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answer, then as now, would be pictlir-
esquely emphatic II the question we're
addressed to q self-respe pecting man of
anv Y,a rfv SS.y I'll
IT. Was ROTTEN.

any party. y Nh u s3| u ss u,
II. Was ROTTEN / !. '|::ll !.
Such Is the Verdict Regarding the
Bond Issue. :3Ef 81.
Washin gton, May s.. Senator Hill add
Iedyanother day he fift Tin opposition
to the bond resolution In the senate yes
terday. Early in the day Mr.. Peffer,sau-
thor Of the resolution announced that he
| would seek to force a vote that night BY
holding the senate in session until ths
resolution was disposed of. It was evi-
dent, however, that senator's were Hot
disposed to submit to the hardshlpg OF sl
protractsd and possibly an all night ses-
sion, and Mr.. Peffer did not carry out bis
announced purpose. :5
The supporters of the resolution hopes
to secure vote before adjournment TO-
day. Senator Hill Stated before Mr.. Pet-
tigrew made his speech yesterday that
he will not desire to go on for more than
an hour today, but he may find MIR. Pet
tigrew,s remarks text for further COM
ments. 1t. is not known to the managers
Of the resolution whether orther senators
will desire to speak in opposition to the
measure, though it is considered possible
that Senator Villas may. s5#
Senator Hill, speaking today, said he
had no disposition to filibuster and that
he probably would not have occupied as
much time as he had but for the fact that
the bond resolutions were taken up with
out giving him any due warning. 1
Mr.. Hill said that as one means Of
meeting this persecution and mudsling-
ing at the secretary of the treasury, he
would introduce the atfi iayit of Mr. Car
lisle in the suit brought by William
GravesFto secure 81 5000 bonds.
At another point MIR. Hill read from a
newspaper saying it ought to be good 'au-
thority, as it is represented the views of
Mr.. Quay's recent candidate for the Rs
publican nomination for the presidency. Z
There was a. laugh at the emphasis Mr..
Hill placed on the recent -s
During his speech yesterday Mr.. Hill
said there was no law against senators
making fools of themselves, but they
ought not to do it needlessly by this ab-
surd, contemplate and foolish resolution.
The senate was making itself ridiculous
and if it was unable to comprehend re-
ports now before it some Of it's members
should resign. s Ss 4. 4.
Mr.. Pettigrew (Rep.), Of South Dakota,
supported the bond resolution and severe
lyi criticised the administration Of the
treasury. He also criticised Mr.. Sher-
man for his recent approval. Of the treas
ury administration.
Mr.. Pettigrew asserted his belief that
recent financial scares had been purpose
ly worked up by the present administra.-
tion in order to force congress to pass
administration measures and after!that
to compel financial transactions ito en-
rich the ifavorites Of the president, il not
the president him self''
There had been, he said, 9 deliberate
conspiracy on the part OF the administla-
tion to break down the governments g
credit. Mr.. PettigreW spoke of the part
taken "by a former law partner Of. Gro
yer Cleveland inii negotiating the bond
contract with the Morgan syndicate : q: "
The senator said that ii some mayor or
governor or less favored individual than
a president had acted in this way Sim
parchment or criminal prosecution would
have followed at once s.a
Mr.. Pettigrew believed in searching in
vestigations, which would clay bare" the
secret features Of the bond transac-
tions. M. z.sl q n i#5@$g
a sharp controversy occurred between
Mr.. Pettigrew and Mr.. Hill as to what
course Secretary Carlisle should have
Pettigrew asserting that the award to
Morgan e co. was rotten and dishonest
to the core ,s. 5 .s,ss..$:5
Mr.. Pettigrew also criticised Mr.. Sher-
man for his recent tribute to the treasury
administration. % 81.
t4"Who is more competent to express
such a trubute,' = asked Mr.. Hill, than
the distinguished senator from Ohio,
himself q secretary of the treasury =
THAT is a matter Of opinion" re-
sponded Mr.. Pettigrew. IT don't doubt
that the senator from Ohio and the Nor
gan syndicate will further proclaim that
the senator from Ohio is best authority
that can possibly be found, SO long as he
openly Endorses the plunder OF the people
and the robbery of the treasury
\ Some progress was made on the river
and ifarbor bill by taking it up in the
morning hour. The only changes made
were those restoring the authorization cf
contracts Of $1,403,O00 for Sabine Pass,
Tex, and $9S7,000 for Savannah, Ca,
hra bor. n a 4. q & stg
I senator Call introduced a resolution
requesting the president to protest
against the execution Of American citi-
zens taken on board the schooner COM
Gtt{a4
petitor. " 58 ..s II l5}97 3;s
b Mr.. Wolcott stated 1t was the duty of
the president to protest, and 1t. was pre-
mature for the senator to request the
president to do his duty. He objected
to immediate action and the resolution;
went over. , s. j.5 I. III ss5
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