The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-04
QUAY CASE CAUSED QUARREL
SENATOR'S LODGE AND WOLCoTT
EXCHANGED RETORTS.

Lodge Wanted the SpOOner Bill Made
Unfinished Business Under .Unani-
nous Consent Agreement-Quay's
Friends objected, and There Was
Heated Discussion WoIcott
Charged Lodge with Making False
Statement.
Washington, April 3.-Just before The
Senate adjourned to-day a sensational
episode occurred in which Mr.. Wolcott of
Colorado accused Mr.. Lodge of Massao4lu-
sets of uttering that which was 'un-
qualifedly false"
The difficulty arose over an effort made
by Mr.. Lodge to have The Spooner bill
made the unfinished business. This in
volvedf the displacement of the Quay case,
and the friends of the former senator from
Pennsylvania made things exceedingly
lively for half an hour:
Scarcely had the Porto Rican measure
been disposed of when quite unexpected
| ly serious snarl over the case of former
Senator Quay arose.
| Acting under the unanimous consent
| agreement reached ON March Is that the
| Quay case should be taken up subject
TO the consideration of appropriation bills,
conference reports, the present unfinished
business and Senate bill 1855 THE Spoon
er bill as to the government of the Phil
ippinea--Mr. Lodge moved that the Spoon
er bill be made the unfinished business.
This was objected 10 by the friends OF
Mr.. Quay, and Mr. Wolcott, Republican,
of Colorado moved 10 adjourn.
The motion was lost 20 TO 20.
Mr. Lodge then renewed his motion. II
was antagonized by Mr.. Chandler. chair-
man of The Committee on Privileges and
Elec tions, who had no objections TO the
measure, but did not want ii TO displace
the Quay case.
After some further discussion Mr.. VOL
cott again moved to adjourn, the molten
being defeated % to 81.
Evidence of Fight.
1t became evident that there was fight
on. and the sena Tors engaged in the con-
troVersy manifested much feeling. The
whole question of The unanimous consent
again was gone into, The entire debate up
on il being read.
Mr. Chandler said he could not believe
il possible that Mr.. Hoar had agreed TO
any such unanimous consent.
Mr.. Tillman sugge ted to the New H mp
shire senator that he telegraph Mr.. Hoar
aud ascertain from HIM what he had
agreed 10. Even this biz of humor did
not quiet the troubled senator's.
Mr.. Wolcott referred TO the long hours
the Senate had been in session and the
desire of senator's to get their frugal din
ners," and moved an executive session.
st is perfectly obvious" interjected Mr.
Lodge, that can attain no good result
by OBTAINING the Senate. The purp-se of
Mr.. Quay's friends is plain. That is all I
desire to show. l have no objection to the
Senate either adjurning or going into ex-
ecutive session, but 1 consider the unani-
nous consent agreement at an end"
WOIcOtt's Serious Language.
II do not know how the Senator from
Massachusetts Classics himself" rotor ed
Mr. Wolcott whether as a friend or as an
enemy of Mr.. Quay. 1t is hard to tell
who are his friends and who are his enc
mics. But when any suggestion or init
nation is made that there is any unworthy
or unrighteous purpose lin pressing the
considera ton of that case as a matter Of
the highest privilege, the person who
makes that statement goes far out OF his
way to state that which is unqualihedy
false"
Mr.. Lodge II made no charge against
any one. 1 said that l had been de-
prived of the right which l thought 1
clearly had. 1 am not going to press it,
and l am not going to hold it. If the
unanimous consent is broken, of course,
that is the end of it. 1t cannot be bind
ing in one case and not be binding in
ALL"
Mr.. Chandler: Unanimous consents
would better come to an end If they mean
what senators now declare them to
mean"
with the situation still strained, the
senators looking pale and serious, the SEN
ate at $3.50 p. m. adjourned.