Show iLJJ AMOiPLATE QUESTO Thorn inSide of Congress Upsets Calculations ALL PUNS WENT AWRY It Was a Day of Strife and Turmoil Developed in the SenateDebate an Unusual Bitterness of reeling and Charges of Jobbery and Political Wore Hurled tical Corruption Manner in Kecklcss About a Presented a Brilliant Night Session liant Scene 4 4 Washington June CInabl Ity to on the naval np rcaeli an agreement proprlatlon bill forcfcd the Sunate to of the Iiouro Abandon the adoption today resolution for final adjournment question which for Tho armorplate the side thorn In ivo years 1ms been a of the calculations I oiT Congress upset welllaid the Senate loaders aiuT their plans went awry and turnioll In It tins n day of strife the on the lh Senate Early the conferees and naval bill reports n disagreement that the told plainly I the Senate was consent to the DJouse would not amendment providing for nn armor plate factory to be operated by the Government COMPROMISE PROPOSITION A compromise proposition was i pre aenteJ by Mr Penrose and after hours adoncd by a of dcbste finally was ij vote PC CO i to 33 The discussion of t the sranosltlftii developed an uiiiwiml bit icrnesa of filing and charges of run bery and political corruption ere Jnirlfd about tjie Chamber with on t Abandon which If they had not fallen from the lips of graVe Senators would Jiavo been regarded as reckless Little worse over was heard in the heat of u political campaign ANOTHER DISAGREEMENT Three oclock the hour agreed upon c for inal adjournmnt was passed ami the armor with wrestled still the Senate Thor questiOn When the Penrose proposition prop-osition sli rly was agreed to it was supposed the way was clear but late tonight another disagreement was reached on the naval bill and the Senate took an adjournment until 11 oclock tomorrow morning 1 The evening sessions presented a brilliant scene the galleries beans thronged with a cay and fashionable assomblcgo All were Immensely entertained en-tertained as Senators Carter Mason JTurner and Money kept the Senate on edge with rattling pOlitical speeches Mr Carter secured the passage ot a bill pro Idlng for an Increase of 3Th000 of the limit of the cost of public buildIngs build-Ings at IMena Mont NAVAL SUPPLY BILT1 Mr Hale presented a conference report re-port on the naval appropriation bill It was a disagreement upon all questions that have been In dispute for three or Jour lays Mr Hale explained that the armorplate question was the great stumbling block to agreement No price had been agreed upon by the conferees con-ferees because the House conferees believed be-lieved the price should be left to the discretion oC the Secretary of the Navy IMr Halo said Mr Penrose had a propo uitlon looite wfflcliHovduia4Beglad to have the Senate pass upon Mr Penrose then offered the following proposition pro-position < JJENIiOSES PKOPOSAL That the Secretary of the Navy Is hereby authorltzedto procure byoon tract armor of the best quality for any or all vessels above referred to provided pro-vided such contracts can be made at the price which Is now In his judgment judg-ment reasonable and equitable but incase in-case he is unable to make contracts for armor under the above conditions he Is hereby authorized and directed to procure pro-cure u site for and to erect thereon a factory for the manufacture of armor and the sum1of 54000000 Is hereby appropriated ap-propriated toward the erection of the said factory WANTED A PLANT llr Butler said that what he wanted was a Government armorplate plant and he would be willing to pay almost any price for armor that is needed now provided that the construction of armor ar-mor plate by the Government were made mandatory NO SHIFTING OF RESPONSIBILITY Sir Chgndler objected to leaving the matter to the discretion of the Secretary Secre-tary of the Navy Congress ought not he maintained shift the responsibility to the shoulders ot the Secretary of the Jsavy That would be a cowardly thing lo do doEllUNS PERKINS FOR ORIGINAL PLAN Mr Perkins a member of the Naval Committee supported tile original committee com-mittee proposition He did not approve