The Portland daily press., 1900-02-02
Senator Allen Talked an Hour on
Subject Yesterday.
Mr.. Daniel Discusses
Financial Bill.
The New Officers Of the Sepate
Sworn In.

Washington, February i.-Nearly the
entire morning hour today in the Senate
was occupied by MIR. Allen, Popuiist In
o discussion OF report OF Secretary Gags
concerning his transaction with the
National City bank Of New York. Mr..
Daniel, Democrat Of Virginia, then de-
livered an extended speech on the pend
ing financial measure. He vigorously OPP
posed the proposition that the country
should 70 TO the gold standard.
Daniel NJ. Ramsdall Of Indiana, and
Charles @. Bennett OF New York. were
sworn In 40 sergeant-at-arms and score
tary OF the Senats respectively.
Washington, February AT the open
Ing OF the Senate, Mr.. Rawlins OF Utah,
rose to question OF personal privilege
and to make personal inquiry.
~ have noticed" he said, sin the REQ.
ord Of last week frequent references to
myself and intimatins that IL had
taken pains to do SO / might have re-
vealed csrtsin things as to the domestic
affairs of citizens Of my state and per.
haps a. to the moral status Of Q number
Of members OF the House OF Represen-
tatives.
"The parliamentary iuquiry wish to
make IL whether such allusion to q MEM
Der Of this body Is breach Of the cour'
tesi.s and privileges Of this body and
whether It would be within tina privileges
Of . member Of the Senate to reply to
suoh alluaions."
The chairman. Mr.. Frye, held that II
any senator should begin an attack upon
any member of the house the chair would
call him t, order, but he sail IL was for
the speaker of the House 20 determine
what action he should take under such
circumstances. Mr.. Rawlins said that
was his understanding and he had made
the Inquiry SO that his silence should not
be taken % an admission of the truth
fulness Of the statements made.
Mr.. Psttigrsw offered resolution that
q paper entitled "The Philippine Com
mission" he printed rs a public docu
ment. De asked that 1t lie on the table
until tomorrowlmorning. MIR. Pettus OF
Alabama, offered a resolution calling
upon the secretary Of the navy for infor-
nation as to why he had declined to
supply the Senate with information a.
10 naval court martial. The resolution
went over under objection. The resolu-
tion disoharging the finance COMMITTEES
from further consideration Of his resolu-
ton. calling for Information from the
secretary Of the treasurer with reference
to his transactions with the National
City bank and the Hadovsr National
bank Of New York, was laid before the
Senate. Mr.. Allen claimed that the re-
ply Of the secretary Of the treasury had
not been sufficient. He reviewed the
reply Of Secretary Gage to his resolution
and read the now famous letter addressed
to Secretary Gage by B. b. washburn,
Woe president of the National City bank,
in which reference was made to the bank
directors In the campaign Of 1895.
Mr.. Allen admitted that no reply was
made to that letter, but, he said. that Its
ths fact that when the letter was written
the National City bank had on deposit
less than SEQ, COO Of government money.
while less than . month later the govern
ment's deposit in that bank WAS about
q, 40o, 900.
Sarcastic comments was made BY Mr..
Allen on that part OF the correspondent CO
which related to the transaction Of the
governments business In the Philip
pines through the National City bank.
He was interrupted by Mr.. Carter. who
said that abont that time he had been in.
formed by the paymaster general OF the
army that he was wholly without bank
ing facilities for the payment or our
troops In the Philippines. excspt through
London. After an slteroation. with
Mr.. Garter. Mr.. Allen yielded the floor
to Mr.. Daniel Of Virginia, who discussed
che pending financial bill. Mir. Daniel
objected to the Senate measure because
1t practically excluded silver and nobody
could foretell the possible calamity that
1t might bring on the world. There was
was almost rs much silver money in the
world - gold, yet this bill struck sucn
blow at 1t as might prove fatal to IL.
The House tiil, he snid, did not inter-
fere with tie legal tender character Of
silver. Mr.. Aldrioh interrupted Mr..
Daniel to say that the status Of silver GER
tifioatss was not changed BY the psning
bill any more than was that Of the gold
certificates.
After . brief executive session the Sen
ate at 65 p. m. adjournsd.