The San Francisco call., 1898-06-03

upon his own responsibility with per sonal knowledge of its truth. nave a aharman as lhe of e9ze the popui
 party committee that there are interests which will contribute to the support oI that that party will support. legislation favorable to those interests.
 .Hawley (R.( of Connecticut interjected the remark that he had no doubt that the Senator (Butler) knew what he was talking about, but; Republican Senators had not been approached in any such manner as indicated =.
 heated exchange of words over: the reso- lution introduced. by the latter providing for an investigation of the methods of: the various parties in the last Presidential campaign. The, former, who is a member of the committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate, to which the resolution was. referred, Sald that he was willing to go into the -investi- gation at this time, but no proof had been presented to the committee that that was necessary. He pointed out that: the other two members of the committee haq sup ported the same Presidential .ctend1date Tn 1896 as. had Allen, and he ought to labor with them if he desired action upon hls resolution
 Allen insisted that Gallinger, was en- deavoring' to escape responsibility by ats tempting to load it. upon the: shoulders or others. -. |. &
 Teller tSil.:;R.) of Colorado, in the course Of a.. brief but emphatic statement @ ii0 t,ias 05 the charges made by Butler were DelleYeo by the people and ought to be inVestlg8t- ed by the Senate, declared: that IL: was notorious that the Republican party na1 spent more money in athe one campaign ol 1896 than it has spent: in: all previous cam glls since 1856 He. added that no party had ever employed methods .ln:: q sains as paign so corrupt as were: the :melhouS U fhe Republican party in that campaign. and that such methods were. a menace to our form of government. He .Wouid pc glad he said, to give. up three mohtns oi the hot weather;.in making snen an II III, VeSti gdtlOn as was proViue0 TUT Cy; etio resolution of Allen. .,,,.. =
 !. Gallinger replied that he. was willing to enter upon the Investigation as soon a. Teller could induce his political colleague to take action. He directed attention 10 the fact that the committee was. com posed of one Democrat. Jones or ArkanI sas, chairman of the Democratlc Natlonal Committee; Jones of Neyada, a ififeInbaI e 45a of the Populfst party and hiinself, a Re- publican.
 to the charges of the Large: use .of money in 1S96 and had suggested that they ought to be- investigated, but the resolution or Allen had gone; to it's death on the 4th or last March, mot through any fault or the .Ga.llinger family. nor through any fauH or the New. Hampshire family, but solely through the:fault of the Jones family.
 While expressing a willingness that every act of the Democratic National Comfnittee should be scrutinized, Jones of Arkansas. did not believe that any tan gible results would come from such an Investigation as had been contemplated:
 Butler resumed his speech, in the course of which he opposed any increase. of the bonded debt, and concluded at p. m.
 After agreeing to meet at Il o'clock to- morrow, the Senate, at SEQ D. m, went into executive session and shortly after ward adjourned