The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-13
WASHINGTON NEWS.
TIE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE
FOR THE PAST WEEK.
Mr.. HATCH'S ANTI-0PTl0N BILL
Before the House Commiitee-Mr. Smiths
Record Discusted-senatOrs Speculat-
ing on Suaar-Other Matters.

hearing before the mouse committee
on agriculture on the Hatch anti-optlon
bill have been going on for two Gays. Inc
presidents of the cotton exchanges nave
been heard. All advocates Oh the measure
will Likewise be heard.
Mr.. Hatch who is chairman of the COM
mittee, says he will give all sides hearing.
Then he says the committee Will report the
hill and rush it through. He thinks the
report from the committee will be almost
unanimous.
New Mexico knocks.
Yesterday Mr.. Joseph, the delegate from
New Mexico to the house OF representa-
lives. attempted to call up and pass the Dill
edmittina New Mexico under suspension
of the rules. The republicans fought IL oy
declining to vote No quorum wilhou. cd 10
was present and Mr.. Joseph was 1oreeu ~
withdraw it. ,,.
The New Mexico bill. by the repunli9iaah;S s
is looked upon as a party measure: lii
a democratic territory ana osea az senator's
be certain to send two democratic ii;aons
when admitted TO statehood the lepupi I al
fight the bill whenever it SHOWS Us i Hc"o
This action on the part of the feptaoiilr. ~
shows also etlat they intend 10 pers Io ~ ~
doing everything to force the ueno o'.l, M
TO adopt Reeds plan of couti'.ns d1o ats
Jt is probable. however, that the ot'ilio 80
vii devise some better method of putting
an end to sucn tactics as the Npu
have been persisting in OF iate.
DiscUasi1H; Mr. Smiths Rccor"'
NJ uanhurn of Iowa, republican. in
speech upon the penson bill! IN thg no''t 20
Yesterday devoted much OF MS tlnne ,.c ~
Secretary Hoke Smith whose peilst' abnsive
ae ridiculed. There was nothing aCu a7io,
Of Secretary Smith in The speech, ou' 1A"Oi
that created laughter on the lioor, 20 NJ
Much of the speech was deyoteu 10 ~
smitiis account of MS own life as printed
in the congressional directory lie hiaue
much fun of Mir. Smiths statemeh tndt ne
15tee adn7ifted TO the bar at the age or
seventeen, but after being admitted TO the
bar devoted himself to the study o. law.
Then he took up Mr.. smith IS sta'e sl
that he did not wait for a case 70 1917 i
the law applicable to it. but stud-ed law
10 be ready for any case in Which ne HilSht
be employed and commented upon II al
length 70 the amusement OF the mouse
Lastly, Mr. Hepburn read that me OF MI.
smiths life in which he says, And never
held political office until apponreu SeI,e
tary CT the interior by Presldent Cle eye
land" and turning TO the democratic slae
u1eqrfv and sarcastiCally said; Inc peopie
In Georgia su:elv knew him.
C01onei LIVINGSTON was not in the house
at +ha time or he would have defended the
secretary of the interior. CoioneI Lon ma mas
done that very thing, ever since the coh--
yers postoffice fight. He is the recognized
Champion of the secretary of the interior.
Smooth SeasI:ips.
The new ships of the navy are swing the
1en9r5n,enr much trouble. 1t seems TO be
. settled fact mat the new battleshlpS,
Indiana Massachusetts ara oregon, are
4op-heavy nd dangerous: VITA tneT pres
rnr batteries they ara liable 70 Keel oNef
ana sink in 4 heavy blow. TO correct this
80 '-af navel constructor has recommend
aI the removal OF several eieht-nch guns
from thu decks Of each But the ofncerS
Of the department VINO designed the vessels
arr ~ -=..ls vigorous protests and declare
the vessels are rot top-heaVY.
AurCroS the new navy, tins congress
seef7s 10 be against increasing It Just now
Secretary Herbert has recommended the
construction Of several new vessels, put
the congressional leaders have spoken
against il and the naval bill VIII be re-
ported to tn house without any provisions
To rTec,ly rll
mos row under construction this bill viii
have to larry an appropriation of more
than go 10000.
Senators play the Sugar Market
WASHING. on. D. c., March = Special j
PERHAPS the one thing that more than
anv other forced the finance committee
10 report the tariff bill at once. was the
publication this morning that senators on
the committee We're speculatinS ana were
holding il back for that purpose.
The publication in The New ork word
mentioned Senators Mcpherson, Vest and
Brice as specializing largely on sugar stock.
Taa publication created a scene on the
floor of the senate this morning.
Senator Mcpherson declared that he had
not bought sugar for many weeks. About
FIVE weeks ago he had bought a thousand
shares, but sold it at a loss as he tel
that he could not. in justice to himself,
hold stock that would be affected by leg
iSlatiOn
Senator Vest denounced the story as a
malicious falsehood, and declared that he
had neither bought nor sold sugar.
Senator Bcice had the good sense to say
nothing. OF course everybody knows that
all WASHINGTON has been specuiating in
sugar recently. \ well-defined rUmor has
It that the number of senators is not limited
to one or a half dozen. or even a dozen.
You Re Bric.c Did Net hose.
Some have made money and much of il.
but those who went short" have dropped
small fortunes. The senators have per
haps been on both sides. Some have made
and some have lost But, Of course, all
would deny having been into it if forced
TO make . statement and they could do
so easily for no senator would buy openly
Tor himself
The state Bank Bill.
While all interest is now i'll the senate,
and VII ne Tor two weeks, the house is
cons iCerln@ approx ration bills. At the end
ter-iol o. the country. After appropriation
bills me banking tad currency committee
is TO nave the right OF way. The bill re-
IeTins clearing house certificates, issued
duTluS the panic, from taxation is TO be
called TIP. And the bill repeating the 10
per cent tax on the issue Of state banks is
TO be offered as an amendment TO it. This
has been agreed 0P0n.
OF course the fight over this measure is to
be a hot one. The division on it is on the
line OF the division on silver, except all the
republicans and the populists are against
the state bank bill. The republicans as
parJE are against 1t. The pOpuliSts are
against it because its passage would rob
them Of Their stock III trade. There would
De plenty Of money in the country with
this bill a law. With plenty of money the
populisIs could no longer keep up their
bowling.
The southern and western democrats are
unanimous for II. The eastern democrats
as a rule are against it. The cuckoos as
a whole are against IL. Still the bill is
gaining il strength among the eastern
democrats and its leading advocates hope
to draw party lines so close on it that it
will 90 through. Indeed right now its
chances Of passage are growing more rosy
Fined Carnegie S145.OOO.
Washington. D. c.. March S-(Special -
Relative TO the Pittsburg report charging
collision Of inspectors in the matter Of
the Carnegie armor plates, Representative
Cumming, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs today said the renorts
from Pittsburg about cOlUson of govern
rnent officers in the manufacture of a1'r1or
wee incorrect. The Investigation deyaloDa1
nothing OF the kind There were certain ir-
In TWO departments at Homestead. These
Txorkmec informed the secretary Of the
navy of the fact and an investigation prov
ed that irregularities had existed. The
Carnegie company denied all knowledge of
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