The age-herald., 1900-01-30
SECRETARY CACE
 AGAIN ATTACKED Democrats and Republicans Have
 Sharp DebatG' WANTED MORE INFORMATION ardson Severely Criticised s the Bank Deal. ELL SAID 1T WAS PURE BUNCOMBE 1 The Democratic Leader Repeatedly l Asked Why Gage Did Not Say l That Fifty Thousand Dollars 1 Remained Unpaid
iardson Severely Criticised the Bank Deal.
IL SAID IT WAS PURE BuNCOMBE

Washington, January e9.-The bill for the reorganization and improvement of the weather bureau, which includes provisions for pensioning disabled and aged employees of the service, received black eye in ehe house today. The bill was bitterly fought by the opponents of civil pension rolls on account of the life tenure provisions it con- tained, and it was sidetracked test vote of 57 to 7S. Although the speaker ruled that it remained unfinished business, when the house was again in committee of the whole. the opponents of the measure be- lieve the action of today kills it. The early porticn of the day was devoted to lively scrimmage over the Sulzer resolution to in- vestigate Secretary Gage, which the com mittee on rules recommended should be sent to the ways and means committee. There was no opposition to the proposed actlcn, but MT. Richardson of Tennessee and MT. Sulzer of New York urged it as a text for renewing their attacks upon the secretary. Mir. Gage was defended by MT. Hopkins of Illinois, MT. Hill of Connecticut ard MT. Dalzell of Pennsylvania.
 A bill to require all pilots and officers of steam vessels ito make oath to their appH- cations for licenses was passed.
 Immediately after the reading of the journal MT. Dalzeli of Pennsylvania from tine committee on rules reported back the Sulzer resolution for the appointment of special committee to investigate the de- posit of public funds by Secretary Gage in New York banks and all the transactions relating to the sale of the New York cus- tom house. with the recommendation that it be referred to the ways and means com- mfttee MT Dalzell explained that the sponse of the secretary of the treasury to rihe Suzer resolution of inquiry upon the same subject had gone to the ways and means committee.
 Needed Investigation
 MT. Richardson of Tennessee, leader of the minority, said he was not opposed to the reference of the resolutions to the ways and means committee but he was decid- edly of the opinion that an investigation should be made. He renewed his assertion made in a previous debate that the reason why the National City bank of New York had not completed its title to the custom house property purchased from the gov- ernment was that it had been the inten- ton of the secretary of the treasury to give the bank relief from its tax obligation to the state and city of New York by taning the title in the government. The government had a great rent to pay for the property, yet the bank was not to pay taxes upon it. "Tf that was the secretary's motive" said MT. Richardson, emphati- cally, q am here to condemn it and insist that it i'll becomes the secretary of the treasury to go into partnership with pri- vate corporation"
 The National City bank of New York, aIr. Richardson said, had been able to earn interest upon tne $3 3215 900 it had nominally paid the government, interest upon the bonds 1t had deposited to retain this money and to charge the government rental equal to per cent. of the purchase price In other words, he said, this juggling mad en- abled tine bank to make s357, 600 up to date.
 MT. Sulzer, of New York, the author of the resolution, characterized the conduct Of the secretary of the treasury as n- famous, and his connection with the Rocke- feller bank, which had been used to man. ipulate the stock market against adverse interests as scandalous. "We demand th.s investigafion,' said he ''to ascertain who the stockholders and directors of this bank are that they entitled to special privil- eges from this administration"
 Aiding National City Bank
 Ever since the present secretary had been in office, MT Suzer said. he had besn aid- ing the National City bank at the expense of other banks. He declared that the peo- pie of the country recognized that the sec rotary of the treasury was unfit to hold the purse strings. The United States treas- ury was made the instrument of s.s Stand ard oil trust, aye more, he said. the peo- pie believed the secretary should be im- peached.
 MT. Hopkins. of Illinois in reply said that all this discussion was premature and out of place. T protest against the un- founded untrue charges made by the gem tleman from Tennessee. (Ricnardson.) What right has he to impute false and fraudu- lent motives to the secretary of the treas ury? Is there any evidence to base them on? When the secretary of the treasury was called upon for the facts he made full response"
 ''Why did not he say fifty thousand re-
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