The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-03

10 take Government bonds and other
| WISE as security for Government de'
posits in national banks was read b,
Mr. Morgan. For forty years. he e1
this law, until speculative idea struck tn
senator from Rhode Island No. It didn,
| strike you first. II carromed On you. y
nit the Secretary Of the Treasury hrst'
II had not been his intention. said Mr.
| Morgan, to criticise the Secretary Of the
| Treasury for .hying to the rescue OF tine
Wall Street brokers and gambling specu'
He had .ympathized with the Secretary
| In his patriotism. but IL was mock patriot'
ism. alter ALI. What a breach II was for
the Secretary to violate the law by changing
| the word and TO -or, thus taking securl,
| ties In place Of Government bonds instead
| Of as supplementary to those bonds: az
cheek to put the Secrstary's construction
| upon the law. Yet the AIdrich DIN va
| Intended to legalize and continue this
| breach OF the law. The bill proposed 70
repeal the law OF 1854 and change the deposit
TO a loan.
when did we ever give to a private citi-
zen loan at ~ per cent and PENNY nun,
| to loan IL again at 8, 10, Is and even ~ PEI
cent? Who is doing this1 Not the Demo,
cratic party, but the party OF p inSes NC, q.
head men. OF financial KINGS Vi INV
nopoists.' .o,,rs
Mr.. Morgan fpote for nearly two hours
| concluding at 1910. 49,,
Mr. MoIaurin asked consent to take up
his bill to aid the Mississippi schools. MI
iournment A roll call was ordered and
he moton was lost by vote Of is TO 3d.
Mr., McI.aurin spoke against the bill
Il want to say TO the author and nnisnei
Of this BILL" said Mr.. Bailey, that you
might as well withdraw IT,. II staIds no
more show Of passing this body thar thaehe
statehood bin will rise from it's harrow
crave and become a law He charged the
Republicans with filibustering fourteen
weeks on the Statehood bill
Il WIS formerly memhc- oi me HOUSE,
which passes measures without debating
them and am now a memOer oi this body
which debates measures but never decides
fhe.,, remarked Mr.. Bailey.
Somewhere between these extremes
there liz a common ground. IL the SENATE
upon every question opposed by rev
Senators, the American people Will comPei
il to change its rules.
Mr.. Bailey said the Republicans were
merely getting a dose OF their own medicine
in the filibuster against the Adr1ch phi;
Mr.. Spooner-Is that the object OF the
Mr. Bsicy--I am not in the confidence oil
the gentleman at this time.
Mr. Tillrnan-This seems to be washing
day. The charge Of flibustering against
this bill comes with poor grace after four
,een weeks' flibuster on the Statehood bill.
am free TO admit for myself that the Demo-
cratic party has been buncood by the most
astute politician In the United states
Matthew Stanley QUAY.
A tunlult Of laughter greeted this sally
in which Mr.. Quay joined heartily.
Mr.. Tilman said the reason why he made
this declaration was that the Senator from
Pennsylvania got all but two Democra'i.
Senators to line up for the admission OF
the Territories in order TO keep the trust
issue from coming to the front.
He characterized the trust legislation a.
humbuggery. MIR. Quay. with the greatee 3,
Of good nature and In the midst OF repeateo
laughter, caused by interruptions from
Messrs. Tillman, Spooner., Aldrich ano
others, denied that he had not ss aSted He
Rad begun the Statehood fight long before
the trust issue became acute, and one was
not involved in the other.
Mr. Tillman accused Mr. Quay OF oeing
buncoed by Mr.. Aldrich, and MIR. quay
The Senator from Pennsylvania has not
been buncoed by anybody.
Mr.. Patterson Dem, Col) spoke In de-
fence of the Statehood advocates. declaring
they were not the dupes Of anybody; ne
gave MI. Quny Iuh ioi w.
the fight, his only criticism being that MI
QUAY did not press ths bill to the extent OF
forcing an extra session Of Congress 80
far as the charge Of hlbusterinG against
the Aldrich bill was concerned, Mr.. rat
terson denied that there was any such IN
tention on the Democratic side. but he ad-
mitted that II every Democratic Senator
smoke IN to noon on Wednesday there
would still be others who would desire 70
speak. He, therefore, thought the bill
should ne Withdrawn.
Mr.. Aldrch fatty charged the other
side with hlibuetering on the admission OF
the Colorado Senator. 1T Ia flibuster
by irving to talk the bill 10 death. he said,
whether it takes Q day or week or
month
Nv. Patterson said ne could not under
stand why the introduction Of the Aldrich
hin was delayed 40 long. II a vote had
been permitted on the Statehood bill. the
Aldrich bill might have been brought TO a
vote, but 1t was too late. -
Mr.. Hanna asked Mr.. Patterson TO tell
the history Of the Ship Subsidy bill two
wears ago and the reason for its defeat.
II was filibustered /, death by the Demo
Gratis who talked longer than the State
hood debate had lasted.
Mr.. Patterson replied that the Ship Sub
sidy bin had been killed by the friends and
associates Of Mr. Hanna and that the Al
drich bill deserved the same fate. The
Senate adjourned at ii:5s o'clock.