The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-02
JERRY SIMPSONS TWIT
ATTACKS NEW JERSEY AS THE
NEST OF TRUSTS.
WYOMING SENATOR DEFENDS HIS VOTE
Mr.. Clark Says He Does Not Propose to Be-
Read Out Of the Republican Party Be-
Because He Voted for the
Teller Resolution.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 1.-The
House devoted most of the session 10
day to. the District of Columbia .Appro
priation bill, but had NOT completed il
at the time of adjournment. Some poll
tics were injected into the debate just
ut the close.
The Military Academy Appropriation
bill was reported. The anti-Civil Ser
vice reformers won a slight victory when
Mr.. Perkins Qlep. Iowa., presented 4
resolution for printing the hearings be-
fore the Civil Service Committee.
Mr. Grosvenor antagonized the resolu-
ton. He said the hearings had taken
an ex parte turn and he desired IT,
submit some facts in refutation of GER
tain statements before the hearings
were printed Mr.. Perkins, however, re-
fused to withdraw the resolution until
the House by vote of 55 to 80 had re-
fused the previous question:. He then
yielded.
A resolution was adopted which re-
quested the Secretary of War to submit
to the House the report of C. Med
Townsend, of the Corps of Engineers
dated December Is, 1897, concerning GER
tain proposed improvements of st. Jos ph
and Benton harbors, Michigan. The
House at 1890 p. m, went into commit
tee of the whole and resumed considera-
ton of the District of Columbia Appro-
priation bill, which was begun ON Sat
urday.
At 4 o'clock the debate drifted into
T. \
tempted to show from clippings from
return of prosperity i'm the lumber in
dustry in that State. He also attacked
New Jersey as the home of trusts.
Mr.. Dingley in reply declared that
the Maine papers We're full of evidences
of the improvement in the lumber indust-
ry. Tn clippings quoted We're the ex-
ception. 1t was. he said, another proof
that gentlemen on the other side could
see the speck on the barn door but
could not see the door.
Mr.. Pitney rep, n. j., defended his
State. He declared that New Jersey
had been trust-ridden because for years
it had been under Democratic domino.
rion. The Democratic legislature had
knocked down legislation to the highest
bidder. Laws were to be had by those
who had the price. The last croWning
infan1y of the Democratic legislature
was an attempt TO carry out the man
dates of the coal combine by which the
price of coal was to be advanced 81 per
ton. But at hast, said MIR. Pitney, the
wise, patriotic people of New Jersey
had risen in their might and swept the
Democrats from power. They had re-
pudiated utterly the infamous doctrine
preached by Bryan in 1896, and had
elected as Governor last year a gentle
man attorney General Griggs), who
had been to-day called to larger
sphere of usefulness in President Nc.
kinley's Cabinet. Republican ap-
plause.)
Mr.. Handy, Dem, DELI, as an evil
dence of the lack of prosperity read
a letter from a friend in Philadelphia,
who said he had counted 240 unemploy-
ed persons who on a single day visited
Il charitable soup house IN Kensington.
Mr.. Adams rep, Pa, in reply de-
clared that the report of the Factory
Inspector of Pennsylvania, showed that
123,0O0 more persons were employed
in the factories now than at this time
last year. As to the soup houses in
Kensington they fea 10000 unemployed
under the free trade tariff.
MIR. Ma'hany (Rep., n W, presented
in open House the protests Of 10000
German-Americam voters against the
Lodge immigration bill. He made an
impassioned speech against the intoler-
ance of those who desired to close the
gates to immigration AND when Mr..
Stone rep, Pa, interrupted him he
turned upon the Pennsylvania and de-
Tounced his as one who desired to pre-
capitate a race question, as one who
had attacked the Irish, the Germans, the
Poles and every other nationality. II
commend you," he shouted, ito the vot-
ers of Pennsylvania as one whose Ann
erIcaliism cannot stand the test"
us the Sergeant at Arms PRESENT.
was the only comment Of Mr.. Stone
when Mr.. Mahany concluded. AT 4:30
p. IN. the House adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, ID. c.. Feb. No bust
ness of Importance was transacted by
the Senate in open session today. The
features Of the short session was a
statement made by Mr.. Clark. (Republi-
can, Wyoming), as a matter of per-
sollal privilege, concerning his vote in
favor of the Teller resolution.
Mr. Clark had received a dispatch
from his State published in Eastern
newspapers to the effect that Henry G..
Hay, Chairman of the Laramie county
Republican Committee, had resigned
because Of the votes cast by the Wy
anling Senators for the Teller resolution
AIR. Clark stated that so much mad been
said concerning the votes of Wyoming's
Senators, and as to the significance OF
those votes that he deemed it wise t.
make statement. He expressed sur
prise that the motives and designs OF
those voting for the resolution SHOULD
have been impugmcd. He said that tbs
attempt made to commit the Republic
can party to line Of policy never laiC
down, and never contemplated by thai
PARTY, and the further effect to reaC