Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-19
6lbley Of Pennsylvania, For
mer Silverite, Commende
Action Taken.
RESOLUTIONS PASS SENATE
Mr.. Hoar's Request for lnfor-
nation on the Philippine
War Adopted.
Hale's Inquiry Regarding Brit
ish Seizures Passed After
Much Debate.


had another debate during the day over
the sale of the New York customhouse4
by Secretary Gage. Mr.. Sulzer Of New
York, the author of the resolution for
an investigation of the secretary trans
actions with the New York banks,-
started the ball rolling by charging that:
the mandate had already gone forth to-.
suppress it. Mr.. Siblsy, Pennsylvania
Democrat formerly a radical advocate Of
free silver but now out Of sympathy
with the Democrats in the house..
warmly commended Mr.. Cages course
Mr.. Sibley said he had read the answer
Of Secretary Gage to the house reso1n--
ton and he considered it a full, free anR
frank statement, which completely JUS,
titled each and every transaction. A.
conflagration had started in New York..
he said, and it required courage anh
will to stop the panic before it had ex-
tended itself.
II had rather see the country prosa-
per-" said he, ''than to see my party-
succeed"
Long Continued Discussion.
The debate over the resolution lasted'
almost three hours. Mr.. Grosvenor Of
Ohio explained that the committee on
rules, to which the Sulzer resolutions
had gone, had not acted because no evil
dence had been produced before the.
committee to warrant the ordering Of
such a farreaching investigation. Mr.
Hepprrn ttf]sep., IL. assailed Mr. SSulzer'
for some Of his eytravagant remarks and
declared there ought to be some way TO,
rcbukc member for sland,rinr honest
officials. Later III the day, ,l12Iin,r ht>
discussion of the ur1roprin1i"n fnt ns1~
army, Mr.. Cannon, Ii charge ui tho LLl,
challenged any uCl:4''"" t. move to-
strike it out. Elr. Ni,lu1D4 \Dorn.,,
Miss.) replied to MI. Cannon in an elo~
qucnt speech i'll which he affirmed the
loyalty of every American citizen TO the
flag and charged Mr. Cannon with.
shrcwdly issuing challenge that hs
knew would not le accepted.
The urgent deficiency bill was passed.
with only one uninportant amendment
PASSED BY THE SENATE
Two Resolutions of Inquiry Adopteda
After Mu"h Debate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-An agrcements
was easily reached in the senate to take,
final vote Oh the pending bill fixing golGs
as the standard of value in the Uniteda
States on Feb. Is.
After several days Of debate the drag
net resolution Of inquiry regarding thes>
conduct of tho Philippine war w..s4s
adopted. 1t was introduced by NJ Honr~
of Massachusetts and practically was
adopted as a general substitute for resu-.-
lutions of similar but less extended
character, offered by Mr.. Pcttigrew anT
Mr.. Lodge. Beyond n vigorous speech
by Mr.. Pettigrew the resolution arouseG
no debate as it was within the discre-
ton of the president
To Sent! or Not to send
any Of the information requested. The:
resolution offered by Mr.. Hale (Me.) ass
to the seizure of -four by the British au..
thorities was adopted, but only after q.
spirited debate and after the resolutions
had been materially amended. Mr.
Davis, chairman of the committee ona
foreign relations, made a sharp attack,
upon the resolution, but withdrew hiss
objections after it had been amended.
Mr.. Teller ISL. Rep, Colo.) Addressed
the senate on the financial bill. He~
contended that the history Of the Amer
ican people showed that they were far-
vorable to bimetalGsm. He renewed.
his charge that the financial bill is prac,-
tically caucus measure and had been,
accepted from the junta Of ignorant
men who constituted the Indianapolis
convention.