amerlcnn
Industry from New Kngland. If you do, you
will place in the Canadian treasury money
which ought tngti Into the Amerlittii Trrnsury.
You wero thus asked to permit the grent.
est combination of Its kind tu enter
the United Mate. find knows we havo
trusts enough tn deal with now, I ehnil net it
tgreuthut foreign trutt shall enter nurterri.
tor) und take the sulietance from our people.
Applause lu Hie galleries. If, when the bill
came here, there hnd la en coupled with freo
roal a fair provision for reciprocity, we would
hntesald: '"Wuwill give 5011 free tnal. Your
co tl shall come In; we will give )nu the New
Kngland market, provided )ou In Canada will
ulmlt (rcunfiluiy our 1011I Irom Illinois. Ohio,
Ind'anu, western I'cnns) Ivalila, and the Vir
ginia weat of the mountain. It would lai
poMilble tu tuiilerslnnd how 11 man u hu is In
favor nf free tradu rnuld nil tin-ate uch a
projMisition, It was Mated elsewhere bt u re
etmuslhlc. man that we would have this prltllego
from Canada; but It is not true. The very la, t
act of the (faoiiillan Parliament on this hunlw L
which I have, although 1 hate It not at hand.
Imposea as Canada has done heretofore, 011 all
conl which we send liter the border of Canada
from these grent Western States 117 cents a ion
of 3,3 lu pounds, nr HO tent sa they levy It nil a
ton uf 3,000 pnuiuli. Why should wo gite up
the American IntercM? Who inn find in It it
principle? I know the Canadian inttrtst is 11
great one; bul.asl lntti'ai I fore, I priferlo
take cureuf American interests. Sn with Iron,
I shall not weary the Scnato with tho details 111
regard tu it.
THE ht'OAII CJUKSTIOt.
Mr. President, I understand there Is only one
other rcrious proposition intuited In this ion-
I trovers?, and that is I he everlasting subject uf
sutr. Our Republhnii frl-i.di uu the other
side, witli grrut gencraUhlp, taw from the
beginning Ihu wtaL pinl in our line. In the
. coustrui tlon uf the MtKlulc) Mil the) made
! frresugnr the pivot, en t hut the) might increnso
' tho diilica mi 1 heir own wares and the output
1 of their own factories, ihey nllriniitrd to
secure frto tugar bj fighting us when wo
attempted to reverse their McKinley net.
nnd twitting us with going buck und
putting upon tho dutiable list an arti
cle which they put upon the free list.
Ther managed it well. They knew how to stir
up the unlmiMity nnd the feeling whit h are
natural with us against increased duties on any
thing that has et cr la en on the free lift. They
used the press of their party to charge, as they
did, ull sorts of laid motltes against the men
who were lu furor of putting eiuar on the dull
able list. They twitted u upon the floor, and
you found It utu the streets. You had scarcely
gotten Into the consideration of the bill U'foro
they wanted to Invertigate us and see whether
we were not selling tu a trust. The men who
made the trust becamo suddenly virtuous for
the purpose of killing our bill. Tbey managed it
sn astutely as tn really trouble a great many
honest men inside and outside of this chamber.
1 give you credit for your generalship. This Is
awsr. a battle between the two sides. You have
conducted It. if not upon tne highest plane, a
well sj a Muduc Jodlua eter conducted a cam.
