The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-13
SENATORIAL SENSATIONS.
The Sugar Stock Scandal MuSt Wait
on the Tariff.

Bill.
Washington. March al2-The Vice
President being still absent, the Senate
was presided over to-day by Mr.. Harris,
its official president pro TEN.
After some routine morning business.
Mr.. Blanchards credentials were pre-
sented by his colleague, MIR Gallery, and
read, and then Mr. Blanchard, escort
ed by his colleague, went to the
Vice Presidents chair and took the
oath of office, as administered to
him by the presiding officer.
Attention was called by Mr.. Mander-
son, rep, Of Nebraska TO the ne
culiar language of the commissiou-that
Mr.. Blanchard was appointed a repre-
sentative in the Senate of the United
States" There was no such Office. MIR,
Manderson said, known to the constitu-
tlon. The ollice was that of a senator of
the United States-nOt a representative
in the Senate. He suggested thar
amended credentials be substituted.
Mr.. Dolph, rep, of Oregon, also called
attention to the fact that the credentials
spoke Of Mr. Blanchard being appointed
to perform certain duties. The Constitu-
tlOn ana law, he said. provided for the
CIRCULARS DENOUNCED.
Attention was also called by Mr.. Dolph
and by Mr.. Cockrell dem, of Missouri.
TO the circulars of a firm of Washington
claim agents, Harvey Spaulding Il Co.
to purchasers of Northern Pacific rail
road lands, and to postmasters all over
the country as to their salaries, which
circulars were denounced by those sena-
tors as gross fraud and a swindle. and
one for which the parties should be pros
ecuted and published
A substitute for the tariff bill was in
troduced by Mr.. PETER, and he gave no.
tlce that he would seek an early oppor-
tunity of addressing the Senate on the
subject.
An amendment to the tariff bill was
also given notice of by Mr. Gallinger,
rep, OF New Hampshire, to the effect
that the bill should be operative, so far
as importations from Canada were CON
cerned, only upon proclamation by the
President; and that a commission should
be appointed looking to freedom of com
merclal intercourse with Canada
SPECULATION IN SUGAR STOCK.
The resolution offered last Friday by
Mr. PETER for the Investigation of news
paper statements as to some senators
having been engaged n stock jobhing spec
ulatlons In sugar certificates, and having
made large profits therefrOm was laid
before the Senate, and as MIR German
moved to lay the resolution on the table.
both senators were notified by the presid-
ing oncer that as the resolution created
a charge against the contingent fund it
could not be considered for any purpose
until 1t had been referred TO the commit
tee on contingent expenses.
The objection was immediately re-
moved by Mr.. PETER modifying the reso-
luton by eliminating such portion of it as
required expense to be incurred and
then Mr. PETER addressed the Senate.
stating his reason for Offering the resolu-
ton. He said that during the last few
weeks there had been gossip in the news
papers, gossip in the street, gossip in the
capitol and gossip in the Senate chamber.
as TO influences which had been operating
IN the Senate to prevent certain lines of
legislation. That gossip had become so
intense and so widespread that he
had felt humiliuted panied and wounded.
lie had waited and hesItated for several
days wondering what ought TO be done,
and had finally concluded that it was his
duty to call the matter to the attention of
the Senate. He was not always friendly
to the metropolitan newspaper press: but
those papers were among the great DOW
ers Of the country and of the world. for
doing good as well as for doing harm. He
knew nothing personally as to the truth
OF the charges and had no information on
the subject, but he thought that the reso-
luton should be speedily adopted.
GoRMAN SPEAKS IN OPPOSITION.
Mr.. German denounced the practice of
bringing to the attention of the Senate
all the newspaper gossip rejecting on
senator's or the Senate. Ut seemed 10
him as if there was an organized as wen
unorganized attempt encouraged in quar-
ters where it should receive no encour-
aCement, to belittle and degrade the
Senate He was sorry to say that on
some occasions the senate had been forced
To undue and haSty, il not imprudent
action in such matters. Now that a
great measure was pending. which his
party was pledged 10 pass in some form.
these attacks upon senators seemed
10 Se renewed; and he was amazed that
any senator should feel it his duty
10 bring these newspaper statements
TO the at entiOn of the Senate. Whatever
might be the motive of the senator from
Kansas, Mr.. German thought that the
best judgment of the country would te
that senator who was cOnsl ious of his
own integrity, and who had a proper an
probation of The Senate, ought 10 know
that such resolution was out of place.
ana ought never 10 nave been offered
The public press in nearly every state in
the union was anxious for speedy action
on the tariff and the Senate was called
upon TO pass the bill, even when il had
not yet reached the portals Of the Senate.
If the Senate were to stop in the dis
charge of this great duty to investigate
these idle, OUTRAGEOUS and infamous
charges, legislation would not proceed
and the senators on the democratic side
OF the chamber would not be able to dis
charge the duty which they had promised
TO the country.
THE PROPOSITION DENOUNCED.
He denounced the proposition OF in
and trusted that the Senate
would come back to its old-time course of
action. If the senator from Kansas. or
any other senator believed that the vindi-
cation of himself was necessary, that
senator might ask for an Investigation.
and later on when the Senate had dis
charged its public duties, he (Gorman)
would consent to have such charges taken
up and investigated. The Senate would
deliberate upon it freely, as it had always
done. 1t would consider the bill in
broad spirit Of Americanlsm, and he
hoped that the Senate would amend
1t as IL ought to be
amended. He had no doubt that, when
the finance committee reported il TO the
Senate. the bill would be in better shape
than it left the House. Senators on the
democratic side OF the chamber could not
afford to be diverted by pretended friends