The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-17
IN THE SENATE.
Senator Carter Jumps on Silly own
eEn Of the Pacific Coast.

ess Of the Pacific Coast.
At the session of the senate Mr..
Carter Of Montana, in connection with
the rejection by the government of the
steamship Centennial as a. transport.
made some ugly charges against the
ship owners of the Pacific. coast He
said they had been endeavoring to
hold up the government and compel it
to pay inordinate and eXtortionate
charges for ships to be. used to trans
port troops to the Philippines. Mr..
Perkins Of California denied the state
ments Of Mr.. Carter. declaring that
the vessel owners OF San Francisco
had placed their ships at the disposal
Of the government at rate fully so.
per cent less than they usually re-
ceived for them. Mr.. Lodge of Nass:a-
chusetts made some sensational dis
closures concerning the disposition Of
the money appropriated by congress q
short time ago in payment of claim
of the book concern of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. He intro
duced a resolution directing the claims
committee to make an investigation of
the matter and report to the senate
what, if any, action could be taken.
The omnibus claim BILL" carrying
something over $9.O0OOOO, forty pri-
waite pension bills and several meas
ures from the general calendar were
passed.
Washington, June 1.-Shortly after
4 o'clock in the afternoon the confer
ence report on the war revenue bill
was agreed to by the senate after Il
discussion lasting four hours. The de-
bate upon the measure was without
| special interest and was entirely de-
void of acrimonious features. 1t was
| q foregone conclusion that the report
| would be agreed to, and the only
| question of interest involved was how
soon Il vote could be reached. The de-
| bate indicated generally that the bill,
| as agreed upon by the conferees, was
| reasonably satisfactory to everybody,
+, except as to the bond provision. The
votes cast against the adoption Of the
report reflected the opinions of those
senators who are opposed to any in
crease in the interest-bearins debt of
the country. The report was agreed
20 by the decisive vote OF 43 to 2:
| Every Republican voted for the
| A!cilSuIe. anu tlltli NOleS WERE SUPPLY
| mented by s Democrats. 1 Silver Re.
1 publican and 1 Populist. The Demo.
Gratis who voted for the report were
Messrs. Gallery. German, Lindsay,
McEnery, Mitchell. Morgan. Murphy
and Turpie; the Silver Republican was
Mr.. Mantle and the Populist was Mr.,
Kyle.
The vote against the measure was
east by 16 Democrats, 3 Silver Repub-
[ licans and Popullsts. As soon MS
the engrossed bill can be signed by the
presiding officers of the two branches
Z. of congress it will be sent to the pres.
ident.
Just at the close of the session bit.
/, ter personal discussion was precipi-
tated by Mr.. Butler, who attacked Mr..
Kyle for having voted for the issuance
of bonds. Mr.. Butler, speaking as tie
! chairman of the Populist national com
mittee, officially declared that Aff.
Kyle did not represent the Populist
party. Mr.. Kyle replied warmly, say.
ing that lie was responsible for his po-
litical actions, not to Mr. Butler, but
to his conscience and to his constit-
uents. Subsequently lie denounced as
intentional and malicious falsehoods''
some statements made about hi,.! by
Mr.. pettigrew.