tmmlmmmmimJto .&ilmm)mtlm
-T-r- ' '
pahm. ( Laughter.) That fon demorftUietl ome
of onr forces ahd made them run. to the bomb
proof, for fear ther might be shot, is true. I
have seen honorable men correcting In the
papers the horrible statements which have been
put forth to demoralize, them, and It Is not
unnatural that ther should have done so. Rut
the majority of ns, whn are accustomed to shot
and shell, hnve never jet flinched, because
we know that, nn matter how distaste
ful it was .to lis personally, the vote
of the Iionlslsn Senators wns neccsenrr
to ns. We knew more than that, that a fair
dotr on sugar wns tho first consideration tn tho
Treasury. Your legislation hns left us bankrupt
until we have leen compelled tn sell bonds. As
the distinguished Chairman of the Committee
on' FInnnce said. It was our purpose In framing
thn bill to glre to the Trrnaury a surplus and to
remove from the people any fenr of the Govern
ment not. cnrrylng out Its obligations. We do
not Intend, when we get our bill through, to In
crease the bonded debt. If we do hot get our
bill through, thnt may, and probably will, hap
pen. ALWAT8 STOOD HT TUB rRESIDE.TT.
Mr. President, I spenk of tho President nf the
United States with nothing but the kindest
feelings. I havo never In my Ufa had nnythlng
but tho kindest feelings for him. I believe ho
Is one of the most rrmnrknble men ever In pun
Ho life In the Inst fifty year In nny clvlflxed
country on tho fnce of the nlolie. igave him my
constant, unremitting Inlsir to elect him the
flrst time he was a candidate. I stood hy him
when we hnd but few whn had tho moral cour
age to walk through tho slime nnd filth nnd up
hold him, 1 supported his nomination fur the
second time, though not ngreclng with tho
IKillcy of his declaration In the mes
sage of 1887. and from tho beginning
nf Jus rnmpalgn tn the end I stood
by tny friend, the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Urlcel. who gave to the nomination of Jlr. Clevc
lsnd his snhstanre nnd his time and -everything
that a man can give to serve n grent cnuse. I
was not In fnvnrof Mr. Cleveland's nomination
nualn in 1802 ns n matter of poller, but I, with
thft lllsttllcrtlUhfwl Kl,t,tf fntm eilitit find th
distinguished Senator from New York, who car
ried tho battle flag In thnt State, nnd the
Senator from North Carolina, never per
mitted anv thing to stop our effort until
we placed him In this high stn'ii-
rdld It with nn admiration for the man. with
a belief that ho would servo his country v,m,
but 1 did it, above all. In order that wo might
have Democratic control In this Oovernment.
1 hnve given tlio President fair and honest sup
p,irt never subservient, never swayed by tho
want nf patronage or by patronage ready tu
stand with him on whatever was right, lie has
nncausnf complaint ngalnst me. I am not his
debtor. Let him answer for himself. Rut In
the campaign of 1803. when men's cheeks
I were blanched with fcur. my friend, Hie
Junior Souator from New Jersey Mr.
Smith, aclite, ns wns tho Senator from Ohio
Mr, llrlcc, and I and the distinguished Sen.
ator from New York (Mr. Hill), who. I regret,
uowopposfts the bill, went tothe iront to lend In
Hint campaign, und made it Democratic victory
pisslhle. starting the first grent cheer which
gave hope and comfort to the country. Wen ere
ardent In that tntk. Wo hnd n right to talk
honorably anil lu n straightforward manner,
with nothing concealed nnd nothing to conceal,
ur.d did nothing except what honorable, men
would do. lamlslnnn, through Its twn Sen
ntors. Raudall Leed'bnotiund Kdnnrd D. White,
the distinguished man whn lately occupied n
Mat in this body, wanted tn know before wo en
tered upon the campaign, with tin threat, with no
Inquiry, except thnt which an honorable man
hns u right to make, whnt the policy of the
lurty wns tu be under tho apparently frcu trade 1
resolutions adopted at Chicago. After a great '
deal of talk, nfter the most careful consldr-i.
tlon, the candidate of our party told them, ns he '
hnd told the puldlo through Ids letter. Hint lu-i
Democratlo party wns not to destroy Industries:
tbatlt slionhl plaroa fair duty upon dutiable
nrtlclrs, iv revenue duty; that the bill which had
met approval was the Mills bill, nnd on the line
ot the Mills bill the Democratlo pnrty would
net. The Junior Senator from New Jersey (.Mr.
