Evening journal., 1896-02-27
A FACTIONAL QUARREL!
Republican Senators Indulge In
Tempestuous Debate.
WAS CAUSED BY CARRIERS SPEECH.


TO Book by Hoar and sherman-reller
Involved In the Fray--van Horn-Tars-
ney Contest In the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The tariff crisis
In the senate brought on another day OF
intensely dramatic action, OF tempestuous
debate and Of stormy personal colloquy'
The speech OF Senator Carter OF Montana,
one Of the five Republican senators who
voted against proceeding with the tarln
bill, was the main formal event Of the ses'
sion. There was added interest in the
speech, owing to Mr.. Carter's position as
chairman Of the Republican national com
mittee. The senator used very plain words
in denouncing what he termed the mov6s
ment to drive him and his silver associates
out Of the Republican party.
This, however. was but the prelude to
more stirring events. Mr.. Hoar question
ed Mr.. Carter as TO whether he intended
to defeat any protective tariff bill unless
senators surrendered their convictions to
him and whether his construction Of the
Minneapolis platform agreed with the con-
struction given to it by President Harri-
son.
Mr.. Carter responded with great yigor
that Mr.. Harrison's course had not been
all that was desired, but It was at least
beacon of hope for the future. But it was
not the construction applicable to the sit
uation in the senate today.
Mr.. Gear OF Iowa sharply questioned
Mr.. Carter upon the circumstances of
framing the financial plank Of the Mime
npolis platform, bringing out that Sena-
tors Jones of Nevada and Teller of Colora-
do had taken part in shaping that docu-
ment Mr.. Carter asserted that while this
was true the men who framed that plank
never dreamed that the Enlglsh language
would permit such misoonstruction OF its
terms.
Thoreupon Mr.. Gear, referring to Mr.
Carter's conduct Of the national campaign
in 1899, asked if this plank was not the
one with which he (Carter) and the senator,
from Colorado (Teller) sought to carry the
state Of Colorado for the Republican party.
Mr. Carter replied that the plank was
so accepted because the Republican party
had always kept its promise, and It was
now incumbent on that party to again re-
deom its promises.
Mr.. Teller Explains.
The references to Mr. Teler's part in
framing the platform brought him to his
feet with an explanation of what had been
intended and fiery denunciation of the
bimotallism Of Mr.. Sherman. The latter
in turn arraigned the dishonesty Of the
policy Of free silver, which. would pay the
laboring man with 90 cent dollar.
Mr.. sherman prophesied that oven Col
orado would reject the free silver idea and
accept true bimetallsm. To this Mr.. Tel
Ter reioined with intense feeling, that
Colorado would never follow the course
suggested by the Ohio senator, and II she
did he (Teiler) would cease to represent
that state. He predicted that free silver
was not dead, as Mr.. sherman had assert
ed, but that IL was lively corpse, which
would arise in the senate to perplex Mr..
Sherman. Mr.. Teller closed With tbe i'm
passioned utterance that the glorious past
Of the Republican party would be obliter-
atod II It committed the infamy Of follow
ing the financial leadership Of Mr.. Sher-
man.
The latter part Of the session was given
to the Cuban resolutions, Mr.. White of
California arguing that the executive was
the proper branch to grant recognition Of
belligeroncy.
Senator Allen gave notice Of his inten-
tion to offer the following amendment TO
the resolution on Cuba presented by the
committee on foreign relations:
Resolved, That the president Of the
United States be and Is hereby authorized
and requested to issue proclamation rec
ognizing the republic Of Cuba as it exists
under the constitution and form Of gov
ernment proclaimed at Jimaguaya under
President Cisneros In May, 1895. as a free
and independent nation and according
the envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary Of said republic all the
rights and privileges accorded to the min
lister Of the government of Spain.
House Proceedings.
The Van Horn-Tarsney contested cleo
tion case from the Kansas City district
occupied tho attention Of the house. The
contestee, Mr.. Tarsney, spoke in his own
behalf, and two Republicans, Messrs.
Powers Of Vermont and Parker of New
Jersey, opposed the report Of the majority
Of the committee to seat the contestant.
Tho other speakers were Messrs. Burton
(Rep.) Of Missouri, Kyle (Dem.) Of Missis-
sippi and Prince (Rep.) of Illinois.
The vote on the case will be taken this
afternoon. Although there is considerable
detection on the Republican side which
favors the minority recommendation, that
the case shall be recommitted and the tes-
timony reopened, the indications are that
the majority report viii be adopted.
Tho senate amendments TO the house
bill to extend the time in which the gov
ernment, under the act of 1891, can bring
suits to annul patents to lands in railroad
aud wagon grants were agreed to One
of the senate amendments reduces the ex-
tension from five years TO one year.
A view OF the situation at noon
showed that there was every indication
of Colonial William r Nortonia befn0