Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04


A. Clark. was not a resident of Mon
tana.
Pending the final agreement on the
sundry civil bill, Mr.. Pettigrew Is. d.,
read from the congressional record the
remarks Of Mr.. Hull of Iowa, made in
the house few days ago
when the Iowa gentleman acknowledged
he was connected with the Philippine
Development company.
Mr.. Pettigrew severely criticised Mr.
Hull and denounced generally the con-
dition of the Philippines He charged
the minority in the senate with being.
influenced by pending legislation which
they feared might be defeated. He said
the sundry civil bill ought to fail and.
the river and harbOr bill as we'll. He
denounced the latter measure as a.
Job" While there were some meritor-'
iOIs features in the bill, he said, it was
worse than the subsidy bill.
Mr.. Pettigrew's remarks brought Mr.
Tillman to his feet in an emphatic de-.
NAL that he had been Influenced in the
pending legislation. sIe branded as a.
lie the statement that had been circu-
lated that he had been won over on
account of the Charleston appropriation.
He believed nothing would be gained in
tion as worse would have resulted in an
extra session.
Throughout the night there was long
and determined effort to defeat the river
and harbor bill lead by Senator Carter
Of Montana. When Mr.. Nelson present.
ed the first conference report all of the
items but three reservoirs in Wyoming
and South Dakota and the Brazos.
Texas appropriation of 100000, had
been adjusted.
After Senator Carter had talked for
four hours on the bill it was sent back
to conference. Before it was again
brought in other matters had been clear
ed away and the fight began in earnest.
Upon the second report Mr.. Nelson
announced that unless the senate re-
ceded, the bill would fail and he moved
that the senate recede. Upon this mo-
ton, Messrs. Warren, Hansborough.
Stewart Mason and Wellington made
speeches.
Then at 6:35 Mr.. Carter took the floor.
He said that, impelled by strong sense
of duty, he felt he should do all he could
to defeat the bill.
when examined this bill this morn
ing" said Mr.. Carter, II became amazed
at the stupendous character of it, carry
ing $4,000, 900 of the peoples money and
so much Of this sum for places that
should not receive it,
Then he added impressively
This bill will not pass unless my
strength fails before - o'clock and am
in a pretty fair state of health"
He then began speaking with delibera-
tion referring to Hawaiian public lands,
reading from the report on the river and
harbor bill and commenting upon it, The
oth Sctoo Lob ;,,. = In
seats were mostly empty and the senate
in the gray dawn of morning presented
a rather deso'ate appearance.
After Mr.. Carter had been talking for
about an hour and a half, Mr.. Pettus in
terrupted to condemn the course of Mr..
Garter.
| Mr.. Carter blandly replied by asserting
that the Alabama senator could not de-
fend the appropriation for Trinity river
in Alabama.
| Mr. Pettus vigorously asserted that IT.
was not expressing his opinion Of the
| bill but he did have a voice in the de-
c:ded opinion Of senator who would
hold up the senate in this way on a day
when we are to inaugurate president
of the United States.
Mr.. Carter smiing.y sid he would
| De Sidu 10 Take d IcSeoS 1AAo ACe VIC Nv
err and harbor bill go over to a session
when there was no inauguration cere-
mony.
At $40 there was bout a dozen SEN
ators in the chamber when Mr. Yelling
ton raised the point of no quorum.
The roll call brought in thirty senator's
| The sergeant at arams was directed to
secure the attendance of absentees. This
call suspended all business for an indet1-
mite time. The attendants taking advaHr
tage of the opportunity to gather up the
masses of waste paper which had accu.
| mulated on the floor through the lOns
session and put extra chairs in place fol
the distinguished guests expected latter
in the day..
At five minutes of nine and with only
eight senators in the chamber Mr.. Petit
grew moved to adjourn. but Mr.. Garter
opposed the motion, saying he desired tt
finish his speech.
The forenoon was spent by Messrs
Carter and Wellington in talking the
river and harbor bill to death. They
succeeded in this. At noon Mr.. Jones
| (Ark). moved resolution thanks tC
resident Frye for his impartial anl
courteous course as presiding officer
Mr.. Frye acknowledged the compliment
in a few words. The senate clock was
moved back for these formalities. The
vice president-elect was sworn in after
1: o'clock.
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