The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13

duty of so per cent, provoked considerable.
discussion and more or less amusement
Tomorrow the wooden schedule will be
taken up. Mr.. Quay gave notice, just be-
fore adjournment at $50, that he would
when the schedule was reached tomorrow.
resume the speech he was delivering four
weeks ago.
The senate today entered on the eleventh
week of the tariff debate. At the opening
of the session Mr.. Morrill, was granted the
privilege Of addressing the senate for a
few minutes in support Of his amendment
to the naval appropriation bill authorizing
the appointment or the superintendent Of
the United States naval observatory from
civil life at salary Of $1,000, and provid-
ing for the reorganization Of the observa-
tory Mr.. Morrill, pointed out at length
the advantage of placing at the head Of
this national observatory a man who had
made the science or astronomy life
study.
Mr. Quay then created a slight diver
sion by rising TO a question of privilege
and sending to the clerks desk what he
characterized as "a lying statement for
which Senator Chandler is given as
authority" 1t proved TO be a Washing
ton dispatch to a New York paper aIleg-
ing that a Philadelphia syndicate. Of
which Mr.. Quay is the active agent.
was seeking to get control of the sur
face railroads of Washington through
congressional leglsla ton" The dispatch
roUs as the sugar trust scandal. Mr.
Quay made a personal explanation, after
the clerk had read the article The
statements contained in It, he said, were
absolutely false. The facts were, he
said, that certain citizens of Philadel-
phia, OF whom Thomas Dclan was one
(who the others were he knew not had
corporate interests in certain railroads in
the District of Columbia and were seek
ing an enlargement of the scope of their
franchises; in what way he knew not
At the request of Mr.. Dolan he (Quay)
had done for the Philadelphia gentlemen
what he would do for any other citizen
of Pennsylvania. He had introduced
them to Mr.. McMillin and Mr. Faulkner
of the District Of Columbia committee so
they could present their case. He had
not talked with either of these senators
since. Last Friday, being informed that
a bill affecting the interests of this cor
poration would be under consideration
in the house today. he had asked some
Of the members of the delegation from
Pennsylvania to be present to help con-
stitute a quorum. That was the whole
of his connection with the matter Mr.
Quay said that in making this explana-
ton he had departed from his usual
custom Of treating with silent contempt
the 100 600 newspaper lies made about
him. for two reasons. % because the
article was evidently written with the
purpose Of affectlng legislation today
and CD because Mr.. Chandler had been
given as authority for the statements
contained therein.
Mr. Chandler made a statement when
Mr.. Quay took his seat to the effect that
he had heard of this syndicate, had
perhaps discussed the matter with news
paper men, but he knew little about it,
He had never heard of Mr.. Dolan until
this moment. Certainly he made no re-
marks attributing motives or relations
to any senator.
Mr. Quay suggested, with a broad
smile, that this newspaper fabrication
be referred to the scandal committee"
of which Mr.. Gray was chairman, and
with the easy-going senatorial way,
there being no objection beyond a slight
frown on Senator Lindsay's face. 1t was
so referred.
A Dull Day In the House.
There was an air Of languid listless-
ness apparent in the house today, and
il was evident that the members were
not in working humor. The day was
claimed by Mr.. Heard, chairman of the
committee on the District of Columbia,
but while several bills were considered,
no action was reached on any of them
on account of a lack of a quorum.