Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08
ST. LOUIS LOAN
TIES UP SENATE
BILL ALMOST SLIPS THROUGH
WITHOUT DEBATE.
FIGHT OVER REQUISITION
Indiana and Kentucky Lock Horns in
the House Upon the Refusal Of Gov
ernor Durbin to Give Up William
TayIor-Spooner Comes to Defense
of Administration.

Washington, Feb. AFTER almost
allowing an amendment to the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill providing
for loan of $4,6OO,OOO to the st. Louis
exposition to get through, without dis
cussion, the senate yesterday changed
it's tactics just as the vote was about
to be taken and began debate on the
loan provision which continued Tor
ABOUT four hours and was still In prog
ress when the senate adjourned.
The debate was preclpitated in by
point or oruer made against an amend.
ment by Mr.. Bailey, who maintained
that the national government was not
concerned with the success or failure
OF any exposition. He was supported
by Messrs. Lodge and Elkins, while
speeches were made in support OF the
amendment by Senators Hale, Allison,
Cockrell, Spooner, McComas and
others. The debate took on political
turn at one time. Senator German
took, advantage of the declaration chat
the condition OF the treasury was such
as TO render il unwise to enter upon
TINS expenditure TO charge the party IN
power with mismanagement. Senator
Spooner replied IN defense of the adj
minIstration. The debate throughout
was spirited, but good natured and the
galleries were we'll entertained.
Two States Lock Horns. :.
Indiana and Kentucky locked horns
in the house. The debate, which in
volved nearly every member OF both
state delegations, was fast and furious
from start TO finish. Kentucky de-
handed of Indiana the return of w.
5. Taylor, that he might be tried Tor
the assassination of William Goebel.
The attack was made by Mr.. James OF
Kentucky and the defense was led by
Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana. Partisan
Keeling rose TO an extreme tension.
The diplomatic appropriation bill was
under consideration at the time.
MIR. James fired both sides of the
house TO interest and feeling by declar
ing at the outset that the rough rider
president was ridiculous in his mes
sage to congress favoring international
extradition treaties when one state
could not get from another fugitiVes
from justice.
He had, he said, introduced bill in
which the federal government made
extradition compulsory where persons
had been indicted for crime. For four
years, he said, Governor Durbin OF In
diana had protected Mr.. Taylor, who
had been regularly indicted in Ken
lucky for the murder of Goebel "anj
yet | notice that when Durbin comes
TO town he is wined and dined by this
great Don Quixote upon extradition,
who absolutely confides to Durbin the
right to give the waiting and anxious
world news that Mr.. Hanna can run
for president if he wants to. And
when we all read that again we de-
clare the king can do no wrong.
These remarks met democratic ap
plause and laughter but stirred the OPP
position to action and for something
like two hours many members were on
their feet at a time and the criminal
and political records of both Kentucky
and Indiana were handled without
gloves. The democrats maintained
that a state government had no right
to take the question of fair trial" into
consideration in honoring extrajition
papers from another state, while the
republicans maintained that history
would justify Indiana's action in this
case. When Mr.. Crumpacker took the
floor in defense of Indiana he was beset
by volley of questions from the dem
ocratic side and was hardly able to
maintain the thread of his argument
on account of the interruptions. The
tension was lessened and better nature
restored by the interposition of a