St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
MONTANA'S MANTLE.
Will Not Hold a Seat in the
United States Senate.
THE VOTE RESULTED IS TO 80.
Conduct of Banks in Refusing
to Pay Dapositors
CRITICISED IN THE SENATE.
German and Washburn De-
fend National Banks.
CRITICISED IN THE SENATE.
PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSES.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-In the SEN
ate today the committee OH privileges
and elections reported in favor Of seat
ing Lee Mantle as senator from
Montana.
Arguments against the adoption of
the report and the admission of Mr..
Mantle were made by Mr.. Galiinger
(Rep., N. H.) and Mr.. Platt (Rep.,
Comm Mr.. Turpie (Dem., Ind.) and
MIR. Chandler tRep., N. H. replied to
some of Mr. Platt's points; and MIR.
Pasco Oem., Florida) replied to MI
Chandler.
Mr. Hawley (Rep., Comm argued in
favor OF the resolution.
The debate was closed by Mr.. Hoar
Rep.. Mass.) in favor of the majority
report. Then at 5:l5 the vote was
Vance (Dem., N. c. declaring MIR.
Mantle not entitled to the seat. The
vote resulted, yeas 35. nays 80. SO the
subject was agreed TO.
The following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Berry, Blackburn, Catfery,
Coke, Cullom, Dixon, Faulkner, Gal
linger, George, Gibson, Gray, Harris,
Kyle, Lindsay, Mcmillan, Mcpherson,
Henderson, Mills, Mitchell (Oregon),
Mitchell wisconsin,, Murphy, Palmer,
Pasco, PETER, Platt, Proctor, Sans ON,
Smith, StOckbridge, Vance, Vest, Villas,
Washburn. White California;, and
White U0uisiana}-35.
Nays-Bate, Butler, Cameron, Carey,
Daniel, Davis, Dubois, Frye, Hans
brough, Hawley, Higgins. Hill, Hoar,
Hunter, Irby, Jones (Arkansas). Jones
(Nevada), Lodge, Martin. Perkins,
Power, Pugh, Roach, Shoup, Squire,
Stewart, Teller. Turpie, Walthall and
Walcott-30.
Mr.. Henderson. Republican, Nebraska,
who. had changed his vote from nay to
yea, in order to make a motion to re-
consider, made that motion.
A motion TO lay the motion to recon
slider OH the table was made by Mr..
Vance, but no action was taken on it.
leaving the Mantle case still open for
tomOrrow's session.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. PETER Pop, Kan, inquirng of the
secretary of the treasury as to the COLI
duet of national banks in refusing to
pay promptly in currency the checks of
their deD0st0rS was taken up, and a
motion TO refer it to the committee OH
finance was made by Mr. Hoar Rep.,
NasS.,) who said that in a time of pop
ulaI distress and panic. the comptroller
of the currency should not be compelled
80 drive national banks up 10 the strict
letter of the law. The president had
appointed as comptroller of the cur
Tency man believed by him TO be a
clear-headed, capable man, who had not
been banker or Specuator or dealer in
credus, and this Office had not thought
1T best whenever any national banks
had failed 10 comply with the strict and
extreme letter of the law in dealing
with their customers, to bring them
Up TO the Rack.
He thought it well to wait week or
ten days before 'poking into that Ques-
ton too much"
Mr.. Voorhees, (Dem., Ind.). chairman
of the finance committee, favored the
reference of the resolution, and prom
ised that it would not be buried in the
committee.
MIR. Kyle pop. S. d y argued against
the reference. which he said would only
mean the burying of the resolution. In
the course of his remarks he spoke of
the secretary of the treasury sending
Information ''gratuitouSly'' to the sena-
tors-referring to Mr.. CarliSle's letter as
TO the cost of change of silver coin
age. This insinuation was taken up by
Mr.. White (Dem., La. }, who asked Mr..
Kyle whether he knew that the secre-
tary had not been addressed in writing
on the subject. Mr.. Kyle had no knowl
edge on the subject. Mr.. Vest, how
ever, quoted from the letter to show
that it was written after conversation
with Mr.. Voorhees,. This senator eX
pected that as chairman of the finance
committee he had called upon the sec
retary of the treasury to ask him as tc
the advisability of silver coinage at the
ratio of 20 to l, and after the conversa
ton, had requested him 10 put his oh.
jectiOns in writing.
fdr. Hill Dem., n. V opposed the
reference, and insisted on the adoption
of the resolution directly by the senate
He did not assume that the comptrollel
of the currency had
Violated the Law.
although the senator from Massachu
settS (NIr. Hoarl had said that it wa
likely or probable that officer had il
some slight aud trivial respect violated
the law of the land.
Mr.. HOar denied having said anything
of the kind.
Mr.. Manderson Rep., Neb.) was no
prepared to say that the technical viola
ton Of law by the national banks O
New York, Philadelphia and Bostoi
was not perfectly justifiabIe in the pres
ent deplorable condition of the country
But he did not agree with the senate
from Massachusetts that it was well t
cover up from the judgment of the peo
pie exactly what course was being pur
sued by the banks.
Mr.. Mcpherson Dem. n. j. favore
lhe reference of the resolution. and sal
that if there had been any technica
violation of law by the banks tn
finance committee would inveStigat
and report it.
MI Wolcott Rep.. COLI opposed tn
reference of the resolution because h
thought that the finance committe
would report that it was of the utmos
Importance to have the information
but tnat owing to the condition Of al