Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-02
reported from the committee on finance
on August Goth.
BITTER PERSONAL CONTROVERSY.

The closing debate was marked by
the most bitter personal controversy
that has occurred since the debate began.
Last Saturday, Senator Wolcott, in re-
ferring to the statement OF Mr.. Wash
burn, some weeks ago, as to how Senator
Carey, (Wyo.) would vote, had spoken
of it as the Senator from Minnesota's
profTer of the vote Of the Senator from
Wyoming.
Senator Carey rose to make personal
statement. He said he had not taken ex-
ceptions to the statement made by Sen
ator Washburn, though he understood |
it was not in accordance with the Gus
tom of the Senate for one Senator to say |
anything about how any other Senator
would vote. Saturday, however, the
Senator from Colorado, Mr.. Wolcott,
had spoken of the Senator from Mime
sofa proffering the vote of the Senator
from Wyoming, and he could not over
look that deliberate statement. He con-
trasted the statement of the Senator
from Minnesota, made in the heat OF
| debate, with the deliberate statement of
the Senator from Colorado, who, retired
| from the world, wrote out his speeches,
committed them to memory and recited
| them with dramatic effect and change
|
| length defined his position on the pend
ing bill.
Senator Wolcott, who is credited with
having the sharpest tongue in the Senate,
sat in his scat until Senator Carey had
concluded, and when he then rose every
one listened with suppressed excitement
for his answer He referred sarcastically
to Senator Carey's silence during the
debate, and said he thought possibly the
State of Wyoming had ceased entirelyto
be represented in the Senate and had
entrusted her proxy to the Senators
from Minnesota. He alluded to the re-
marks Of Senator Carey, as to his
methods of preparing his speeches and
as to his apparel as petty, mean and
small. He regretted that there were
men to whom clean linen was offensive
and he was sorry to find that Senator
Carey was one of them. He apologized
to the Senate for noticing such small
matter, saying, as he sat down, that
there was an old Spanish proverb that
, fitted the case exactly, and that was
that il was waste of lather to shave an
ass.
1t is seldom that such language as
that used by Senator Wolcott has been
,. heard on the floor of the Senate. Digni-
! fed old Senators like Messrs. Hoar and
/ Morrill, looked with amazement upon
5 the audacious young man from Colo
e RADIO as he sat down with self-satisfied
smile.
Senator Carey was ON his feet again
q q at once and he kept up the personalities
/ by intimating that Senator Wolcott
0 made a practice of asking the door
keeper not to take cards into Senators
while he was speaking so that he could
% have an attentive audience. He said
: Colorado was interfering too much in
v the business of other people and was
8 not devoting enough time to her own
= business. He had letter on his desk
y from citizen of Denver telling him
a that all the money in Colorado would
Il be expended to ruin HIM ii he persisted
in his determination to vote for the bill
e He then said he had never gone about
70 the Senate offering to trade his vote on
l. one measure for u vote on another
measure, alluding to the general under
standing that there was trade of votes
I, between the silver men and the oppo
Il nents of the Force bill in the 51st Con
q gress.
n This brought Senator Harris to hi
l. feet with all emphatic denial that there
is had been any agreement OF any kind.
Senator Carey went on to say he hac
no apology to make to the Senator from
h, Colorado, as the course of that Senato
70 had been undignitied and dishonorable
10 Senator Washburn, the innocent cause
m of all the trouble, rose to pour oil on th'
~ troubled waters by expressing his regre
ct for the occurrence. lie had made thu
70 statement us to the vote of the Senate
~ from Wyoming in the heat of debate IL
" reply to pointed question from tn
to Senator from Colorado, MIR. Wolcott
as and he had regretted it at once. IL
Id apologiZed to the Senate for having
=, "A madeNthe statement.
,h Senator Teller would not let ii en-,
ne there, but declared there was no trutl
ee az in the charge made by the Senator from
ID Wyoming that there had been trade o
by votes at the time the Force bill was de
b. feated. He gave his version of tina
IN affair, and declared that he believed tn
eTr Senator from Wyoming knew there wa
Of no truth in the charge when he made i
Senator Carey was rising to his feet
reply to this attack when the Vice
II President recognized Senator Dubois
tn who cut the matter off by going on
make his final speech on the bill, whic
n, was similar in tene to those made b
~ the other men from the silver States.
IT. The first amendment of the day wa
n- then introduced bvEenator Stewart.
nd was voted down without roll-call.
er Senator Pasco of Florida, then offere
an amendment in the nature of subst
g, tute. This was also voted down. Sent
TO tor Jones of Nevada, then took the f1oc
Jr to conclude his long speech.
Ia SENATOR HARRIS WANTED HIS DINNEl
ed After he had been speaking for abol
ne half an hour Senator Harris of Tel
''n 'nr nessee, brought on the second excitin
scene of the day. He asked Senate
Jones to yield to him, and he the
ho moved that the Senate adjourn.
mn Senator Faulkner asked him not
pt, insist on that motion, as il was the d.
'si- sire of most of the Senators to reach
he vote to-day.
eat The Senator from Tennessee insistt
ms on his motion, however, in way tn
w was painful to his friends, but amusir
s.S to every one else. He insisted it WI
las dinner time and he wanted to go hom
rds He wanted an adjournment and not
of recess. The record showed that Il
op- Senate was still doing business on u
lds legislative day of Tuesday October 1T
~ ..s This was a sham. 1t was a lie. III
50 Senator's friends tried to get him to {
down, but he would not, and his motto
for was finally put and voted down. /
er- demanded the ayes and nays and /
aw sisted on talking.
his Senator Voorhees, appealed to him
| 1rnira To allLa1,r thla hlisiInss of the Snna