St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
THE POPULIST SENATORS INSIST
THAT THEY ARE ANXIOUS
TO KNOW.
PETER ON THE wARPATH.
DETERMINED THAT THE SENATE
SHOULD TAKE UPs THE INVEs-
TIGATIoN.
WITH SOME DIFFICULTY.
He Consented to Wait Until Two of
the Homo ra BILE Cent? men Could
Deliver Speeches.

WASHINGTON, April 14.-It was made ap-
parent after lively display in the senate to-
day that there was no disposition among the
silver and silver Populist senators to allow
the resolution for the senate inquiry into the
recent bond issues to lapse. BY unanimous
consent 1t had been set for consideration at
2:15 today, but at that time Mr.. Chandler was
proceeding with a speech on the Dupont
case; Mr.. Gray was waiting to follow and
Mr.. Cullom had an appointment bill in re-
serve. This precipitated clash in which
Mr.. PETER, reinforced by Mr.. Wolcott, OF
Colorado, and MI. Stewart, of Nevada, as
serted with emphasis that the bond resolution
could not be crowded out either by design
or by inadvertance. An agreement was
finally reached that the bond resolution would
come up Immediately after Mr.. Chandler and
Mr.. Gray concluded their speeches. Mr..
Squire (Rep., Wash.y made an elaborate
presentation of the pressing need Of coast
defenses, pointing out the defenseless condi-
tion of the great seacoast harbors. Mr..
Chandler occupied most of the afternoon in
support of Mr.. Dupont's claim to a seat In
the senate.
While Mr.. Chandler. was speaking, Mr..
ment that his bond resolution should be
taken up today. Mr.. Chandler desired to go
on and Mr.. Gray said he wished to follow.
Mr.. Cullom also pointed out that appropria-
ton bills were pressing. Mr.. Stewart, OF
Nevada protested against side tracking the
bond investigation. 1T is more important to
know whether it is to be the policy to go on
issuing bonds without limit than 1t is to pass
appropriation bills" declared Mr.. Stewart
If all this money is to- be raised by bonds
then you must get rid of it some way by
appropriations. Mr.. Stewart said he would
ask, before long, how much money was on
hand to meet appropriations.
Mr. PETER said he was willing to wait until
Mr.. Chandler finished his speech but Mr..
Gray objected to an arrangement on this
basis unless he was INCLUDED. Mr.. Morrill,
thereupon made point of order that the
Dupont case was question of the highest
privilege and that senator speaking on II
could not be taken off the floor The vice
president promptly sustained the point OF
order.
Mr.. Wolcott Rep., COLI intervened with
the suggestion that senators had given unani-
nous consent to take up the bond resolution
at 2:l5, and unanimous agreement was not
open to point of order. Mr.. PETER, in the
same line said he had never before heard OF
unanimous consent being broken. This
bond resolution had been put off with one
excuse and another until he was tired. Mr.
Mitchell proposed as g. compromise that the
bond resolution come up Immediately after
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Gray closed thei1
speeches. Mr.. PETER assented and unanimous
consent to this effect was given. Mr.. GRAY
Oem., Del.). took the floor to speak in op-
position to Mr.. Dupont, but at his own re-
quest he was permitted to defer his remarks
until tomorrow.