The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-30
10 investigate The Matter Was Passed
Without Division.
FIGHT LED BYs MR.. BIC SON IN
He sah1 II IlF Became a secretary OF
the Treasury to Go Into sParsncr-
ship With a Private Cospovs
sion-Nfr. Gage Defended by
o1essrs. Hopkins, Hill
aud b IzefI.

swAsa1NGTON, JAM sso:-Tne biir for
the reorganization and Improvement OF
the Weather Bureau, which includes pro-
vision for pensioninE disabled and aged
employees of the, service, received a black
eye. In. the House to-day and tsss OPP
ponents believe 1t is killed.
The bill was bitterly fought BY the
opponents o. civil pension rolls on ae-e
count lot its life tenure provision. The
early portion of the day was devoted 70 !.
lively ,scrimma ge over the Sulzer@ reso-
luton to investigate Secretary Gage,
which the Committee on Rules rseone-s
msTded should be sent to the Ways untt &
Menus COMMITTEES as the latter commit
tee has the response OF the SECRETARY IN
! it's possession. i s9 .sss ~
| There was no opposition to- the pro-
posed action, but lIr. Richardson's OF
Tennessee. and Mr. Sulzer. of New Eork,s
used ii as text for renewing their at
tacks upon the Secretary.
Mr.. Gage was defended by Mr.. Hopkins.
OF Iainois :; Mr.. Hill. OF Connecticut. and
Mr.. -DaIzelk.f OF Pennsyfvslnla- ~
Mr.. Richardson. of Tennessee. .esdeTss
of the minority. while nor opp ls'sd to-
the reference. said he was decidedly OF
the opinion that an Einvstgstiorl should J
be ma de. The government h,ti take a
paper credit for s.. no, 40 Tor the custom. !
house property which left the pitiful
sum OF s5ef00 still due tlls governments.
Why could the credit not have been for
the full amount? s
REASON Had DEVELOPED.
He insisted 'tfat the reason had devel-
| npsd. 1t had been the intention OF the
Secretary of the Treasury. he said, to re-
lieve the bank of 1t tax obligation. to the
| State and city of New York by retaining
| the title in the goyernunsnt The sovern-
n1ens has agreed to pay rent for the
/ property, yet the bank was not tp ray
!! taxes upon It. He called attention to tha
7 later OF ths Secretary. of ri1s -a.,sisr y
ssssibg Congress TO appropriate 5000 for
the p:oparty sold In the manner he had
! prescribed, to prevent the bank from be-
.s.g itahis ss:-r taSes. IF 1:ia.t was s,<.
| sec-atary's motive" said Mr.. Richardson.
/ 7Enss.aerssliy. ~. ara here to snassrr il
| and 10 insist thar It Hl-becores the See-
| rera-y OF the Treasury to go into p'art-
/ -,e-sftp vith d I.,si2Bsa corporation
WIFI. IT'S :rs e-ess. on It's nor1tra. ray
/ Hlept tcs she gt,-err;f,ent and its 9apcs-
/ tied bonds, ard ~S.ss. the rental ci,a-se
| uGon the s-1;1is ss.i,.a H:f.. Tsrs.i bcinr .sr
cent. OF the purchase pt:cc. tE1s Juggling
had enabled tEa bank t. arssse SO up
to fata.''
Mr. Sulzer, of New Yrrs,. she aa:hor of
dared neither to- srtsthsc r;.r :snn-e thes
resolution Ever since this p.rseH. Sec
retary had seen IL Office. Mr. Sur said,
7 he had been aiding the N:ttionat CITY
Bank at the e,.rensn CT other National
Banks. It had BEEN making millions
coming and going. FIei declared that
the people Of the country recognized that
the Secretary of the Treasury was unfit
/ and incompetent to hold the purse strings.
The United States Treasury was made the
instrument of the Standard OIL trust. Aye.
more, the people believed that the Gee
retary should he impeached.
Mr. Hopkins. of Illinois. In reply said
that all this discussion. was premature,
and out of place.
JNFOUNDED AND UNTRUE
81 simply rise, said he ito protect
against this unfounded. rinwarran-ad and
untrue charge made by the gentle~l
man from Tennessee fRlchsafls6 NJ. What
i right has. he to inlpute false ard fr.udu-
lent motives to the SecrstIry OF the
Treasury Why did the s50.E0 remain
i unpaid ~ Interrupted Mr.. Ii. richardson.
"I'II come to that replied Mr.. Hop.
kfns, processing. He said Mr.. Richardson
had charged that the Secretary had en-
ttered into a. fraudulent contract. ..f af-
whatever for the charge. The custom
house property was sold to th@ Naftonat
City Bank. 1t took possession and ma da
4 " Pease. Z claim that the ctsy and Stale
lJof New York now proceed to the collec-
q ton OF taxes just as if the paper titis
had passed. Under the law. the secre-