Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1894, Page 1

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GORMAN SPEAKS ‘He Tells of the Progress of the Tariff Bill. DIFFICULTIES IN If$ PREPARATION ‘Says It Will Pass Soon and Be- come a Law. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELAY ‘The speech of Mr. Gorman in the Senate today has a peculiar significance to those familiar with the ways of legislation. The significance lies more in the fact that he has spoken than in what he has said. His ®Sppearance in the attitude of a leader is a proclamation always to those familiar with the men and methods of the Senate that a climax has been reached, and that a settle- ment ts close at hand. During all the pe- Tied of uncertainty, confitct and apprehen- sion Gorman preserves the silence of a Sphynx, staring with a steady gaze in search of the secret spring which will set things in orderly motion. Then, when he speaks, it is in the voice nd manner of an oracle. His love of the fmpressive and dramatic is widely appre- ciated, as it is known, too, that he aims giways to appear in the attitude of a leader t_at the moment when the end is at |. His speech, therefore, was the noti- fication to the republicans, even if he had Not expressed it in distinct terms, as he id, that the democrats were united and feady to pass the bill. Without being so expressed in terms it was a notice to the democrats that the disposition on the part of certain republicans to protract the fight by filibustering had been overcome through the diplomacy of the Maryland Senator. The End Near at Hand. It is understood that the fight of Mr. Quay {s proctically over, and that other republicans whe were not disposed to per- mit the bill to come to a vote are now ‘willing to let the thing be ended. Gorman has stated privately, or at least is so quot- ed, that a vote on the bill will probably oc- cur in about two weeks. ‘The adoption of Mr. Quay’s amendment to the metal schedule yesterday, the im- passioned speech of Mr. Teller, lecturing those of his own party who want delay, followed by this speech of Mr. Gorman this morning, are all significant of the ap- Freaching end, and it ts so recognized on both sides of the Senate chamber. In an- nouncing complete unity of purpose on the t of the democrats, Mr. Gorman ignored Fin, and this is in strict accord with the sentiment of his associates, who decline to has never been a moment when either could command a majority of the votes in this chamber. We might deplore such a condition, and others might and did rail against those in a measure responsible for it. But the fact remained that we could not pass the bill.” How It Had Been Constructed. In answer to charges by the republi- cans, Mr. Gorman asserted that the bill had been consiructed upon the democratic theory of a tariff for revenue, with such incidental protection as could be given con- sistently to the industries of the country. It followed strictly the course marked out by President Cleveland in his letter of ac- ceptance, upon which he was re-elected and the democratic party intrusted with full power. If there had been the slight- est apprehension in the public mind of a radical overturning of our industrial af- fairs Mr. Cleveland would not have been re-elected. This was not a free-trade meas- ure, but it was a longer step for freer trade than either the Mills bill or the tariff act of 1883. It was not protection for pro- tection’s sake, but it did discriminate be- tween raw materials and manufactured articles to the full extent of the difference between in and American wages. Nor was it a deficit-creating bill, such as the present law was, or the House bill would have been. It was democratic be- cause it reduced taxation to the require- ments of the government. It was just it was wise; it was business-like; it wa: Patriotic, and it was prudent—because it did not attempt to tgnore facts in carry? ing out a theory. It was not perfect, but it was the most logical, most fair, most broad, most timely and would prove to be the most advantageous tariff legislation enacted since the republican party sprang into existence. Without attempting to analyze the de- tails of the bill, Mr. Gorman touched upon one phase of it, the proper relation of vast corporations or combinations of corpora- tions known as trusts to the government. Had the democratic party acquired control when Tilden was elected this great prob- lem never would have arisen. It was one of the legacies of the republican party. No Trusts Have Dictuted. Mr. Gorman, speaking on this matter of trests, said: “The assertion that any trust or trusts have dictated any part of any schedule of this bill I pronounce unqualifiedly false. They have received the same attention, al- though not as much consideration, as in- dividuals engaged in the business of manu- facture—no more and no lesa. We felt the necessity of dealing all combinations a deathblow, but we found them so hedged about with bounty and other devices of- re- publican statesmen that it was possible orly to curtail their privileges to the far- thest limit consistent with the rights of others intimately concerned, but not re- sponsible. “This we have done. We have reduced the duty on lead 50 per cent, on steel rails 56 Per cent and on refined sugar 75 per cent more than on the product of any other trust or om any other article.’ Much had been said in criticism of the sugar duty. The democrats were bound to strike down the paternal bounty tem. Yet, he asked, would it be just to the peo- ple ‘of Louisiana to deprive them of their very means of livelihcod and give nothing in return? Louisiana stood on the same regard Hill as a democrat, and to take him {nto consideration. Speech. Mr. Gorma: Mr. Gorman sald: “Mr. President, we are nearing the end. ‘After twenty years of political progress, of positive growth, of constant development and of universal enlightenment, the demo- cratic party and the American people are Within sight of the promised land. Eman- ceipation is at hand—emancipation from par- tisan oppression, from the greed of classes, from extortion, from willful extravagance, from financial fantasy, from spoils, from restrictions upon individual Mberty, from jingoism, from all those evils, in brief,which the democratic party inherited as a hateful legacy from three decades of republican maljadministration. Years of arduous labor by unselfish