St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-17
HILL HIT OUT HARD
THE POPULISTS AND THEIR BOND
RESOLUTION WE'RE ROUNDLY
SCORED.
INVESTIGATING FOR FUN.
THE WHOLE INQUIRY TO SATISFY
THE KANSAS SENATOR'S
FRIENDS,
THE CHANDLER CHARGES AIRED
MIR. Hill Created a Sensation by
Reading the Allegations Made
Against Mckinley.


for an investigation of recent bond issues
| was taken up in the senate today and Mr..
| Hill made sensational and dramatic speech
| in opposition. The New York senator de-
Tended Secretary Carlisle and his admins
! tration of the treasury, against loose insinu-
| ations of irregularity, and showed the pre-
valence Of charges of this character by pre-
senting and reading in full the charges made
| by Senator Chandler against the friends of
| Mckinley, that levy of money was being
made on protected industries In behalf of Mr..
McKinley's candidacy for the presidency AS
| further evidence of the prevalence of the
| charges, Mr.. Hill spoke of the sugar inves
| tigation where, he said, one senator, refer
ring to Mr.. Quay, had frankly admitted that
| he bought sugar stock and had right to
| buy it, and today that senator was the favor
| ite son of the leading Republican states as
| candidate for the presidency. In the course
| Of his speech, Mr.. Hill disclaimed that he
had authority to speak for the administration
] in opposing this investigation. The speech
| will be continued tomorrow.
The early part of the day was given to Mr..
Gray's speech on the Dupont case. Mr.. Gray
closed at 2:15. Mr.. PETER was Immediately
| on his feet, asking that the agreement to
| take up the bond resolution be executed and
| a wrangle ensued, Messrs. Villas, Cullom,
| Platt, Hale and Allison wanting precedence
| for the appropriation bills. Mr.. Cullom said
| if congress expected to get through and get
away this summer the appropriation bills
| must be disposed of speedily. To this Mr..
| PETER retorted, 1.-The whole summer is before
us, Our salaries are paid and we might as
| we'll stay here and attend to business"
| Finally the opposition conceded the matter
| and the bond investigation resolution was
read in full. 1t directs a committee of five
| senators to investigate all the facts con-
nected with the several bond issues.
| Mr.. Hill addressed the senate in opposition
to the bond resolution This is Populist
resolution, declared Mr.. Hill, "and is prop
| erly urged by the senator from Kansas (Pef-
| fer). 1t has its inspiration in the Populist
party, in the Populistic opposition to all
| bonds.'
Mr. Hill said the resolution was presented
without formal charges, without specific al
legations of wrong doing, irregularity or cor
| ruption. 1t was, as had been admitted by the
senators clamoring for a bond investigation,
a mere concession to public curiosity. 1t was
a fiasco. ''This resolution is to be passed in
the dark declared Mr.. Hill, ''it is not urged
after specific allegations against the hon
orable secretary of the treasury, but merely
to crafty the curiosity of the friends Of the
senator from Kansas. The country is to be
treated to this spectacle, for the novelty Of
it, the fun of it,
1t was belittlng to the senate that it
should at this time seek to cast doubt as
to the action of the secretary of the treasury
in issuing bonds. The farmers of the senate
the senator's from Kansas Peffer) from Ne
braska (Allen), from South Carolina CTillman)
these farmers had asserted that the farmers
denied authority to issue bonds. He insisted
that the senate could not go into the private
affairs of the bond bidders, and the public
transactions were already known.
What senator dare rise In his place., asked
Mr.. Hill, "and utter the slander that the sec
retary of the treasury some of his subor-
dinates have received some compensation,
some reward? There is no answer. This is a
mean, contemplate insinuation not direct
charge. Because senator's differ with him
at times, must they drag in an insinuation
of dishonorable dealing against the secretary ?
What If 1 offered resolution to investigate
the senator from Kansas?"
'I would say go ahead,'' interposed Mr..
PETER.
Mr.. Hill said such resolution would carry
an insinuation against the Kansas senator.
He declared that the courts were open If any
wrong had been done on bond issue.
Mr. Allen interrupted, remarking that this
subject seemed to make Mr.. Hill "as mad as
; a Massagua in August" He said the New
York senator knew perfectly we'll that suit
at law against the secretary Of the treasury
was not permissible under the laws.
"On the contrary, will assert, and know, ;
exclaimed Mr.. Hill, that this resolution is
/ in aid of speculative law suit; that the sui
: was instituted in the courts here on the very
, day when it was expected this debate was tt
begin in the senate"
Mr.. Hill went on to ask why the authors
= of this resolution, if they really believed
their insinuations, did not propose impeach
ment. Instead of an investigation, the Sec
: | retary of the treasury should have a vote o.
| thanks of the senate for sustaining the credi
of the government" A-
U Mr.. Stewart interrupted frequently, at las
q asking: "Is the administration opposed t.
this investigation"
81 am not authorized to speak for the ad
ministration,'' replied Mr.. Hill, in ringing
tones. 81 oppose this resolution because
: embraces silly, foolish unworthy proposition
1 would oppose it whether it was a Demo
e cratic secretary involved or not Before h
o got through, he went on, he would examin
other low, contemplate Investigations AM
charges made against other secretaries Of tn
:, treasury. He would speak of the cours
:, of men who had accused the then secretar
. . of the treasury, sitting there, pointin
u to Mr.. Sherman, which accusations in tn
disspated.
Mr.. Hill arragned the Populist senator
+" in scathing terms. He first described ther
e as the "tailors of Toole street. who got to
n gether and solemnly said: eve, the peopl
;, of England He characterized them as ''de
serters from the old parties, who ha
''pooled their grievances" They had OF
fered their votes for sale or rather for eS
q change. on the tariff question. "They' ar
J. men of no fixed IDEAS said he. "They ar
r the advocates of disorder and scandal. TIL
s Populist party lives on scandal. Their mai
purpose is to throw mud at the Democrat
and Republican parties, and the time ha
come" declared Mr.. Hill, "for the oil
:. parties to make common cause against thos
Il men,
e The senator caused great amusement b
IS reading a letter he had received from Mi!
sissippi asking him to have the senate II
vestigate the loss of a silver dollar sent
the mail. The writer said in the course
, the letter, II am in favor Of you for pres
:. dent in 1885,"
IL AS Mr. Hill read the letter 1t caused riI
lie pie in the galleries and the senator added
lie ..That man has common sense" The lettt
proceeded, "but / am opposed to the ele'