The times., 1900-12-21
THE MONTANA SENATORSHIP.
Spirited Discussion of the Matter
in the Senate.

| ,e IN the senate.
Before the Senate went into executive
session yesterday the monotony of rou-
| tine business was enliyened by spirited
discussion regarding the Montana SEN
atorship, in which Messrs. Chandler
Jones of Arkansas, Hoar, and Tillmar
hgured prominently.
Mr Chandler called from the table
the resolution offered by him discharg-
| ing the Committee on Contingent Ex-
penses from further consideration of the
resolution requesting that committee to
report on the advisability of allowing the
Committee on Privileges and Elections to
investigate the credentials of William A.
Clark and Martin Maginnis, appointed
Senators from Montana.
Mr Jones of Arkansas, member CT
the committee argued that under the law
no money could be paid out of the con-
tinSent fund without the consent of that
committee and that, therefore. Mr.. Chand-
Ter would gain nothing by the movement.
Mr.. Hoar said that he saw no use in
political division on question OF this
nature. He stated that there is no va
cancy existing in the case of Mr.. Clark.
The appointment of Mr.. Clark he said.
by the Lieutenant Governor of Montana
was null and void. "Does the Senator
from Arkansas refuse to allow the Sem
ate to investigate whether there was a
vacancy before or after Mr.. Clark's res
ignation?' he queried. Does any asso-
citation of Senators propose to take Mr..
Clark on their shoulders and lift him into
this chamber without the knowledge of
other Senators?"
THAT is not the question" said Mr..
Jones. This resolution is intended by
the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr.
Chandler) as a rebuke to my committee
and my committee will not act upon the
resolution until the animus behind the
matter is discovered. The committee is
not willing to expend public money with
out some reason"
There is no partisanship in the mat
ter on this side of the Chamber" said Mr..
Chandler. Both Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Ma
ginnis are Democrats and my committee
is trying to find out which Democrat to
seat. The other side of the Chamber
should be glad tc get a Democrat in.
Here are two Democrats and one va
cancy. This is the case"
"Ycur interest in getting a Democrat
into this Chamber is extraordinary" said
Mr. Tillman. The Senator from New
Hampshire wants to guy us and make us
feel badly"
I'VE have not yet legislated ourselves
into the hands of the Jones family" said
Mr.. Chandler. THE Senator from Arkan-
sas cannot threaten to hold up this inves-
tigation."
Mr.. Scott asked If the Committee on
Contingent Expenses had no rights.
Mr.. Tillman asked il Mr.. Chandler would
give him some idea of the cost of the last
Clark investigation.
about S55.000" said Mr. Chandler
what benefit was derived from this?"
asked Mr.. Tillpan.
''The fact that a vacancy exists an
swers that question" replied Mr. Chan
dler.
The fact that Montana went Demo-
cratic was another result" said Mr. Till
man.
THE Senator from Montana CMr. Car
teri can tell the Senator from South
Carolina how it came that Montana went
Democratic, replied Mr.. Chandler I'd
Mr. Gallinger then made statement of
the position of the Committee on Con-
tingent Expenses in the matter. He
stated that at a meeting of the commit
tee yesterday morning it was decided to
hear from the members of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections at meet
ing today. s74,t edo
Mr.. Gallinger then moved that the dis
cussion of the subject go over until after
the executive session. Mr.. Jones objected
ami the matter was laid on the table,