and patriotic men cannot count for nothing. Fruition is as inevitable as fate. And I repeat it, it is near at hand.” The Deplorable Delay. ‘He (Mr. Gorman) was not surprised that the people had been disappointed in the de- lay, but much more had been expected from the democratic party than ever had been wrung from the republicans, and every Senator knew that the deplorable delay was unavoidable because of conditions that could not be ignored. Mr. Gorman dwelt Upon the difficulties that had confronted the democratic party upon assuming full Dower after thirty years of opposition, showing how after victory had been achieved the diverse elements became, not demoralized, but disputatious; all could not &gree upon the methods by which the fruits of victory should be secured. Dissension bred discouragement. The bold Were impatient to rashness; the timid hesi- tated. Inability to make others think as they did clouded the judgment of honest m: Few appreciated the extent of the undertaking. Heedless republican adminis- tration had yet to bear fruit, and the coun- try seemed likely to be panic stricken. It Was absolutely necessary to subordinate all ther questions to the prompt eradication of this evil. None of us who were here at that time (the reference being to the begin- Bing of the tariff revision) will soon forget the memorabie struggle which followed. | rng lines were broken at the very begin- ing of democratic administration, but Da- tience and courage triumphed in the end, as patience and courage always do. The demo- rats were not only urged, but ordered per- Emptorily to reform the tariff at once. Vote and talk afterward. Such fur- Rished {ts own argument to sane ligent minds. Similar cries were the silver debate, yet it was ig that the vanquished had then to yield at the first trumpet blast. Yet Was ever so complete a reversal of our — bolicy accomplished in so short a The Present Bill. So. now, it was with the bill affecting the Well being of our citizens more than all Other kinds of legislation combined. Time, and plenty of it, had always been consider- Bd as absolutely essential in reforming tar- iff acts. The McKinley bill did not receive the President's signature till the last day of September, and this was only May. The re- ublicans were welcome to whatever satis. tion they could obtain from their present People had not lost their power of discrimination between men earn- py striving to do their duty and the icks and subterfuges of those willing to Bacrifice the interests of the country to the — nds * party Prejudice. @ people would judge the co: ork, and the democrats had no aaien ‘ade a responsibility rightfully theirs. ir. Gorman then proceeded to review the history of the bill. He said that it was re Borted to the House hastily and without fue regard to its effects upon existing In- Gustrial conditions, an imperfect measure that not only failed to meet the treasury @emands, but actually increased the deficit greated by republican prohibitive duties. ‘There was no expectation that it would be. some 2 law unchanged. The Senate had al- Ways perfected such bills. Yet no sooner id the finance committee begin its work ‘Pan the cry of “action” was renewed with fxtraordinary vigor, and the democratic Senators were informed that any change fould be set down as “betrayal of the farty’s promises,” and that every Senator rho showed the least concern for the inter- Fis of his own state was a traitor to the nion and his party; that the Senate was longer a co-ordinate body, but that its gle duty was to ratify blindly the action € the House. Said Mr. Gorman: The Demand for Haste. “It would be idle, Mr. President, to dwell Don the manifest absurdities of this out- fowth of petulance. Hut it cannot be de- ed that the demand for prompt action Flously impaired the efficiency of the ance committee's work, and ultimately *came so strong that revision was hastily “mpleted and the bill was reported to the ‘nate. I ventured the assertion in the wurse of the silver debate that nowhere | 4s the truth of the old adage, ‘The great- € haste, the less speed,’ better exempli- I than in legislation. So it proved then, 1d so it is now “I do not propose to discuss the merits or merits of either the original Wilson bill the measure first reported by the finance ‘mumittee. It is sufficient to say that there plane with Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, and was entitled to the same consideration. But if there were no such State as Louisiana in existence the wonder- ful development of beet sugar production tn Nebraska and California fully warranted the incidental protection afforded by this revenue duty. The refiners derived no benefit from the 40 per cent duty on raw rraterial, and the 1-8 cent per pound duty they did receive was a reduction of 75 per cent in the protection afforded by the pres- ent law. It had been urged that even this should be eliminated, because the refiners had ccmbined to make enormous profits. Trat the trust had profited unduly under the present republican law there could be no doubt. Whether it could continue to do so under the greatly reduced rates of this bill wes e@ question. In any event, those who had given the subject most careful attention were convinced that this was as far as they could go at this time without endangering the Industry itself in direct defiance of the general policy enunciated by Mr. Cleveland. So believing, he (Gor- man) would not be turred from his duty by criticism based partly on malice and chiefly on ignorance. ‘The Income Tax. Upon the subject of the income tax Mr. Gormen said: “In the matter of internal revenue I may say that, personally, I am in full accord with the sentiments so ably and eloquently expressed by the Senators from New York and New Jersey, regarding the income tax. Like them, I consider that it served its pur- pose as a war tax and has no fitting place im our fiscal system in a time of peace. I could not, I say frankly, vote conscientious- ly or consistently with my judgment and convictions to make this method of taxation a part of our settled policy. But, much as I deplore the fastening of an income tax in any form upon our tariff bill, I cannot ig- nore the fact that a large majority of my democratic colleagues honestly differ from myself in this matter, and are so confident of the soundness of their position that they are willing to subject It to the test of a