Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-28

cluo0 members OF the mouse ana Will
amend the resolution to that extent"
Speaker Henderson thereupOn ruled
that the matter presented was privi-
legged.
The spenker's Ruling.
"This ia a matter of high privilege"
said the speaker. delivering his ruling.
Exactly what status u report to for
eign government would have here
might be questioned, but the gentleman
from Tennessee having stated upon his
honor as member of the house that
these charges are true
"Oh, no. Mr.. Speaker" interrupted
Mr.. Richardson. II did not say the
charges were true. l vouched for the
fact that Mr.. Christmas had made
them"
THE gentleman having vouched for
the authenticity Of the charges" con-
tlnued the speaker, "the chair holds
that the matter is one Of privilege and
recognizes the gentleman from Ten
nessee."
BY this time the interest in the house
was intense. Almost every seat was
occupied, and the members listened
eagerly as Mr.. Richardson proceeded
to present his case. First he read ex'
tracts from the press at Copenhagen.
These were followed by an amdavit
from Neils Gren concerning his deal
ings with certain people here, but they
were not particularly sensational. The
real sensation came when he started to
read from what purported to be the
report of Walter Christmas concerning
the negotiations. He prefaced the
reading by the statement that it would
show a corrupt bargain" worthy of
the consideration Of the house. The
report was too long to read In full, he
said. II will only read the luscious
extracts, which IL true should bring the
blush Of shame to the cheek Of every
American" said he, 'fOr the statute
will disgrace this country in the eyes
Of every foreign country in the world.
This is what this corrupt bargainer
says"
Interview With Premier.
He then proceeded to read Mr.. Christ
mas account of his interview with
the prime minister Of Denmark, in
which he was said to have told the
minister of the necessity for the use
Of money to bring the negotiations for
the sale of the islands to successful
termination. He told of his acquaint-
ance with Abner Mckinley, President
McIzinley's brother, and his law part
ner, Colonel Brown, two gentlemen
whom Mr. Christmas described as
"having the entry to the White House
and being familiar with the ways Of
American politics and what members
of congress would have to be paid to
accomplish the results desired"
The report then described how Mr..
Christmas had enlisted not only Pres
ident McKinley's brother and his part
ner, but two press associations, one TN
New York and one in Washington, and
4 prominent banking house In New
York in the sale of the islands.
In the report Mr.. Christmas said.
among other things, that he had as his
special assistants &C. w. knox, an In
innate friend Of Senator Hanna and a
Washington lawyer named Richard n.
Evans, who represented Mr.. Gardner
and his friends in the house, -
The Danish foreign minister was re-
ported as disguised with the methods
which had to be pursued, but as finally
giving his acQuiescence.
Mr.. Richardson said he did not charge
that any senator or member of congress
had been bribed. He had simply pre-
sented the allegations of this agent that
money had to be used for bribing con- |
gressmen. The charges had been pub |
lished in this country and abroad, he
said, with the allegation that condi- |
tons In the United States were simply |
horrible" He therefore proposed this
inquiry so that each member could dis |
claim the charges so far as they affect |
him. Mr. Richardson said there was
one objectionable feature to the affair |
in that the state department must have |
known Of these charges and had not
brought them to the attention Of the
senate prior. to the ratification Of the |
Danish treaty. ,
The house unanimously adopted the |
resolution, and Speaker Henderson ap-
pointed Representatives Dalzell, Hit. |
Cousins, Mccall, Richardson, Dinsmore
and Cowhsrd as the investigating CON-
mittee. Z S. - :
The Day In the senate.
Soon after the senate convened Mr.. |
Hawley, chairman of the committee on
military affairs, favorably reported a
bill to correct the military record of |
Charles H. Hawley. A similar bill was
vetoed a short time ago by the presi-
dent. In reporting the measure Mr..
Hawley said 1t had been changed, and |
informal assurance had been given that |
as reported it would be satisfactory to
the president. The bill reported au-
thorized the president to review the |
case and to revoke the order Of dis.
missal.
Mr.. Gallinger IN. H. said he had re-
ceived letters from soldiers Emporium
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