The evening times., 1900-06-05

Antitrust bill in the Senate today. dur
ing which Mr.. Hanna and the Republicans
were badly routed by Messrs. Pettigrew
and Bacon. Mr.. Pettigrew charged the Re-
publican campaign managers in 1892. with
having forced $400 600 from the Cramp
Shipbuilding Company with the agreement
| that it should be paid back in armor con-
| tracts. This was emphaticaily denied by
| Mr. Hanna, whereupon Mr.. Pettigrew
proved his statement by Mr.. Cramp him
self. Mr.. Pettigrew made bitter attack
| on Mr. Hanna and read from the reports
| taken in the bribery case against the lat
ter in endeavoring 10 get a seat in the
Senate.
In an impassioned speech Mr.. Hanna de-
Tended himself from the charges Of bribery
and told what had occurred. He referred
to Mr.. Pettigrew as "a Republican traitor
| Of the same stamp" as those who had
| fought him in Ohio.
Mr.. Pettigrew then scored the Rerubli-
can party and the Administration and
! stated that be would not permit the Sen
| ate 20 adjourn until IL had passed the Anti
| Trust and other bills. Mr.. Bacon also
| charged the Republican party with being
/ In league with the trusts.
When the Antitrust bill was called up
/ by Mr.. Pettigrew, Messrs. Gallinger, ALI
| son, Platt Of Connecticut, and others Op-
posed its consideration and demanded that
/ il go TO the Committee on the judiciary.
Then l viii say something before it
| goes TO be buried" said Mr. Pettigreg-
| The bill is not much Of a remedy"
| said he, hut is better than nothing II
We really wanted TO destroy the trusts
l We should al once remove the protective
| tariff which fosters them
A Campaign Dodge.
Nov, this bill was probably passed by
the House Republicans not with the in
| teRtiOn that it should ever become law,
but that it should be held Up as a great
laing during the campaign The Repub-
liean party wants to stand in with the
4 trusts so that they can levy campaign
| contributions from the combination.
( Then, again. the matter OF removing
| the war tax is being held over the heads
OF the people until after the election, as
sre several labor bills which viii be used
| to hold the labor organizations in hope
| until they have cast their votes.
! Now, I want 20 announce right here
that viii object and prevent sny motion
TO adjourn from being adopted until We
have considered this Antitrust bill and
/ other bills-at this session will keep this
body here for two months. Il necessary. but
will not let the Republicans. the tools Of
the Administration and the trusts, go
| into the country ard say, See, We haze
the trusts The House has passed th
bill and when We get back 10 Congress
after the election, We will pass K in the
Senate I viii send the news out to all
the people Of the country and viii defeat
this game. I have been charged with
playing al politics but the Administration
I ~ - at = IN . ~hr n-1d
Now boom and pet the trusts, if you
will. But ! will stay here long enough
TO show up the Republican party to the
world. II dares not pass this biz; il
dares not pass labor bills; it dares not
pass the Canal bill The trusts and the
Administration must not be offended
| Mr Bacon then stated that the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate all wanted the bill
passed. and world stay until It did pass
Il want to say that the evident pur
! pose Of the Republican majority is to have
| the bill go over for campaign reasons 1
don't believe that they dare oppose the
| trusts In this line. / want 10 say that
was more than surprised TO hear a
charge made on this floor that the Cramp
Shipbuilding Company was induced. in
1892, to give Up $4Oo. geo to the Republi-
can campaign fund. with the assurance
that II would be repaid in contracts"
Mr. Hanna arose and asked If the speak
er would yield
Il will.'' said Mr.. Bacon.
"If 1 undertook to reply to the charge, -
| said Mr. Hanna Il would be kept busy.
I don't think that it is worth replying to.
AS the manager Of the Republican cam
paign in 1896, don't think the charge is
true and l ought to know. / want TO say
that in any event We DO not do as our
competitors do and that is assess laborers
and mine workers 81 each for campaign
| expenses"
Mr. Carter denied the charge made by
| Mr. Bacon.
Mr.. Pettigrew. who had made the charge
originally. then stated that he could prove
the charge.
Was Told by Cramp.
Il want to say that this is true" said
he Il was told the facts by Mr Cramp
himself when he and l were returning
from Europe on an American liner. He
told me that he had been ieeced By the
Republican Campaign Committee. I asked
him how that was He then told me that
the campaign managers had come to him
and assured him that s400. eco would buy
the election and that they would surely
win, when he would be repaid in contracts
He seemed very much worried over tie
, matter. and asked me If. now that the
, ! Republican party had been defeated. re
might not get some Of the money back
I told him l thought not, whereupon ke
] announced that he knew the money SaC
! | been spent by the Republican campaign
!, managers in many unlawful ways. He did
, | not keep this secret, but told his troubles
, | to all OF his friends. I can prove all oi
this, and l dare the Senator from Ohio tc
| deny it.
Now, the Senator from Ohio says that
he would be kert busy If he answered all
, ! of these charges made. Well, / should say
| that he would be the busiest man on this
, | floor He is so loud IN his exclamations
, | of virtue that l want to give him dose
| Of his own medicine. I will now read from
| the investigation Of the bribery charge;
, | against NJ A. Hanna during his efforts &c
get seat in the United States Senate
, Mr. Pettigrew then read from the report;
| of the minority and majority conn itteeS
| wSlich investigated the Hanna bribery case
| and brought out all Of the incrimip atiIg
! points He dwelt upon the part play ed by
, | Major Rathbone in the matter and stated
that this was where Rathboae received
his honest education which fitted him fOl
. benevolent assimilation" in Cuba
C During the reading Mr. Hanna ST at bi:
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