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MR. HILL’S NEW ROLE.
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34FID BENNETT TAKES UP THE
PBESIDEXT’S TARIFF EIGHT.
HE DEFENDS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Senator Gorman the Object of Attack—The
President’s Kight to Indite—the Wilson
Letter Analyzed—Other Gossip.
Washington. July 24.—(Special.)—The tar
iff bill is in a precarious condition. Senator
Hill is doing all in his power to defeat it.
He made another two hours’ speech today
in reply to Senator Gorman. He pretenle
to defend the president from the assault <
Mr. Gorman, but in his defense there were
many stabs of his own. Mr. Hill s ow .,c<
is purely to widen the breach in the p..r >
and defeat the passage of any t.ri • •
He says plainly that he w ill vole agau st
any bill containing the income tax
When Mr. Hill was through wih hH
threats today, Mr. Caffery. ot Louisiana,
told some of the history ot the sugar ' re. •
vie and then, to prevent a dissoiu
tion of the party, the leaders ajo "
senate and called a democra .
which, like most caucuses fa,kl \ t
anything but talk and adjourn to meet
again tomorrow. ran-
Senator Hill refused to go into. h-C
cus, saving plainly that he was fighting the
bill and that he had no
Could the bill ever be back We thi , t an
terence conunktee > 1 1S ’ belwe€M the
agreement coute oe reaiui
two houses. The house would I probbl>
concede coal, iron and sugar to the ,<nate
and mike tri HIM" ■>(
fWilson bill. Such would be the ot t i t..
Lie "to get and certainly far better than
the present law. „
The difficulty in the way is. in the first
place Mr. Mills, who will do everything
possible to prevent the bill getting back
ffito conference, and Mr. Vilas, who seems
determined to have the senate xote n tie
moti >n t<w recede from the sugar aehet ul£
"... t" V t' for it
enough democrats who w w-tth that
with the republi ans. to carry it. Witt that
carried/ enough democrats would vote
the bill to defe it it. I P to (I ‘it<
Mr Vila- will not consent to stand aside
and let the bill go back to conference.
there Klckere ex
,, . • Hin an h< 11 off. the bill will be in-
The situation is pre
many senators who
beHeve it will work out all right in the
* n We are certain to have a tariff bill.” said
.•It may be several
„ vs y t b fore we get together, but the
p. tv cannot afford to have congress ad-
. pa s9 ti g a tariff bill .'nd I
Lvt c un' knee in th- ability of our people
to g( t t p ther in a few days.”
1111,1, II AS THE FLOOR.
Tl<r Senniot irom »» ••
in a A«-»v Hole Himself.
Washington. July 24,-The most entertan-
1 feature in the great
natc.’Ml 1 rform ince on the floor of the
rt played In it today by
E r^n < v York, as the defender
, . r-si l-nt (’: veland against the assaults
Cf dem..erati. enators. in connection with
the presid-nfs now famous letter to Mr.
firman of the house con
fer, -s on the tariff bill.
3i ; - Hill to< k the ground that the letter,
was n o violation of the
constitution; that it was no attack on the
a1 i any sen itor, it that it
. t to trry out th< policy
end theorie- of the demociatic party, and
he president.
a, to its being an unwarranted attempt
■ .. iti- nending leglslSttipn Mt.
own judgment and responsibility, bacl
g.-r-d” the president to give them his
v w ■ up >n the compromise bill, which they
had prepared. “Do as I do,” he said to
t:i m; "keep away from the white house.”
He wound up a two hours’ speech (bris
tling all . ver with the spikes and spears
of !: v t and sarcasm) by comparing the
senatorial conspiracy against President
det nd 1 that w hich compassed the a»-
, . . • Julius Caesar. In this his-
torical parallel Mr. Gorman stood for “lean
and hungry Cassius,” of whom Caesar
Eaid: “He thinks too much. Such men are
dangerous.” Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, for
•‘honest Brutus:” Mr. Vest for “envious
Casca;” Mr. Voorhees, for Trebonius, and
“the distiguished senator from Tennessee”
(Mr. Harris), for China. He carried out the
parallel by declaring that these senators
made the same plea which the conspirators
of old made—“not that they loved Caesar
less, but that they loved Home more’’—not
that they loved Cleveland less, but that
they loved their party and the country
more.