Smith), the Junior Senator Irom Ohio Mr.
llrlce), nnd myself did that, giving nur
time nnd our money and ever thing that
men can give for the success of the
party. We conferred with nil those distin
guished gentlemen. We w oro not nt the confer
ence with the candidate, but heard from both
sides what wcurred. They wanted to know If
the Democratic organization, of which we wero
n part, put the snnn construction upon It nnd
would le in favor of that line nf procedure hcre
nfter. They said to us frankly, "We wnnt to
tell our people tho truth. We do not wnnt tn
fres you tn gltn 11 slnglo fraction of a cent to
nutslann. but w u only wnnt tn know thn truth."
At thnt solemn conclave wo nil snld; "Yes; It Is a
dutiable nrtlcle; It is to bo nnd must be tho
corner-stone by which we will overthrow Mc
Klule) Ism. You shall hare It."
Mr. President, I would have Riven nnythlng
In reason for the Interest of mr own people
whutn 1 represent in consonance of my own
views upon tho subject if I could have had free
sugar nil along the line. I could not havo It
without t lolatitig the rule thnt I have made for
myself not tn-day, but from the beginning of
my career for it fnlr revenue duty on nil
dutiable unities. Hut, itboro nil. In nil
ray public career, nu man, no llting being,
ha ever charged me with perfldy. No
soul cau any that I ever mode n prom
ise about nubile or nrlvnte matter that
1 did not carry out If I hnd the power to do It.
These two Senators and myself, cnrrylngout the
pledge nf nur uirty, who-e rnndldutu wus en
dorsed by us, have stood hcrennd been glbbetted
I luh three men whn wernln u atigar trust. It Is
due to those with whom I nm associated tcknow
Hint tinman would lielleve such a thing, but It
is due to thn mnn hu writes the history that he
shall hnve the truth of the transaction.
ax Ai'1'i.'At, to iii:mocr vn to stash too ether.
Nnw, Jlr. President for us on this lilo of the
chamber this Is ludetd u most serious matter
There Is nothing Hint 1 hate snld, thero Is noth
ing In my brenst now, or ever lias been, thnt. In
the nmo open und. I trust, inanl.- way thnt I
havo conferred w It It my colleagues will pros ent
me Irom going with them, ono nnd ull, no mat
ter how wide we may differ ut. tu detnlls. to say
that wo shall come together Come together for
the benefit nf our common country, come to
gether that Democratlo thought may prevail,
come together that R measure w hlch will uot h'
repealed for twenty jenrs may be placed upon
the statute book, und hope nml prosperity
may go with our people. The confi rrecs Hi this
muter on Hie part of the Scnato have n grent
duty tn perform. There urn almost, ns It ap
penr. Irreconcilable differences, but I want
them to any to tho conferrees nn the other side:
"Nnw. above nil nther times, gentlemen, the lnw
must 1m obi-crvrd. Harmony can unlv be had
by standing by tho letter nf the law. Von who
mnko laws with us must not violate them. Them
is in this ennotho written nnd tho unwritten law
to which there Is uu exception, und that Is that
w hen one House propose t" change nn existing
statute and thu other refills tn go us fur, the
House muklug the luot radical demand ahnll
glvewny. Thnt is thn lnw. Thnt is the custom.
Whenever it Is insisted upon there is no escape
from it if you intend tn hate legislation.
You can sn), Mr. Chairman (udilrc-flng Jlr.
