Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-13
TILTINC OF THE SENATORS.
SU0GESxTONS OF rOSsIREE rnEASUR2
 DEFARTMH1sT COLLUSfOM


 Serious Indirect Charges and Insinuas
 lions Against Treasury Department
 Methods Uttered In Tho Senate-Sena.
 tors Beck and Cockrell to the Roscue.
 WASHINGTON, Juno 13.-In the Senate yes. tnr,iay tho resolution offered previously by Nr. Stewart, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the offers and purchases of bonds since April, 1888, with the names, &c.; was taken up and discussed, MT. C'ckrell having moved to amend by striking out the names. MT. Stewart argued against tlie amendment. He expressed the belief that some persons had secret advantages in tn" matter, that they deal from the bottom n!l the timc, that they packed the cards" and h. wanted to know who these "secret part ners of the Governme nt" were.
 MT. Beck thought the amendment to strike out the names was eminently proper. The statement called for would show whether bids wers made at any lower rates than were actu- ally paid for bonds.
 Mr. Stewart asked whether Mir. Beck sup posed that the Treasury books would not show everything to he regular. Did he not know it to be possible to have the word passed around that somo individual had the ear of tho Secretary, and that tho bonds should be offered through him7 Tho people had a right to know with whom tho Govern ment was dealing.
 MT. Beck said the Senator from Nevada would not rise and say that he believed, or had any reason to believe, that the Secretary of the Treasury had refused any bid that was one-eighth, or one-tonth or one-hundredth part of ono per cont. lower than he actually paid. The Senator would not avow that. It was not true. Therefore no good could come of publishing the name. Nothing but evil would como of 1t, because men would be dat .loS AS>~f~ own names, md would have recourse to brokers, thus adding to the cost.
 MT. CockreM said the Senator from Nevada would not dare to chs rge misconduot on the part of the Secretary of the Treasury.
 Mir. Stewnrt-"I will say this: that tho last campaign was run on the issue of opening the books, and now u at they are open want to keep thsn open."
 Mir. Cockrell-"T That is 6 very .pitiful sub terfuge in answer tp C, direct question. The Senator from Nevada has been attempting by indirect means--moans unworthy of 6ena- tor to cast iasinuations without having the manhood or courage to make direct charge. Every bit of tho infot nation which the reso- lution calls foris pul3ished in the newspapers every day, and he knows 1t. It is nothing but morbid curiosity that would ask for the publication of names. It seems to me that the whole pSoCessis l., tbe,intereet of corpo. rations aud trusts. aad dat&neMAple object is to bring before tho bondh6defeNho names and addresses of the great oorposations and trusts that arc otfeiilg bonNato the A6yern- ment so that indi3: ddals' may eeSd their bonds to thenas' ,- "That rea8sutie1 s not in the. .jeterast of the honest pScp,e6 tde, ,c09AirS N1n @6S have small apounfs Of bop6 tO.onftxb fhe Government, but Nis In fhe intesek .e1 the corporations aad tiuktrand monop0dses. It is cheap way of advertising them at the public expense. should think they could l offord to pay round sum of money for the passage of this resolution, and, doubtless if they were called upon they wouM contribute good. rouRa sum tq the campaign fun&"