Mr. Hill was followed by Mr. Caffery, of
Louisiana, who submitted a motion looking
to the restoration in the sugar schedule of
u bounty for ISUI. In a short speech, which
was, however, nut concluded, he accused
tii- democratic managers of bad faith in
Striking out the sugar bounty and declared
explicitly, for himself and his colleague,
Mr. Blanchard, that they would not vote
f'r the tariff bill if it put sugar on the
free list.
Simply N peak in As to the Sentiments.
The morning business was of little inter
est. At 12::.a o’clock promptly the confer
i matter came bef< re
sen te and Mr. Hill took the floor, speak
(r... v-rj ,'iowiy and deliberately in the be
ginning. Coming to the question of the
president’s letter to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Hill
b iid tl:i. he would not discuss the wisdom
o'- pre’Q of writing it or making it pub
-- ,Th<> president was the judge of what
•>’. v.is duty to do, and he (Mr. Hill) did
r-t propose to criticise him. In the dis
ci :rg- of his high public duty to his party
*t i t in- country the president had deemed
ft wu. to send that letter to the chairman
of i ■■ house committed on ways and means,
End with the president’s judgment on that
I tint he (Air. Hill) was content. Ho was
h' re to defend the sentiments expressed in
that letter. He argued that it violated no
clause of the constitution and that the
pi -blent fiad the constitutional and legal
n it to send that letter. It was not an
oil lal communication, in the proper sense
of the term. Lt was intended at first as a
p /ate communication to 4 long-time per
sonal friend and adherent.
Gorman and (be Free Schedule.
Coming to the question of the proposed
Quties on coal and iron ore, Mr. Hill said
that Mr. Grman now defended those du
ties
“As revenue duties,” Mr. Gorman put in.
“As r. venue duties,” Mr. Hill assented.
**l accept that suggestion. The senator
front Maryland would have imposed duties
on coal and iron ore, whether a majority
of the senate desired it or not. That sena
tor d’.d not -et up the childish defense that
he was ‘buncoed into putting a duty on
these articles.’ ”
Referring to the president’s tariff reform
message of 18S7, Mr. Hill approved it warm
ly, and said that since then tariff reform
had increased from day to day, democrats
■who had then been unwilling to take steps
forward had advanced greatly from that
day to this. That message had placed the
president in the advance line, where he de
manded radical reductions of duties or free
imporation of raw materials. That was the
platform on which President Cleveland
stood in 1887 and he had taken no back
track since on that particular point.
'.«>♦ Responsible for Ills Cabinet.
The senator from Maryland had attempt
led yesterday to hold the president respon
sible for the unofficial utterances of the
F-cretary of the treasury. That was going
a great way. The president might be held
r< sponsible for the official utterance of his
secretary of the treasury, but it was a
new doctrine, indeed, that he should be
field responsible for every upse dixit of
Every one of his cabinet officers.
Reverting once more to the president’s
letter to -Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hill remarked
Chat the president had written “perhaps
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not wisely, but too candidly, too honestly,
too earnestly.” That was all the criticism
which could be properly made .of it.
As to the interviews with the president
as rehearsed yesterday by senators, Mr.
Hill remarked that these senators had
"badgered” the president with their "con
cessions,” and had striven to get him to
support them. They had known how weak
and tame their bill would seem to the
American people if it did not have the
sanction and approval of the democratic
president.
Alluding to the fact that Senator Gorman
had read yesterday a paragraph of Wash
ington’s farewell address, Mr. Hill said that
the address had been “quoted in vain, when
senators. Instead of relying on their own
reserved* rigfits and acting on their own
judgment, and taking their own steps inde
pendent of anybody else, sought the white
house and asked the interposition of the
president of their party. (Applause.) It
came with poor grace from senators who
asked suggestions, aid and help from the
president to turn round and have read to
the senate Washington's farewell address,
to show that the president ought not to
make any suggestions pending legislation,
in the form and manner that Mr. Cleveland
had done.
A Wonderful Spectacle—Hill Defend*
Clevelund.
Then Mr. Hill alluded to “the wonderful
and unusual spectacle which senators wit
nessed yesterday, when conversations with
the president were detailed for the avowed
purpose of placing that president in a
false position before the senate and before
the country.” He was no defender of the
president ordinarily. He had received no
favor art the president’s hands. He had his
grievances. He differed with the president
on party politics, especially as to matters
in his own state. But he thought that In
this particular it was his duty, and that he
was broad-minded and liberal enough to
defend the president when he was unjustly
attacked. (Renewed an continued ap
plause.)
