Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-18
HILLS SPEECH CONTINUED He Will Probably Speak for Sev-
 eral Days. SUPPLIED WITH DOCUMENTS Senator German Reminds the Republicans of
 Their Responsibility. ONE BILL PASSED AND ONE DEFEATED Was the Record of the Days Work in the House-Mr. Mahon Compared Uncle
 Sam to the Robber Barons
 of Old.
SUPPLIED WITH DOCUMENTS
ONE BILL PASSED AND ONE DEFEATED

Washington, April 17.-Mr. Hill con- tinued without concluding this afternoon the speech he commenced yesterday against the passage Of the Peffer resolu- ton to investigate the bond sales of the present administration. MT. Hill saved his strength for protracted fight by having read at the clerks desk the va rious laws relative to the redemption of greenbacks and quotations from Presi- dent Clevelands messages on the finan- cial question. He still has much material in reserve and may continue for two or three days, especially if he secures the assistance he did this afternoon. In the diplomatic gallery there were several representatives of that corps. MT. Hill has evidently prepared for siege. On his desk lay printed copy of the report of the recent sugar trust investigation, various bound copies of the Record and other documents relating to senatorial Investigations Prominent among the books was a copy of Senator Sherman's "reminiscences.
 As MT. Hill was about to yield to a motion for an executive session MT. Gear reported the bill for the refunding of the Pacific bond aided railroads. This led to an altercation between MT. Gear, chairman of the committee, and MT. AL len, the populist senator from Nebraska, in which warm words were used on both sides. MT. Gears statements were char acterized by MT. Allen as false. MT. All len was called to order and his words read from the clerks desk, after which he was permitted to proceed in order. MT Aliens subsequent remarks consist ed of a tribute to the recent candidate of his party for the presidency, James B. Weaver, and defense of the princi- pies of the party, which MT. Gear had attacked.
 MT. Hoar, who expects to leave the city immediately, spoke briefly in favor of the Peffer investigation resolution and criticised the remarks of MT. Hill as be- ing more in place on the stump than in the senate chamber. ..
 The senate then, after short execu- tive session, adjourned over at 5:30 o'clock until Monday next.
 The proposition to adjourn over to- morrow was antagonized by MT. Chand- Ter and others, and the vote upon 1t was 35 to 2S Earlier in the day upon prop osition to propose action on resolution directing the opening up of Utah reser- vations, the republicans had protested against the dilatoriness of the senate.
 MT. Aldrich remarked that there must be some some purpose back of the con- stant attempts to delay business. If there was it might as well be developed now as at any other time.
 MT. German discaimed any such pur- pose. The democratic side of the cham Der had surrendered, he said. as graceful ly as possible to the combine on the other side, and had looked forward to the expediting of business. There had been no delay on this side; no obstruction on any matter. But democratic senators had noticed with wonder that the distin- guished senator from Rhode Island and his colleagues had not marked out some well defined programme to be followed. Democratic senators, he added, were ready to agree to any proper programme for the conduct of business
 Mir Aldrch said it was well known that the other party had a majority in the senate, and, as to a programme, he would propose one now. That was to dispose of all matters that were now pending un- til finished, so that the country might be relieved eff that was the proper worD of a further session of congress-
 Mir. German added that there would be no obstruction of legislation on the dem- ecratic side; neither would any undue haste be permitted so that gentlemen might be off for the summer season or for "other matters" Qaughter)
 The House.
 This was an old-fashioned field day in the house, with radical variation. It was private bill day under the rules, when bills to pay claims arising out of the war, which in the past afforded opportunity and excuse for fighting the battles of the rebellion over again, were under consid- eraton ~oday, however, the contest was waged largely by republican members who advocated the payment of the bills reported by the committee on war claims and tfDSe who favored postponing, and some of the statements were startling in their bitterness MT. Mahon of Pennsyl- vania, chairman of the committee, was asked by MT. Dingley, republican. of Maine, if the committee was satisfied of the justice and correctness of clam for the payment of which bill had been re- ported. s Replying MT. Mahon reviewed the action of congress on these claims, their reference to the court of claims for examination and finding of facts, and passionately declared that congress either ought to pay the claims recommended by the court or abolish the court, so that the people might know what to expect He declared that the government was great robber of its private citizens, and asserted that he would rather have pauper owe him 5000 than to be cred itor,of the United States for that amount
 MT Walker, republican. of Massachu- setts, was almost violent in his denuncia- ton of the policy which prescribed the payment of these claims. Dramatically he declared that no robber born on the Rhine ever equaled the government of the United States in its robbery of hon. est creditors. He attacked the leaders of the house. charging them with purposely preventing the consideration of bills for the payment of just claims, asserting that extraordinary rulings of the chair Gin committe of the whole) were resorted to to aid in carrying out that policy.
 Messrs. Mccall, republican. of Tennes- see and Evans, republican, of Kentucky, appealed to the house to pay the clnims of loyal men from the south, and MT Ray, republican, of New York. charged that to enter upon the payment of them would compel thes next administration to issue bonds from beginning to close.
 Messrs Cookery, democrat, of Missou- ri, and Grosvenor, republican, of Ohio, made political speeches in connection with their common opposition to pay uient of the claims. the former asserting