few years, thus enabling the people to see its actual workings and then pass upon it di- rectly.” In ‘riew of the necessity of obtaining ad- ditional revenue, so that customs taxation might be reduced without increasing our debt or disavowing oy ee oe obligations heaped up by republican legisla- ton he could not, a: democrat, bound in honor to let no ordinary prejudice or differ- ence prevent the passage of a tariff meas- ure, refuse to vote for the income tax amendment, simply or solely, however, as en emergency tax. It was plain that the republicans did not like the bill; some be- cause they said it would ruin our in‘dus- tries; others because it would protect them; others because the people changed their minds. ples of inconsistency; some of demagogy and a few of hypocrisy crowded into one| debate. The plain reason for the republican | opposition was that the republicans knew | only too well that the passake of the bill reither would confirm their doleful predic- tions of disaster to the country nor ruin the democratic party. Sald Mr. Gorman: The Blame for Fu: er Delay. “The blame for any further delay in the settlement of this question must rest upon the other side of this chamber. publican party. only be achleved by the definite action cf Congress, the remedy is in their own hands. If they are honest in their expressions of confidence that the passage of this bill will drive the democratic party out of power, their opportunity 1s,here and now. We are more than willing to let the country judge between the revenue measu. which we shall pass and the existing protection law.” He supposed it was useless to appeal to the republicans to sink their partisanship, but any belief on their part that they could @efeat the bill was an hallucin:‘ion. In conclusion Mr. Gorman sald: “To my friends on this side of the cham- ber I say that we have only to stand firm. There never yet has been a time in the his- tory of this Senate when a clear majority was unable to enact a law. struction, however, concealed by a pretense of legitimate debate, cannot prevall against a determined effort to accomplish a pur- Pose absolutely essential to the prosperity of the country and approved by a vast ma- Jority of American citizens. He never had seen so many exam-) We are | ready for a final vote today—now—at once. | Every hour oczupled by useless debate from | this moment must be charged up to the re- | If the representatives of | that party are sincere In their expressions | of belfef that a return of prosperity can | Manifest ob- | ' | | “Only let the millions of patriotic citizens, | who stood shoulder to shoulde crusade against usurpation and wrong, re- flect that performance is difficult in’ the same degree as criticism ts easy, and be at least tolerant on the eve of ‘fulftilment, never forgetting that, while opinions may honestly differ, the one underlying patriotic purpose still animates all. “Patience. Forbearan Courage. “The shadow !s not that of the horizon. Now, of all times, the sun of democra is at the meridian.” Before the second ye. of resposibilty shall have ended the cloud before it will have rolled away and its radiance will rest upon a land blest with peace and plenty, and upon a people pros- perous and happy in the knowledge that, after thirty years in the wilderness, they = Lost tome into their own.” rin the great THE PYTHIAN EVENT Preparations for the Great Conven- tion Here in August. A QUESTION OF RAILROAD RATES Ss ALarge Attendance Expected From All Over the Country. A COMMITTEE IN SESSION Preparations for the biennial convention of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the biennial encampment o* the Uni- form Rank, Knights of Pythias, go on apace. There is enthusiasm in the and a fluency in the making of glorious prophe- sies. The executive committee has its coat off and is reading the same sign of vic- tery in the clouds which cheered on Con- stantine. Headquarters is not a place of rest. Everybody is bending to his oar, talk- ing business from the shoulder and shout- ing with both lungs of the great things that are to come. Effort, work and hustle are written in perspiration on the brow of the committeemen, and their sinews are stiffened for the task. “All's well," is the password of the local Pythians, and the vigor with which they say it shows how earnest they are. The committee was selected with a view to the working qualities of its members, and the friends of the cause are not disappointed tn the choice. No authentic statement can at this time be given as to how many men of the Uniform Rank will encamp in Wash. ington. The communications received a’ headquarters would seem to indicate that the attendance will be a cause of pride to the order and a compliment to Washing- ton, but it would be premature and unsafe to estimate in figures the throngs which are to be here. The reason of this is that the question of railroad rates is still un- settled, and until this is disposed of no pesitive information ts likely to be given cut as to how many men will come. Gen. Carnahan knows more about this end of the proposition than any other man in the order, and just now he ts not taking re- porters into his confidence. He ts now in Omaha stirring up enthusiasm and setting the knights in those western parts to sing- ing the stirring words, “On to Washing- ton.”” The Railroad Rate Question. Gen. John E. Smith, the secretary of the transportation committee, told The Star man, this afternoon, that, acting through the advice of local railroad representatives, he had addressed letters to the local pas- senger agents of railroads through the country, These letters had, in turn, been transmitted to the general agents of the roads with certain recommendations. Here the matter rests. Nothing, thus far, has been heard from the heads of the railronds, but it fs thought reasonably certain that the adjustment of the problem is but a few days off. Everything hinges on the matter of transportation, and when the hitch just indicat is overcome the highway for a triumphal realization of the promoters of the convention and it will be clear. Hopes will be Wash- ington will be musical jony of military bands and feet. It ts Cee cai) voce warrant, that rate of fate will be set at one cent per mile. ‘This’ will be a "ton: siderable concession on the part of the roads, and will insure a mighty influx of ts. guests. The public comfort committee will