The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-06

been a most vigorous attempt made to pass
constitutional amendment upon the sub
feet, and failing in that. in the closing
hours of this session mot necessarily tee
closing hours, but the hours in which the
dominant party declare and have deter
! mined shall be the closing hours with a
great flourish of trumpets this bill has been
passed in the other branch of Congress ard
sent here; and those who avow their op-
| position to trusts and who have it in tn ir
power. by the pyolongstion. if YOU please.
of this session. to act upon il, intend that
! this bill shall stop here and not betone a
| law by passing it in the Senate.
| Now. what is the effect CT that? By the
passage of the bill through the House Of
Representatives it is intended that the
great public demand that there shall be
anti-trust- legislation shall BE- appeas ed,
and by the stoppage Of it in the Senate it is
intended that the friends of the trusts shall
rot be offended.
Mr.. President, it is very serious queS-
| tion for the American people, net simply in
the effect upon the ordinary business of the
country, but in the effect which is given to
| these powerful combinations to control the
| Government and to say who shall be its
officers and what laws shall he enact d.
An Unanswered Charge.
In this connection want to call the at
tentian OF the Senate to the most remark
able thing I ever heard. and the most re-
| markable thing ever saw in the Senate.
l fancy that the country has never been the
| witness to what we saw and heard in this
| chamber two days ago.
| Senator In his place in this Chamber
stated as a fact that the manufacturer OF
ships, a prominent, and the most proni-
nent, firm engaged in the manufacture OF
warships for the Government. had stated
that in 1892 he was approached by the Off
GERS OF the Republican party and induced
to give s4O0, 900 to the campaign fund
money would be returned to him or made
good to him in the contracts which lie
should have in the building Of warships.
Now, Mr. President, the remarkable
thing that / want to call tia attention OF
the Senate to is this: heard that state
ment. / did not doubt that it would then
and there be promptly challenged. l did
not believe that such statement could
be made in the Senate of the United
States in the presence of the leaders OF
the Republican party and no one deny It
or call it in question.
Now. that was not made in a thin Sem
ate: 1t was made in a full Senate. 1t was
made when the present chairman Of the
National Committee was in his seat and
heard it. II was made when the chair
man of the National Committee of the Re-
publican party in the campaign of 1892
was in his seat and heard it, and yet no
one either challenged it or denied it.
Mr. President, in the absence of such a
challenge and such denial, the country
must believe it is true.
Mr.. Hanna-Mr. President
The Presiding 0ficer-Does the Senator
tn ha
Ohio?
Mr. Baccn-I do. with pleasure.
Mr.. Hanna-The Senator alludes to the
fact that the chairman of the Republican
Committee was in his seat and did not
deny the statement made.
Mr. Bacon-If am incorrect in that, l
certainly made it is the utmost good faith.
l think / saw the Senator present
- MIR. Hnnnn's Reply.
Mr.. Hannah undertook to reply to
all such statements made upon this floor,
l would occupy more time than the Sen
ator from Georgia does in the Senate. /
considered it unworthy of notice and de-
clined to dignity it by reply.
Aside from that, Mr.. President. / have
nothing to say as the manager of the cam
paign OF 1892. but did have the same in
terest that all good citizens feel in con-
test of that kind, and / knew something
about tie conduct of it. l have as much
right and as good authority to speak of
that question as the Senator fro- Georgia,
and say. most emphatically anL decided
~, that | do not believe it is true, and
rover did.
The chairman of the Republican COM
mittee OF 1892 is present and can speak
for himself; but SO far as any insinuation
extends to the campaign of 1896. deny it,
II it is made inferentially as connected
with that campaign. and as concerning
any part of the conduct of that campaign,
deny It. No such intimations were made,
no threats We're made. and no promises
were made to any individual or any cor
poration for or in consideration of con-
tributions made during that campaign.
The Republican party do not do one thing
that is INDUCED in by Senators upon the
other side; they do not assess 1aboring
men and mine workers dollar month
for preliminary work in the campaign.
Mr.. Carter-I desire to briefly reply to
the suggestion, possibly it might be called
a charge made by the Senator from Geor-
gia that in 1892 the Republican party
conducted a campaign-
Mr. Bacon-The Senator will permit
me to correct him before he goes on. I
that charge had been made by another
Senator in the Senate. Neither the Sem
ator from Montana nor the Senator from
Ohio can say that / have used any other
words, but / expressed my astonishment
that at the time the statement was made
neither the Senator from Ohio nor the
Senator from Montana had made denial
of it. / certainly did not make any
charge myself. The remarkable fact as
it appeared to my mind. was that de-
nial had not been made
Mr. Carter-Mr President the state
ment OF the Senator from Georgia now
made, to the effect that at some other
time some other person made certain
statement. is the first intimation i have
had that any statement of the sort was
made on this floor during this or any
other session of Congress.
The Senator from Georgia In suggesting
that some other person made state
ment-
stated 1t.
Mr. Carter-Stated it as a fact?
Mr.. Bacon-Yes: made right here on
this floor
Mr.. Carter Explains.
Mr.. Carter-The Senator stating that
some person did make statement. to some
extent. regardless Of the disclaimer. must
assume some responsibility for the state
ment made. As understand the state
ment said to have been made by some other
person, IL is that 1t was claimed that in 1892
the Republican campaign was conducted
with funds collected from certain combina-
tions, persons. or associations as the RI suit
of certain promises made that, in the event
OF success definite things would be done.
This is the first time, that / have heard CT
any person anywhere making such a state