Evening journal., 1894-03-13
AGAINST BLAND'S BILL.
A Broadside. of Speeches From
Opposing Senators.
WANT NO PETER INVESTIGATION,

Mr. blanchard OF Louisiana Assumes jus
tice whites Seat I'm the Senate The
BreclSinridge-P Pollard Trial Is Eniiyehed
10y "a Personal Encounter.
WASHINGTON, March IS. S.-The most in
leresting feature of the days proceedings
ki the senate was the administration Oi the
9stb TO Mr. Blanchard. the recently ap-
pointed senator from Louisiana.
When the segniorage bill was laid be.
fore She senate. Mr.. Villas took up his ar
yumcnt against il at the point where he
eif OF on Friday. lie was followed by
Mr.. Allison, who spoke In the same strain.
aud by Mr.. Wolcott of Colorado, who op
posed the motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill passed its third reading
not so much. lac declared, because lac was
opposed to amendments TO it as because he
wanted IL to serve as a lesson to those who
had wanted to use it merely as a cats paw
10 keep the tariff bill out of the senate.
During the morning hour Mr. PETERS
resolution looking TO an investigation OF
the charges published in the press that
senators were dealing in stocks on infor
nation gained in their official positions
was laid on the table by yea and nay
declared their opposition to noticing the
charges alleged against senators.
PETER Hears Gossip.
Mr.. PETER, in the course of his remarks,
said that for some time past there had been
gossip in the papers, gossip ON the streets.
gossip in the capitol relative tothe dealing
Of senators in Wall street stocks, and hr
thought it necessary to take some cogni-
Gance of these rumors.
While he didn't love the metropolitan
newspapers. he realized that they were "a
powerful factor for good as well as for
evil, and he had felt humiliated and pained
10y the charges made in them and hoped
some one else would bring them to the at
tention of the senate. but finally. when
the charges became so specific in their
character and 50 virulent in their nature.
he felt impelled to introduce the resolu-
tion which he had presented.
Mr. German Of Maryland opposed the
resolution in a vigorous speech, in which
he said there appeared 20 be a strong and
well organized effort to belittle and de
grade the senate of the United States, and
he regretted that on some occasions it had
h2d the effect Of forcing the senate into
nasty if not imprudent action
Let senators on both sides of the cham
Der, said Mr. German, without respect
10 party, vindicate themselves by resent
ing the attempt to bring in the resolution
presented by the senator from Kansas. II
the senator from Kansas thinks he need :
yindication, let hhn ask for an inyestiga-
lion of himself
In the House.
The day in the house was devoted entire
fft uf .Iffr T..
the extension Of the time for allowing %
street railroad company in this city r.
change its system of motive power. Ac-
eording to an net passed several years ago
the street railroads of the district were re
quired to change their motive systems
from horsepower to either cable, storage
battery OF underground electric. All but
the Metropolitan road complied with the
provisions of the law. That road claimed
the cable was too expensive and tried the
, storage battery system, but this proved u
failure. .,f,r
I The debate rapidly drifted into a discus
: sson'ef the merits of the cable and the AN
foreground electric system, and it was bold
! ly charged that the General Electric and
Westinghouse companies, which held stocl,
In almost all the overhead trolley lines.
2 had retained all the prominent electric ell
E gineers in the country and would not spare
money to prevent a practical demonstr,i-
lion of the feasibility of the Underground
{ electric now in operation at Buda-Pesth
aud for a short distance ON the outskirts oi
this city. To prevent this Mr.. Walkerpro.
{ posed TO restrict Sire motive system to De
r used by the Metropolitan road to under
{ ErouEd electric. No conclusion was reach
r a. Today the house viii so on with th,
o sundry civil appropriation bill.