Coming again to the session of yesterday,
Mr. Hill said.
“Great scenes have taken place In this
chamber for the last half century and
more; great speeches have been made;
fierce personal denunciations have been
heard; encounters have taken place; great
debates have been heard. Yesterday, with
crowded floors and crowded galleries, we
witnessed the conceded leader on the demo
cratic side of this chamber (whom I per
sonally respect and honor) call witnesses,
i one after another, on the question of what
the president had said to them about the
details of the tariff bill. A stranger can»?
into the senate chamber yesterday. He
looked at the presiding officer and heard
those witnesses called and he asked a by
stander whether that was the chief justice
of the United States presiding, and whether
this was a court of impeachment, trying
I the president of the United States. It was
i a pertinent inquiry under the circum
stances.”
Mr. Hill Explain* (lie l,c(l<*r.
Again reverting to the president’s letter,
Mr. Hill described it as “an honest and
manly letter to the chairman of the commit
tee on ways and means, telling him of his
doubts and his fears in regard to the bill.”
He had not intended, Mr. Hill asserted, to
dictate to either branch of congress. The
letter could not be construed Into dictation.
It was a suggestion, an expostulation, a
warning to h's party friends not to persist
in the senate bill.
As to the interviews with the president,
; which had been detailed yesterday, Mr.
Hill asserted that there was nothing in
them which ought to lead senators to be
lieve that he was irretrievably bound to
the senate bill. He (Mr. Hill) had known
the president for many years. He was a
man who said little in conversation. He
was a good listener. He formed his con
clusions slowly, deliberately, honestly ami
sincerely. He permitted his party ft Sends
to disclose their plans and purposes. And It
to his (Mr. HJll’s) mini that
not approve them. The senator from .Mary
land had referred yesterday to him (Mr.
Hill) as an opponent of the bill. He would
let that be, so far as it applied to the hill
in its present shape. The democrat!'
masses were against it, the president of
the United States was against it, and he
| (Mr. Hill) was therefore in pretty good
i company. (Laughter.)
Sugar Duty l ujuwflllable.
Mr. Hill touched upon that part of Mr.
Gorman’s speech referring to the promises
J made In the last campaign to protect the
1 interest of the sugar planters of Louisiana,
■ and said that if that was a proper ground
I for urging the adoption of the sugar sche-
I dule in the senate bill, it would make the
! people desire more than ever the provisions
! of the house bill placing sugar on the free
list. He believed that if the duty on sugar
was defensible at all it should be defended
on the principle of its being requisite sot
i revenue.
Stay Awny from the White House.
i Coming back again to the interviews of
! senators with the president, Mr. Hill told
! them that it was not right for them to be
j running to the white house seeking instruc
tions, and he added amid much laughter:
“1 suggest to my friends that they do as I
did; keep away from the white house.
The idea that the president of the United
States overreached the old politicians, who
i had been through many a campaign; that
ihe was 1 00 sharp for them, and that they
j came away with a different sort of Impres
sion from the ideas which he had is ab
surd. And then, when the president wants
> to clear the atmosphere and tell the
democratic mas s just what the bill is
and what he wants it to be, they say that
they were overreached by this ambitious
' president.” (Laughter.)
Coming again to the question of the
I proposed duties on coal and iron ore, hr.
Hill said that it had been suggested by
Mr. Gorman that there were some great
interests somewhere demanding free coal
and free iron ore. He (Mr. Hill) did not
know where those interests were, and he
presented a petition of citizens of Balti
more asking for free iron ore. He did not
know what interests were seeking for free
coal. 11 had yet to hear any senator sug
gests that the president of the I. nited
States in making these recommendations
had desired to subserve the interests of
any monopoly or of any individual. He
believed that the president had made these
recommendations because they were for the
best interests of the country.
Mr. Hill Evade*.
Mr. Gorman asked Mr. HUI whether if
the senate would recede from every amend
ment which it had placed on the house bill
and would let that bill stand, with free
sugar, free coal, free iron ore and free
wool he would still vote, for the Wilson
bill.
"I will cross that bridge when I come
to it,” Mr. Hill replied, and bis answer
was greeted with contemptuous laugatet on
the part of the many democratic senators.
