Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-13
FlFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 10.
SENATE.

bar of the Senate, was taken up as soon
as the routine business was out of the
way. MI. Allen said he desired to
present some additional facts bearing
on the subject.
Mr.. Allen said: "As the representa-.
tives of seventy million people we can
not afford to permit Mr.. Chapman, the
representative of a powerful organiza-
ton which it hos been charged exer-
cises great influence yer this body, to
60 unwhipped."
The discussion assumed a legal and
technical phase, Messrs. Faulkner, OF
West Virginia; White, of California,
and Spooner, of Wisconsin, arguing on
the law applying to Chapman.
Mr.. Hoar moved to refer the resolu'
ton to the committee on privileges aid
elections.
Mr.. White argued that the pardoning
power was exclusively an executive
function and it was not for the Senate
to suggest methods to the executive, or
to curtail that power, andit was a ques.
ton of propriety whether the Sem
should trench upon executive power.
Mr.. Allen replied rather warmly that
on questions of propriety he would as
sumo the responsibility.
MIR. Daniel proposed a modification
of the resolution 80 that all reference to
executive clemency be struck out, leav
ing the resolution to require Chapman
to appear before the Senate and purge
himself of contempt. MIR. Pettus urged
that the investigation be opened afresh.
Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire,
asked why, if o petition was being cir.
culated in the Senate for the pardon OF
Chapman and Senators we're being i'm
portuned to sign it, it was not proper to
consider a resolution on the subject.
When Mr.. Tillman endeavored to
question Mr.. Chandler the latter sug.
gested that the South Carolina Senator
observe the rule of sitting down during
the reply.
"When you play ball you always
stand up" said Mr.. Tillman amid
laughter. Mr.. Chandler went on to
say that if there were any Senators who
had engaged in speculation of sugar
stock-which God forbid is the case
then four years have obliterated the
evidence. The old investigation had
failed; the tree had fallen and it ought
to lie.
Senator Tillman, OF South Carolina,
said the Senate should not 60 after
] Chapman, but should learn whether
I Senators had sp%eculated in sugar stock.
There were published charges, he said,
that Senators had speculated in sugar
stock within the last week. Instead OF
! looking to Chapman, he said, the Sen
ate might better call on Havemeyer
and other sugar trust grandees. Re-
| ferring to the last investigation he said ::
We want to know whether ~ COM
mittee was bought and punish them
and the men who bought them"
At 3 o'clock the Morgan Cuban reso-
luton formally went over until 3 O'Clock
Tuesday, at the request of Senator
Morgan. The debate on the Chapman
resolu ion proceeded, Senator Gray,
chairman of the investigating commit
tee, reviewing its work. The resolu-
ton Was finally referred to the judici-
ary committee and the Senate then
went into executive session.
HOUSE.
The question of the regularity of the
| programme under which the House is
proceeding was raised to-day by Mr..
| Wheeler and led to debate. MIR.
Wheeler objected to the approval OF
the journal on the ground that the rule
adopted a week ago for two meetings
weekly, which allows the House to adj
journ for three days without a quorum,
was unconstitutional, being an attempt
to do Indirectly what could not be done
directly.
Mr.. Simpson endeavored to renew
his attack upon the Speaker for failing
| to appoint committees and censured the
| republicans for not mastering aquorum.
He was declaring that there were more
democrats and populists than republi-
cans present when the Speaker sustain
ed the point that he was out o forder.
~ have been in doubt whether | had
any rights in this House lately" MIR.
| Simpson shouted, and he was compel
led TO take his seat under the rule.
MI. Payne called Mr.. Simpson TO or
der and to him the Kansas said 1.-The
! Speaker recognizes that you will do his
bidding and you will get q good
place on a committee NIL right. |
know that there is q good deal of ankle
ty on that point among the republicans.
This taunt moved Mr.. Dingley and
Mr.. ". A. Stone to call Mr.. Simpson TO
order.
The question whether Mr.. Simpson
should be permitted to proceed in order
was nut to the House and many repub-
licans voted no, while others RETAINED
from voting, SO Mr.. Simpson by q vote
of so to 81 was given the floor.
Several democrats protested against
Mr.. Simpson being taken from the floor.
In explanation Mr.. Reed said THE
chair submits to the House that criti-
cisms of what the chair did at some past
time are not in order, not because the
chair is above criticism or above
attack, but because the Speaker
is the Speaker of the House and such
attacks are not conducive to order. The
Speaker cannot reply to them except in
a fragmentary name and it is not de-
sirable that reply be made. If any OBJ
lection is to be made to the Speakers
conduct it can be made at the time and
direct"
There was some flibustering, after
which the House decided that MIR.
Simpson could not speak, w%hereupon
he appealed to the chair to be inform
ed "Where am at"
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