The National tribune., 1900-06-07


fit to present II constitutional amendment in
so objectionable form that it could never be
Incorporated in the Constitution. The
whole question, he said, had been treated
not from the broad standpoint of patriot
ism, but from the standpoint of party ex-
pediency. IL there vas n sincere desire
to adopt a constitutional amendment why,
he asked. had the very first section been
so worded rs to make every Democrat
who voted for it subscribe to the doctrine
that the Constitution did not follow the
flag? Why submit such an entangling
proposition as this?ol
In view of all the facts, he said, the
country would not believe that the Repub-
licans were sincere. The leaders of the
Republican party knew where the snews
of war came from and they would do
nothing to actually threaten their base of
supplies. The trust managers, he said,
were laughing in their sleeves at the an
tics being cut up here with the purpose
of deceiying the people.
Mr.. Lanham Tex.) occupied the re-
mainder of the day session in opposition
to the resolution.
At the night session Mr.. Sulzer IN. y
inveighed against trusts, and charged that
the Republicans We're trying to deceive
the people with pretense of legislation
against them.
"The gentleman from New York." in
against trusts. But ne is member of
Tammany Hall, which is running the New
York ice trust" Mr.. Ray sent to the
clerks desk and had read newspaper
editorial describing the confusion into
which the disclosures relative to the ice
trust had thrown the Democratic leaders
in New York. Mr.. SulZer proceeded to
say that the Republican administration
in New York declined to prosecute the ice
trust, but that the Democrats were op-
posed to it.
Il knew / would stir up the tiger"
observed Mr.. Ray when Mr.. Suffers time
expired. He is declaiming against
trusts, but he will vote for them. The
gallant hero of Santiago, Gov. Roosevelt,
only few days ago made an order under
which the Tammany Hall ice trust will
be prosecuted"
Mr.. M"hon pa dipped into the discus
sion with the statement that New York
Democratic newspaper charged Mayor
Van Wyck end his brother, who ran for
Governor, with being large stockholders
in the ice trust. Every scoundrel in the
trust" said he, seems to be promi-
nent Democratic official of New York"
This statement drew the fire of Mr..
briggs On. W, who countered on Mr..
Mahon by charging th1t Philadelphia was
the 'rottenest and most corrupt city in
the United States. 1t is so bad" he
added, that no Democrat goes to the
polls, because he knows his vote will not
be counted"
There ale no Democrats in that city"
replied Mr.. Mahon. amid laughter.
FRIDAY.
In the Senate on June 1 for the con-
ferees on the Naval appropriation bill,
Mr.. Hale reported disagreement upon the
subjects of armor plate, ocean surveys and
course OF study at the Naval Academy.
He said there was an absolute deadlock
between the conferees of the Two houses,
and he expressed a desire that Senators
state tier views freely in order that the
Senate conferees might have the benefit
of their opinions and suggestions.
Mr.. 1Illman Is. CD, one of the con-
ferees, declared he would rather the bill
should fail than that the Senate should
yield to the House proposition.
Mr.. Hanna (Ohio) said that since his
advent into the Senate he had devoted
considerable time to a. study OF the armor
plate question. He was familiar with
manufacturing, and had some knowledge
of the armor matter from personal inyes-
tigation. He was in favor of the con-
struction of n formidable navy as rapidly
as possible, and was. satisfied that the de-
lay in the nayy's building now was due
to n great extent to the opposition of the
Senators from South Ca'olina fTillman)
and New Hampshire lChandler) to the
payment of 4 reasonable pIlcc for armor.
THE responsibility for delay" said he,
rests upon those two Senators for plac-
ing the price of armor at price below
that which it could be manufactured for
by any concern in the country, and the
Senator from South Carolina has given
you the animus of his opposition when
ne said that he would rather see the bill
fail than to see any concessions made to
the armor plate companies"
On his responsibility as a Senator he
was satisfied to say that S445 per ton
was not only reasonable, but a low
price for armor.
These remarks caused a fire of ques-
tions and lively debate generally.
A yea and nay vote was taken on Mr..
Hale's motion further to insist upon the
Senate amendments to disagree to the
proposed amendment of the House as to
armor plate and that the Senate agree TO
further conference. The motion was
agreed to unanimously, 63 votes being
cast.
Messrs. Hale, Perkins and Tillman
were appointed as conferees.
In the disposition Of the Military Acad-
emy bill the Senior MajorGeneral was