hold a meeting at the Hotel Belvidere tonight, and the committee on press will assemble at headquarters in the Warder bullding. ‘The Supreme Keeper Here. Dr. R. L. C. White of Nashville, Tenn., supreme keeper of records and seals of the Knights of Pythias, is in town. Although the prime reason of his visit has no con- nection with Pythian matters, yet incident- ally he has aided the local committeemen with wise counsel and is giving them the benefit of that ripe experience which he has gained on many fields. He told The Star man that he thought It was well within the bounds of modesty and conservatism to estimate that during the Pythian period in August there would be here a hundred thousand people who were not Washing- tonians. The attendance upon the biennial conventions of the Supreme Lodge would be falr, that upon the ehcampment of the Uni- formed Rank would be large, and the num- ber of camp followers, friends and relatives of the active participants and the tourists who would take advantage of the cut rail- road rates would be great. He told the reporter that he wanted to correct an impression which has gone forth to the effect that this assembly of Knights of Pythias was a conclave. It was not a conclave. To call it a conclave would be an infringement upon and adoption cf the nomenclature of the Knights Templar. He explained that the Uniform Rank, which numbers 40,000, bore about the same rela- tion to the Knights of Pythius as the Knights Templar did to the Masons; it was simply the military end of the order. The Supreme Lodge numbered 122 men, and was organized on the model of the United States Senate, each grand lodge being entitled to two supreme representatives, exceptiag in the cases of jurisdictions with a constitu- ency of 20,000 or more. These grand lodges were entitled to a third representative and perhaps a fourth. The grand lodges of Pennsylvania and Ohio had four each and Iilinois and Indiana three each. All the other states and territories, together with Manitoba, British Columbia, Ontario and the British maritime province. were rep- resented by two each. He prophesied that the convention and encampment would be as great a success, if not greater, than that which was held at Kansas City in August, 1592. Committee on Constitution, The constitutional committee, comprising W. A. Radcliff of Henderson, <y.; Geo. B. Shaw of Wisconsin, W. D. Kennedy of Chi- cago, M. L. Stevens of New York, J. H. Alexander of Virginia and George E. Seay of Tennessee, is conducting a session at Wormley’s. This meeting has no direct connection with the coming convention, but is simply for the purpose of considering changes in he constitution, which have been variously suggested, and of making sueh recommendations as may be deemed fit to the convention of the Supreme Lodge. eae THE CRUISER COLUMBIA, Commodore Selfridge’s Report of Her Excellent Performance. Commodore Selfridge,president of the naval inspection board, made a general verbal re- port to Acting Secretary McAdoo today of the excellent performances of the cruiser Columbia on her recent trial at sea. He gave a brief account of her conduct, and said that she behaved admirably under all the conditions to which she was sub- jected. The report that she had made a run of twenty-four knots an hour, Com- modore Selfridge said, was an exaggera- tion. Acting under general Instructions, Commodore Selfridge declined to give the newspaper men any particulars of the trial in advance of the submission to the department of the official report of the board. He is now engaged in the prepara- tion of the report, and will complete it in a day or two. It may be stated, however, that the fine performance of the vessel 1s specially gratifying to naval officers, not offly be- cause it shows the vessel ts actually with- | out a peer as a fleet and powerful crulser, | but because it disproved the charges re- cently made before Congress by Repre- sentative Holman that vessels were “Jock- eyed” on their acceptance trials beyond thelr actual merits. I | delegation THE BRIBERY INQUIRY Major Butts Appears Before the Commit- tee This Morning. He Suggests the Namé of a Mr. Hol- man, Who 1s Summoned id Testifies. The flurry over the disappearance of Major Buttz, the chief witness in the Sen- ate bribery investigation, was terminated by his return to the city last night and his appearance before the committee today. He was aot quite so prompt in his attend- ance upon the committee as his attorney had promised he would be, arriving fifteen minutes after the time of the meeting. But his delay caused no appreciable tncon- venience, as the members of the committee also were not very prompt in reaching the committee room, some of them failing to appear before 10:30. When Major Buttz reached the committee room he did not appear to appreciate the enermity of the offense he had committed in absenting himself from the city for a day, while a committee of the Senate waited upon him, and remarked to a news- paper man as he entered the committee quarters that he saw nothing in his con- duct to create such a hubbub. “I found it necessary to go out of town,” sald he, “and went. Mr. McGowan went before the com- mittee and explained my absence, saying that I would return in the afternoon yes- terday, or, at latest, this morning, at the beginning of today's session. I have re- turned, as Mr. McGowan promised that I should.” In Good Spirits. ‘The major was in his usual good spirits, and his day in the country, notwithstand- ing it had been very damp and chilly, did not appear to have caused him to drop the smile which has played upon his lips since the beginning of the investigation, Whether he had been successful in his search of the corroborating witness, the search for whom led him to disturb the serenity of the investigation committee, he would not say, and whether he had suc- ceeded or failed could not be determined from any change of demeanor on his part. “I cannot tell you where I went,” he said, “or the particular man I was in search of. I have promised the committee not to talk about the case, and I do not want to be dis- courteous.” With this he bustled into the committee room, accompanied by his at- torney, and the door clased between the al- leged briber and the world for the time. it is known that upon his return to the city last night Mr. Buttz was met at the de- pot by an official from the office of the ser- geant-at-arms