The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-23

Twelve pension hills introduced.
TUESDAY, APRIL Ii.-sESArF.
Three pension bills.
Senator Squire made n lengthy
speech in favor Of establishing COST
defences.
Senator PETER called up his reso IL
ton to investigate those bond sales
again. OF course Hill, the watch dog
for the rascals," was on hand, and
with the assistance Of members of the
Senate, managed to put off discussion.
Hill watches that resolution like a
sheep-stealing dog watches a shepherd
whom he fears.
Six pension bills introduced.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15.-sENATE.
Six pension bills introduced.
During the day Senator Butler Occu-
pied the Nice-President's chair and
presided over the deliberations of the
Senate.
Five pension bills introduced.
THURSDAY, April l6rH-sENATE
Ten pension bills introduced.
MIR. PRITcHARD presented the petit
ton of +. J.. liaugh,"n and sundry
other citizen, of North Carroll 4, pray
ing that IN appropriation of $4,000
be made to continue the improvements
of the Trent River, as already COM
menced under the United States Engi-
neer Department.
Mr.. PETER, by his earnestness and
persistence, has at last overcome Mr.
Hill, 1.-THE watchdog for the rascals,"
and has succeeded in getting his resO-
luton to investigate those scandalOus
bond deals before the Senate. Mr..
Hill has started in to fight it, and will
try to talk it to death. Ills opening
speech was ridiculous. In the course
of his remarks he insisted that the
Senate could not go into the private
affairs Of the bundGoIders, ard tn.
public transactions were already
known.
"What Senator dare rise in his
place, asked Mr.. Hill. land utter the
SANDER that the Secretary Of tn,
Treasury or some of his subOrdina't>
have received some cOmpensxt ion,
some reward? There is no answer.
This is mean, contemplate insinlIa-
ton, not a direct charge. Because
Senators differ with the Secretary of
the Treasury-and 1 differ with him
at times-must they drag In an insinu-
alton of dishonorable dealing against
the Secretary? What if l offered a
| resolution to investigate the Senator
from Kansas"
81 would say go ahead,'' interposed
Mr.. PETER.
When Mr.. Allen said it was not a
question whether Mr. Carlisle made
any money out of the transaction. but
whether the bond syndicate made q
profit of IL, 900 900, and whether j. Pier
pOnt Morgan had a secret agreement
for the sale of bonds, Mr.. Hill replied
that the courts were open if any wrong
had been done. To this Mr.. Allen re-
Joined that suit at law against the
Secretary of the Treasury was not per-
MISSILE under the laws.
Mr.. Hill went on to ask why the au-
thors of this resolution, if they really
believed their inslnuations, did not
propose impeachment. If what they in
simulated was true, then an impeacha-
BILE otfense had been committed.
mo, they have no confidence in their
charges, said Mr.. Hill. ut is part of
the clap-trap of the times, part of the
effort to get up a scandal, part of the
plan throwing mud on officials who
had burden enough to bear" "instead
of an investigation, the Secretary of
the Treasury should have a vote of
| thanks of the Senate for sustaining
the credit of the government" Mr..
Stewart interrupted by asking: els the
administration opposed to this inves-
tigatiOn?"
81 am not authorized to speak for
the administration" replied Mr.. Hill,
in ringing tones. Il say now and here
that ! have never exchanged a word
on this question with any officer of the
government, high or low, and never
Will. l oppose these resolutions be-
cause they embrace silly, foolish, un-
worthy propositions. l would oppose
it whether a Republican or Demo-
cratic Secretary was involved"
MIR. Hill showed his desperate spleen
by openly lying about the Populists
He first deserted them as the "tailors
of Tooley street," who got together
and solemnly said, ave, the people of
England" He characterized them as
"deserters" from the old parties. who
had pooled their grievances" They
had offered their votes for sale. or
rather, for exchange, on the tariff
question when it came here. They are
men of no fixed ideas, said he. They
are the advocates of disorder and scan
dal. The POpulist party thrives on
scandal. Their main purpose is to
throw mud at the Democratic and Re.
publican parties"
And this bald-headed, peanut-poli.
tician and watchdog for the rascals
capped the climax and showed the in.
nate yillainy of the schemers and bond
swlndlers in the two old parties by ap-
tpeaHng TO them to come together and
keep their rascality in the dark in the
following words: "AND THE TIME
HAS COME FOR THE OLD PAR
TIES TO MAKE COMMON CAUSE
AGAINST THESE MENU
House.
! Five pension bills introduced.
The management Of the Soldiers
Home was discussed during the day.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17.-sENArE.
Six pension bills were introduced.
| Hill, the watchdog for the rascals, y
resumed his speech against the resolu-
ton to investigate the bond issues
What he said covers about five pages
OF the Record, and that is about all
that can be said about it. He gave
notice that he would continue his
speech on another day.
A bill concerning the Pacific rail.
roads was discussed during the dav
| House.
Eight pension bills introduced.
lt was pension day in the House
The much mOOted question of giving
larger pensions to widows of officers
than to widows of private soldiers was
again bone of contention. CONGRESS-
man Talhert, of South Carolina. does
not believe in such favoritism and has
made some speeches against it. he
offered some letters from Union SOL
diers commenting his course. The
letters are as follows:
| MAsHINGToN, D. c., April IL, 1896.
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