The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-04

Resolution An AntishaWasidu M
tion R..oIusion-A slight Victory for the
Anti.Civii Service Reformers-A Heated
D.bate on the Question of Return OF
Prosperity
SENATE.
Washington, February mo bust
mess of Importance was transacted by
the senate in open session today. The
feature of the short session was a
statement made by senator Clark. re-
publican, of Wyoming, as a matter of
personal privilege, concerning his vote
in favor of the Teller resolution.
Senator Clark had a dispatch from
his state, published in eastern neWSpa-
per5, to the effect that Henry q. Hay,
chairman of h county re-
publican committee, had resigned on
account of the votes cast by the Wyo-
ming senators for the Teller resolution
Senator Clark stated that so much had
been said concerning the votes of Wyo-
ming's senators and as to the sfgnln-
canoe of these votes, that he deemed it
wise to make a statement. He ex-
pressed surprise that the motives and
designs of those voting for the resolu-
ton should W. been impugned. He
said that the attempt made to commit
the republican party to a line or policy
never laid down n never contemplate
ed by that party, n the further effort
to read out of the party those epuDl
cans WHO voted for the resolution
would fail. AS for himself, he declined
most e~mphatically to be read out OF
the republican party n was satisfied
THAT the masses Of that party would
never convict him of political nersey on
account of his vote. He thought that
tine democrats ought, in view or tnelr
record, to have supported n Nelson
amendment, providing that gold and
silver coins should be maintained at
a. parity. He Thought that the vote
he had cast was no stain on his pollt-
ical marty honor and his vote for the
Nelson amendment was cast as a pro
test against silver mOn,ometallism. He
felt that his vote was in line with the
republican policy outlined at ST. Louis.
THE resolution of Senator PettigreW
of South Dakota, declaring it to he the
policy Of the United States not to ac-
uuire territory, TO defend which q. navy
would be required, went over until to-
morrow at the request of tine author.
Senator Morgan's resolution pre-
sented yesterday,calling upon the pres
ident for correspondence and informa-
tion relating to the arbitration off the
-lITUIlSIl StNZult tldlII 4 bdCHCNN''
The senate then at 12:40 o'clock p. m
went into executive session.
At 4:45 O'Clock p. m. the senate ad-
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The house devoted most of the ses-
sion today to the District of Columbia
appropriation bin but had not COM
pleted it at. the time of adjournment.
Some politics were injected into the
debate just tat the close.
The military academy appropriation
bill was reported. The anti-civil SER
vice reformers won q Slight victory
when MIR. Perkins, republican, of Iowa,
presented a resolution for printing the
Hearings before the civil service COM
snittee. Mr.. G~rosvenor, a~ntagonized
the resolution. He said the hearings
had taken an Elk parte turn and he de-
sired to submit some facts in refuta-
ton of certain statements before the
hearings were printed. Mr.. Perkins,
however, refused to withdraw the res
until the house by a vote of SO
ito so. had refused the previous ques-
1tion. He then yielded.
The house at 1890 o'clock p. m. went
into committee of the whole and re
stunned consideration of the District of
columbia appropriation bin, which was
begun on SATURDAY..
AT 4 O'Clock the debate drifted into
politics. Mr.. Simpson, populist, of
Kansas, attempted to show from clip
pings from Maine papers that there
had been no return of prosperity in the
lumber industry in that state. He also
ATTACKED New Jersey as the home of
trusts.
Mr.. Dingley, in reply. declared that
-Il,, NI,;ra rauNarc nyarp f111l of pVi6Pnp
es of the improvement in the lumber
industry. The clippings quoted were
the exception. 1t was, he said, another
proof that gentleman on the other side
could see the speck on the barn door
but could not see the door.
Mr.. Pitney, republican, of New Jer-
Sey, defended his state. He declared
that New Jersey a been trust-ridden
because for years it had been under
democrat domination. The democrat
legislature had knocked down legisla-
tfon ito the highest bidder. Laws were
to be had by those Who had paid the
price. .Tke last browning infamy of a
democratic legislature was am attempt
to carry out the mandates of the COAL
combine by which the price of coal
was to be advanced 81 per ton. But
at last, said Mr.. Pitney, the wise,
pd pCopIC VI Z oSAoSy d~N
risen in their might and swept the
d 'emocrats from power. They had re
udiated utterly the infamous doctrine
pn cached by Bryan in 1896 and had
efe cited as governor last year a gentle
ma n (Attorney General Griggs) who
been today called to a larger
sphe re of usefulness in President Nc
a.v's cabinet. (ReDublican ap-
plaus e)
Mr. Handy. democrat, Of Delaware.
as al, evidence of the lac of prosperi-
ty. rea d a letter from a friend in Phil
adelnyhi a.. who said he had ounted 240
unemph Dyed persons who ON "a single
day visi ted a charitable house in
Kensingt on.
Mr.. Ada rnas. republican, i'm reply. de-
tina t 9TH report of the factory
Inspector OF Pennsylvania showed that
125. 600 more persons were employed in
the factoriess now than at this time
last year. An, to the soID-houses in
Kensington, they fed 10000 unemployed
under the rec trade tariff.
Mr.. Mahany, republican. of New