The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-08
Senator Hoar Objects to the
Attorney Generals Suit.
Ne WANTS A SENATE ,nou,av.
senator Voorhees, Pays Q Tribute ia
the Dead Philanthropist.
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dfaa Schools.

wAsHixorcs crrs. June THE action
OF the attorney general in claiming SIS
opo. 90 from the estate Of the late Leland
Stanford occupied the attention of the
senate until the tariff bill was taken up
today. The question arose upon rssosu-
sion introduced by Hoar instructing the
essnmistee on Judiciary 10 pass upon the
equity Of the claim. Hoar said the gov
ernment ought ~ once TO decide the aues-
non OF extinguishing and putting thi.
claim at rest He did not suppose.
he said, that any. one seriously sup
posed the government had = claim
against the Stamford estate, and il was
the proper duty Of the judiciary committee
TO inquire whether this alleged claim vas
founded on technica,ity or upon Law and
equity. Hoar recited the benefactions
under the viii Of Stanford, and added: If
the government had . claim Of SIS. .O00. GOO.
that vas only 20 cents apiece for the in
habitants Of the United States to whom
Mr.. Stanford had consecraied his large
estate, and Il ought not to embarrass the
last years of his widow and cripple and
perhaps destroy the great gift he had made
for the benefit Of the poor by seeking to
press it,
No one. Mr.. blackburn said In reply.
felt more deeply than he the public spirit
manifested BY his late associate In devot-
ing so much TO educational purposes. But
the question wss, did he own the estate
or had he sought to divert to this high
purpose an estate that belonged to the
United States. The attorney general has
already taken steps to determine this
question. and it was the first time he had
ever heard of either house Of congress at
tempting to stay the hand Of the law off,
GERS of the government While by its ex-
pressed terms the resolution applied only
to the Stanford estate, IL the claim against
the Stanford estate WAS relinquished. and
set at rest the claim against Hopkins.
Croker aud Huntington must b released
also.
Hoar ,nsisted that this did not neces-
sarily follow. The resolution was one Of
pure inquiry.
Are We 10 understand" +" inquired Voor-
hees. ''that this proceeding on the part of
the United States il an attempt to hold
the Stanford estate for the mortgage the
government holds against the Central Pa
cific2'
NO." replied HoaI; sit il proceeding
under California statute on the ground
OF . stockholders liability. Aftsr the first
and second mortgages fall due. unless sat-
isfied. the stockholders become individu-
ally liable"
Before taking my seat desire to say"
said Voorhees,, "that Leland Stanford 10
the only very rich man l have ever known
whose simplicity and sublimity Of charac-
ter was not touched or debased by wealth.
His was the same simple, kindly, devoted
nature that exists elsewhere without the
corrupting inf1uencs OF wealth."
The tariff bill was then taken up. Har-
ris, pursuant to an agreement reached az
ter some consultation with the Republican
leaders. sprang surprise on many of the
senators in the shape Of proposition to
proceed with schedule q, agricultural
products; II, spirits and other beverages:
/. cotton. and J. fiax, hemp and jute, un.
der the fivs-minute rule. This would
have carried the senate to schedule X,
wool and woolens, under fast marching
orders, and it seemed a. If there
would be no objection. Harris
said that after consultation ON both sides
of the senate he INDUCED in the hope
that this agreement would be reached. II
it was, he said. it would put an end to the
controversy about night sessions. While
the matter was being informally discussed
Quay entered the chamber and asked what
IL all meant. On being told il was q re-
quest for unanimous consent to limit de-
bate he said, II object" Having thus
abruptly smashed the proposed truce he
walked out into the marble room.
The senate then proceeded with debate
on the bill. The discussion continued
until $50. when . vote was had on the
finance committee amendment, fixing the
rate on oatmeal at Is per cent. and exclud-
ing il from the reciprocity provision Of the
paragraph. It was adopted.