The age-herald., 1900-03-07
SENATE PASSED
 CURRENCY BILL
Absolutely No Interest Taken in
 the Vote.
QUAY CASE BROUGHT UP
When the Discussion on the Financial Measure Stopped the Time Al lowed Had Not Been Used
 by the Speakers

Washington, March 6.-Never in the his tory of the senate was there ever shown so little real interest in the final vote on a great measure as was. manifested today in the vote on the conference report of the financial 5ll The report was before the senate nearly two weeks, yet only -four speeches were delivered upon it. Today discussion ceased on the bill fifteen min- utes before the time fixed for the vote and the senate actually began the consideration Of minor bills on the calendar to consume the time The conference report was agreed to by vote of A to 26, the report thus having a majority of IS. Early in the session discussion of tele Quay case was resumed by MT. Simon of Oregon, who replied to the speech made yesterday by MT. Carter of Montana. He denied the imputation of corruption on tine part of MT. Coioetr He was dn- duced to believe that MT. Ca1i.ers state ments yesterday were exaggerated by the peculiar atmosphere of Montana politics, in which, if what had been heard about the capitol during tIhe past weeks approximated the truth, it was the general practice to use money in i5.g figures.
 Separated Himself from S8OO,OoO
 ''In fact" said hes 'dt has been said that one gentleman, the candidate for an hon. orabfe office, Ead separated himself from about $SOO,0OO.''
 He felt that Mr. Garter might have ob- tained his ideas about the corrupt use of money nearer home than was the state of Oregon.
 MT. Allen, of Nebraska, addressed the senate on the financial bill. He declared the bill required the payment of all debts, public and private, in gold coin. Senator Aldrich entered a straight denial and did the same thing when MT Allen asserted that it conferred unlimited power for the issuance of bonds.
 MT. Allen retorted that the whole meas ure reduced every contract to the gold standard. He especially attacked the meas ure because of the favors, which he said, it extended to the national banks.
 MT. AldTich replied to MT. Allen denying that the measure extended to national banks any additional privileges. There was not the least danger of imitation by the is- suance of national bank currency under the provisions of the pending bill. The en- tire amount proposed to be issued by the banks would be O9,OO0OOO, an increase of $306 O0O,000 over the present national bank currency.
 The time for taking the vote on the finan- cial bill had been fixed at o'clock and it still lacked 10 minutes of that hour. As no senator desired to speak further on the measure, a bill providing-for the erection of public building at Matches, Miss, was passed.
 The Vote
 At o'clock the pending conference re- port was agreed to by vote of A to 26 as follows:
 Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bard, Bev- eridge, Burrows, Carter, Clark of Wyo- ming, Culom, Davis, Depew, Elkins, Fair banks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gallfnger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hanebrough, Hawley, Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, McComas, McCumer, McMilhn, Mason Nelson, Pen rose. Perkins, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, ton, Wetmore-H
 Nays-Alen, Bacon, Bate, Butler, Chan dler Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Kenney, McLaurin, Martin, Morgan, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins, Sulli- van, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, Turner -25
 The senate then passed bills for the en- largement of the public building at Dallas, Tex, and to ratify an agreement between the committee of the five civilized tribes and the Seminole tribe of Indians. After brief session the senate at 5:15 p. m. ad- journed