Vonrhifsl, that while there has laeu gient talk
about jieoplo romlng nut In thuopcit. Senator
after Seiinlor upon this floor has announced
what he Is lmund tudn nan matter of conscience
If tnat radical change is demanded. I do not
mean thut )uu shall not hnve 11 free anil fair
conference. 1 would havn this lime a free and
fnlr conference. I would exclude cwrithlmr
except tour own thoughts. ou ran say thnt In
this body now, where we hnve oiilynue mitjor
lt) nuiiing the HcmiM'iats, Hu grent Stnto of
Ohio, the Mate of New Jerse), thu State nf New
York, the States nf liuisiaun nnd of Mart land
step out to the front and tell frankly the
public what might tn huvo lieen told
only in private, uml my Hint within the
Imnlers nf the States I havo named, while they
number Ave nr six. there Is more manufiictiirliig
Industry thnu lit nil the Stales which demand
Hits radical change. Say to them thtt.nl this
time, when the whole world Is nhlsro with
revolution In industrial a tin Irs nnd wnnt and
distress nre felt, these Senators, If vim please,
out of abundant caution out nf 11 sutieriibun
dant caution, if 5011 plcs havo snld tnynu
that they cannot go further; they prefer tu
mtl.c u inlstuku for tno high rati uulier thtn
lucve thrill too low; that It lsuiei.tnte,initusilti,
true pit riot Imp. tn make rim mistake nnd make
the tux us high und let Hie Inlsniiuianplogn
to work, rather than tn make it tailoe and
then try to keep them all In order with deputy
marshals nnd mldler.
.Mr. President, with our rules, this hill stands,
as I thltk, in the best shaH. In w nl-h it is uis.
slide in get it tn repro-en! nurvieni.. I nppeal
tomv colleagues nn tills. ldi o Hand, ns uu
stood during all thU lo-ig strugs-ln In (he
benate. to stand together wth Hie jicrfrct
knowlrdgv that If we do uot the bill isdeiiuicd.
If my good friend from New York, Mr. Hill,
or the .senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Ylln. mm
ceM land nny Democrat may uccrl by
milting now with any i.thcri lu amending the.
bill, you have heard Iho declaration f enough !
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Ua C an adrvrtlsement the accompanying' engravlnir I Terr attractive and' 'catchy ,
A 3 but one most not fall in love with the picture, at It la pre-empted, duly regis.
A tered at "Washington. DC Mineral water companies, however, can study iht
JLA- ,,nrttcnlar advertisement with. profit. It U a model of It class, and the !,ondnn.
derry Utltln Errrln Water Co.. Nashua, N. 11., are to be congratulated up,,n
Ibele hannr hit. Tho I -ectng matter l pleasingly presented and nllnrtnfi In IW phraseologr,
"mi. .,. ii in.trntl-e fe. t'r.e nre slrik nr'v Appropriate and c-rtnln tn attract the eye, fhnry.
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terlstlcs Hint are most desirable In an advertising effort. Note the crown of bottle that sur
mounts tho fair head of the nymph in the foreground, and observe the suggestion of parity la
every crystal, and bow well the Idea of the water's source is carried oat. The advertisement
Is at once artistic and effective, and Is to be commended to the trade a an excellent example
of what can be dono In this line. The Londonderry people are creating trade hand, over fist.
The moral Is obvious." Xntlonal Bottlers' Gazette (July).
The " I-ondoedernr" la m most exeelUat water aatt Ita style of asaklaa; the Aact kaow-a
la or the hlsheat order.
7
Senator to know that you defeat It. What
is our duty? What did wo agree
tn dn? We placed in your hands,
Mr. Chairman, nnd yon Democrats, tho
power to sny what we ought to do after careful
aud unfettered conference. No such confidence
on tho port nf nil our party has ever been given
to men ns we gnve to you. Let this degree of
confidence continue. Let the bill gn back to a
conference on tho part of the two Houses. These
thunder clouds will roll by; these flashes of
lightning, these exhibitions of temper mast
clear thu atmosphere, nnd enablothe oonferreea
to give new hope nnd new life to the American
people. Appluuse In tho galleries.
an oimiuiisT or ai'i-laure.
An Mr. (lorman closed his peroration, having
spoken for nearly threo hours, there was an out
burst of applause nnd hand-clapping on the
floor nnd in the galleries which tho presiding
officer did not even attempt lo-suppress. After
this demonstration hnd subsided, nnd while Mr.