And he added —taking no notice of this
manifestation: "The senator from Mary
land has said that the president would not
recede, and 'he Is pretty safe, of course, in
making the bluff which he makes now.”
"Do not let him bluff you,” said Mr.
Gray without rising.
“I do not think I will,” Mr. Hill. said.
“Call him,” Mr. Gray suggested, amid
laughter.
“The senator from Delaware,” Mr. Hill
remarked, “is more used to those figures of
speech than I am. I suggest to the senator
from Maryland to try me; remove the duty
on these raw materials; make sugar free;
take off the' one-eighth of a cent a pound
differential; relieve this bill from the
suspicion and scandal attached to it; place
all these articles on the free list, and then
I will talk with you about how you vote
and 1 vote.” (Laughter ami applause.)
Then Mr. Hill recalled the fact that Mr.
Gorman had referred to him yesterday as
playing the role of lago, and he said that
that reference to Shakespeare reminded him
of the great senatorial conspiracy of many
centruies ago when a senasational cabal
compassed the death of a great Roman
emperor.
The Xew Cast of Julius Cncsar.
It be (Mr. Hill) were disposed to make
comparisons he might speak of the dl£jtin
guished senator from Maryland as the
lean and hungry Cassius.” (Laughter.)
Senators would recollect that Caesar said
of him, “He thinks too much. Such men
are dangerous.” (Laughter.) And he
might speak of the senator from Arkansas,
Mr. Jones, as Marcus Brutus, “Honest
Brutus. Here he paid a compliment to
Senator Jones for his wonderful patience
and sagacity in the management of the
■bill, and said that that senator had won
the esteem and respect of his countrymen
everywhere and so he would ca in
“Honest Brutus.” .
“Cassius,” said he with malicious tone
and look, “I have already referred to.
(Loud laughter.) Then there was '-asca--
envlous Casca” (meaning Vest), who struck
the first blow. Trebonius represented the
senator from Indiana (Mr. Voorhees) an
Cinna. the distinguished senator from len
nessee (Mr. Harris).
“Mr. President,” he continued, when
yesterday they struck at our president and
sought to strike him down they made Lie
same plea which the conspirators of oiu
made-‘not that they loved Caesar less,
but that they loved Rome more. Not that
they loved Cleveland less, but that th y
loved their party and the public n , lo ' h e ‘
And I can say, with Marc Antonj, w
private griefs they have, alas, I know not.
Thev are all wise and honorable men.
With this application of Shakespeare s
play of “Julius Caesar to the attack oil
President Cleveland, Mr. HIU . , close ? J*
speech, resuming his seat amid acclama
tions of applausi.
Mr 'Caffery followed with a motion to
instruct the senate conferees to insert m
the sugar schedule a provision to pay to the
sugar producers of the United States for
1891 a bounty of nine-tenths of a cent a
i not less than ninety
pound on sugar testing not w „ t „ h t
decrees by the polariscope, and of eight
Jenths of a cent for sugar testing not less
than eighty degrees. He began his sP^cc l
by defending the president m co^
with the Wilson letter and decLaitt
there was nothng in that letter which the
president was not perfectly just.fied m say
ing and nothing in it that assailed, in the
slightest degree, the honor of the senate
or of any senator. Cnfferv
Without closing his speech Mr. <
gave way to a motion to adjourn-so that
the democratic senators might hold a. cau
cus and then at 3:oi> o cloc . p.
senate adjourned until tomorrow at noon.
VILAH FOLLOW* HILL.
Wisconsin's senator »l»keu * Dreary Speech.
Six Votes for Free Iron.
Washington, July 26.- There very
noticeable absence of flurry ami '
in ami about the senate chamber morn
Ing as compared with the sei 1 ■-
last three days, and there was a corre
sponding falling off in the nmrffier of spec
tutors in the galleries. This v.as due
doubtless, to the general understanding
that the day’s proceedings 1 ■ .
be of a very exciting charade ~ * ,
programme of the democrat <■ cam • ■
be carried out without any hitch, and that
the request of the house for further « or
ence on the tariff bill would be complied
with unconditionally.
At. 2 o’clock the message v nffi
asking further conference on the ...”
was laid before the senate, am r ‘ ‘ *
withdrew the motion made by him y -
dav to amend the pending motions ol Sena
tore Vilas and Grey, so as to put sugar on
tlie free
At this time very few senators were i
their seats. Mr. Gray raised the pou t<■
no quorum and the roll tvas called, feixtj
one senators responded.