of leaving the matter to the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy TOLLMANS OPINION Mr Tlllnian attacked the amendment by Mr Penrose The chairman of the Naval committee said he has declared that the Government > ls being robbed nmljihat tho trust has a knife at the Governments throat We are face to face with a scandal as enormous as any in our history second not even to the great CrcdltMoblllersctindal PENROSE RESENTS STATEMENT > I i SLCCJltJ that s teincnt Interjected tlr Pnrci te < 1 vehemently andwlth evf i inV Mtelmff 1C8cn I 11n statement That there Is any suspicion Jcandal In this or any amendment which I pORC pro pORCNO NO PERSONAL ALLUSIONS rnuS1 1rakl n0ncrsmal allUBlbns replied Mr Tinman MIainslmniv stating facts that are JndlBpuiableVThe influences behind the puWc InthiS matter lnakeLL are the ShliPbt1ihler and armor SATS IT IS DISGRACEFULx ot fr Mr Sllcr don ° unced the arrncimcnt Penroso as a lisgraccIuf ititlon As propo the Senator from Nos ShCSald said continued 0 IL would bE Mr Teller cowardly and craven on the part 1tlatiye authority ofOongress to surrender leg and the prerogative to fleI1t executive branch of thf Govern TIME FOR PLAIN TALK It 5Ce11ll to inc there 4 ttng ma ij oC Corruption Tills fi PhallI taflc 2Iie I the LJn i Americans aiid I beiic that lejiev I there i ti great DohlLIah combine bchjd this Lion to propoi surrencje ou autliorit s41 IT ROBBER C IT COMBINE 1 lO flOt lehlcve said Mr lInt Teller S eqtutI aIyscandal that Which will 111 our llLstory Will rulrtIder grow put or a flaw to th1 TObbr Would TJv Cuban he a minor eanthtl anti iccukLLloRs ilth flatter aR those which wmpar intlucnce of ffiSe So occur Uflij tile n Plate lobbcrs Ie blOIlOpohIstie armor ziId tlon of Mr PenrnU j the propoi > l adopted Without a hSUk I10t be standing by thr lllOrOUgit nV A H AmerIcan they wJre being robbed n PEOple ti < t EXCITES HANNAS SYMPATHY Colorndo The K 01 the Senator said Mr lanrla from Mr Teller Vxcitcs In reply to thy The animus of the oniv my sympa dctermlnnt on the matter is the P4rt to have of a Govelnmont hullt To thirj armor factory to be sacrificed else la WANTS IT OUT OP F POLITICS In response to a migge0 ir Hnuna sol I want to see this armor question taken out of the legislative branch of thc Government because I want to see U taken out of politics In advocang this disposition of the mat tvjr 1 resent the charge of the Senator tvon Colorado that anybody has been or will be Influenced by motives lower than those by which tho Senator says lieIs actuated REPUBLICANS NOT SHIRKING 3rr Hanna oald tho Swrclary of the Navy should be left discretion to act as he saw best As for Mr Tellers as serllon that the Republican party was inkiner long chances when they put themselves In the altitude of defending what he styles thc armorplate trust h3 Hannu was sure the Republican party would not shrink from the responsibility re-sponsibility of doing business on sound business principles ADVOCATED PENROSE PLAN Tho party did not propose to be driven Into tho manufacture of armor plate simply to please their critics lie was sure that all these opposition speeches were for mere political onVct and lie wanted It understood that the opposing Senators had no patent on Integrity and honest In conclusion Mr lianna advocated the Penroso nnoposltlon as a fair compromise FIXING RESPONSIBILITY Mr Tlllman said that If tilt bill should fall the rosponnlblllty would boon bo-on the House of tteprcsiMilallves Mr Hawley entered a protest against tho criticism of public men characterizing character-izing It ia treasonable nnd as villainous vil-lainous pessimism lie advocated the Penrose compromise DANIEL IN OPPOSITION Mr Daniel opposed the Penrose amendment and urged the Senate to stand up to thc fight which hud been on for five years Mr Hanna and Mr Elkins he said had demanded with tiresome Iteration business should be conducted on business principles but he had never heard that business prln jhTS lrm 1 I S uviiiiLiiuuu l nut 111C iniyvi sriOUlfl place himself entirely in the hands of the seller or that a man should employ em-ploy an agent lo do for