The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-06
SENATOR PETTIGREW AROIysES
THE IRE OF THE REPUBLICAN
CAMPAIGN LEADER
sLUsH FUND SOURCES SHOWN
Charged That Mr.. CrRmp Gave Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars to
Get Contracts for Build
ing Warships.

OiiiSA HSuieS For sensational criminal
lions and recriminations, for bitter per-
sonalities and for poignant invective, the
debate exceeded anything heard on the
floor of the chamber for many years.
The lie was not passed directly, but the
truthfulness of statements was chal-
lenged very sharply.
MI Bacon (Ga) precipitated the scene
by reporting a charge made several days
ago by Mr., Pettigrew that Mr. Cramp,
the Philadelphia ship builder, had con-
tributed 100000 to the Republican cam
paign fund in 1892. with the understand
ing that he would be reimbursed by con-
tracts for the construction of warshIps
for the government. This charge, Mr.
Bacon said, had been denied neither by
Mr. Hanna, the present chairman of the
Republican national committee. nor by
Mr.. Carter, who was chairman of the
committee in 1852. Then the storm broke.
Mr. Hanna vigorously denied any knowl-
edge of such a transaction and expressed
his opinion that 1t was false Mr.. Car
ter declared the statement properly
could be branded only as a lie
Mr. Pettigrew insisted on replying
Said ne:
/ made the statement that a contri-
button of 100000 had been made by Mr.
Cramp to the Republican national COM
mittee in 1872. and that he was to be
reimbursed for it with contracts for ad-
ditional warships. My authority for the
statement is Mr.. Cramp himself" de-
clared Mr.. Pettigrew, deliberately
This created q sensation in the cham
Der.
He told me, not in confidence, as I be-
heve, on an ocean liner coming across the
Atlantic. He did not know where the
money had gone, and had employed de
tectiVes to find out. He intimated that it
had not been used for campaign Dur,
poses. Moreover" continued Mr.. Petit
grew, his words almost kissing through
the chamber, Il have said the same
things to the senator who was chairman
OF the Republican national campaign
committee of that year. and he waived
it off, smilingly. with the statement.
We'll, we did hit the old man pretty
hard -
MR.. HANNA STIRRED UP.
Adyerting to Mr.. Hanna, Mr.. Pettigrew
brought UP the charges of bribery which
bad been made against the Ohio senator
at the time of his election to the senate,
reading voluminously from the report Of
the minority of the committee on privi-
ANoSo anu GlOCiIOilS, 1uCluUlIlR newspaper
stories of the accounts of alleged tele-
phone conversations between Mr.. Ham
mas friends and other persons These
statements Mr.. Pettigrew thought could
not be swept aside lightly by Mr.. Han
ma.
AS Mr.. Petigrew resumed his seat half
dozen senators clamored for recogni-
ton, among them Mr.. Hanna and Mr..
| Foraker Mr.. Foraker was recognized
and said 49,.
made by the senator from South Dakota
| required some reply. 1t was an Ohio
matter, he said and the Ohio senators
felt abundantly able to take care of it.
He yielded to Mr. Hanna, who said he
felt like offering an apology 10 the SEN
ate for pursuing the subject further. and
| he would not do so If he did not desire
to show to the senate that the whole
matter was conspiracy-a part of
concerted plan to work up some political
! capital"
There was a pretty lively scrap in
| Columbus" said he, good humorcdly
| 1t was due partly to the Democratic
party, and partly to the work of traitors
to their party, and to their country like
| the senator from South Dakota"
Mr.. Hanna then went at length into
| the charges made by Mr.. Pettigrew, say
ing they had been published first in
Democratic newspaper of Columbus, and
fully and completely denied by him at that
! time. He referred to Senator Burke, OF
Cleveland, one of the Chief conspira-
tors in the senatorial election, and de-
nounced him as traitor and a sccur.
| drel," who lad, as a Republican, lent
| himself 10 the conspiracy against his
party and subsequently had been dis
barred and disgraccd IN his native city.
VEHEMENT DFNIALS
Then he read clipping from a sorth
Dakota newspaper in which Mr. Petit
grew was characterized as a traitor to
his country and to his state, and de-
clared that he did not represent the pco-
! pie of South Dakota
That" declared Mr.. Hanna, We
hemently, lis my accuser in the senate Of
the United States, and that is the esti-
nation in which he is held by the PEG,
! pie Of MS own state. have
often sat in my seat listening to him. ard
/ thought him insane. Much of the STUFF
he has uttered on this floor is the verest
/ rot.
When 1t comes to personalities" hotly
asserted Mr.. Hanna, IN conclusion, II
will stand up with him and compare my
character with his. He may tell what
| he knows about me, and then'-with en-
phasis on every word-'T will tell what
know about him"
Mr.. Carter. who obtained the floor as a
| matter Of personal privilege, said
First, it is said that Mr.. Cramp made
the statement that he contributed $780,
600 to the Republican campaign fund In
1882. L dc not believe Mr. Cramp ever
made that statement. He could not
truthfully have made it, and l believe
him to be a truthful man. From the
senator from South Dakota has come the
first intimatiOn that Mr.. Cramp ever gave
such an amount to the committee, and
that any part of that puIported contribu-
ton had been diverted wrongfully"
Mr.. Pettigrew reiterated that this con
versatiOn with both Mr. Cramr and Mr.
Carter had occurred as he had related.
He said he had made nc charge that Mr.
Carter, as chairman of the national Re.
publican committee, had diverted the
funds He also repeated that the report
ed conversation with Mr. Carter had
! transpired. 1T took place" he said,
here in the senate chamber"
The senate rejected the nomination of
Hon. W. d. Bynum, as general appraiser
at the port of New York. by a tie vote.
The senate in executive session tonight
confirmed alt nominations sent into today
except that of j. s. Black to be post
moster at Butler, Pa. The nomination of
Gen: Wheeler to be brigadier general was
confirmed
RECESS TAKEN.
The senate and house have taken a re-
cess until 10 a. m.
REGISTERED LETTER RULING.
The postmaster general has amended
the postal regulations so as to permit the
sender of registered letter TO recall Il
after it has been dispatched. Heretofore
! the rule has been that such a letter could