Then Mr. Vilas took the floor and ad
I dressed the senate In a two hours’ speei ■ ,
I delivered off-hand, and with much oratorical
effect. His sp.-ech was highly eulogistic id
President (’leveland, whom he defended
from the charges of duplicity ami ot nn
' proper interference with legislation, made
! bv Senator Gorman in his speech on Mon
.. Cleveland : s
| and as the representative or ine nauvi. ■
1 honor, and he declared, with solemnity an :
i vehemence, that to assail Grover Cleve
■ land was to strike at the republic; that to
I insult him was to affront every good citi
zen, ami to s'ab him was to sting the heart
of every true American.
In conclusion he withdrew his motion of
Friday to strike out the additional dis
criminating duty of one-eighth of a cent a
pound on sugar, and favored Air. Gray’s
motion to insist upon the senate amend
ments and to consent to further conference.
He did this, he said, because he was a
strict party man and desired to be in ac
cord with his democratic brethren. And he
expressed the hope that out of the confer -
erne would come a measure far better than
that which had already passed the senate.
All the conferees, he said, knew the senti
ment of the senate on the sugar question,
and he wa« sure that that sentiment would
have its true and proper weight.
Mr. Vilas was followed by Air. Stewart,
of Nevada, who criticised the president’s
letter as an invasion of the legislative
power, such as had cost Charles I his head.
At the close of the debate the vote was
taken on Air. Hill’s motion to recede from
the duty of 40 cents a ton on iron orc and
on coal.
At the suggestion of Air. Allison, the mo
tion was oivided so that the vote should
first be taken on iron ore.
How They Voted.
The vote resulted —yeas, 6‘; nays, 65, as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Hansbrough, Hill,
Irby, Kyle and Peffer—G.
Nays—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, Brice, Caf
fery, Call, Carey, Chandler, Cockrell, Coke,
Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Du
bois, Faulkner, J-'rye, Gallinger, George,
Gibson, Gordon, Gorman. Gray, Hale, Haw
ley, Higgins, Hunton, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada, Lindsay, Lodge, McLau
rin, AlcAlillin, McPherson, Alanderson, Alar
tin, Al ills, Alitchell of Oregon, Alltohell ol
Wisconsin, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Pat
ton, Perkins, Platt, Powers, Proctor, Pugh,
Quay, Ransom, Roach, Schoup, Smith,
Squire, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Vilas, Walsh,
WashburnJ and White—6s.
His motion in reg'ard to coal was lost by
the same vote. Then Mr. Caffery with
drew his motion in favor of a modified su
gar bounty for 1894.
Air. Quay had already withdrawn his mo
tion to have sugar put on the free list, and
the only question left was Air. Gray’s mo
tion to insist ami to agree to the further
conference asked by the house.
As the vote was about to be taken Air.
Vilas’s motion to recede from the one
eighth cent a pound discriminating duty
on sugar was renewed by Air. Washburn.
A point of order was made against it and
that point was discussed, without a con
clusion being reached, until 5:45 o’clock,
when the senate adjourned.
UNTYING THE KNOT.
Senators Agree to Send T heir Bill Back to
a Conference.
Washington, July 25.—(Special.)—The dem
ocratic senators in caucus this afternoon
finally agreed and theru will be a tariff
bill. They agreed to vote down all motions
to instruct the senate conferees and to send
the bill back to conference without instruc
tions. There was, howov, r, an understand
ing as to what sort of a bill the senate con
ferees would agree upon. It was agreed
that the sugar schedule should be changed
somewhat, and that provisions should be
made to admit Canadian coal fr e, provided
ours was admitted in Canada without duty.
The senate conferees stated to the caucus
that they believed with another conference
a bill could be agrei <L upon. Tonight the
senators are in a jolly good humor. They
pretend to retuse to tell what occurred in
caucus because they are bound to secrecy,
but all state that a bill will pass and they
exp'ct it to become a law by the Ist of Au
gust. They expect to send the bill back to
conference tomorrow.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
NEWS OF CONGRESS FOR THE PASI
WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD.
Hill and Murphy at Outs—Watson-Black
Election Contest Cost Uncle Sam 53,403.
Other Gossip from the Capital.
Washington, D. C., July 27. —(Special.)—
Senators Alurphy and Hill, of New York,
are at outs.
