Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — OUT OF THE PARTY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUT OF THE PARTY.

Senator David B. Hill, of New York, Break* Away from Daanoeraey. Washington dispatch: Not since the dags of the silver debate last "fall has there been such a

crowd in the Senate as was present Monday to listen to Senator David B. Hill, of New York, on the tariff question. The Senator did not begin until 2 o'clock. The galleries were crowded to their utmost capacity. The public ‘galleries were all ’filled: the diplomatic too, was crowded, and the

seats set apart for the families of the President and Vice President were also occupied. Outside the halls the corridors were thronged with visitors anxious to get into the galleries, and thej stood in long lines awaiting their turn. C)n the floor of the Senate were fully fifty memlers of the House of Representatives, all anxious to hear what the Senator frtm New York had to say upon the tariff question. Mr. Hill’s speech was dirappointing in that it made no definite announcement-as to his purpose regarding the final vote on the tariff bill, if such a vote is ever reached. It wai expected that he would attack the President and some of the views of the administration, and it was also anticipated that he would violently assail the chairman of the Finance Committee and the members who had directed the formation of the tariff bill. The Senator met the expectations upon these points, for the opening paragraph of his speech contained a direct reflection upon the President. Later along he criticised the Hawaiian policy of the administration and paid his respects to Secretary Gresham with the declaration that the Secretary of State was not a Democrat. Eventually he around to Mr. Voorhees and the Finance Committee, and he pitched into the Chairman in rather pointed language. His remarks in this particular were not such as are calculated to create harmony between the opposing factions on the Democratic side of the Senate regarding the pending tariff bill. Senator Hill is criticised even by some of his friends for having indulged Buch a course at so critical a time. Mr. Hill read his speech from printed proof slips, though he appeared to need the copy only for occasional guidance, his delivery being as free and natural as if he was speaking extemporaneously. His voice and pronunciation were such as to render every sentence distinct and forcible. He was frequently interrupted by applause. The main portion of his speech was an argument against the income tax, and it is regarded as unusually strong. Few of the Democratic members, however, believe that the income tax provision will be stricken out. The Senator clearly intends to vote against that provision of the bill, and it ij now understood that he will vote against the entii-e measure if the income ttx is retained in it. In view of this fact it is reasonably certain that Senator Hill may be counted among the opponents of the bill upon its final passage. That is the calculation by the frjer.ds of the measure since hearing his speech. Mr. Hill’s speech on Monday marks the beginning of a critic il period in the history of the pending tariff legislation.

D. B HILL