Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-06-07
A PARTISAN DEBATE.
Bitter Personalities and Sensational
Recriminations in the Senate.
A DAY OF CONFERENCE REPORTS.


Washington, June GA tornado of
partisan debate swept over the SEN
ate yesterday with Senators Hanna,
Of Ohio, Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
and Carter, of Montana, the chief
figures. For sensational ordinations
and recriminations, for bitter person.
alities and for poignant invective, the
debate exceeded anything heard on
the floor of the chamber for many
years. The lie was not passed direct
w, but the truthfulness of statements
was challenged very sharply.
Senator Bacon, Of Georgia, precip"
itated the scene by repeating charge
made several days ago by Senator Pet
tigrew that Mr.. Cramp, the Philadel-
phia shipbuilder, had contributed
100000 to the republican campaign
fund in 1899, with the understand
ing that he would be reimbursed by
| COIll TdttS lUT llc Colioii uStiou Va
warships for the government. This
charge, Senator Bacon said, had been
denied neither by Senator Hanna, the
present chairman of the republican
national committee, nor by Senator
Carter, who was chairman of the conf
mittee in 1892. Then the storm broke.
Senator Hanna vigorously denied any
knowledge of such transaction and
expressed his opinion that 1t was
false. Senator Carter declared the
statement properly could be branded
only as a lie.
Senator Lindsay presented resolu-
lions expressive of the sorrow OF the
senate at the death of Evan L. Set
tie, late representative from Ken
lucky. Euoges upon the dead states
man were pronounced by Senator's
Lindsay, Chandler, Bate, Carter and
Deboe. The resolutions were adopted
and at $40 the senate took recess
until eight o'clock,
When the senate reconvened at eight |
o'clock the galleries were thronged
with brilliant crowd of spectators.
A message was received from the
house agreeing to further confer
ence on the naval appropriation bill
and asking a conference on the gen
eral deficiency and military academy
bills. The requests for conferences
were agreed to.
Proposition to Raise Miles and Corbln.
Washington, june 6.-The house on |
assembling yesterday adopted the
conference report ON the Alaskan code
bill. The report showed n complete
agreement. A conference was ordered |
on the Nicely cXtradton bill and then |
the differences between the two
houses ON the military academy ap-
preparation bill were considered, an
hour being given each side for debate.
Mr.. Hull. of Iowa, said the most i'm
portant amendment to the bill was
that increasing the rank of the senior
major general and the adjutant gen.
eral of the army.
Mr.. Gaines, of Tennessee, introduced
the subject of the New York Ice trust
charging that Mr.. Ray, of New York,
in giving a resume of the democratic
politicians involved in it had failed
TO name the republican politicians in
volved. He and Grosyenor, of Ohio,
soon exchanged the lie in parliament
airy language. Mr.. Grosvenor read
the list of the stockholders of the ice
trust, commenting sarcastically upon
the names of the democratic officials.
Mr.. briggs, of New York, criticised
severely the proposition to raise Gen.
Miles to the rank of lieutenant gen.
eral, saying to promote Gen. Miles to
the exalted rank of Grant, Sherman
and Sheridan would be little less than
an outrage. So far as Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin was concerned he called attention
to the marvellous "rapidity of Gen.
Corbn's promotion since 1896 when
he was lieutenant colonel"
After spirited debate the Corbin
amendment was non-concurred in as
was the amendment relative to cadets
at large.
The conferees on the naval appro-
priation bill reported further dis
agreement upon the items relating to
armor plate, ocean and lake surveys
and the abolition of the sea course
for naval cadets Mr.. Tate, OF
Georgia, demanded separate vote on
the armor plate amendment. He
moved to recede and concur in the
senate amendment. The motion was
lost 92 to 147 The bill was sent to
further conference, the house insist
ing on its disagreement.
The conference report on the gen.
eral deficiency bill-a partial report
was agreed to and the bill was sent
back to conference after concurring
in the amendment giving the EN-
ployes of the house and senate an
extra months pay by vote of 1876 to
60.
At the night session, the galleries
were thronged with gully arrayed
women and the floor was veritable
bedlam. Hour after hour the con-
ferees struggled on with their re-