The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-02
SAILING INTO
MARK HANNA
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/ Mr. Hanna-Tha First National bank
! Ct Denver was the recipient Of all tbs
contributions Of the Democratic campaign
/ fund and its president was the solicitor
general for than.
Mr. Teler-If that is true the amount
raised was inconsequential.
Mr.. Hanna-Over $4,000.
Mr. Teller-Oh, no. ! know Of every
dollar that went through that bank for
the campaign. q 60
so do l. responded Mr. Hanna.
Then" replied Mr.. Teller. the sena-
/ tor knows that the amount was not $50
| % nor s100GrO ether
/ Continuing, Mr. Teller said that in view
/ of the fact that the policy of 1896 was &c
/ be repeated in 1850, it was not difficult tc
/ account for the interest Of the friends OF
/ the arncr plate makers in the senate. He
die not suppose that tthe disposition OF
! the armor plate question had anything
to do with Mr.. Carnegie's declaration for
Mr.. Mckinley, but h did know that the
class Of men for whom he stood SCENE
to feel that it was essential that he should
be reelected. This was a mistake II they
meant to pursue fair methods. He con-
Guided with the assertion that the meth
DDS of the friends of the adm nlstration
would not bear investigation for an hour
Mr. Pettigrew asserted that the two
armor plate manufacturers Of the com
try had been built ID on the profits re-
ceived from the government; that they
were in collision ana that they had sold
armor plate to the Russian goyernmc nj
for $50 per ton. He said that If the
price 20 Russia had ben increased. as Mr..
Hanna declared, to $50 per ton, it was
only because there was an international
armor plate combine. He said he was
not surprised to ind the manufacture
who collected the funds for the Reaubli-
can party in 1896 standing up in the sen
ate and defending this combination for
p.undering the treasury of the United
States"
An aye and nay vote was taken on Mr..
Hale's motion further TO insist uDon the
senate amendments 10 disagree to tn
proposed amendment TO the house "a to
armor place, and that the senate agree
20 a further conference. The motion was
agreed TO unanimously, So votes being
east. Messrs. Hale, Perkins and Tiumar
were appointed a. conferees
Seventy pension bills were passed.
The military academy appropriation
bill was passed with The following amend
ments: The senior major general com
manding the army shall have the rank.
pay ana allowances of q lieutenant gen
eraj and his personal stan shall have the
rank. pay and allowances authorized for
the stan Of the lieutenant general: thai
the adjutant general of the army shall
have the rank. pay and allowances Of a
major general in the army Of the United
States and Ga his retirement shall re-
ceive the retired pay OF that rank. this
after pr7visioa u apply 0nly 10 tie pres
eat Incumbent. General Corhiu. .1hat The
corps OF cadets shall consist OF one from
each congressional district ose from each
territory one from the District of co.
,umbia and df;y from the United sta,ez
~ large not more Than Two u whom,
shall be from the same state. They shall
. be appointed by the pres dent and snag
toe actual residents Of the congressional
OF territorial districts. or = the DISCREET
If Columbia " Of the states> respectively
from which they pnrpou 10 De ap-
pointed"
On motion Of NJ Fairbanks. IL was
agreed 10 consider the cuban extraction
bill Immediately after The general de-
dcieRcy bs,l, NJ Hear declaring that Ii
would be a national scandal if action
were not had ca she bin prior ta Una.
adjournment
An agreement was reached slat the de-
tic.e7cy BIZ should De rsad ron ght TN
Contested amendments 10 be passed upon
oui confessed amendments IN 20 over M
e. tomorrow. The h.H was read. al com
Hitiea amendments adopted and a -.15
the senate p. burned.