Show IHLL ON THE BOND ISSUE Another Speech but i Was Evidently Made to Kill Time IT CREATED NO INTEREST Another Defense of Secretary Carlisle Programme for the Week us Outlined Out-lined Shattered River and Harbor Har-bor Bill Temporarily Shelveil Jones of Nevada Objects to What He Terms Unjustifiable Acton 1eiter Causes Another Flurry Vents Poiiiteil Queries WASHINGTON May 4The outlined programme for the senate procedure this week was shattered early in the session by two unexpected motions When the intended in-tended action to consider the river and acton harbor bill was attempted it was antagonized I antag-onized by a motion by Mr Purple Dem Ind to consider the Dupont election case Mr Mitchell with considerable display of feeling sought to prevent this course but by an aye and nay vote resulting 32 to 31 the senate decided to take up the Dupont case Later an agreement was effected to postpone the matter until the river and harbor bill was passed the final vote in the election case to be taken two days after af-ter consideration was begun At 2 oclock the unfinished business came up in the form of the bond investigation in-vestigation resolution Mr Peffer refused re-fused to further delay the matter and his motion to proceed with the resolutions resolu-tions was upheld by 3 to 23 thus displacing dis-placing the river and harbor bill Mr Hill thereupon took the floor and spoke until morrow adjournment He will proceed to THE PROCEEDINGS The Dupont case was unexpectedly brought forward on a motion by Mr Turpie Dem Ind to proceed with the consideration of the case iderton Mr Mitchell Rep Ore chairman of the committee on privileges and elections stated that i was surprising this move should be made to take the case out of his hands when there was no disposition disposi-tion on the Republican side of the chamber cham-ber to delay a vote He had expected to go on with the Dupont case as soon as the river and harbor bill was out of the way Mr Gorman interposed with a suggestion sugges-tion of a compromise by which the case would be taken up next Monday and voted on at 4 p m next Tuesday votee consent could be obtained and the roll was called on Mr Turpies motion which was adooted32 to 31 All the Republicans Re-publicans voted against the motion while the Democrats and four Populists Allen Butler Kyle and Peffer voted for the motion Mr Jones of Nevada was not in the chamber but Mr Stewart was and did not vote The vote having been announced I announc-ed Mr Mitchell showing evident feeling despite his efforts at calmness said impressively im-pressively that in eighteen years of service I ser-vice such this was the first time he had seen suchUNJUSTIFIABLE ACTION Under ordinary circumstances there was comity among senators without reference to party And yet with several senators sena-tors on the Republican side of the chamb or absent and unpaired without an intimation mation or notice this motion to proceed with the Dupont case was made and carried I car-ried riedUnder the circumstances I can look at this action in no other light than as a I discourtesy said Mr Mitchell After further debate a consiliatory tone prevailed and Mr Gorman proposed that the Dupont case be taken up after the river and harbor bill was disposed of the final vote to be taken the second day thereafter at 5 p m This was assented to by all concerned and the incident closed The river and harbor bill was then taken up At 2 oclock Mr Peffer occasioned another I an-other flurry At that time the bond resolution reso-lution vas laid before the senate as the unfinished business I was supposed the resolution would give way but Mr Peffer insisted on going on saying he had yielded to three appropriation bills and would yield no longer Mr Frye in charge of the river and I harbor bill finally moved to proceed with that bill The effect of this motion If adopted would have been to displace the bond resolution and practically kill i DEFEATED The motion was defeated 28 yeas 30 nays as follows Yeas Republicans Burrows Cullom Davis Elkins Gallinger Hansbrough I McBride McMillan Mitchell of Oregon Merrill Nelson Platt Proctor Quay Seweil Shoup Squire lhurston etmore I and Wilson 20 Democrats Caffery Faulkner Hill Lindsay Mills Palmer Pascoe Vilas S Total2S Nays Republicans Brown Cannon Carter Dubois Lodge Perkins Pettigrew Sherman Teller Warren and Wolcott DemocratsBacon Bate Berry Blackburn Black-burn Brice Call Chilton Cockrell Daniel George Gorman Harris Irby Jones of Arkansas Mitchell of Wisconsin Morgan Pugh Roach Tillman Turpie West Walthall and White 23 Populists Allen Butler Kyle Peffer and Stewart5 Total39 When the vote was announced Mr Frye remarked that he was indifferent the result but I should be understood that his action was a serious blow to the river rver and harbor bill Let me suggest to the senator from Maine interposed Mr Wolcott that the country will be delighted to know that these appropriation bills CARRYING MILLIONS have been laid aside until some information informa-tion Is had as to the bonds which furnish the funds for these vast appropriations Mr Hill then secured the floor taking up the thread of his speech opposing the bond resolution begun many days ago Mr Hill referred to the Massachusetts and Maryland combination In speaking of the votes of Mr Lodge and Mr Gorman Gor-man just given in favor of the bond resolution reso-lution Mr Sherman asked Mr Hill to point out any objectionable feature in the resolution resolu-tion adding that he would like to know if there was any reflection on Secretary Carlisle for if there was he would object to i as the secretary was not open to offensive criticism opn Mr Hill responded that this debate had forced the author of the resolution to strike out the offensive statements On that alone the senate and the country were to be congratulated At one time i looked a though the senate was BOUND TO THROW MUD I would have the senate treat John G Carlisle just as a Democratic house of representatives treated John Sherman said Mr Hill Mr Sherman rose to say that he had while secretary of the treasury willingly submitted to eveYy congressional inquiry I should be known said he that there is a law dating from the time of Alex Hamilton requiring the secretary of the treasury to submit to any inquiry from congress Mr Hill thought that should the house 1r f or senate desire any information as to the sale of bonds o other data regarding regard-ing the conduct of the treasury department depart-ment that a courteous note addressed to the head of that department to appear in person before the committee and give THE FACTS DESIRED or even reply by written communication would be promptly met and would suffice Messrs Sherman Gray and Gordon sup ported Mr Hill in this position the former reading the statute providing that any committee of the house or senate might call on the secretary of the treasury for any data he might have a to the business busi-ness of the treasury department or might call on him to appear in person Mr Hill continued at length I became apparent that Mr Hill was speaking mainly to consume time and speaking leries became thinned and but few sena tors remained in their seats Mr Vest entered the chamber and in terrupted Mr Hill to secure as he stated some information as to the business busi-ness relations that existed in the bond issue between the treasury department and J Pierpont Morgan I am not interested in these resolu tions he explained as far as they concern con-cern any allegation against the integ rity of Secretary Carlisle for I do not believe I He then stated his opinion that Mr Carlisle as trustee should not have al lotted the remainder of the defaulted I bond bids to Morgan Co but should have again offered them for sale and thus allow the government the advantage of the rise in the price which resulted after the bonds had been on the market a few days Mr Vest thought the allotment to loran lor-an Co of the unfilled bonds a most EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDING Mr Hill explained that the Morgan bid was regular and in true business form and its acceptance was quite proper While the Republican side was deserted Mr Mills unexpectedly requested Mr Hill to allow him to move an adjournment stating that he believed Mr Hill to be quite tired having spoken for two hours carried Mr Hill acquiesced and the motion Messrs Lodge and Chandler and other Republicans hurriedly entered the cloakrooms I cloak-rooms and made an effort to defeat the motion by a call for a quorum ana I an-a yea and nay vote Both were refused and on a divison the motion stood 13 to 1 in favor of adjourning ad-journing and then at 5 p m the senate adjourned until tomorrow |