The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
DISHONEST MOTIVES CHARGED
THE ALABAMA SENATOR MAKES
 A VERY BAD MISTAKE.
His Accusations Against Statesmen Who Oppose Hawaiian Annex ation Arouse the Wrath
 of the Californian.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House.

Washington, June %.
 The Senate proceedings during the debate on the annexation resolution were enIivened to-day by a most spirited colloquy between Senators White and Morgan. The California Senator administered to Morgan scathing rebuke for his arrogance in assuming the role of dictator and inn putting to his colleagues dishonest mo- tives in debating at length the New lands annexation resolution. Whites eXcoriation of Morgan greatly pleased Senators who have hitherto sub mitted to his arrogant dictation. White simply hayed him alive. Morgan at tempted to reply once and made hu- initiating spectacle of himself by sug gesting to the California Senator that personal differences might be more ap propriately settled outside the Senate chamber.
 Whites scathing rebuke of Morgan was called forth by the Alabama Sena- tors insinuatiOn that a filibuster was being attempted and because he at tributed dishonest motives to other Senators. White, in replying to Nor gans insinuations, said:
 MT. President: Senators upon this floor, I presume, have a right to their opinions. They may have regard for the opinion of others. When the Sena- tor from Alabama makes any charge against other Senators involving the honesty of their intentions or their pur- poses in so far as 1 am concerned and those who concur with me it is dis tinctly repudiated. An accusation that in debate such as we are conducting there has been anything but the highest and best motives is founded upon a miscOnceptiOn of facts but that it may be based on other motives is of but little moment to me.
 The dictator of the Senate, be he old or young, ought to be odious and he is not. so far as I have been able to Ob serve very lofty in regard. There are Senators here who think that this is an important issue and who have been debating in good faith. An assertion that they are debating it otherwise pro- ceeds either from corruption or imbe- cility. Mir. President, let us remember that if at half-past 4 o'clock upon the afternoon of Saturday We see fit to try to adjourn, we may be honest in en- deaVoring to absent ourselves without filbUstering. I have sat here for hours when there has been in the Senate but one-seventh of a quorum and I have never made the point. Yet the Senator dareS to charge that we are filibuSter- ing when he has absolved himself and with that inconsistency which is his characteristic and attribute he throws upon others the burden that should de- pend upon himself
 MOrgan-The Senator from California seems to have a desire to be personal toward me I wish to say to the Sen ator that this is not the proper place for personalities. If he thinks he has got any quarrel with me there is bet ter place to settle it than this. We can settle it outside of this chamber
 White-Oh MT. President the Sena- tor from Alabama, with his character istic fairness, seeks to place upon re- cord here charges against men who are associated with him in the discharge of public duty. and denies to them the right to traverse his unfOunded Sug- gestions. He cannot influence any thing l say by anything of that sort From the initiation of this debate to this minute we have been ready to proceed according to order and have so proceeded. This afternoon, our last afternoOn, when the Senator from Georgia wished to speak, notice was given those who control this debate that he would rather have debate post poned We know it has been an op- pressive day; we know we have been honestly trying to have this matter pressed forward, and have advanced only such arguments as appeal to our conscfences and our judgments, and when we are accused of filibustering I am justified in saying 1t is utterly without foundation that we are pro- crastinating. Here to-night-I suppose for pyroteChnic purposes-to be cOntin- uously further advertised, we are in- formed that there is a filibuster in pro- gress. That statement is absolutely untrue We insist that at this time on Saturday evening the Senate ought to adjourn We have already agreed to a resolution to meet at II o'clock on Monday. for which I myself voted and after having stood here and discussed this question, when nearly half day has been taken up by the friends of annexation. 1t is certainly not a ground for exhibiting us be- fore the country as fflibusters that we have simply asked for privilege which ought to have been granted, and which has been denied to this hour; yet the Senator from Alabama has sat in this chamber many a time recently and heretofore seeking to advance interests