Senator Murphey has been put
down by the country as a.
mere follower of Hill. Such has, how
ever, been proven not to be the case. Hill
voted against the tariff bill; Alurhpy voted
for it.
But the cause of the row between them
now is not that. Alurphy is indignant with
Mr. Hill for the two speeches he has made
in defense of the president for that letter
to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Alurphy takes no stock
in such political games as that, and hi
took occasion to tell Air. Hill so in very
plain language. Air. Hili has been endeav
oring to persuade Air. Alurphy to aid him
in defeating the tariff biil. Mr. Murphy is
not in love with the bill, but he is a strict
party man. He will not only vote with his
party all the way through, but he is speak
ing out very plainly about the way Mr.
Hill is acting recently. In consequence he
and Mr. Hill are not very cordial just
now.
Air. Irby Is the only democrat who has
been tied to Air. Hill. He refused to go
into the caucus, either Tuesday or
Wednesday. Indeed, he joined Senator
Hill, and the two bolters went out to see
a baseball game.
Mr. Irby votes with Air. Hill on mo
tions calculated to complicate matters and
embarrass the bill, 'but will vote
with his party on the final vote. He
only casts votes that he can defend. He
refuses to be bound by agreements. Mr.
Irby claims that he has not been treated
right; the democratic leaders of the sen
ate have not properly recognized him and
the administration has completely Ignored
both him and the members of the Louse
who are adherents to Tillman. The ad
ministration has given him nothing n Die
shape of offices, and, naturally, he would
like to retaliate. But Air. Irby will vote
for whatever the conference committee re
ports, If there ever be an agreement.
By the way, Air. Cleveland Is yet bitter
against the senate bill. He believ id the
senators were bluffing when they said it
must be the senate bill or no bill.
Not Cordial Aiotv.
Since the Wilson letter and Gorman’s
speech, one no longer sees a file of senators
about the white house each morning. Air.
Vilas is now the only democratic senator
who visits the white house, unless called
by urgent business. Then they transact
their business with the president in the
most formal and frigid manner. There is,
indeed, a wide breach between the presi
dent and the deomcratic senators.
Gorman’* Vinll to the V. hitc House.
One of the most Interesting incidents In
connection with the fight between Presi
dent Cleveland and Senator Gorman is the
story of the visit of the latter to the
white house on Monday morning before he
delivered that memorable and notable
speech in the senate.
Air. Gorman had not been to the white
house for many months before. He wouki
nut have gone then, but for the fact that
the president sent Secretary Lamont after
him and then wrote him a note urging him
to call. When Mr. Gorman did call the
president told him that he hoped he would
bring about a settlement of the tariff prob
lem. He also requested the Marylander not
to make the speech the newspapers had an
nounced he would make.
Mr. Gorman answered that he would not
speak provided the president would write
another letter withdrawing the reflections
he had made upon the senate in his letter
to Chairman Wilson.
•>.- —.I «nid he did not see how he
i Thon Mr. Gorman announcea tnai.
’ would make his speech and imme 11 itely
1 lef the white house for the senate chamber.
Os course the relations between the Alary
land senator and the president are now
more strained than ever and it Is probable
that Mr. Gorman will take Air. Hill’s ad
vice and keep away from the white house.
(‘tills the Senate a Beer Garden.
Speaking of the relations between the
president and the senate a story Is told
which well Illustrates Aft-. Cleveland’s opin
ion of that body.
It is said to have occurred when a dele
gation from Colmado called upon the presi
dent and invited him to visit their state
and join in a big bear nunt. The presi
dent’s response to the invitation was in this
language:
"I have a bear hunt here at the capitol
up on the bill that is going to occupy all
the time that you gentlemen think I have
at my disposal. If I don’t burst the gun
and the ammunition doesn't run out by the
time I am through with the sport maybe
I will accept your Invitation. But I may be
permitted to say that you gentlemen do not
know what a bear hunt is. You had better
stay here and join me.”
Since Mr. Gorman’s speech there is some
doubt as to which is the boar-the president
or the senate. Each seems to be hunting
the other and the democratic party Is the
chief sufferer.
Cost Uncle Sam 1(13,400.
In the dlficiency bill there is appropriated
to Alajor .1. C. C. Black and 1 homas k.
Watson $1,700 each to pay the expenses of
tlie contest brought by Mr. Matson for
Air. Black’s seat.
