Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-07
FIERCEST IN MANY YEARS.
Senator Bacon Started the Row by
Charging That Mr.. Cramp Had Paid
100000 to Republican Cam
peign Fund-Several Confer
ence Reports Considered,

grew OF South Dakota and Carter of Mon
tana, the CHIEF figures For sensational
ordinations and rccrminations, for Bit
ter personalities and for poignant inVec-
tive the debate exceeded anything heard
on the floor of the chamber of many years.
The lie was not passed directly but the
truthtulness Of statements was challeug-
ed very sharply.
Mr. Bacon OF GEORGIA. precipitated the
scene by repeating "A charge made several
days ago ~ Mr.. pettigrew that Mir.
Cramp the Philadelphia ship builder had
contributed NOO,UC0 10 the republican cam
paign fund in 1892, with the unders landing
that he would be reimbursed by contracts
for the construction of Warships for the
government. This charge Mr. Bacon said.
had been denied neither by Mr.. iIanna the
present chairman of the republican ma
tional committee nor by Mr.. Carter, who
was chairman OF .the committee in 1885.
Then the storm broke. Mr. Hanna visor-
ouslY denied any know edge of such "A
transaction and expressed his opinion that
it was false. Mr. Carter declared the
statement properly could be branded only
as Il lie.
Mr PcttiGrew said. made tho state
ment that a contribution Of $i'N.oo has
I been made by Mr. Cramp to the republic
can nationa. committee in lS@l and that
he was to be reimbursed for 10 with con-
tracts for additional Warships My author
NY ioi IN" statement lS MI ramp nun
self declared Mr. p1ticreW deliberately.
hls Cr'a''u sensation III 'he V"atlip'r.
lie told me, not in confidence as believe
ON an ocean liner coming across the At
lantiC. He did not know where the money
1du gone ana nau e"hPioSVd utteCtNeS W
,H" Jul ne i"N'''dt'" '"at II ""o ""'
oetii uS'u ipI C".nP"i1n Pu'PoST9' M"I
almost kissing through the chamber. Il
have said the same things to the senator
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, "N leP"".cai ieHt hlNnSe'l 10 the con
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, lheI ne r'ao cHIHnhE from a SOW
} i'"ho'a "c" HPapei !" "IlCH MI i'lu
gre" was characterized as traitor TO nj
i country ana 10 MS STATE ana declared tina
I ~ "iu Ho' represent III" F'oPie Oh Souli
. I'aKota'
I Hhat declared Mr. Hanna. VehementiN
I is my accuser IN the senate Of the tnite'
= states ana mat Is the estimation in Whicl
: ne is held by the people of his own State.
| MNch OF the stun the senator has uttere'
y on this floor is the veriest rot and hav
n often as sat listening to him though
= him insane.
, " h''i ~ ''il'S W p''ISoild llllt'S, lol J.
i asserted Mr.. Hanna in conclusion, Il wi
h stand up with him and compare my char
v acter with his. He may tell what n
r knows about me and then"-with empha
o sis on every word-"I will tell what
know about him"
Mr.. Carter not only denounced th
charges as tigments Of Mr.. Pettigrew'
imagination, but warned the democrati
l side who now were the associates of III
II Dakotan. that If they would lie don
2 with dogs they would get I'D With feas.
7 MIR. Aldrich presented "A conference I,
= port on the bill to provide better faciI
\ ties for the deposit of public money I'm IN
: Philippines. cuba and Porto Rico ana
- was agreed TO.
= At the evening session message va
d received froN the House, agreeing to-
u further conference on the naval apr.
q pridtion bill and asking "a conference @
the general deficiency and military aca
denny bills. The requests for conference
We're agreed to Senators Sewell Ware
J. and Harris being named as conferees fc
8 the academy bill, and Hale, Allison an
e Cockrell for the deficiency bin.