Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-07
Senate Votes Favorably on
the Financial Act.
THE C0RBETT ELECTION
Brought Out a Debate Between SEN
atOrS Simon and Carter-F0Tmer
Opposes Allowing Quay to Take
His Seat in Senate.

Washington, March 6.-Not probably
in the history of the senate was there
ever shown so little interest in the final
vote on a great measure as was mani
tested to-day in the vote on the confer
ence report on the financial bill. Inc
report was before the senate for nearly
two weeks, yet only four speeches were
delivered on it, including Mr.. Aldrichs
explanation on the changes made in the
senate bill by the conference. To-day
discussion ceased on the bill 10 minutes
before the time fixed for the vote and the
senate actually began the consideration
of minor bills on the calendar to con-
sume time. The conference report was
agreed 20 by a vote of A to 26, the report
thus having a majority Of Is.
At the senate's session to-day Hans
-brough reported a house joint resolution
directing the secretary of the interior to
Mace under Bono Mammoth Tree grove
and the south Park grove of big trees
in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties,
California, the idea being that the gov
rnmen acquire the groves. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
AT the conclusion Of the mornings
pushes Simon (Oregon) called up the
resolution on seating Quay. ne al
dressed the senate in answer TO the
speech Of MI. Carter, delivered yester-
day. III the course Of which the Montana
senator adverted to the reasons when
induced him to the vote against Corbett'
who was the appointee of the governor
Of Oregon. He said Carter had made
the distinct charge that Corbett had cor
rupted the Legislature and defeated the
desire Of the people Of OREGON. he
could not, he said, permit this unjust
and untrue charge to go unchalleged.
-. - AEo nrhrOpN IaSiS tl =
ture at that time he declared Mr.. Cor
bett was in no way responsible for the
failure Of the legislature to elect q sem
ator nor for the failure Of the house
to organize. The failure OF the oregon
house to organize. he said. was due to
Former Senator Mitchell and to he alone
/. and he denied the imputation of corrup-
ton on the part of Mr.. Corbett. N.
Mr.. simon then directed attention 70
the fact that Mr.. Quay as a member of
the senate, was paired against Mr.. Cor
bett and said on principles of justice
Mr.. Quay should be stopped by his pair
ed vote against Mr.. Corbett.
Mr.. Carter replied to Mr.. S11non.s
statement. He had not spoken with a
view of making a personal assault on
Mr.. Corbett. Il assigned as a reason
for voting against Mr.. Corbett the BELIEF
entertained then and which entertain
that the proceeding in Oregon OF the leg
islature wa a evolutionary proceeding
to which Mi. Corbett was a party.
Mr.. Carter then had read a letter dis
cussing the situation from George y
Brownell. chairman OF the JOINT com
bly, Of the state of Oregon. He followed
this letter with the assertion that Mr..
Corbett and the governor OF the STATE o.
Oregon We're in the combination not only
to defeat Mitchell but TO elect Mr.
Corbett. The latter's entire effort, ne
said. was to prevent the organization OF
the legislature in order thai he mlg
secure the appointment.
In reply Mr.. Simon said he was induc'
ed to believe that Mr.. Carriers state
ments We're somewhat warped and ex-
aggerated by the peculiar atmosphere OF
Montana politics, in which, he SAID, II
what had been heard Of the case about
the capitol during the past few weeks
approximate the truth, 1t was the gen
eral practice to use money in big f1gures
..In fact" said he, 'it has been said tina
one gentleman in Montana, the candidate
for an honorable Office, has separated
himself from about $500, 900" He did no
attempt to assert the truth of the cas-
but he felt that Mr.. Carter might hav'
obtained his ideas about the corrupt u.s.
of money nearer home than was tn
state of Oregon.
Mr., Allen of Nebraska then addressed
the senate on the inancia bill. He dit
not suppose it would be denied that tn
adoption of the gold standard was
gross violation of the republican polio,
as enunciated in the republican plat
form of 1896, nor would it be denied. h
thought, that the republican party ha
made no honest effort to bring abou
bimetallism.
Mr.. Aldrich, chairman of the %inanc
committee, said: II will interject int
the senator's remarks, with his permits
sion, a denial of every statement h
has made n the probability is tina
at the conclusion of his speech I ca
enter the same denial." Later on, whe
MIR. Allen declared the bill required TIL
payment of all debts public and pr
vate, in gold coin, Senate Aldrich en-
tered q straight denial and did the sam
thing when Mr.. Allen asserted that
conferred unlimited power for the i.
suance of bonds.,
Mr.. Allen retorted that the who,
measure reduced every contract to til
gold standard He especially attacke
the measure because of favors whicl
he said, it extended to the nation;
- banks. The pending bill would be mo-
far reaching in it's blighting cons
quences than any measure he had ev,
known and it's enactment would be
terrible calamity to the people.
Mr.. -Aldrich briefly replied to Mr.. A
len, denying that the measures exten'
ed to national banks any addition
ed to national banks any addition
privileges. Briefly, there was not II
least danger of nfation by the iss1
ance of national bank currency und
the provisions of the pending bill. II
entire amount possible to be issued
the banks would be s6O9, 900. 900. an i
crease of 1850, 900 over the present n
tional bank currency.
Mr.. Aldrich then asked Mr.. Butt
II he and his party still favored fir
coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to
n Nh. Butler, not answering direct
had abandoned free coinage of silver
Mr.. Butler protested against this We
sion of his remarks.
The time for taking the vote on t