The San Francisco call., 1903-01-09
HOB5ON' 5 BILL
\ EXC|TES SOLONS
Morgan and Cockrell
Pass Warm Words
in the Senate.
Protest Made Against Meas
ure to Retire the
Officer.
Special Dispatch to The CAN.


WASHINGTON. Jan. SIN the Senate
to-day the bin providing for the retire
ment of Captain Richmond p. Hobson
stirred up a slight storm of strenuous
words
Morgan of Alabama called up the meas
IRE and a protest was Immediately en-
tered by Cockreu of Missouri. who
thought that Congress should not be
made a court of appeals to hear appi-
cations from officers after they had been
declared unfit for active service. Morgan
characterized II as an exceptional case.
and said he should not permit that Cap
tain Hobson's reputation or character
shall be damaged by any objection made
against him. With some warmth Cock
Tell said he did not impeach Captain Hob
sons character and that the Senator from
Alabama could not twist his argument in
that manner
The Senator from Alabama is not in
the habit of twisting. retorted Morgan.
He is straight as a die; as straight as
you are" Morgan gave notice that he
would continue TO call up the bill until
justice was accorded Captain Hobson.
Early to-day the Senate again dis
cussed the Vest resolution requesting the
Finance Committee 10 report a bill re-
moving the duty on anthracite coal and
Aldrich replied to some of the criticisms
OF Vest made last Tuesday. Aldrich in
sisted that the resolution would not ac-
Complish the result sought and that 1t
infringed the rights of the House in re-
specJ TO revenue bills. Aldrich said that
a Democratic Senate voted TO put duty
OF 20 cents on coal in 1894, and that they
favored free coal except upon the day
when they could have voted free coal into
the tariff bill.
Vest in reply said that the Accent
duty on coal was the result of a hold
up by a few Democratic Senators. To
confirm his assertion. that Dingley had
made the statement that the Dingley rates
were placed high in order to negotiate
reciprocity treaties. Vest read from let
ter addressed TO him by the editor OF the
Philadelphia Bulletin in which the writer
declared that Dingley made the statement
to one of his Washington correspondents.
Hale expressed his disbelief in the state
Inent and TeeIingly referred to Dingley's
services 10 his State and country and
paid high tribute to his character, say
iEg the statement attributed to him is
radicaliy opposed 70 all his utterances and
involved the charge of insincerity.
1illman interrupted that he did not con-
sider there had been a reflection on Ding
ley The policy Of his party, he said, had
been eXempliied in the reciprocity treaties
negotiated and pending, and nothing but
the selfish greed of the people whose pro-
lection Is reduced, he said, prevents the
ratification Of the pending treaties.
The statehood bill was then taken up
and Nelson continued his remarks begun
Monday. He had not concluded when, at
O'Clock by unanimous consent, the Sen
q 9te considered unobjected bills upon the
calendar. The following were passed:
Granting additional lands adjacent to the
site Of the University Of Montana for the
university; to redivide the district of
Alaska into three recording and judicial
divisions.