him thut which ho could do for himself Uhy asked Mr Daniel did the armorplate manufacturers decline to tell Ihu coat of the production of thc armor pinto when asked by thc Senate committee1 > DEMAGOGIC APPEAL MrtPenrose asked permission to re ply to this inquiry and began by 1 re ferring to Ilr Daniels speech as a rerklcss statement and demagogic ap peal Mr Daniel resented this characteriza tion and refused lo yield further Such language he considered was unbecom ing to the Senator and to thc Senate Continuing ivir Daniel urged that there was no emergency thai should render il so necessary to hurry the con Htructlon of thc navy as not to lake time to do that which should he done lathe interest of lhe public welfare BUTLER IS BITTER At 220 p m Mr Hale asked for a vote upon the pending proposition but Mr Butler addressed the Senate In op position to surrender by the Senate when It i us un the verge of victory In conclusion Mr Butler exclaimed Let the loot begin PROPOSITION AGREED TO A vole was then taken on Mr Pen roses proposition and it was agreed to 30 to 35 as follows Yeas Allison Baker Carter Clark Cullom Davis Deboe Dopeu Elklns Fairbanks Foster Frye Gallinger Hanna Ilansbrough Hawley Hoar Kean Kyle Lodge McBride McComas McEncry McMillan Mason Penrose Platt N Y Platt Conn Prltchard Proctor Qunrles Ross Scott Sewell Shoup Thurston Warren Welmore Wolcott 30 I Nays Bacpn Bard Bale Berry Deverldge Butler Chandler Clay CocKerelK Culb rapn Danicl Foraker Harris Heltfeld Jdnes Ark ICeflned Lindsay McLaurln Malloy Martin Money Morgan Nelson Perkins Pet 11 grew Pettus Rawllns SimoTis Sjjoon er Sullivan Taliaferro Teller Tlllnianw Turner Vest 35 r r A further conference was then or dered SUNDRY CIVIL BILL COMPLETED Mr Allison presented a conference report on the sundry civil bill tIm House having disagreed to the single item remaining to be adjusted lhe provision pro-vision to pay the clahns of the Stale of Nevada Mr Allison said that with much regret he would move to recede from the amendment After Mr Stew art had made a statement concerning the claim on motion of Mr Allison It was agreed to this completing the billThe The Senate then at 335 p m went into executive session resuming legis lative business at 3l5 oclock EIGHTHOUR BILL Mr Petllgrew called up his resolution to discharge the Committee on Education Edu-cation and Labor from further consideration consid-eration of a bill limiting the daily hours of labor commonly known as the eighthour bill Mr Huwlcy moved to lay the reso lution on the table which motion pre vailed 33lo 25 as follows Yeas Allison Baker Beverldgc Chandler Deboe Fairbanks Foraker Footer Galliuger Hale Hanna Hans brough Huwley Kean Kyle Lodge McComas McMillan Platt Conn Platt N YL Proctor Quarles Rosa Scott Sewell Shoup Simon Stewart Thurston Vest Warren Wctmoro Wolcott 33 Nays Bacon Bard Bale Berry But let Carter Clark Culberson Cullom Daniel Harris Ilcltfeld Jones Ncy Klnney Lindsay McBride McEncry Mallory Mason Money Nelson Pen roae Pettlgrqw Sullivan Tai iafcrro Teller TlUman Turner 28 CoNFUSION IN CHAMBER A House bill extending the coal lan1 laws to tho district of Alaska waa pasacd In the midst of considerable confusion Seimtor were pressing for recognU tlon when Mr Hale protested Hgulnst the transaction of business in such con fusion He had not heard what thc bill was that Just had been passed Sot was ho said with some heat that nn amendment had been put on the mili tary academy appropriation bill pro viding for Senatorial cadets He was opposed to these cadets and the propo sition had been voted down by the Sen ate He declared that such action on the part of a conference committee wan an outrage Ho had consulted with Air Sewell chairman of the Senate confeiunc ° mmltlee and had been asuietl tlutt he mnendmlIt would not be iiut on tile bIll S A SEWELL EXPLAINS In explanationof the action of the conferees Mr Sowoll said the House oonfcrccri had Insisted uponibis in crease in the corps of cadets nt the the military atfadcmy md the conferees of Senate knowln that a similar pro V1slo ilUll W ln ftnolhcr bill ho felt instilled JiLIOfl In yielding