The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
lT~HAS A VERY UGLY LOOK.

"fee>" They are also speaking severely
of the attitude of Smith & Barbee
agents of the church, whose telegram to
4 Senator Bate put them in no less enyia-
bic an attitude than Stahlman.
| We have published extracts from the
speeches of other Senators, but the
most important speech of all was made
| by Senator Bate, senior Senator from
| Tennessee, who had been chiefly instrU-
mental in securing the passage of the
bill. He said:
Nothing, Mr.. President, has occur
red since | have been a member of this
| Senate which has given me so much
| chagrin, disappointment and mortifca-
ton as the fact that every representa-
| ton made by myself and other Senators
to the effect that no attorneys fee and
no agents compensation was carried by
I the bill for the relief of the book agents
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, seems to have turned out differ
emily, and that the Senate, misled by
the assurances of Senators made hon
estly and in the best of faith and upon
good authority, has been induced to APP
propriate money which has gone to
agents and attorneys, when we sup
posed we were sending relief and sup
port only to the superannuated and
worn-out preachers, their wives, wild
ows and orphans.
For myself. Mr. President, | can
only say that | relied on the positive
and unqualified statement of Mr.. Stahl-
man, one of the active friends of the
measure and to whom it is said to have
been paid, that he was giving his aid
and services in this matter because both
his wife and himself were members of
that church, and he assured me, as he
did several other Senators, notably
Senator Turley, my colleague, Senators
Bacon, Clay, Lindsay and others, that
he was getting no compensation, fee or
reward for his services, and also relied
on the telegram / sent to Barbee Il
Smith, on March Z, and the answer
thereto. Further, my reply to the Sena-
tor from South Carolina Mr. Tillman)
was based on the same grounds"
Continuing, Senator Bate said:
Il entertain the hope that some ex-
PLANTATION will be forthcoming which will
relieve Messrs. Barbee 81 Smith from the
responsibility which now rests upon
them for having given the assurances
that they did to the Senator from FlOri-
ia Pasco) and to myself that neither
40 per cent or any other fee was to
he paid out of this appropriation to Mr..
Stahlman and that those gentlemen
have not been the paymasters of the
exorbitant fee reported to have been
t1aiI Of hnla a.
amount of the S2SS,000. as | am in
formed and believe, was paid to Barbee
& Smith, the representatives and agents
of the publishing house of the Method
list Episcopal church, South, and not to-
any attorney, and since this ugly criti
cism has arisen they should, i'll my opin-
ion. promptly and without reserve on
their own motion, show what has be-
come of every dollar Of the fund, show
ing who got any part of it, for what
and how much, They owe it to them
selves and to the great church they rep
resented in this transaction.
Il will not be a party to shield a
wrong if / know it, and neither will
Senators who favored this bill, but
believe in all cases fraud and deceit
should be exposed, plucked out by the
roofs anu icIl 10 WltupE uIlucE lIei
searchight of truth. 'Hew to the line
and let the chips fall where they may
is good honest motto.
Il can safely and truthfully say for
every Senator who co-operated to Sc
cure the passage of this bill, Let the
CALLED jade vince, our withers are I'M
wrung.
Concluding. Senator Bate read the
telegram which he sent to Barbee *
Smith. which was rs follows:
Washington. ID. c., March I, 1893.
"Barbee & Smith, Methodist Publishing
House. Nashville, Tenn:
Telegraph to-day answer to Senator
Pasco's letter to you Saturday, as toI
Stahlman having fee of 40 per cent. or
any other fee in case of payment of
your claim. / would like to hear from
you; ALSO in my Judgment, if true, it.
will endanger the bill.
civilian b. BATE"
In reply to that telegram, asking if
Stahlman "hayng fee of 40 per cent.
or any other fee" the following tele-
gram received by him was read:
Nashville, Tenn, March 7,1S9S
"Hon. William b. Bate, Washington,
j.. c.:
1--WE wired Senator Pasco early this
morning as follows: The statement is
untrue; and you are, therefore, author
lied to deny it.
BARBEE & SMITH"
Within very few days after the APP
preparation was made, Stahlman col
lects 50 per cent. of the claim as b
fee or commission, and, from the facts
now in the possession of the public,
Barbee Il Smith made no objection.
Their conduct has an ugly look, and
Stahlman is exposed in his deception.
Let the fraud and deceit be exposed.
Let the CALLED jade vince"
There is a great deal in names, no
matter what the poet said about it, A
man signing himself "Hannaite' writes
to the Chatham Citizen, which claims to
be Populist paper, and advocates DR..
III. II. Chaplin, a Mckinley elector, for
the State Senate from Chatham. The