The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-02
TILLNAY AND HAVLEY
Engage in Acrimonious Discus
sion in the Senate.
A VERY SERIOUS ACCUSATION.
The south Carolina Senator Intimates
That the Armor Plate Manufacturers
Have Their Paid Agents in the Senate,
and Hawiey Becomes Excited.

That the Armor Plate Manufacturers
Have Their PAID Agents in the Senate,
and Hawiey Becomes Excited.
washington, March 2.-The national
senate pressed steadily forward on ap-
propriation bills yesterday making
such progress that no further appre-
hension is felt as to the passage OF
these great fiscal measures. The Dis
trict Of Columbia bill was passed early
in the day. The naval bill brought out
a hot contest on the price of armor
plate and the establishment of q gov
ernmert armor factory. Fhe senate
committee had recommended a maxi
mum price of $500 per ton for armor
plate Mr.. Chandler endeavored to
have the price fixed at $500. The bill
was laid aside at 4:S0 p. m. for an ex-
ecutive session.
Tho discussion on armor plate was
resumed last night. and Mr. Tillman,
of South Carolina, provoked turbu-
lent scene when he charged that the
armor plate manufacturers had their
paid agents in that body, who were
robbing the government. Senators
Hawley and Squire had spoken against
Senator Chambers amendment to the
price of armor plate to $500 a ton, and
Senator EllSins had complained of the
lack of information on the cost of ar
NOR plate, when Senator Tillman took
the floor.
Although a member of this naval
committee began Mr.. Tillman, "and
although 1 have given as much time to
this question as 1 could spare from my
other duties, I am not able to give the
senator as much information as he
wants. But L am able to say" he
added with emphasis, that no recent
expenditure of the government has
been so reel6ing with fraud and so dis
graceful to those connected with it,"
Coming to the armor plate question
he said:
Instead Of us controlling the mono
poles, the nonopolies have the senate
in their vicious pocket. / would hate to
say or to even lnsinuate that these
armor plate manufacturers have their
paid agents in this senate"
Then Mr.. Hawley rose, beginning:
Does the senator dare"
Mr. Tillman took the words from his
mouth. 81 dare to say" he shouted,
that so far as 1 can see, there are
things here that can be explained on
no other theory"
"If the senator dares to say, or even
insinuate such a disgraceful thing he
says what is untrue and what is un-
worthy gentleman" Mr.. Hawley re-
Piled very deliberately and emphati-
cally.
Senator Tillman was unruffled. He
/ thrust a hand in his trousers pocket
| nonchalantly and looking over to Sena-
/ tor HaWley coOllV retOrte5.
ITO that I can only say it is the gal
led jade that winces."
Senator Hawley turned pale and
| trembled visibly."
III the senator applies that to me,
| have a sufficient answer" he said
angrily.
Two or three other senators gathered
| around Senator Hawley, endeavoring
! apparently to calm him. Finally he
! walked with them into the cloak room
while Senator Tillman continued his
speech.
Going on with the subject of armor
| plate he said he could see no explana-
tion for the state of affairs except that
the manufacturers had their friends
in the senate chamber. There was proof
that the government was to be looted
to the extent Of two or three millions.
I
trusts had the government down and
their hands in its pockets, yet If any
one opposed them, if any one proposed
that the government do it's own work,
make it's own armor plate, senators
We're quick to bring cut the awful
| spectre Of socialism. Said Mr.. Tillman
The country's eyes are on us. We
are already disgraced because we do
not hasten to do the bidding of Wall
street fast enough. The touch of the but
/ ton between Wall street and the senate
seems 20 have been broken somewhat
late y, and so the metropolitan press is
''pon US to whip us into line"
| Continuing Mr.. Tillman said there
was a still darker page in the history
Of the dealings Of the Carnegies with
! the government. He referred to the
charges of making defective armor in
1894. "The thieves were caught" he
said "but they were released. The
secretary imposed a fine, but this glor-
ious president of ours, who, thank God,
goes out of Office in two days more re-
mitted the fine"
He continued to lecture the senate
saying he had no doubt the PROPOSE
ton would go through. You squabble
over your little ten thousand dollar
ITEMS ne Salu ana let IneSe mllllOn
dollar steals go through"
Mr.. Quay moved to lay the Chandler
amendment on the table, which was
| defeated by a vote of 12 to SO. After
| further discussion the Chandler
amendment was adopted without di-
vision. At exactly midnight the naval
bill was passed and the senate ad-
| journed.
The house galleries were thronged
all day yesterday, but the crowd wit
/ messed nothing beyond the dullest of
routine business until the last half
nour Of the session, when the bill to
prohibit the transmission of detailed
| accounts OF prize fights by mail or tele-
graph was brought up. This led to a
/ very lively skirmish in which prize
! fighting was denounced on all sides,
and the advocates of the bill insisted
that the 'sickening details" should be
/ suppressed in the interests of good
morals. But the bill met with most
strenuous opposition on the ground
/ that it would tend to establish a CEN
sorship Of the press. At the end of the
/ debate, which was participated In by
/ Messrs. Aldrich, Grosvener and Morse.
in favor of the bill, and Messrs Dock
cry and Cummings in opposition. the
/ adversaries Of the measure outvoted
/ the friends of the bill on several fili-
/ clustering motions, but an agreement
/ for a recess until 10 o'clock today put
an end to the hGstilities. The bill now
1 becomes the unfinished business when
ever the call of the committee is re-
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