Unrmnn wns receiving congratulations from
Senators nf nil parties on his magnlflcentspeech,
Mr. White (Dem., C'nl.l took the floor and
argued that, from n Democratlo standpoint,
there w na nuthliig to do but tn adopt the motion
of Mr. liruy tn Insist on the Scnnte amendments
and tn ngn' to further conferences.
Tho adoption of thn motion either nf Mr. Hill
or Mr. Vlhis would result In the defeat of the
measure and the perpduntIon of tho McKinley
net. whli h wus tho winning card of the Bngar
Trust. The nuestlon wns put by the presiding
nfllrei, Mr. Unto (Dem.. Tenn.), on Mr. Hill's
motion, when Mr. t'ockrrll (Dem.. Mo.) rose and
mnvee. tn proceed to executive business. That
motion was ngreid to, und nfter a short execu
tive session the Senate at !l:43 P. M. adjourned
till to-morrow nt noor..
So Quorum la the Ifoaee.
WAsnrNOTOT, July 23. The attractions of
the TnrifT debate In tho Sennte were ton strong
to 1 resisted by the grent number of Represen
tatives, nnd It was found Impossible tn secure
the presence of a quorum. After vainly en
denvorlng for an hour and a hnlf to effect the
passage of Uio bill, which came over as un
Finished business from Saturday, directing the
reemployment of railway postal clerks who were
discharged between March 1.1 and May 1, 18H0,
the House, ut 1:30 o'clock, adjourned until to
morrow. The Hujsr Investigation.
WASniNQToy, July S3.--The sugar Investigat
ing committee met this morning, with Mr, Lodge
(Hep,, Mas.) present. Thero was nut one witness,
Mr. Kmlle Hulllardeau of the New Yorkflrm of
JV. It. Wheeler Al'n. This is the witness who
Is snld tn poises the original contract In which
a certain .Senator ordered sugar stock purchased.
The memtM'r of the committee refuse to talk
further than to say that they nre getting nt some
thing tnngible. An early adjournment wns taken
on account uf the tariff debate.
Armor Frauds Investlcatloa.
WARitiNnToy.July.M, The investigation of
the alleged armor frauds will lie resumed by the
spoclnl )Inue committee hating rhnrgonf the
matter to-morrow. Superintendents Krck nnd
Hunslcker of theCnrneglo Company will be the
witnesses.
Nominations by the Prcsldeat,
Washington; July 23.--The President to-day
sent tn the Senate th following nominations)
l'nllel Mstes Consuls Archibald It. Ortmksof Msa.
saehusetis, n; San Ikimlnioi lilrstn II. Lott lf
Louisiana, at Msnaifua. Mrnrajnia.
llntuiaslers lUilllli Si. IIo.nI South Msnehestrr
Coun ,1-re.l.rlek K. l'hlllli-, denir.l Volls. "u l.i
Joint Ins Thutlow. fa., John Neslnn. c.rbondsie!
fa . Moms II Muw, tr uldiuk.l'a John WMtrrmVii
Columbia, fa . Frederick A. Unit, I'wilTrt T '
John II ibwuWl, liradroril, fa John II Vlradi'
-- ' ,." J- a rlek. ImncsnuoV l-.Vi J J:
Mi Crura. Tltullle. fa , J. K. n.uii. New iWhlrh.in
fa., Ckiiiiit It. Lwiurd.hMtna.iuil. Tjohu J Obi?:
Iln.llilller In.1 . Kdwanl II. Hunter. IhV Momn la
Klcnanl T Kuiullell of Main,, to tm Collio?'of
Ciulnin.forlliodMll.-ln'Mhuawt, Sir ,"0"'"-lor or
li i iv It. 1 eterxia or Ni.-- Jersey, to ha Assistant Ce.
