Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-21
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.
SENATE.

SENATE.
At the opening of the Senate's session
to-day Mr.. Quay said that he had nc
ticed in the morning newspapers that he
had yesterday voted for the considera-
ton of the Teller resolution because
the Senator from Missouri, Mr.. Vest,
had asked him to do 80. This, Mr..
Quay said, was not true in any sense, as
he had not conferred with the Missouri
Senator about it. He had voted as he
had because he thought the present
consideration of the resolution would
benefit the country and the republican
party.
The resolution of Mr.. Allen asking
the Secretary of the Interior for papers
concerning the dismissal from the Pen
sion Office of Mrs. NJ. E. Roberts was
laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Gallipger moved to refer the req
olution to the committee on civil serv.
ice and retrenchment.
Pending the vote on That motion Mr..
Allen said he desired to speak briefly
upon the matter. Mrs. Roberts, he
had learned, was a friend of former
Secretary Carlisle, from Covington, KY.
She was for years member of the fam
| ily OF James B. Beck, once Senator
from Kentucky, and her appointment
was made through Senator Beck's in
auence. II want to say" said Mr..
Allen, "that no self-respecting gentle
man would treat 8 woman as this wom-
an has been treated by the Secretary of
the Interior aud Commissioner of Pen.
sions. II this administration is willing
to ipjure itself In this way am willing.
II it desires to hurry itself out of power
I am DESTROYS of Fastening its exit. But
1 do hold, Mr.. President, that it is not an
inherent right of the Secretary of the In
terror, or the Commissioner of P ensiops,
| to be brutal in their treatment of clerks.
If the commissioner desired the place
Of Mrs. Roberts for some hanger-on
why did he aim poisoned dart at
her? He must be paltroon and cow
ard, indeed, who will make q covert
charge against a woman and refuse
then to state the charges"
Mr.. Allen referred to the position
taken by Mr.. Gallinger very sharply
and was as sharply challenged by Mr..
CIR llinger. Said the New Hampshire
Senator "If the Senator from Nebras-
ka means seriously to impute to me
such motives as his language indicates
he is using supplementary and un.
warrantable language" Mr.. Gallinger
said he had learned something about
the Roberts case and was satisfied that
the Senate was not the place for the
discussion of the details of this case.
In the privacy of the committee room
the statements of Mrs. Roberts, the
Secretary of the Interior, the COM
missioner of pensions and others
could be heard upoa the b.
Then the case could be properly
discussed and investigated. Such
cases as this have no place in the
Senate chamber and it may be possible
that it will be the part of gallantry to
consider this case in private, and in the
end, Mr.. Gallinger thought, Mrs.
Roberts would thank him for the posi-
ton he had taken in the matter.
Mr.. Allen contended that there was
hint of something vitality wrong in the
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reviewed the case again aud discussed
at some length its application to the
present agitation of the civil service
question.
The resolution was then so referred.
Mr.. Lodge moved that the Senate go
into executive session.
Mr.. Vest said he had agreed to let
the Teller resolution go over until next
Tuesday and that vote upon it would
be taken at o'clock next Wednesday.
Mr.. Stewart said he would like to
make some remarks on the pending
resolution and would do so tomorrow
if the Senate we're in session.
| Mr.. Turpie proposed that instead OF
taking the final vote on Wednesday it
be taken on Thursday and this propo-
sition was agreed to.
Mr.. Turpie gave notice that he would
speak upon the subject on Monday.
The Senate then went into executive
session.
HOUSE.
Under the rules this was private bill
day but Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, success
fully antagonized it with motion for
tho consideration of the Senate amend.
ments to the urgent deficiency apprc-
pristion bill.
The Senate Nicaragua canal commits
sion amendment was n-concurred in.
The main fight came up on the amend
ment striking out the provision in the
bill requiring depositors of bullion
hereafter to pay the cost of transporta-
ton from the assay Offices to the mints.
The debate sooD drifted into dis
cussion of the silver question. Mr..
Cannon finally submitted q modified
proposition providing that the depositor
of bullion should pay the cost of trans
portation to the nearest mint"
1t was defeated SO $50. The Senate
amendment to strike out the whole
provision was then agreed to without
division in the committee of the whole.