New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-06
HILL AS A FILIBUSTER.
,r~,,r1NG HIS FIGHT AGAINST IN
yEsTIGATING BOND SALES.

uy.1oID AFTERNOON-HIS OBJECT.
-, SAYS IS TO KEEP THE SENATE
From MAKING A FOOL. OF ITSELF.
inv TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE1
-.,,no,on. May 5.-Senator Hill continued to-
So talk against time on the PETER bond res
'a' ond with the aid Of the Senate reading
o'" fo,r,v we'll succeeded in filling out the
eis." oor session with long-distance oratory. lie
,s.d about o'clock to Mr.. Pettigrew, OF South
who wished to deliver modified free-s1iver
sneech on behalf Of the proposed invest-
co" Mr. Hill threatens to occupy the floor
w. ~. morrow, but his fibustering resources
ae"' ,,o,,, N he exhausted in a day or two, and
aie .ha PETER resolution may he expected TO
".s. without serious opposition.
~. PETER pop, Kan) gave notice pe1ore MT.
~ ,oor his remarks that he would ask the
M" .. ~on,sin in session to-day until the reso-
'.,,,or should be disposed or
1,m resented the interference, saying that
~" senator from Kansas had asked him to
..' 49,. eoor he would have done so. but he did
ue" ..h % have the floor taken from him arbi-
LII 70 have any announcement made.
~. Gordon Dem. Ga) gave notlce that ne
ia move 10 amend the resolution by STRIKING
~. select committee and inserting IN lieu OF IL
ne Committee on Finance.
A. Hill said that he had been asked yesterday
N, he opposed the resolution. His answer was
~'.,s onposed it because 1t was wholly unneces-
- nd uncalled for and would establish most
~r,,,ous and unwise precedent He wanted
F.ac+ the Senate from making itself ridicu-
~. 4, did that often enough without the adop-
~. - the resolution. The resolution asked FOR
.",.rrraton on eight distinct points-on every
=, which full information was given IN the
~, and monthly reports Of the Treasury and
- o,hsr napers on file In the Senate. He would
.s.,s,ore vote for the resolution, because
NV. vote would stignatize him as an igno-
-. and in his Judgment every vote for 1t
u Ne an admission on the part of the Senator
,,.,,. u that he was an ignoramus. 1t was
s.,.h q contemptible an absurd resolution. or
,s thera was no law against II. There was
=, law against the Senate making fool of itself
a.. h.d mind TO- He analyZed the various
no,nts Of the proposed inquiry. including the au-
.,or,,v for the issue of bonds. On that point Mr..
Nil exclaimed: Read the statutes and you VIII
krov II Won cannot understand them, resign
your post"
Mr. Hill devoted the greater part OF an hour TO
.,s discussion Of the Graves case. and had read
IN connection with It the affidavit of Secretary
Carlisle He denounced the whole thing as
"nsrsacution. getting up scandal and throwing
mud" The affidavit was long one, and its
rsading by the clerk gave much-needed rest 10
Mr.. Hill for he had been speaking rapidly and
theoretically and seemed somewhat tired.
DISCUSSING THE GRAVES BID.
After the reading of the affidavit Mr.. Hill said
that no Senator could complain that ne mad not
IN that paper sufficient details OF the Graves bid
and Of the litigation that followed. He did not
tnow that the Senators who favored the reso-
Iution would be satisfied. He supposed that they
we're disappointed that Graves had discontinued
the litigation. And he supposed that the next
hing in order would be a resolution requiring
Graves to reinstitute his suit for the beneht OF
he Senate and Of the country. There was
rcAng in the Graves business; there was noth-
ine In the whole bond issue that was not as clear
Is the sunlight of Heaven. He read an article
from a Philadelphia newspaper which, he said,
vas in favor Of "a recent Pennsylvania candidate
FOR the Republican nomination for the Pres'-
lency" Q-aughter)
A tending to bring into contempt the practice
Il proposing Investigations Of all subjects, Mr.
iii read letter which he had received. ask
ng him to propose an investigation as to the
emoval from office Of Governor Hughes, or
Arizona and a series of resolutions gotten up
~ 1.-The Antitrust Legion Of America or
yIfth-ave., Brooklyn-which presented, he said,
a delightful mixture OF investigation OF tne
Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn streets ana brooh, x,
myself" II was that sort OF feeling, ne said'
which Senators were trucking TO. III was the
Populist sentiment. 1t was the clamor against
capital 1t was the effort to antagoniZe men OF
wealth Senators were simply playing with hre'
HELP FROM THE READING CLERK.
"And now" he said, Il will ask the secretary
to spell me awhile by reading the paper which
I send to the clerks desk" Mr.. PETER objected
to its being read by the clerk, and suggested
the absence Of a quorum. The presiding ofiicer
thereupon directed that the roll be called, and
ffty-three Senators-elght more imam quoi uih
responded.
2 The presiding officer stated Mr.. PETERS oblec-
ton and had Rule II read, which Is that when
the reading OF a paper Is called Tor anu op-
1ected TO- il shall be determined by a vote OF
the Senate without debate. The question was
put and 1t was determined that the paper should
be read. 1t was thereupon read by the clerk
It being the agreement between me oecpe a.ho
child syndicate in 1876. 1t was followed by thee
reading of several similar contracts in 1877 ana
1875 Mr. Hills object in having these papers
read was to show that these financial syndi-
Gates were not modern invention, and that' al
though a Government loan might De caHeu
popular loan." 1t was the capitalists VINO so'
the bonds. He said that in the coming cam
pagn he wanted these Republican syndicate
contracts to stand side by side with the Car
Isle syndicate contract.
Mr. PErrIGREw MAKES SOME REMARKS
Mr.. Pettigrew Rep.. s. d. asked Mr. Hill II
ne would yield the floor to him to make some
remarks on the bond resolution and as Mr. Hi
p'h'ey old 80. Mr.. Pettigrew read what ne
eai'eo a history Of the bond sales OF the pres
en' administration" their object being. he said
70 destroy the use Of silver as money and tc
aiiow certain persons to realize enormous profits
ar. Fettigrew laid much stress upon the de
.au.'ed Graves bid for s. SOC. 900 and on the fac
sna. those bonds had been turned over 10 th'
nynucate at Its bid OF 10 ITO. although the In
sss.ment Corporation Of NewYork had made al
J y OF il4h for all the bonds Of defauted bids
Inns Inns action on the part OF the Secretary OF The
as.easury Mr.. Pettigrew said. had given prom
ol $l90,0O0 TO Morgan X Co and he intimatet