Alajor Black’s bill presented to the com
mittee was for $2,500. fees and expenses of
his lawyers, Messrs. J. B. Cummings, J.
R. Lamar, Boykin Wright and George T.
Barnes. The account as filed with the com
mittee, is in gross, and does not contain
any statement of the amount each received.
The committee cut down the account and
allow’ed $1,700.
Tom Watson’s bill is for $1,700, the total
amount of which was allowed. His bill is
itemized and shows SSOO goes to McKnlght
& Guerry, Washington lawyers; John T.
West and B. M. Gross receive fees of SSOO 1
each and SIOO each for expenses in coming ;
to Washington to argue the case before the
committee on elections. ’
A Houut* Canons. <
Washington, July 28.—Representative
Springer, of Illinois, has prepared a call *
for a caucus of the house democrats to £
consider what action shall be takeh re- <
garding the tariff bill. The following is
the full text of the call:
“William S. Holman, Charman of the *
Caucus Committee —Dear Sir: The under- ’
signed democratic members of the house
of representatives respectfully request. In *
the event no agreement has been reached 1
by the conferees on the tariff bill by 1
Tuesday next, the 31st instant, that you will
call a caucus of the democratic members of t
the house to meet at 3 o’clock p. m. of <
that day to consider what action should 1
be taken in order to secure the early ’r
passage of a tariff bill.” '
The call was circulated about five minutes t
before adjuomment and was signed at
half-past 2 o’clock by a dozen or more s
members.
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WITH E7.ETA ABOARD, f
I
The Bennington Is rtnillng for San I
Fra nclsco.
Washington, July 23.—The naw depart- I
ment is advised that the Bennington sailed
from La Libertad yesterday for San Fran- ■ 1
cisco via Acapulco with General Ezeta and 1
three other ruftigees on board. The cabl
net decided that she should be brought
home at once and that General Ezeta, and „
the other three refugees, could be trans
ferred to the Charleston at San Francisco
and immediately sent back to La Libertad, V
to be delivered to the local authorities
as soon as proper judicial proceedings
against them could be assured. The y,
scheme of sending the refugees back, it is f
thought, will depend entirely upon the f
'action of any United States judge in case P
General Ezeta and his compatriots, on the £
arrival of the Bennnington at San Diego,
or San Francisco, apply' for a writ of t<
1
habeas corpus, on the ground they
are restrained on board the shi. ‘
their will, no onarge being prefer!
against them. .
In the opinion of competent lawyers in
the state and navy departments the l nitc.l
Btates could not resist such an applica
tion and any court would release the me. .
The departure of the Bennington for home
Is, therefore, looked upon as the end 01
a situation which has been extremely em
barrassing to the United States for over
month.
Why She Was Ordered Home.
The sailing of the United States cruiser
Bennington from La Libertad, Salvador,
yesterday for San Francisco was a careful
ly guarded secret in the state and navy
department, extraordinary precautions hav
ing been taken to keep the news from the
public.
Secretary Herbert this morning, wb.°n
questioned, said it was true that he had
been compelled to order the vessel home,
but he had notified the consul at Salvador
that the status of the four refugees on
board the vessel was in no way altered,
as the United States had not yet dWer
mined whether they should be surrendered
or not.
It is understood that the question was
considered at the cabinet meeting on Tues
day, when Secretary Herbert explained that
considerable illness had occurred on the
Bennington, that her surgeon had been
prostrated of malarial fever, and had
been unable to attend others who were ill,
and as the repairs to the Charleston would
not enable that vessel to relieve the Ben
nington until the second week in August, it
seemed necessary to bring the ship away
from the tropical coast at once The Ben
nington had been at La Libertad since Alay
21st and during her two months’ stay there
had not been free from illness aboard a
single day. In all that time the Salva
dorians seemed unable to form a stable
government which could be recognized by
the United States. The Bennington has run
short of coal and stores, which were, how
ever, on the way to her, but could be Inter
cepted at Acapulco.
CLEVELAND RES ULI TIOA’S TABLED.
Deniocrntn of (he First Maryland Dis
trict Stand by Senator Gorman.
Ocean City, Mcl., July 26.—The democratic
ccngresslonal convention of the first Mary
land district, embracing all the counties on
the eastern shore except Cecil, was called
to order by Lloyd Wilkinson, chairman of
the state central committee for Worcester
county and local appraiser for the port of
Baltimore. Captain Isaac H. White, of
Wicomico county, was elected chairman,
and Messrs. Mitchell and Carey s cretaries.