of the Senate and escorted to his boarding house. He promised faithfully then to be before the committee today. The officials and some of the members of the committee were, in reality, considerably con- cerned over his disappearance, and were cor- respondingly pleased when he stepped off the train at the Baltimore and Potomac depot on his return. They had been conjuring up pictures of a search for a missing man in North Dakota, or some other far-away place and did not enjoy the prospect. Mr. Holman a Witness, While he was before the committee today Maj. Buttz gave the committee the name of Mr. E. E. Holman, a claim attorney in this city, who could, he said, throw light upon the whole transaction so far as he (Buttz) was concerned. Mr. Holman was sum- moned. Holman’s testimony furnishes the key to Buttz's explanation of his course in the whole transaction. When he emerged the committee room Mr. Holman was informed by a reporter of a rumor current about ‘apitol that Buttz had given his name as that of his principal and the man who had incited him to attempt the bribery of Senators to vote against the tariff bill. “My mouth ts sealed,” said Mr. Holman, “as to the proceedings in the committee room, but I can say to you that that story is without foundation. It was through pure accident that I chanced to know anything of the business and it came about through my happening to be in the office of Maj. Harris one day, when Mr, Buttz came in. Harris was a lobbyist, and the talk drifted to the tariff. ‘I think I know.’ he said, ‘where I could make $25,000 or $30,000, If T knew how the populists would vote on the bill;* and turning to Buttz, remarked to him ‘you are just the man to learn that fact, and I will give you $1,000 to find out for me. “I heard this conversation, and I suppose that is the reason why I was summoned. I certainly had no connection with any at- tempt at bribery or lobbying on the bill, and I cannot afford to have that impression concerning me go out.” Mr. Holman said that the man Harris, who had made this proposition to Buttz, had died on the 11th of last April, and that he was the only witness to the conversation between Harris and Buttz. Maj. Buttz’s Testimony Today. Major Buttz’s testimony today was de- voted largely to an explanation of his ab- sence from the city yesterday. He denied again that he had made a direct propost- tion to bribe Senator Kyle, and stated that his only purpose in approaching him was to learn’ how he would vote. After he came out of the committee room, Major Buttz talked freely of his absence from the city yesterday, and said he had simply gone to Loudoun county, Virginia, to look fo> a witness whom he did not find, and had been detained there. He declared his intention of remaining until the investigation was concluded, and take the consequences, whatever they might be. Senator Gray sald after the morning ses- sion closed today that he knew of no othe= witnesses to call in this branch of the in- quiry, and that the report on the alleged effort to bribe Senators Hunton and Kyle would be prepared as soon as possible and submitted to the’ Senate. Senator Gray also said that the commit- tee would immediately proceed to take up the other branches of the investigation, eee ae eee ee AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Both the President and Mrs. Cleve- land Expected Back Friday. At the White House today it is said that the President will probably not return to Washington before Friday or Saturday of this week, and that Mrs. Cleveland and the children will return from Buffalo about the same time. Although no definite day ts set for the return of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, the impression is strong in of- ficial circles that they will both be com- fortably sheltered in the Executive Mansion before sundown on. F’ , and it would occasion no surprise {f they dined together in the White House tomorrow evening. No secret Is made of the President's purpose to return to the city as quietly as he left it and without informing the public in ad- vance. a ee THE IMPROVEMENT BONDS. A BI Authorizing the Issue Intro- duced in the House, Mr. Richardson of Tennessee today in- troduced a bill in the House authorizing the District to issue bonds to the amount of $7,500,000, and directing the Commission- ers to use the proceeds in laying out a sys- tem of sewer extension and highway and street improvement. The bill was referred to the District committee. This is the bill which was sent to the Senate by the Commissioners as a substi- tute for the bill introduced by Senator Peffer on the 25th of April, and has been published in full in The Star heretofore. The Portsmouth Navy Yard. Several of the New England congressional were at the Navy Department today, endeavoring to convince Assistant Secrgtary McAdoo that the speedy resump- tion’ of work at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard was a matter of great import- ance to the navy. This yard was closed on the 14th instant, on the ground that there were no funds available for its continuance. A SENATE SENSATION Mr. Teller’s Motion to Lay the Tariff Bill on the Table DEFEATED BY A STRICT PARTY VOTE Many Replies Made to Senator Gorman's Speech. CIVIL SERVICE IN THE HOUSE ‘The prospect of a speech today from Sena- tor Gorman, the political tactician of the @emocratic side of the chamber, was the subject of a good deal of gossip when the Senate met at 10 o'clock. After the reading of the journal, Mr. Kyle (N. D.) offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that the government of the United States should not ald in attempt to restore Queen Liliuokalani to the Ha- walian throne, and that interference with the political affairs of the Hawaiian Islands by any nation would be regarded as an act unfriendly to the United States. At Mr. Kyle’s request the resolution went over until tomorrow, when he gave notce he would submit some remarks upon it. Duty Railway Bars. At 10:30 the tariff bill was taken up. The pending paragraph (117) related to the duty on railway bars, T rails, &c. The House rate was 20 per cent. The Senate finance committee amendment increasedthis to 22 1-2 per cent. The Jones amendment changed this latter rate to a specific duty of seven- twentieths of one cent per pound. In reply to questions from Mr. Hoar, Mr. Jones ex- plained that the change to a specific duty was made upon the