uTsi'r'War rj:ii:e P"" """u- '- ' "
JlJ.'ln".'lslM,1m W,,I p"l,lon Atcm st Pes
of ,idiP,kl,AI"ir!'e'l,,,to be Surveyor (Jeneral
.JVJ:V4rl'n'- ' '-B"rof rut,
th? lim? ortl;vjriin..:i.".i;,h..!;,kou' ,o - e1""
Ixijlss f feuniuof Kalua. to t, cMn, . ,k. f-
' JilKsa.h "tuw,,,oral " u" Nemaha Agency
I "iinolorcl'l. K Klsiltnn, In !, m Hear Admiral-
I r.,iUii Matthew.. I., h.,', ( oiumiKlore. ( .aniSit
1 ',l".A h .' ,"' dushMit. to I- a Capia'i,. Ve-insMer
I, A trades lu la. a Pay Impeclor.'fa.sUf Asllsunl
I'ajmasirrKli. rt"a-r. to b lirai..i J2 uo.i
m.V,,e,'Ur"'i '""' li ft W-istaat'ra"
jjrj'enste has confirmed the following nom-
Jame It Jackson of New Hampshire to b Consul
lindon.' w'"",r" iQ ta .reu?yur Legation at
Ksiuucl& Prowu mi Postmaster at Coopsrstown.
Foarth-cla.e Postmasters,
Wasiiixotos., July ya. -Among the foorth.
folTuiIut!m,"tCr,' ,lx"nt"1 -a were the
hew Jersey J w Klnmonth. HllladaU vlea w w
TWu,.ei,JiBtoV',I"" Kott'' "rookfleld. vice
CoBBul.Gcsernl Usrss Htanda by Mr, Clcve.
Iad.
Indianapolis, July SM.-Samuel E. Moras,
ConsuLOeneral to Paris, arrived home onSatur.
day night, but did uot make his presence In the
wifl hmn un,l,ii "f erL''- ,l ' rumored there
will bo some radical changes n the manage
ment of his paper, the Indianapolis oVuHitd TrI
an Interview last night Mr.Monw took altroM
stand In support of I'rcsldent Iceland's JolUy"
HewillremalA.hre0al)-a few daysTgoIngfo
Chicago, and thence to Mack loan u Vtilt hi
aotluar. EX-elre days holllll TctuiS u TpariZ
, . i
COIXISO BII.TElt DOZLAJtS.
Tas Sold Okllsatlona Reduced to tka Extent
ortko Colnaste.
WASirneaTON, July ?n.Mr. Preston, Director
of the Mint, Is Informed that the Now Orleans
Mint, in compliance with the recent order, has
already coined 62,000 standard silver dollars.
The mintage will continue until further orders.
The Treasury has 121,000,000 ounces of silver
which cost 5120,000,000. All this silver bullion
Is covered by what aro termed "treasury or
coin " noten. As such notes they are redeemable
In gold, but when tho bullion Is coined into
standard silver dollars and silver certificate are
issued against them tbey erase to be gold obliga
tions and become only sllreroliUgatlona. The
amount of coin or treasury notes neccsarilsTn- s
tired, therefore, na fnst ns their basis is coined
tntn standard silver dollars will reduce the gold
obligation tn the extent nf the coinage and re
lieve the gold reserve from hav Ing to oupport.in
addition to $340,000,000 greenbacks, $ lo'-'.OOO-poo
"coin or treasury" notes. It Is not probable,
however. .that more thnn $2,000.0,00 of this
silver bullion will las coined this yenr.w hlch will
"Jill lsMivo each gold dollar snppnrtlng nbout
eight dollars of United States gold-bearing obll
Rations, or about 13 cents gold In the Treasury
for every dollar of gold obligation outstanding.
CAXADA'S SHIP CAXAT,.
It 'Will Probably Fall oa Aeeosst of tka
Forfeiture or the Hubsldr.
