New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-06
STORMY POLITICAL DEBA TIE
IN THE SENATE.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES AGAINST RE
PUBLICAN CAMPAIGN MANAGERS
OF 1892 DENIED BY SENATOR'S
CARTER AND HANNA
[Br TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BUNE.l

ana comprehensive Antitrust bill, and realiz-
ing that only full legislative day was left
them to break the force of the action of the
House. the Democratic and Populist leaders in
the Senate set themselves to-day to making
campaign capital out Of an insincere and be-
lated effort to rush the House measure through
the upper branch without even the safeguard of
consideration in committee. Mr. Allen had in
itated yesterday the sham fight for action in
hot haste the Antitrust bill, and his tactics
were renewed to-day by Senators Bacon, Petit
grew and Teller. OF course. with final adjourn
ment already fixed by general agreement for
tomorrow, a motion to dispense with commit
tee examination of the House bill and force its
passage offhand amid the rush of business
which marks the close of every session could
have no other purpose than to serve as pre-
text for outburst of purely partisan recrin-
inaton.
Mr.. Pettigrew. who seems to have been chosen
by common consent to fill the role of jackal for
the opposition ecIipsed his many previous per
formances in this Congress by dragging into
to-day's discussion some extraordinary charges
against the management of the Republican Ma
tional campaign of 1892 and following them up
with some equally sensational comments on the
methods by which the chairman Of the Repubt-
can National Committee Of 1896 secured an cleo
ton from Ohio TO the United States Senate
Both Mr. Carter the head of the Republican
Committee in 1892 and Mr.. Hanna, its chair
man in 1896. repudiated Mr. Pettigrew's state
ments in the most pointed and emphatic manner
But the South Dakota Senator's peculiar assaults
on fellow members have 80 long been dismissed
in the Senate as the empty ratings of political
outcast that even his reflections on the two Re
publican campaign managers made only mild
sensation among his auditors. Both Mr. Carter
and Mr.. Hanna felt called upon to apologize for
repelling the South Dakota Senator's insinua-
tions-insinuations whose source left them al
ready sufficiently discredited- Mr.. Pettigrew's
term as Senator will expire on March ;, 1901
Until then no doubt, outbreaks like that Of to-
day are to be expected from him in accord with
that strange formula of periodictty which seems
to control his eccentric political acting
TROUBLE OVER ANTITRUST BILL
The Chair laid the House Antitrust bill be
fore the Senate and it was read second time.
Mr. Pettigrew moved TO proceed with its con-
sideration.
Mr. GaIlinger moved TO refer the bill to the
Committee on Judiciary
The latter notion tie Chair held took preee-
derce. In the course of a brief speech Mr. Petit
grew inquired: was this bill passed by the
House TO become a law? If so. then We must
remain in session until it is passed Was it
passed to be used as a club TO be held over cor
porations this summer TO get campaign contri-
buttons? Then everybody knows who will use the
club 7 shall resist the passage Of any reso-
lr+ion 10 adjourn until this bill has been con-
sidered.'
In speech favoring the reference of the bill
to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Stewart de-
cIared that Congress would make itself the
laughing stock of the world if IL should pass
such a bill as that pending without first giving
il most careful consideration
THE CRAMPS ALLEGED CONTRIBUTION
I'VE cannot deceive the country into the be-
lief" declared Mr. Bacon, that we are proceed
ing in good faith if give such direction TO this
bill as practically will destroy any chance OF
action upon it at this session. I think, and the
country will think, that the motion TO refer IS an
indirect method of defeating the bill" He was
profoundly surprised, he said, that statement
made a few days ago by Mr.. Pettigrew, that the
Cramps had contributed 100000 TO the Repub-
Hcan National campaign fund of 1892, with the
promise that they would be repaid by contracts
for the building of warships, had not been de-
MED He regarded it as a most remarkable
statement, and directed attention to the fact
that Mr. Hanna and Mr.. Carter, intimately con-
nected with that campaign, were in the cham
Der and heard the statement
MR.. HANNA REPLIES HOTLY.
Instantly Mr.. Hanna was his feet If"
said he sharply, I should undertake to reply TO
all such statements made on this floor I would
occupv more time of the Senate than even the
Senator from Georgia does. Laughter) l
heard the statement and considered il unworthy
of notice and I declined to dignity it by
denial had nothing 10 do with the campaign
of 1892 but have heard this story, and say
most ernphaticaIy and decidedly that I believe
it is not true. So far such illusions are
made TO the campaign of 1896. desire 10 say
that no promises were made, no considerations
were offered to any person or corporation for
contributions made"
Mr. Carter. who was chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee in 1892 and who had
sat calmly listening TO the statements Of Mr.
Bacon and Mr.. Hanna. and said: I de-
sire briefly TO reply to the charge made by the
Senator from Georgia, that in 1S92'-
"A LIE" SAYS SENATOR CARTER.
Mr. Bacon, interrupting: 7 simply stated
that the charge had been made this floor
and had not been denied"
THE statement of the Senator" resumed Mr..
Carter, rs the first tntimation I have had that
such a charge made by any person As
70 the statement somebody ought 10 be respon-
sfble for it. The statement was proceeded Mr..
Carter that in 1892 the campaign was con-
Quoted with FUNDS derived from corporations
which were 10 be reimbursed through the
dunn of Government contracts. This is the
first time I ever heard that statement made.
say now and there are Senators on this floor
who will bear out that any charge that
contributions were thus received or that any
nronises were made 10 corporations in
divfduals is absolutely false. and can be brand
ed properly only as a lie. Money was received
by the committee but only through voluntary
contributions In that campaign the party was