The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-14
A LIVELY TILT.
Butler and Hill E4trtlin tho
Senate.
INDULGE IN A NUMBER OF
PERSONALITIES.

Willy David Plays the Humorist and ouot.s
from the Poets ad Libertnm-Tbe
Senate Has Good Laugh-Coneress-
man Howard of Alabama Wants tn
Know How Grover Distributed .sThe
Fat"-Other Business in the Two
Houses.
Washington. January 13.-In the Sem
ate today Mr.. Pritchsrd, Republican of
North Carolina, replied to criticism in
dulged in by Mr. Hill, Democrat of New
York, few days ago against the two
North Carolina Senators who, though
chosen at the same time and by the same
combination, stood on directly opposite
sides on the tariff question. He reviewed
Mr.. Hill's speeches and votes on the
Wilson tariff bill, and referred to the fact
that one of Mr.. Hills political supporters
in Troy, was now counting in Sing Sing
the hours that were to elapse before his
electrocution, and suggested the differ
ence between his colleague (Mr. Butler)
and the New York Senator was that the
former left the Democratic party because
its abuse could not be corrected inside of
the organization, while the latter was
kicked out and branded as traitor"
Mr.. Hill. Democrat of New York, said
that he was not aware that no had said,
the other day anything that called for
such an elaborate speech as that just
made by the Senator from North Caro-
lima. AS to his (HilPs) having been
kicked out of the Democratic party, - he
said THE Democratic party has met
with some reverses within the last two
or three years. That is true. But till
fiauter myself I am lively member Of
what is left of that organization.
(LauRhter.) AS to Mr.. Pritchard's allu-
sions to ''Bat'' Shea and John Y. Mo-
Kane, Mr.. Hill explained that Shea had
got into row at local election fight in
the city Of Troy, which started at Re-
publican primary, and thar, at the time
of his (Mr. Hill's) and his colleague
(Mr. Murphy"sl election to the Senate.
McKane was Republican. But" Mr..
Pritohard Interrupted, "MoKane never
got into the pen until after he joined the
Democratic party" daughter
Mr.. Butler, Populist of North Caro-
lima, defended his political course and
and contrasted both with those of Mr..
Hill.
Mr.. Hill commented upon Mr..
Pritchard's statement to the effect that
North Carolina was Republican, and had
been Republican ever sinoe the war, if it
had had fair elections, and then upon the
fact that the other North Carolina Sc ma
~ k-A L.
cratic party all the time that party WAS
charged with being SO corrupt. He could
not understand why Mr.. Pritchard should
have made SO vicious an attack upon
his colleague. He was inclined to believe
that they had pretty fair elections down
in North Carolina, and that in 1896. the
people of North Carolina would be still
for the true, not spurious principals of
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew jackson,
which two North Carolina Senators were
s foud of alluding to-"
"Then," said Mr.. Butler, sit will have
to nominate man for the Presidency
who does not favor single gold
standard. -
"Still harping on my daughter" Mr..
Hill quoted amid laughter. Every dis
ouss on has something inserted in it in
relation to gold and silver"
II am pretty well convinced that North
Car ina is not going to be satisfied at
the nsxt election. I think either the
Democratic ticket or the Republican
ticket will be elected. I hope it will be
the Democratic ticket. / am inclined to
believe, from the Inconsistent claims
made here today, it will ne utterly inn
possible for either of the two great parties
to crafty the tiokle constituency Of North
Carolina"
An interruption by Mr. Allen,
Populist Of Nebraska. caused Mr. Hill to
exolaim, with the Duke Of Gloster, "an-
other Kichm nd in the fleld' loud
laughter.)
The colloquy between Mr.. Hill, Mr..
tors was still going on when the Vice
President, al 2 p. m., Hput stop to it,
| by announcing unfinished business of the
| House bond bill with the finance COM
miutee's free silver substitute therefor.
| Mr. Morgan. Democrat of Alabama,
addressed the Senate in prepared speech
in favor Of the substitute.
| The speech was directed principally
against Mr.. Sherman's course both as
| Senator and Secretary of the Treasury
as adverse to the recognition of silver on
an equality with gold in the payment of
| liability of the government. Mr.. Nor
gan charged Mr.. Sherman with having
done all that could be done to drive silver
out of circulation and deprive 1t of its
i
Mr.. Morgan said, twas the author of five
measures Of finance that had given the
people and the country more trouble in
handling $346, 900, 600 greenbacks than
they had in paying twelve billions of
appropriations and three billions of the
| public debt There never had been a
| more fragrant case of reputation without
any excuse or necessity, than when the
Secretary of the Treasury Sherman re-
fused to pay silver coin in the redemption
OF legal tender notes and bought gold
coin with the same money and paid it
QUE to redeem obligations. The secretion
of reserve fund o.. 500. 600, 600 in gold
in the treasury made 1t an easy matter
for dealers in bullion and exchange to
corner the market for gold and force the
treasury to buy it in order to keep the re-
serve at maximum. Mr.. Morgan ex-
pressed a willingness to have green backs
funded into gold bonds, il silver oertifl-
oates were Issued to take the place of
green backs in the volume Of currency,
and if silver In the treasury were coined