Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL WAS
THEN PASSED.
Mr.. Patterson Makes a Political Speech
and Mr.. Mallory Discusses the
Panama Canal Question.

| send to the Senate the reports made on ir-
regularities in the Post Office Department.
and requested immediate consideration. The
resolution was adopted without debate. 1t
calls for reports upon the investigation by
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. to-
gether with the reports of Messrs. Holmes
Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte, special
counsel for the government, on the charges
| made by 8. w Tulloch, formerly cashier of
the Washington city post Office.
The following bills were passed:
Donating gun carriages to the state OF
Connecticut for use at Fort Griswold.
Providing for the transportation of 600
teachers from Porto Rico to and from the
United States next summer for purposes of
study.
Patterson Replies to Foraker.
The urgent deficiency appropriation bill
was laid before the Senate. the provision for
the ST. Louis exposition loan being the i'm
mediate question under consideration, and
Mr. Patterson Coli took up the political
phase of the question, making especial re-
ply to Mr. Foraker. He said that having
| noted the want of prosperity on the part of
| the trusts and syndicates the Ohio senator
had introduced a bill which II 1t should be-
come law would supply that deficiency.
Mr. Patterson commended that prosperity
was not so much dependent on tar1n laws
or the balance of trade as most people be-
Eeve On the contrary, he found that good
times depended more upon the volume of
currency than on other causes, and he
traced the prosperity of the decade from
1880 to 1890 to the extensive coinage of sill
yer in that period. This epoch covered Mr..
CIeveIand's first term, but Mr.. Patterson
declared that when democrats contended
that his second term covered prosperous
period they did violence to the facts OF his
tory. The panic of 1893 had been the result
of he crusade against the greater CirCula-
ton of silver both in the United States and
elsewhere. He declared that Mr.. Cleveland S
last term was not democratic admfnistra-
ton, in fact, but that 1t presented the spec
tacle Of democratic President putting re-
publican policies into execution.
Mr.. Patterson declared the successful
fight on silver to have been the forerunner
of the Coxey army and the other phe-
nCmena that followed the panic OF 1898.
Repudiates Cleveland.
Mr. Aldrich said that he judged MIR. Pat
terson would not look with great favor
upon another term of Mr.. Cleveland. and
Mr.. Patterson replied that he certainly
would not. In view of the fact that Mr..
Cleveland had been false both to his party
| and his country" He added that Mr.. Aid
| rich and his party associates should be
| uEder lasting obligations to Mr.. Cleveland,
but that democrats could not be expected
to share that feeling. Speaking of the
present era, Mr.. Patterson declared thar
it had brought prosperity to the rich, put
not to the poor. resulting in the creation
not only of millionaireS but of billlonalres,
at the expense of others. He spoke In
strong terms of admiration of President
Roosevelt's action in connection with the
anthracite coal strike and in his suits
| against the railroad mergers, but declared
| that in the prosecution of trusts the Presl-
| dents action had been far short of prom
| ises, inasmuch only two or three actions
nod hnnn hao
| of Whitaker Wright to the conduct or {. +.
| Morgan and Mr.. Schwab, and then entered
| into the details of Wrights trial by Brit
| ish court and his subsequent suicide, 2dd-
| ing that there would not be many tears
| shed if some of the great financial lights
| who find their habitat in the United States
| should seek the same ending and from the
| same cause. .--4.-
Praise for Bryan.
Recurring to the silver issue, Mr.. Patter-
| son said that even the people of Colorado
| realized that the issue of 16 to had Deen
| decided against them, but 1T did not, he
said, follow that they would throw them
| selves into the arms of the trusts. He re-
| ferred to Mr.. Bryan. saying:
| II am glad that there Is one man IN the
| party with power and influence enough &c
| make himself felt who enSers his protest
| against surrender ng the party to those
| who go from one end of the POlitical tee.ei
|
| to require.
Mr.. Patterson reasserted his conviction
| that the nomination of Mr.. Bryan by the
| Chico go convention of 1876 had insured
| far larger vote than another C ndid tie or
! another platform would have secured. lie
| then announced his intent on not to press
| for a further recognition of free coinag5
| by the democratic party, saying that The
| party is worse than insane which continues
| to advocate policy VIII Oh the country has
declared against Such a course wouic
| destroy the usefulness of any party.
| Mr.. Patterson spoke in terms of regret
| at the growth of socialism, ard attributed
! it to the policies of the enuAlican party
| Again declaring that the veal by were get
| ting the benefit of The prosperous times
Mr.. Patterson expressed the hope that II
| its next convention 'the democratic party
would nominate a C ndidlte not talnteC
| with suspicion of an alliance with persons
| of this character"
Exposition Item Remains.
Mr.. Patterson hav ng concluded. the ques
| ton of sustaining Mr.. Bailey's point OF
| order against the St. Louis exposition ap
| preparation was placed before the Senate
There was roll call. but there was ar
overwhelming response of noes" and tbs
! chair announced the point as lost.
That settled the question and the amend
| ment was agreed to.
The urgent deficiency bill then was
passed.
Mr. Spooner withdrew his motion to re.
| consider the vote by which the bill for the
| naturalization of Porto Ricans and resi-
dents of other insular possessions of the
| United States was passed. and the favor
able action of the Senate on 1t was allowed
| to stand.
Mr.. Fairbanks made an appeal to the
Senate in favor of better buildings for the
| Departments of State. Justice and Corn
merce and Labor. The bill making an ap
preparation for a building for these de-
partments was called up. but on object or
of Mr.. Hale it went over. Bills were passed
as follows:
Miscellaneous Bills Passed.
Granting to the state of Oregon certain
lends to be used for the purpose OF main
tanning and operating thereon a fish hatch
cry.
Providing for the payment to the heirs .
Darius B. Randall. deceased, for certain
improvements relinquished to the Unite,
States for use of the Neg Perez Indians.
| Providing for the erection of an fmmf
grant station at the port of San Francisco
Amending the act approved February IL
1895, to amend the laws relative to ship
| ping commissioners. approved August IL