The times., 1897-05-13
MUST RESPECT THE SENATE
Broker Chapman's Contempt Still
Rankles i'm Senatorial BOS0ms.
AN ANSWER Is NECESSARY
Senator Alien Presents a BesolU-
ton Declaring That as Condi-
ency the RecaIcitrant Witness
Must Purge Himself of Contempt.

After the routine business in the Senate
yesterday Senator Allen brought the case
OF Etverton Il. Chapman, the contuUlacious
sugar trust witness to the attention OF
tue Senate In resolution with
preambies which succiDctIy recited tie
history OF the case Down to the request
by Chapmans friends for Executive .iem
aney. Senator Allen, it will be recalled,
had refused 10 sign an application foi
pardon on grounds which he stated q
few days go in The Times.
The resolution, after the Tetitation of
the offense, the laws which made 1T an
offensc, the trial, the conviction, etc, Is
as follows:
Be IL resolved, That ft Is the sense OF the
Senate of the Unitt.d states tnae, a a con-
dition precedent To receiving Executive
cleIiency in the remission OF the penalty
imposed, the said Elverton R. Chapman
should be required to appear before the bar
o. the Senate and purge fIimseif of the said
contempt OF which heis and was guilty by
answering The questions which he contu-
maciousiy refused and declined TO answer
during said investigation, and make such
disclosures as TIE sad committee then re
quested him to make or that may now be
required OF him by the Senate.
Senator Gailinger objected on the ground
principally that the paper presented by
Mr. Allen should be printed so that its
fun meaning could be grasped by the
Senate. OJDer objections urged were
on the line that he did not desire that
the whole subject should be reOpened
MIR Hoar suggested that the resolution
go 10 the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, to which course Mr Allen
vigorously objected.
Mr.. HDar made an argument to show
that punishment of Chapman could and
should he had, both by statute and by the
Senate Iteelf He thought that Chap
man, according to the evidence, ought to
be punished criminaily, but to say that
he 'shonld not have pardon until he has
purged himself here, is TO confess that the
punishment for the crime against the
statute is the onl ~ one 70 which he is
Liable" He did not think it proper for
the Senate to express an opinion as to the
condition on which the President should
exercise the constitutional prerogative.
Mr. Allen corrected some of tie mis-
apprehensions into which Senator Hoar
and Senator Gallinger had fallen with
regard to the scope OF his resolution, the
purpose Of which was for the Senate to
perform its duty and TO let the President
perform his. He did not think there was
an ytiIing in the statement that it. would
be indelicate for the Senate to act as he
suggested, because to do right was never
indeiicate The pardon by the President,
he held, would not prevent the action
contemplated in his resolution
After further debate on this line Senrtor
Galinger renewed his objection 10 irnroe;lt
ate consideration. and the resolution was
ordered to lie over and be printed.
Mr Morgan asked that his resolution on
Cuban affairs go over until today, pending
further information to be obtained by the
Foreign Relations Committee, the result
of which request is given elsewhere in The
Times
Senator Butler introduced a resolution
Iating to the sale OF the Union Pacific
Railroad
The bills for public buildings at Dead
wood aud Indianapolis were passed
The war claim of $4,000 of Newberry
College, S. c., was also passed
hIr. Rawlings of Utah objected to the
consideration of the bill to prevent kinet-
oscopic representation of prize fights in
the District of Columbia, and it went over
Senator Quay introduced amendments to
the deficiency appropriation bill, ex-
empting deputy collectors Of internal reve
nue., storekeepers, and gaugers from the
classified service, also Indian agents.
Senator Daniel introduced a bill, pro-
viding for a memorial bridge over
the Potomac, opposite the Arlington
estate, to the old naval observatory
grounds, at a maximum cost of $500, 900.
Senator GalIinger proposed an amend
Inent 70 the tariff bill, against the i'm
poTtation OF Convict-made goods
4 A~ter short executive session the Sen
ate adjourned at 2:45 p. m. until today.