The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-08
THE STAMFORD CLAIM.
SENATOR HOIN'S REMAEHABLE
dissolution or INQUIHf.
Very Little rroer - Made on the IA'ih
Biil-sevcral Set speeches Made.
bnf L'ilo Voting.

CIift4 INVENT. minutes o. 'iN i'-N' 'A''o
haf hour TO secure n quorum in the
senate to-day Then Air. Hoar offered
resolution direcuag The judiciary Com
mittee 90 inquire into the justice and
equity o.. the claim of the United States
aeainst the estate OF the lete Leland
stanford a~d 90 report as soon as may
Dc whether it SIS ex. ejien- chat such
calm shall be forthwith reinQuished and
put at rest.
It seemed T. him. Mr. Hoar said that
the Government ought a Cnce to n
slider the question OF bso.utely ie.in-
gushing ana putting the claim at rest.
lie ala not suppose that anybody had
ever seriously imag that sanford
estate was nab.c ior ihe bt ~ the
Central Pa,inc Railroad mpou- % me
Government. but Wletn-r .n rc "da
technical aim. or w-tt or t-trt wa
claim i9alcca 80 law and equity 81.
STANFORD great te. ate mad bees tcV3,e4
q "a pUllC u.rlOsc. 10 WAS one OF
the most iiu t-lous eXnMp es Il lu-lc
b.ncfaction te bad mes 6 CIR late es-
teefned ccl.ea ue s. the south r france
O. few month. before his death. aud when
t.e disons. waicl term ntfeQ his ne
Was air a.y becoming, -tcr. ana ntf.
: AMI % ltt tica eAgrts ei s. le-lhs
in re'au io tne s,ca, .ort y wA.eh
ne had acrunulated and r..rcd in mis-
simple fashion, his simple rC lsilus Ialth.
He said tlat he aid not care mucn for
the crc-4s " the clurcn iut mat oI
one INNS ne Was certain. t1tt t.e Orct-
tor OF The universe was % .Fol NJ ana
benelcient and had d.sUrIti 90 bis
creatures Tor happiness. I soil mat
ne bel eyed that with the er az re olrceS
az tnls country every American c.lA "a
ought 10 have without severe ond de-
grading labor. the n.ce-sd.i ana com
forts ~ Tie. and th1t his caildr ought
"a Ia
chafge Nr. Stanford had sp9ken %. he
devotiln n Of BIS properly, 90 lhat great
enn. ana had expressed the hope tnai
every child on the Pacihc coast Of the
poorest as well as o. the richest. eh u'd
receive q good education. Now whether
the Government had claim aga nsl
that estate or nor u was certain iNui
Il would fokc twelve or fifteen ye1rs t.
have n settled in the courts. It's pro co.,
tior would not merely distrcrs The cloe-
ing years m the life Of Sir stanford S
widow. chat was a personal question
which might not be considered IN the
performance II a public du'yl. but IL
would. perhaps impcfil. embarrass and.
perhaps. entirely destroy that great bene-
faction.
II there was socialism which had truth
or justice in Il. 10 was the socialism which
devoted the wealth OF the rich % the
education OF the poor. Vie maintained u'at
the Government Of the United states
ought. as soon as the proper legislation
question at rest and say that, without
affecting In the least the Government
claim against others. the devotion OF Mr..
Stanf0rd's wealth 20 the education or
the poor ~ the Pacific coast should take
immediate effect. without emhasSassrent
and without delay He hoped that the Ju-
dietary Committee of the Senate would
deal with the question az once, ana the
Senate would DO the same.
o'f~slu nY ME BLACKBURN.
Mr. Blackburn opposed the resolution
as unprecedented. in th, fact that IL di-
already asserted bN The proner officers Of
the Government. fie apprehcndel that all
senators shared in hearty admiration Of
Mr.. Stanford in the devotion OF his estate
. cduruion. But the question was
whether Mr. Stanford had given his own
property and his own estate or whether
he had diverted I5oW.e0 which did not
belong 10 him. and did belong 20 the
Federal Government The Attorney-Gen-
eral was reuortcd in the public press %
have already taken the preliminary steps
- test the question as 70 whether 10 was
Mr.. Stanford or the Government that had
furnished the Sl5.vU eo that went 10 the
building and endowment Of that great
educatorSl institution on the Pacific
Sp1hOard
This was the FIRST time he had eyer heard
of an attempt being made 10y either house
OF Congress 20 stay the hand OF law Oiii-
GERS Of the Government.
Mr.. HOar asserted there were many such
Jreccdents.
Mr.. Blackburn repeated that he had
FOUND no precedent f0r what was here
proposed. and he protested against A.
Until yesterday no senator knew that the
Attorney-General OF the United states
had taken any initlatory steps 10 enforce
the claim, but the resolution. Mr.. Black
burn said, went tu lner. IL II should be-
ascertained and reported toy the judiciary
Committee that the Government had no
should be rciinquished ana set az rest,
mat report would not stop with the claim
AGAINST the stanford estate alone. but
would apply TO the claim against hopkins,
and others.
The resolution went over without action
tIl tomorrow. and then the tariu DILL
which had been delayed nearly quarter
'f an hour. was taken up and set
sneacheS on the agricultural schedule
which had been reached yesterday. were
l- 10y Messrs. PETER. Gallinger and
Carey.
THE TARIFF Bill
10 was nearly o'clock when Mr.. Carey
--.l his speech. Then Mr.. Harris, in
I.r.amentary charge Of the bin, asked
BE-. rlmous consent in order 20 avoid
dr. 0t agricultural schedule g. and for
Jules II. L. and j tspirits and wines,
cotton manufactures and FAX. hemp, and
from paee 80 10 rage bs). the debate
q. each paragraph and ameWment. He
a-iei that after consultation with some
t-at0rs on both sides OF the chamber,
Dr. lrlllCcd the hope that such agree
r.' would be reached, and he thought
t.t D. reached II would avoid all neces-
tr any controversy about the
r 40 sessions
.-a was a general disposition mani |
30 the Republican side 10 accede |
81 larris proposition. but. ultimate |
ego. a heightened cOllOquy, objection |
-le by Mr.. Quay. and the whole /
r iel through. SIR. Aldrich then |
,+l himself 10 paragraph 10, put |
a duty OF - per cent ad Valorem |
.-. .hHleaf. corn or maize, corn meal, |
-H iye. rye flour. wheat and wheat |
ana Of 10 per cent on oat meal; /
.+. a-ulftug eacn Of those products free |
v- --.t .r0m any country which imposes
Hl.It duty on tne like product when
"' r.l from the United States. The Il /
.-r ou oat meal was onered as an /
rnt from the FINANCE COMMITTEE. |
"it-u-lts in favor OF striking out the /
-.. almltung these products free or 1
't.E -ll g The conditions proposed were |
.-it tr ACssrs. AidricA, Allison, Sher-
.-. eHl Hawley. Their contention was
gre eject that mat provision would /
l.''.- most dangerous competition from /
Ia in wheat. oats and rye. and also |
't..r lnpetltiOn iD wheat from the /
argentine Confederation.
Ai. N'LAunIN's FIRST ARGUMENT.
w. McLaurin Dem. Miss.) caused
me astOaishment by taking part. for /
b.. lfsi time. In the discussion. re was
.'l io do SO, he said, because IL had been
.aiged on the Republican side Of the /
.la moer that the bill was sectional, ana
eNti t Disseminated In favor of the
-'h. SO far as his State was concern
hs asserted that that was not rue