Ottawa, July S3. Parliament has been pro
rogued without the Oovernment bringing In the
necessary legislation to extend the time for the
completion of the Chlcgnecto shlp'rallway, with,
out which tho subsidy guaranteed by the Gov.
emment of $170,000 per annum for twenty
years Is forfeited. It was expected up to the last
moment that the Oovernment would renew the
subsidy bv extending the time for the comple
tion of the work, but the opposition tn the
schemo from tho Ontario memtiers killed 1L
The company represent that they have ex.
rcn.!rA.5li,,UO()'0()0 ,n xho enterprise and that
51.600.000 more will complete the ship rallwar,
which they can secure if the Oovernment will
renew the conditions upon which the subsidy
wnuhTbe earned and paid.
The Chlcgnecto ship railroad Is therefore
practically dead, at least an far as aid from the
Dominion Government goes, and upon that lu
success is said to be contingent.
rianr ron a little iiBinssa.
Stepmother and Gmadratber Coateadlati
Orer Fnur-year-ald If lea Ring-.
Mrs. Carrie Ring produced her four-year-old
stepdaughter, Kllzabeth Itoalna Hlng, before Jus
tire liartlott, lu the (supreme Court In Hrnoklyn,
yesterday. In olx-dlrnce tn a writ of hnWns cor
pus sued out by Dnmlnlck Lauby, the grand,
father of the child, Charles H. Hlng, the father,
dleel recently. Lena Hlng, the mother, died
soon after the birth of the child, and two year
after tho father remarried. Although Mr.
Lauby wan appointed the guardian of hit
granddaughter, the stepmother took the child
with her tn her parents' residence.
In the return to the writ. Mrs. nim, averred
that her husband hail an Intense, dislike for his
father-in-law nnd asked her tn see that the
Jailer did lint get Possession of the child after
Ids death nnd nisde her promise tn care fnr It.
hhcali'ii alleged that her husband went armed
In order In defend himself from his fnther-ln-lnw
'a Htt.ieU. Mr. I,uuhy denies the nllegn.
th'.'i and nivs tlml Mre. Hlng is only an years
old and likely to iHMiii mnrrv ngalu, Tho hear
Ing was i not runeluiled. The girl will have a
enug little fnrtuiio when she cumesiif age, her
father hat tug left her several thousand dollars.
riheeiiy Annie Arrested In Ifobokea,
A woman whn described herself as Kmma
Me)ers, ngtd VS. a dressmaker living at B10
East Thirtieth street, this city, was arretted by
Detective Nelson In Hnlmkcit yesterday morn
Ing nnd locked up on n charge nf shoplifting.
mnn whugntu his name as Thomas l,ewl, and
fculd lie lived at ftl.i Ka.t Thirteenth street, this
clt, was arretted with her. The woman Issnld
to las n notorious shoplifter known in this city
as Hieeny Annie.
SkjWBjl Into Klchman & Jnsepbsnn's stnre.
20.1 Washlnctnn street, and picked up a pair nf
trnusers, hen she was searched at the police
station a diamond flit was found coniealed In
one of her sleet cs. hhe is held for examination.
A Presentment Ukely Acalaas tbe Brook,
lya Trolley,
The Orand Jury In Brooklyn has been Invest!,
gating the alleged reckless speed at which trol
ley cars are being run, and a presentment on the
subject , will probably be handed down to-morrow.
1'nllce Commissioner Welles was before the Jury
for an hour yesterday, und explained the reeult
nf some investigations he had made. He nl.i
complained that he had to have eighteen or
twenty policemen stationed ut the crowded
crossings on Hilton street to pnitrrttmlrstrians.
. a. HfBIXKLI.NO V.tU(I.VH.
...,BJjorNVr""1'1 new prh lut andeaulogus
atslToopipsuu at.
roit THE VOXVEX1EXCE OF
THE SVX'S ADVKliTISEHS
Ontt'M HAVB BEfcSf OfKNCO T
80 EAST 125TH ST.,
SKARrOCRTU AT, AND
1.205 BROADWAY,
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