Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — HOT WORDS BY GORMAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOT WORDS BY GORMAN.

The Maryland Senator tn Open Debate Make a a H t‘er At lark on the President. Washington dispatch: Never, perhaps, in the history of political parties in this conntry has there been a scene

li \0 that witnessed in the Senate Monday. The acknowledged champ on of the dominant Darty in that body attacking in open debate bej fore a vast audi- ■ enee his party pleader and chief of the j?government was f not only sensational but it was dramatic in the highe t dogree.

Mr. Gorman, of Maryland, who had j been a champion of Democracy for j years in the Senate, aha who is ndw the caucus leader and chairman of the partv i teering committee, donounced President Cleveland in a spooch which lasted nearly three hours and which was remarkable throughout for its skill and its bitterness. The galleries wore packed to the doors, and to great was the interest in Mr. Gorman’s speech that the members of the Hou o tlcoked to the Senate end of tho Capitol, and tho House, being unable to hold a quorum, adjourned. Mr. Gorman, with a frankness that amazed those present, dlscussod party secrets, opened the door to party caucuses and Hashed his search-light Into too dark cornors of party history. Tho President was assailed with keenness and vigor by the loader of his party on tho floor of the Senate. He defended tho Senate tariff bill and its pioparation, and charged that both Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Clevo and were not only awa.e of the concession! made in that bill to procure it! passage through the Senate, but that Mr. Carll lo had been consulted at evdry step, and that Mr. Cleveland hud sanctioned all tnat was done. Mr. Gorman was at his best. Ono by one ho called Senators Vest, Jones and Harris as witno ses to tho truth of his statements. Then, having freed himselt from all restraint, he told the inside hist ry of tho conference over the tariff b 11. He even went hack and told the secrets of the Mills bill and the St. Lout! and Chicago platforms, and tho demand made upon the National Democratic Committee by the sugar Senators in 181)2.

His i) r onal attack on the President was full of the most 1 ensatkmtil characterizations. He told now ho had dared, when , other men falterod, to walk with Clev eland through the “tilth and slime of the campaign of H-84;” how he and his eol-eaguos had fought tfor tariff reform “when onwards in high places would not show, thoir heads, how Mr. Cleveland had tried to “gibbet the Senate before tho oyo.s <>f the country,” and said that his action must be attributed to ‘'consuming vanity”—an action that whs echood by those who "chirped when he talked." ’ H‘s roferen.es to the Pi esklent created so much commotion in tho galleries, sometimes of approval and sometimes of disapproval, tbatlhopre iding officer was obliged re[ eatod.y to caution thorn to preserve totter order. Mr. German was listened to with rapt attention throughout his speech, a deep feeling of excitement being printed on every face. Among tho=o who listened mo6t earne tly was S*ir Julian Pauncofote, the Briti h Minister, who was in the diplomatic gallery. In conclusion Mr. Gorman practically warned his colleagues tha, on tho material points it must be tho Senate bill or no bill. Mr. Whit?, of California, was tho only other speaker of the day. While personally in fa/or of free coal and iron ore. ho. too, declared it to be tho part of patriotism for tho Demorrsts to stand together for the S-onato b 11. After he concluded tho Senate adjourned wilh the situation seemingly in as chaotic a state as ever.

SENATOR GORMAN