Mr. Carrington introduced a resolution ex
pressing sorrow nt the death of Represen
tative Robert F. Brattan, which was adopt
ed by a rising vote.
Air. Olin Bryan introduced the following:
“Whereas, if is the duty of the democratic
convention of the first congressional district
to clearly define its position upon the vital
and paramount questions which now so
deeply concern the democrats of this dis
trict and directly effect ev ry tireside in her
borders, therefore, be it
“Resolveti, That we do heartily endorse
the national platform as adopted in Chicago
and renew our unfall ring allegiance
thereto.
“The democratic party of the first con
gressional district of Maryland heartily and
unfalteringly endorses the course of that
true patriot, the president of the l nit. d
States, Grover Cleveland, for his nanly and
uncompromising fight for tariff reform as
enunciated at the national convention, and
renews Its vows of fealty to the democrati,?
prirclpl'39 contained therein. It demands
honest money and adequate protection ol
the rights of the laborer and employer, a
reduction of taxation to the minimuni and a
tariff for a revenue sufficient only to meet
the expenses of the government economical
ly administered in all its departments.
“The democrats of this district demand
that the nominees of this convention shall
be in full accord with the president on
give to ,h;;u their un
the tariff reforms, as the people are in no
condition of mind to tolerate nominees who
will not actively support democratic prin
ciples.”
The resolution was referred to a commit
ted and the convention took a recess.
The convention reassembled at 3 o'clock.
The committee on resolutions rejected the
one offered by Mr. Bryan by a vote of 6 to
2, and presented in place thereof a mild
resolution, making no mention of the presi
dent, or any one else, only assenting be
lief in the principles of tariff reform, and
urging the passage of a tariff bill of some
sort.
The minority of this committee reported
Air. Bryan's resolution, which was received
with enthusiasm by the large crowd pres
ent.
Mr. Bryan spoke in favor of his resolution.
They were laid on the table by a vote of
23 to 7, after a lively debate, and the major
ity resolution was adopted by a vote of 23
to 7.
In his speech Mr. Bryan eulogized Mr.
Cleveland and spoke in the severest terms
of the people who had betrayed the party.
Tlie chief antagonist of Mr. Bryan v.as
Mr. Charles S. Carrington, Senator Gibson’s
partner.
The greatest confusion prevailed end the
crowd, which was several hundred strong,
yelled and hiss d.
Joshua AHUs was nominated for the fifty
fourth congress on the first ballot and W.
Laird Henry for the unexpired term in the
fifty-third congress. There was no enthusi
asm over the nominations.
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Once More the Senate Bill Goes to the Joint
Committee.
Washington, July 27.—(Special.)—The strug
gle in the senate ended today and the
tariff bill went back to conference. It was
a close shave, however. The sword of
Damocles was above it, hanging by a
thread upon the retention of the one-eighth
differential on sugar, which the sugar sen
ators and Mr. Smith, oft New Jersey,
insisted upon as the price of their support
and the loss of which meant the inevitable
defeat of the measure. The vote was a tie.
The absence of Vice I’resident Stevenson
was almost fatal. By dint of hard work,
the republicans succeeded in mustering the
votes of the populists. With Hill, of New
York, whose Fidus Achates, Irby, of South
Carolina, ran away frtni tfie light, leaving
Hill to pair him, they had thirty-twy votes
in favor of striking out the differential.
The democrats, with the exceptions named,
stood manfully to the caucus agreement and
cast thirty-two votes against their oppo
nents. A tie was the best the opponents
of the bill could do, and a tie, parliamentari
ly speaking, loses. So the differential and
the bill was saved.
The republicans who had staked their
all on the cast of the sugar die, threw up
the sponge and allowed the bill to go to
conference without further ado. The con
ferees will get together and before the end
of next week the chances are the bill will
be a law.
Os the three points at issue the senate
will win two and the house one. The sugar
duty will be flat and the duty on coal and
iron will remain as they are, with a reci
procity proviso—virtually as good as free
coal and iron. An absurd rumor is afloat
tonight that Mr. Cleveland will veto the
bill. The truth Is he will sign anything
Chat comes to him. If any man wants to
win money and can get a bet on a veto it
will be like finding greenback in the street.
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