The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-09
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES OF
BRIBERY.
Senator Chandler Makes Some Pointed
Statements and Gives a New Version
~ of the Wilson Letter-Funston
of Kansas Seated.


senate, the sundry civil service hav-
ing been passed today after three
days discussion. The most important
amendments adopted today were the
increase of the quarintene fund from
$624,0O0 to 81 100000.
Among the petitions presented was
one from members of the United States
industrial army now encamped near
r. " ashington, which Mr.. PETER pre-
{ sented. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on immigration and labor.
The report of the conference on the
District of Columbia appropriation
bill was agreed to.
The Hatch anticipation bill was re-
ported to the senate by Mr.. Wash
burn from the committee on agricul-
ture and placed on the calender. Mr..
George objected to the bill because he
considered it inadequate to accom-
plish the desired reform.
N Mr.. Gray, chairman of the special
z committee 10 investigate the charges
Z Hof bribery against senators, presented
the unanimous report of the commit
tee. BY the resolutions of June IL,
the committee WAS also Instructed 10
/. investigate certain charges against
emoers of both houses in regard to
o construction and charter privi'
ttes of street railways in the District
i, Columbia, but no evidence or tesJl-
u ony had been submitted to the COM
- mittee and ne therefore asked tnat
they be discharged tromturther duty,
under the resolution OF May ~.
Messrs, Lodge and Davis, Republic
cans, and Mr.. Davis, Populist, made
supplemental reports. Objection was
made by Mr.. Chandler to the request
of the committee to be disch arged, at
least until the report cauld be read
and examined, and accordingly the
request went on the table for the
present.
The following house bills were then
passed: Placing James William AL
bert on the retired list of the army
with the rank of major of engineers;
placing Charles B. Stivers on the re-
tired list of the army as captain OF
infantry: changing the lines between
the Eastern and Western judicial
district of North Carolina as beiore;
the relief of George b. Cosby; to do
nate tour condemned cannon OF the
navy to Sac City, Ia, to be placed at
Ithe pedestal of the soldiers monu'
Bment. and for the construction of a
military road from Ell Paso to Fort
Bliss.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Chandler directing special COM
mittee to investigate the Dominion
Coal company of Nova Scotia, whether
it was organized or is being conducted
in the expectation that congress
would repeal the tariff of coal;
if any of the officers of the
Government are interested in the
com pany and whether any assurance
NA2natIany duty would be removed were
! given the company, and II 30 VINO
\ gave such assurances and what cps
are being taken to fulfill the assur.
ances. was laid before the senate and
MIR. Chandler urged its adoption. Mr..
Chandler claimed that John E. Rus
sell of Massachusetts avOwed his con-
nection with the Dominion Coal COM
pany and was to,be an avOWed partlcl-
pant in the profits to come to he COM
pany from the removal OF the DUTY
from coal. He came on to Washing
ton to give counsel and advice to the
a,resident and urge him to stand fast
& IN the Democratic principle OF Tree
Goal. The president then wrote let
ter. without addressing it to anyone
in particular, dating it July as sort
of stock in trade or a charge OF dyna'
mite. to be launched without warming
on some unsuspecing person. 1t was
accordingly sent to Mr.. Wilson and
after due course of time and after an
agonizing birth (who was the &C.
,coucher at the event he did not
know. it saw the light of day very
much to the surprise of the senator
from Maryland (Gorman) and the sen
+ ator from Tennessee (Harr1s) he
n thoupht that Mr.. John E. Russell, the
adviser of the president on the re.
moval of the duty from coal, Would
hear investigation and he believed
N that the facts which had been sup
mitted not only warranted the senate
investigating charges but required II
8 to do 80. Leaving the subject OF coal
VI he took up the question OF sugar, and
4 ,t-sraipned the senate for its action IN
u MNsting on the differential duty
- Wen to refiners. Speaking OF the
.,&e diffsrential as the 1-8c donation
no the trust, whose president, Mr.
Havemeyer, admitted having poured
ont its money like water
The question was then put on the
motion by Mr.. Hill to lay the Cnand
Ter resolution on the table and the
vice president declared it carried, put
Mr., Chandler subsequently, asked tina,
the vote be reconsidered, and this
being done, the motion to lay on III the
tabIe was defeated, 16 to 80. The
resolution went to the calendar undel
the rules and will require a vote OF the
senate to bring it up for consloefa
ton. -, . 4bor,
taken up. mendments were adopted
to nav the widows of the late senator TO
Vance of North Carolina and stock
bridge of Michigan, $4,000; the appro-
priation for quarantine purposes wa wa
Increased. by 1916 COO, so as TO naAt
the total, 100000 an aren oao EN-
y-1s adopted Ito grant l'oVO.OCU
% 0f surveyed desert lands
y zach of the states TO which the