suggestion that a spe- cific rate was necessary to prevent under- valuation. The present rate was six-tenths of one cent, so that the amendment pro- posed a reduction of about 50 per cent. Seven-twentieths of a cent per pound was equivalent to $7.84 per ton. Quite an ex- terded discussion followed. Mr. Platt (Conn.), called attention to the decline in the price of rails under the opera- tions of the McKinley law from $31 to $24. He had known specific instances, he said, where rails this year had sold under $20. What was true of steel rails was true of other articles, and in view of these reduc- tions in price, under high duties, he did not see how the other side could longer main- tain the theory that high tariff rates were preserved at the expense of the consumer. The duty proposed by Mr. Jones, in view of the reduction in the price of rails, was, he said, as much a prohibitive rate as the Mc- Kinley duty, Interest in Mr. Gorman. At 11 o'clock Senator Gorman, who had entered the chamber during the debate on T rails, arose at nis place near the center of the democratic side. His recent illness had told upon him, and he looked pale. He spoke In a low voice, but his tones were clear and penetrating. The Senators In the chamber wheeled their chairs around end faced the Maryland Senator. Those who had been lounging In the cloak rooms hur- ried in. The galleries, owing to the early hour, were but thinly occupied. Every one within the sound of his voice followed him with ene interest throughout the deliv- ery 0} their political adversaries were given in impressive words and when Mr. Gorman closed, at 12 o'clock, after having spoken exactly an hour, with @ warning that oppo- sition on the other side could not obstruct the progress of tafiff reform, the galleries burst Into a whirl of applause, and quite a number of democratic Senators, first among whom was Mr. Brice, hurried forward to congratulate the Maryland Senator. Vice President Stevenson quelled the con- fusion with his gavel, and warned the galleries that demonstrations of approval or disapproval would not be tolerated. Mr. Aldrich’s Reply. A sensational incident grew out of Mr. Gorman’s speech. As quiet was restored, Mr. Aldrich, the tactical leader of the re- publican side, got on his feet. He replied briefly, however. The Maryland Senator, Mr. Aldrich began, occupied a unique posi- tion in the counsels of his party. Like Henry Clay he believed in compromise to save his party from defeat Like his distinguished prototype in a crisis he believed in forgetting and aban- doning his party declarations and in con- structing a new platform to meet the exi- gencies of the occasion. It was true, he sald, that the compromises fathered by the Senator from Maryland had not been al- ways successful, but that had been due to lack of zeal on his part. It was not through lack of zeal that Mr. Gorman had failed to nominate a compromise candidate at Chicago in place of Mr. Cleveland, nor that his silver compromise had been de- feated during the extra session of Congress last summer. If the skill of the distinguish- ed Temocratic leader should now succeed in transferring the allegiance of his party to the makeshift tariff bill prepared by him- self and the Senator from Ohio, the teach- ings of the great democrats of the past must be forgotten and their utterances ex- punged from the records. He had had oc- casion in times past to admire the disci- pline of the democratic party, and if the democratic party could be wheeied into line in support of this measure that admiration would be immeasurably tncreased. He curious to see, he declared in con- clusion, whether this compromise would succeed. If it did, it would be the first time in the history of the country when a com- promise that surrendered ali principle had been successful. Mr. Teller’s Motion. Mr. Teller (Colo.) followed Mr. Aldrich. He spoke like one with his hand on the spring of a trap door. He was interested to learn from Mr, Gorman that a majority of the Senate would support the compro- mise bill. He was also interested in learn- ing that the democratic party was stand- ing not on the Chicago platform, but upon Mr. Cleveland's platform. He had known that the party had abandoned the Chicago platform, as far as silver was concerned, at Mr, Cleveland's dictation, but he learn- ed for the first time today that Mr. Cleve- land's utterances took precedence over the plank of the party platform on the tariff. Still, even after what Mr. Gorman had said, he was in doubt as to the condition of the other side. The Maryland Senators had not said that all the democrats would support the bill. He said that a majority of the Senate would support it. How many populists were counted on by Mr. Gorman to make up a majority of the Senate? Were there any backsliders among the democrats them- selves? These were all interesting ques- tions, and in order to make every Senator show his colors he would move to lay the tariff bill on the table. Mr. Teller’s motion was like a bombshell. It created consternation on both sides. ‘The bells rang und pages were sent scurry- ing through the corridors to drum up every available Senator in order that the fuil strength might be polled on the vote, The Mot Defeated. Mr. Butler (S. C.), who was in the barber's chair when a messenger found him, came in with one side of his face shaved. ‘The roll call was watched with intense interest, curiosity being particularly manifested as to how Messrs. Hill, Irby and Peffer would vote. All three voted against the motion. The democratic line did not show a single sap, and the three avowed populists, Allen, Kyle and Peffer, voted with them. The mo- ton was defeated 28-38. The full vote in detail was as follow: Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Cameron, Chandler, Davis, Dolph, Dubois, Frye, ' Gallinger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Higgins, Hoar, Lodge, McMillau, Manderson, Mitchell (Ore- Platt, gon), Morrill, Patton, Pettigrew, Power, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Tei- ler. Total, 28. Nays—Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, butler, Caffery, Camden, Cock- rell,Coke, Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gordon, Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hill, Hun- ten, Irby, Jarvis, Jones (Arkansas), Kyle, Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Morgan, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Peffer, Pugh, Ransom, ee