The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-25
4 POLITICAL NIX-Up
GENERAL PARTISAN CROss-FIRE A
FEATURE OF THE HOUSE
SESSION.
STARTED BY JERRY SIMPSON.
PRESIDENT CRITICISED FOR AN
ALLEGED INTERVIEW ON I'M
MIGRATION LEGISLATION.
OTHERS GRADUALLY DRAWN IN.
Unofficial Defense by MIR. Grosvenor
Followed by a Running Debate
Warrington News.

spent couple Of hours today transact
ing business relating to the District of
Columbia and the remainder Of the day
on the Indian appropriation bill. Dur
ing the consideration Of the latter bill
lively political debate was precipitated
by an allusion made by Mr.. Simpson
pop, Kan.), relative to an alleged in
terview with the president on the sub
1ect of immigration. Mr. Grosvenor
took occasion to express the opinion that
the president had never used the Ian
guage imputed to him, and the debate
drifted into general discussion of in
dustrial conditions, In the course of
which the strike in New England, the
high prices for wheat in Kansas, and
the defaulting Republican officials in
Nebraska, successfully played their
parts Messrs. Dingley, Green Pop.,
Neb) and Mercer Rep., Neb) Gros-
venor CRep., o. and Simpson pop,
KanD participated.
Speaking to a pro forma amendment,
Mr.. S mpson commented on an interview
with tie president, relative to the strike
in the cotton mills of New England,
wherein the president was quoted as
as favoring a restriction of immigra-
ton. Mr.. Simpson spoke of the report
of the agricultural department experts
on the condition Of the residents of the
slums of New York, IN which he said
the experts alleged that their poverty
vas due to extravaganza. The experts,
he said, stated that these people some
times bought beefsteak when they could
get twice as much nutriment out of
bananas. The upshot of Mr.. Simpsons
comment was that there should be
economy in governmental affairs
Mr.. Dingley Rep., Maine) replied IN
some good-natured remarks In which he
twitted Mr.. Simpson on having ceased
to wall of miseries of bleeding Kansas
and was now looking for misery else
where.
I'VE have Populist rule in Kansas
now and there is no longer any misery
out there" interposed Mr.. Simpson.
rs not Populist rule misery enough?''
exclaimed Mr.. Henderson Rep., Io.).
Continuing, Mr. Dingley said he also
believed in economy, but he thought
it strange that on every proposition
to increase the expenditures the gentle
man from Kansas, Mr.. Simpson, had
voted in the affirmative.
That is not true" interposed Mr..
Simpson.
Il leave that to the members of the
house who have seen him filing through
the tellers,'' responded Mr.. Dingley,
who concluded by saying he hoped
members would follow the words, not
the example, of Mr.. Simpson.
Mr. Curtis Rep., Kas.), commenting
on Mr.. Simpsons statement about the
temperance of prosperity in Kansas
owing to Populistic rule, said that in
one year of Republican rule in this
country the farmers Of Kansas had
paid off $50, 900, 600 Of mortgages, while
under Populistic rule in Kansas every
state institution was suffering for lack
of funds, and for the first time in
years warrants were being stamped
mot good for lack of funds" The peo-
pie Of Kansas, he said, were proud of
the Republican party.
Mr.. Simpson, in reply, said that when
the Populists retired from power three
years ago they left 100000 in the state
treasury. When they resumed last year
the treasury was bankrupt Mr.. Simp-
son reviewed some achievements of
the Populist party in his state and was
met by Mr. Curtis with the assertion
that they had not kept a pledge they
had made.
The controversy attracted more and
mOree attention as II proceeded ana
gradually others were drawn into It,
Mr.. GroSvenor Rep., o. took eX-
ception to Mr.. Simpsons quotations
from the alleged interview with the
president on the immigration question.
The alleged interview, he said, pur-
ported to be what Mr.. Mckinley had
said in a private conversation. While
he did not pretend to speak with au-
thority, he said he did not believe the
president had given utterance to some
of the alleged expressions. Quoting
the sentence which made the presi-
dent say he would use his personal in
fuence with members Of the house to
secure the passage Of the immigration
BILL he asked if there was a member
on the floor who believed the president
had said such things. mo. Mop came
in chorus from the Republican side.
After completing seven pages Of the
bill the house adjourned.