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admired the man in many respects.
Mckinley had the courage TO say thae
| he was candidate for the Presidency.
| He did not say, as others dld, that ne
was "in the hands of his friends. That
usually turned out, Hill said, that the
politician found himself ''in the hands
of his enemies" Naughter) Mckin-
| ley had the right to aspire to the Presi-
dency, and Hill supposed that he was
making an honorable canvass Tor II.
Therefore he had been startled on read
| ing these charges OF Doodle which
| had been spread before the country.
| After the newspaper articles had been
| read Hill said: II have too much conh-
| dence in the Senator from New Hamp-
| shire to think that these allegations
were made thoughtlessly or unadvls-
| edly. l think that he knew what he was
| talking about think that he believed
the allegations. They have not been
| answered. They have not been met
| Abuse of that distinguished Senator Is
not an answer to the allegations y
| reflection on his motives does not meet
| the charges. Here is distinguished
Senator making an allegation asalnst
the leading candidate of his own party
for the Presidency-against the candi-
the corrupt use of his money to buy his
nomination. He charges the levying or
contributions ON the protected indus
| tries for the purpose of securing plat
[ form and a candidate suitable to those
interests. Yet no Senator (not even the
Senator from Kansas has asked for an
| investigation. The charge affects the
| elective franchise. 1t affects the purity
| of our primary meetings. 1t is a STAB
| at the foundation of our Government
1 am not proposing any investigation
of the charge. I am only suggesting 1t
! Why has it not attracted more atten-
| tion?'
Hill then went on to comment upon
the sugar trust investigation as another
| instance of silly Investigations. He de-
scribed the humiliation of Senators in
! having trailed up stairs to the COM
mittee room and in being put through
a lot of questions as to whether they
had speculated in sugar stocks
And under oath, too," Hawley Rep)
of Connecticut suggested.
| "Of course under OATH" Hill replied.
| ''They would not take a Senator's word
| And what was the result? They found
| one Senator who came before the COM
mittee and said: Yes, l did buy some
sugar stocks. l should do it again L
| have a right to do it. What are you
going to do about it?' and to-day that
| distinguished Senator (Mr. Quay is
| the candidate, the favorite son or the
leading Republican State of the Union
| for the Presidency, and he has got as
| many warm friends as any man VINO
| is a candidate for the Presidency
| In that connection Hill created some
! ~ 10, O.
Phersons maid and Senator Ransom's
son as other spectators in sugar stocks
the latter having invested SO or $40
| in a bucket shop speculation. And
that, he said, was the net result of that
great investigation which had been
| gotten up on account of the newspaper
| clamor He mentioned this, ne said,
| simply to show that Senators belittled
themselves in the eyes of the people by
| ordering an investigation without d
| sufficient cause. He asked Senators 10
| pause before entering on any such
ridiculous proceeding again.
| Without concluding his speech Hill
yielded for a motion to proceed TO
executive business, and at $50 p. m.
the Senate adjogr.ner until Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, April 16.-The fight
| against the reelection of General
Franklin as a member of the Board of
Managers of the National Soldiers
| Home resulted in the defeat of those OPP
posed to him, the House to-day voting
| 50 to 129 to continue him on the board
| as recommended by the Committee on
Military Affairs.
There was three hours debate before
a vote was reached, traversing largely
the same ground gone over yesterday.
| the administration of the Leavenworth
Home and the policy of the board in re-
| tanning Colonel Smith as Governor
being the principal points of attack,
Messrs. Tracey Rep.) Of Missouri, Hep
| burn (Rep) of Iowa. Kirkpatrick (Rep)
| of Kansas, Calderhead (Rep) of Kan
sas and Blue (Rep.) of Kansas favorng
the amendment proposed by the latter
to substitute the name of General o. o.
Howard as manager in place of General
W. B. Franklin and it was opposed by
Mahon (Rep) of Pennsylvania, Gros-
venor (Rep) Of Ohio, Ray (Rep) of
New York, Sperry (Rep) of Connect
| cut and Hull (Rep) of Iowa, Chairman
of the Committee on Military Affairs.
The resolution named Generals W. B.
Franklin and George w. Steele to sue
ceed themselves, Generals T. J. Hender-
son of Illinois to succeed John c. Black
and General G. L. Beal of Maine to sue
ceed Francis FesSenden.
1t was arranged by unanimous con-
sent on request Of Henderson (Rep) of
Iowa, Chairman of the Committee on
Judiciary, that Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week be set aside for debate
on the bankruptcy bill, the vote on it's
passage to be taken after the reading
of the journal on Friday.
At 4:35 p. m. the House adjourned.