Voorhees, Walsh and White. Total, The pairs were as follows, democrats be- ing given first: Brice and Wolcott, Call and Proctor, Carey, Cullom, McLaurin and Dixon, Vilas and Jones (Nevada), Roach and Perkins, Turpie and Wilson, Vest and Washburn. Stewart (Nev.) was absent and unpaired. Mr. Manderson’s Remarks. Upon the announcement of the vote Mr. Manderson (Neb.) took the floor and pro- ceeded to use Mr. Gorman’s speech as a text for some enlivening remarks. He drew @ humorous picture of Mr. Gorman stand- ing with his arm around Mr. Cleveland in an attitude of brotherly love. He charac- terized the picture as a sunburst of party harmony, and while he was willing to ad- mit that the vote just taken indicated dem- ocratic unity in the Senate, he hardly be- leved that it indicated democratic unity in the country. He took up various resolu- tions passed by democratic clubs in differ- ent states denouncing the compromise bill. Mr. Hoar (Mass.) also spoke in reply to Mr. Gorman. He referred in sarcastic terms to the tender, unsuspicious, non-partisan- ship of Mr. Gorman's character. He went on to pursue this line of argument to show inconsistency between the bills the finance committee was putting through and the platform of the party in the last campaign. Other republican Senators availed them- selves of the example set by Mr. Gorman to pursue the line of general debate. The democratic side of the chamber was mean- time practically deserted and the considera- tion of the bill by paragraphs came to a Standstill. Mr. Lodge cited resolutions of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Mas- sachusetts opposing changes in the tariff bill. Mr. Lodge said he desired to present these resolutions, as Mr. Hill was the only representative of their views left on the Senate floor. Mr. Allison expressed his regret, as other republicans had done, that Mr. Gorman had left the chamber before there had been an opportunity to reply to him. Mr. Platt thereupon suggested the lack of @ quorum in the Senate, and fifty-four Senators responded to the roll call. Mr. Allison’s Point. Mr. Allison said he regretted that Mr. Gorman had not gone into more detail in his review of the history of the ‘iil. But he was glad that he had at least pointed cut that the delay in its consideration was necessary, and not due to republican ob- struction. But he did not say that a demo- cratic subcommittee of the finance commit- tee had brought in a bill that cut down the ad valorem rates in the House bill, which made an absolute deficit in the revenues. The next changes pro} by the Senate fi- nance committee fail to win support of derrocrats, and, as Mr. Gorman truthfully now in the first time said, could not have the Senate. This was March 2. It was not until May 7 that the democrats were able to come to an agreement among themselves, and it was this interval, while the democrats were fencing among them- selves, that the ublicans had taken to discuss the issue. ey had not been ob- waiting. Since then they ‘ing to ascertain the principle underlying the bill, and now, for the first time, from Mr. Gorman that a bill was to be made discriminating in favor of American labor, and substituting President Cleveland's letter of acceptance of 1802 as interpreted by Mr. Gorman for the plat- form of 1802. His Position on Sugar. Mr. Gorman’s statement that that he (Allison) had said he would vote for free sugar, Mr. Allison deciared that he had coupled that statement with the declaration that he would vote for a bounty. The Amendment Adopted. After some further debate the Jones amendment, placing a duty of 7-20 of a cent on T rails, was adopted. THE HOUSE. There was a small attendance of members on the floor and of visitors in the galleries when the House met today. The House concurred in the Senate amendments to the bill for a bridge across the Missouri river, at Jefferson, Mo., and it was passed, A report from the committee on appro- Triations by Mr. O'Neill (Mfass.) recommend- ed the adoption of Mr. O'Neill's resolution relative to the purchase of a site and the construction of a new mint at Philadelphia. The resolution was agreed to. Senate bill to amend an act entitled “An act to proyide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouri Indians, in the states of Ne- braska and Kansas, was passed. The Legisiative Bill. The House then went into committee of the whole to consider the legislative ap- Propriation bill, and an amendment was offered by Mr. De Armond (Mo.) striking out all appropriations for the civil service commission, and providing that all clerks in the clvil service should be appointed di- rectly by the proper authorities of the states from which they are appointed, and that the appointments should be for a term of six years. A point of order was raised against the amendment and sustained. To Repeal the Law. Mr. Alderson of West Virginia offered an amendment repealing the law establishing the civil service commission and instead providing for the examination und appoint- ment of clerks in the various departments by the officers of the cabinet having super- vision of the several departments. A point of order was made against the amendment, which the chair sustained, and Mr. Alderson sought to alter the last clause of the amendment so as to get around the point of order, and finally struck out the last clause altogether. It then provided simply for the repeal of the civil service law of January 16, 1883. A point of order was also made against this «umend- ment, which the chair sustained. Mr. Al- derson appealed from the decision of the chair, and the chair was sustained by a vote of 93 to 86. The next amendment offered by Mr. Will- fams (Miss.), proposing to strike out the three paragraphs of the civil service clause en masse, but subsequently limited his amendment to the first two paragraphs, and the first paragraph having been strick- en out yesterday, the second was now or- dered to be stricken out. A Soldiers? Amendment Lost. Mr, Pickler (S. D.) offered an amend- ment to the third section, giving honorably discharged soldiers and satlors a preference in appointing to civil offices, when they pos- sessed the proper qualifications for ap- pointment. This amendment was rul of order, when Mr. Williams (alee) ent up an amendment striking out the last paragraph, which was voted down, Result of the Action. The result of the action of the House yesterday and today is to strike out the salaries of officers and clerks of the civil service commission, but retains the ap- propriation for traveling expenses of ex- aminers, for whom no salaries are provided. A Further Setback. The civil service commission got a fur- ther set back from an amendment offered LARGEST IN YEARS Big Gathering of the Pennsylvania Republicans. GEN. WAGNER TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN Congressman Robinson's Adherents Badly Beaten. POINTS IN THE PLATFORM HARRISBURG, Pa., May 23.