to the House propo loAubH amending uc statute rclailvo lI0IILrnont 01 C rccolver was passed S SHORT RECESS TAKEN p A recel5 Hie W5 Suimte taken from 110 lo G30 reconvened at j30 OClqcj < Xlll after being In session c o llL tifive minuteS without accomplishing anything wiinn < took a recess until 825 rll0n the Senate rJ MI aicilc convened al S25 announced that the conforcS cll ino naval appropriation bill bar agiecci l ° tt nnal report l and It I In a brief time would bo sent probablv to tlt Senate from tile Houec CARTER MAKES SUGGESTION Whcn suggestion waa made by Mr Coekrell thai an lnforynt rece5 be talcell LUrtnU1 the naval confercnc ro nnrt wnfl received from tie House MI Carter said thc time spent in awaiting the report might bo employed profit ably by the j antlcxpansloniais In sub i miRing their views on the Oregon election elec-tion He directed attention to the fat that Representative Tongue who four years ago was elected by only alxlvflye majority had been reelected this week by a majority of more than 3000 SUPPORTED ADMINISTRATION Oregon said he gives a Republican Republi-can majority of 10000 and this min j I Tongue who has consistently supported I ilie present Administration Porto Pi can tariff and all has a known major i ity of more than 3000 and thei back I counties yet to be heard from It seems to me that the lime might be spent I i well In I hearlifc the explanations of th j nnllexpanslonlsls for tills conjllllon of I I affairs In Oregon If lie Senator from Montana suggested sug-gested Mr Cockrell 111inlroduce a resolution declaring the Senate a political politi-cal debating society wo will enter upon Its consideration SENATE A FORUM I have sometimes thought said Mr Carter that the legitimate functions func-tions of this body have been perverted Jt has become a forum Not only that but It has become a place from which the moMl vile nd venomous political fulmlnjilions I I are hurled at men in I public pub-lic life Mr Curler said much of tile abuse suffered by Washington and Lincoln and Ortmt had hen very Ilk th abuse heaped by Innuendo and insinuation in-sinuation upon thc present President MONTANANS PREDICTIONS Washington Lincoln and Grant had been assailed and reelected He pre dieled victory for McKlnlcy this fall The flrsl gun of the rnmpnlgn has been nrcd in Oregon which has given a Republican Re-publican majority of 10000 In the face of Porto Rican tariff and despite the erring wandering away of a man said In be a criminal In Cuba Mr Carter then entered upon a general discussion nf lie Philippine situation from a po Mr Mason made a halfhumorous halfserlour reply to Mr Carter He declared thai t the Republican party had carried Oregon in sPIte of and not because of our Philippine policy our policy toward the Porto Rlcans and c our treatment I I of the Boers In I South Africa He devoted special at lent Inn to what ho termed ihi neglect of lhe South African republics by 1 > the mother of republics S IN THE GMa Mr Turner said ho bad not gttllen Into Iho eHamboV Ill time I o boar nil of thi stump si > eech of Mr Carter bul ho hud arrived in time to hear him place Mr McKInl y firmly In the White House as the result nf the nekt campaign cam-paign This reminded him lhat Mr I Carter had undertaken to elect a President Presi-dent eight years ago and nolwlih standing the enormous campaign fund he had at his command bo had fyilled to make good his promise1 Mr Turner lien sharply orllicised the Republican leaders for forcing adjournment adjourn-ment when there were public measures demanding ntlenllon These Included the Nicaraguan canal Jlll theanti trust bill and the eighthour bill Mr Hnle explained the disagreement with the House on ocean and lake stir eys Speaking of the refusal of the i I House to accept the conclusion of Iho conference committee he ald he did not believe that the Senate should surrender sur-render all Its rights Mr Halo moved that the Senate insIst upon Its amendments amend-ments nd grant UIQ conference required re-quired by l the House This was done and on motion of Mr Halo the Senate at 10140 p m adjourned until 11 oclock tomorrow |