Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
FIXED A TIME TO VOTE
Opposition to the Tariff Bill Decided to
Yield.
Senator Allen Charged Fraud in the
tor Foraker to Give Proof.

An interesting colloquy between Senators
Foraker of Ohio and Allen Of Nebraska oc-
Cured in the Senate late yesterday after
noon.
Mr.. Allen spoke Of the large campaign
funds raised last fall, and the influence it
had in corrupting the vote of Ohio, Illinois
and other states.
Mr.. Foraker, who sat across the aisle,
arose and said. 1.-The vote of Ohio was an
honest one and never until this moment
heard it insil.uated that it was not an
honest vote
Then the senator hears 1t now re-
sponded Mr.. Allen.
.'On what ground does the senator make
such an s ssser1io1? asked ss Mr. FSIaker
If the vote of Ohio in 1895 was a fair and
honest one, there is one voter for every two
and half or three of the population, and
in the city of Cleveland almost the whole
population were voters. The honest people
of the United States believe 1t was fraud
and l believe it was produced by money
and other corrupting influences
Mr.. Allen said the same was true of ILL
nois, where the vote Of Chicago was swol-
len over 100000 votes. The senator COM
mented on the effects of the bill in its pro-
visions on white pine and articles Of house.
held use, on the homemakers and house,
keepers of the west. These provisions were
barefaced, cowardly surrender of the in
terests of the people in order to favor a
few wealthy men who controlled the white
pine and other necessaries of life.
At o'clock, while Mr.. Allen was speak
ing, Mr.. Pettus interrupted to suggest that
it was the usual time for adjournment. Mr..
Allen said he wished to retain the floor,
but would yield for a motion to adjourn or
for an executive session. Thereupon Mr..
Pettus moved an executive session.
Mr.. Allen suggested the absence of a
quorum. the call showing sxty-five sena-
tors present.
Mr.. Pettus' motion for an executive ses-
sion was lost on a viva voce vote.
Mr.. Allen resumed his tariff speech, when
Mr. Foraker came forward with census
figures, and asserted that Mr.. Allen must
have spoken in ignorance of the facts when
he said that the vote in Ohio last year was
unduly swollen. A somewhat heated COL
loquy followed in which Mr.. Foraker chal-
lenged Mr.. Allen to produce proof
1t was 615 when the Senate by vote
of IL to 81, refused to adopt the motion
ty Mr. Pettus to go into executive session.
and Mr.. Allen resumed his speech. There
was much comforting among senators of
the two sides of the chamber. Mr.. Cor
man approached Mr.. Allen, and after a
hurried conversation between the two, Mr..
Allen announced that he had been inform
ed that the opposition to the bill were
about ready to capitulate" and that he
would yield to Mr.. Morgan.
When Mr.. Morgan addressed the chair
he was surrounded by a majority of the
senators in the. chamber. who had left
their seats and congregated in his vicin-
lty in anticipation OF what he was to say.
The Alabama senator proposed a final
vote on the conference report today at 3
o clock. He said he resented the method
trat had been pursued in securing the
passage of the bill. we have" he said
been under coercion by the House from
the beginning of this legislation. We were
forced to meet at IL o'clock while the bill
was under consideration"
He dwelt at some length upon what he
termed the Objectionable methods of The
II atority in forcing the bill through. New
priety of allowing the majority of the Sem
ate to have its will registered He then
suggested an unanimous agreement for
recess until 10 o'clock today, and vote
at o'clock in the afternoon.
Good, good!'' exclaimed many of the
senator's.
He willing, he said, to remain all
summer if other senators would stand with
him in the fight upon the iniquitous du-
ties upon lumber and cotton ties But he
appeared to be confronted by situation
rather than a theory. He found himself
practically alone. and he did not care to
have the batteries of the press gallery con-
centrated entirely upon himself.
Mr. Lindsay suggested that the recess
be until IL o'clock instead of 10, and that
the vote be set for o'clock instead of 3.
There was general opposition to this propo-
sition. because, as was stated, there were
several senators who desired to leave the
city early in the afternoon.
The chair had in the meantime asked
whether there was objection to the agree
ment for vote tomorrow and none had
been raised. 1t appeared afterward that
Mr.. Butler had not understood the case.
He stated that he would have objected I'M
less there had been coupled with the PROPOSE
ton an understanding that there should
also be vote upon the Union Pacific rail-
read resolution.
With reference to this resolution Mr.
Morgan said 1T was impracticable to couple
the two matters. He said it would be
necessary to have a quorum to adjourn
finally, and that he would make every at
tempt to secure consideration of the resolu-
ton. How long 1t would take would depend
upon the lung power of the senator from
Nebraska, meaning Mr.. Thurston. Mr..
Thurston in reply to his suggestion stated
that he hoped majority of the Senate
would remain to hear him through, but he
did not intimate the time he might con-
sumo.
At this point Mr.. Faulkner. suggested
that the Senate, having agreed to Morgans
proposition for recess, was not in ses-
sion, and the Senate dissolved amid a good
natured laugh, in which all parties partici-
pated.