—The biggest gathering seen at a state convention for years packed the Harrisburg Opera House when the convention to nominate the candi- dates of the republican party for governor, Meutenant governor, auditor general, secre- tary of internal affairs an Congressman-at- large was called to order today. The Opera House was decorated with bunting and shields in which American colors predominated. The assemblage got down to business at 11:15 a.m. The roll call showed the presence of 257 delegates out of 264. Gen. Louis Wagner of Philadelphia was choren temporary chairman by 183 votes to 64 for L. P. McCauley of Chester, who was nominated by the adherents of Congress- man “Jack” Robinson, the candidate op- Posed to Walter Lyon for the office of Meutenant governor. After the election of committees on reso- lutions, with Lyman D. Gilbert of Harris- for permanent chairman and that gentie- jaan was loudly applauded as he took the gavel and rapped for order. Chairman Gilbert of the resolutions com- mittee read from the stage the platform agreed upon. The Platform. The platform favors the expansion currency until it amounts to $40 per of the population. The proposition Proved to issue national bank par value of the amount of to secure circulation. The plank in the national platform favoring indorsed, every dollar to government to be as good The democratic party is efforts to destroy the protecti tem, claiming that the effect reduce to idieness two millions and values to an amount national debt created to bellion. The dilatory tactics of those gressmen 0; to indorsed as follows: “We commend and approve the efforts of our Senators and members of Congress to delay and defeat the passage of legisla- tion hostile to any American industry.” Pare angel ———- of the Senate is oun’ for not wing hearings on the tariff bill. The selection of a southern dem- a g fi ate excited the contempt and thoughtful citizen. The platform was unanimously adopted, HASTINGS NOMINATED. Gen. Beaver put Gen. Hastings in mom- imation for governor. ticket, with renewed devotion to the prin- ciples of our party and with your assist: by Mr. Caruth (Ky.), and adopted, giving | the Secretary of the Treasury discretion in the temporary appointment of clerks to complete the accounts in the offices of the first and second controllers and commis- sioners of customs, instead of taking them from the classified service. The vote by which the amendment was adopted was 20 to 28. Mr. Dingley gave notice that he would demand a separate yea and nay vote on the amendment in the House. ance and that of the people whom you rep- resent, we will, if God please, carry our bsnner to victory and bring the republican perty home again. I have read the decia- retion of principles and sentiments con- tained in the platform, and they not only meet with my approval, but will have my earnest and constant advocacy and sup- port. “The people of the country are ill at ease under the present unhappy conditions. ‘This, owes A not othe to recite our national misfortunes. for themselves in terms of danny eee ae couragement. But the republican party has too long been accustomed to employ the language of hope and encouragement; to swell the songs of peace, prosperity and contentment, to be now turned aside to join the cry of misfcrtune and calamil which has almost shut out the music ef American industry and “The intelligence and patriotism of the people are quick to discover the sources from whence flow the good or the fll; and they are equally swift and effective in ap- val condemnation. proval or . “Those who have observed the efforts now made to work in existing law, and have witnessed their unfortunate effects upon all industrial and commercial conditions, have observed and will see yet more clearly that underlying mental polity. “It is not so much a contention for or against the terms or schedules of an exist. ing statute, as whether there shall be main- tained a distinct American policy, whether @ system under which the country has srown so great and strong and prosperous, shall be overthrown or continued. ‘hile theorists may dispute as to the cavses which have recently made the busi- ness of American farming table, we ‘will continue to maintain, inasmuch as the agricultural interest is by far the largest in the nation, that in every adjustment of legislation the American farmer ts entitied to the first consideration. His greatest boon is a good home market and sound money. These he possessed during thirty years of republican supremacy, within which period the agricultural states made even more rapid progress than the manufacturing s es. ‘With all the efforts lately made to change our national policy, perhaps the most painful and hurtful feature has been the uncertainty resulting from the agitation, und from the confused attempts to change the protective system. Who can measure the injury already inflicted upon every business interest and occupation? Consider the idle furnaces, the dismantled factories, the silent mines, the general distress and the armies of unemployed workmen, some of them marching toward the national cepital to seek relief, but many, many more of their followers patiently biding their time at home, waiting for the day when they can make theit effective appeal at the freeman’s tribural—the ballot box “In the campaign this day inaugurated the republican party will avoid no issue. It will shirk no respec y, nor apologize for any principles hitherto e sed It would not, if it were possible. blot out @ single re of Its shining history “We will continue to favor a distinctive American policy, which comprehends the best interests of all American citizenship, or colored, rich or poor, native or and which will maintain our white naturalized, well being and the honor y of our flag in every country, on every sea and in every island —