New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-04
LOAN TO ST. LOUIS FAIR.
LIVELY SENATE DEBATE.
No Tariff REVISION at This Session,
Mr.. Spooner Declares.
TyKoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU


Washington Feb 3-An interesting and Lively
debate was nrecipitated unexpectedly in the SEN
ate to-day by Senator Bailey. who. while the
Urgent Deficiency bill was being read on pas
sage made a point OF order against the appro-
priation Of 100000 to be loaned to the 81
Louis Exposition. secured by lien or 4o per
cent Of the gate receipts. Mr.. Lodge supported
the Senator from Texas, protesting against an
appropriation which. in the light OF the STRICT
economy enjoined on Congress by the chairman
of the Appropriations Committee. seemed IKE
grave extravaganza. Mr.. Lodge SAID 'hat
cheeseparing policy was being followed in deal
ing with the actual necessities o, the govern
ment and it therefore seemed an !nopportune
time to be generous with interests WHICH "eie
largely IN the nature Of Injuries
Senator Hale defended the appropriation. as
did Senator Allison, and Senator Cockrell made
q speech which II was asserted. should entitie
him to a diploma an advance agent. SEN
ators Hale. Coclxrell and Perkins declared that
40 per cent OF the gate receipts ohered arnpie
security for the loan. whereupon Senator Eiklhs
assured the Senate Of his qualification at learn
ing that the security wac SO good, as 1t pointed
the way out OF the dilemma He asserted that
with such "giIt edged security the managers
Of the iair could easily borrow the required
amount from the banks. It might be objected
the other hand that was their business. and
the United States was not loaner OF money
Than President Francis, as president Of one or
thu largest banks I'm St Louis, could set
patriotic example by Offering TO take his pro-
portion Of the loan at a reduced rate or inter-
est an example which would certainly De toi-
lowed by the other banking establishments
Only once did the debate become really seri-
Gus. That was when Senator German thought
he saw an opportunity to make partisan capital
and delivered a speech in favor Of the appro-
priation- Abandoning. for the time. his criu-
cisrn of the Panama treaty. he reverted to the
Philippine question. criticisins the adHlinistra-
ton ana deprecating the establishment of naval
hases far from the shores OF tn. United States
The spirIt of levity which characterized most
of the debate entirely disappeared when Senator
Spooner replying TO Mr.. German. deIVereu
brief eulogy OF President Mckinley, referring
to his last expressions. So quiet were the SEN
ate and the crowded galleries at this point that
ono might have heard the proverbial pin drop
and the effect of Mr.. Spooners reprool was
MAINLY evident on the Democratic side. MT
s,oo,ar supported the appropriation. and de-
clared that Uncle Sam had gone into TINS
thing. and now he must it through Ike
gentleman.
Mr. spooner said the speech OF Mr.. German
,-.s nurelv partisan. He assured Mr.. Gorrqan
tho. he nced not fear for the prosperity OF the
country, and for revenue that would be sde-
ouate 70 enable us to do all we ought TO CO.
II the Democratic leader had stopped to calcu-
late he would have discovered that the era Oh
prosperity had begun when the Democratic ao-
ministration ended It was only natural that
the navy should be larger than in the days or
the fathers He wanted the flag OF the country
loved and not feared. but the flag should DC
protected The question OF imperialism haa
b..- before the country and had been beaten.
10 did not agree that the eyes OF the people
had been closed by dollars TO the demands Oh
liberty. - -
keenIv cherished by them than by their repre-
santatives' Mr.. SpOOner continued, and no
senator may safely think they have heedlessly
forsaken their ideals in the pursuit OF the DOL
Renlving 10 a portion of Mr.. Germans speech.
Mr.. Spooner declared that coaling stations In
the philippines and in Hawaii were not IN
/ consistent with American practices
/ Mr. German interrupted to say that Mr.
I Snooner's remarks were on a different line from
HIS charges. and that ne had merely caHeu at
,ention 10 The fact that our expenditures abroad
NAV interfere with doing our duty at home
[ MIR Spooner said he understood all that and
/ also understood that MIR. Germans was "a SIMS
I Ter attack on the party IN power by the most
odroit and artistic non-Partisan statesman IN
the world" which caused al the senators. IN,
Guiding Mr.. German, to smile. He suspected
MIR German. he said. OF the authorship or a
nsrt OF the Democratic platform adopted at st.
! I ouis IN 1855 but had not supposed that he had
4 anything to do with the tariff declarations or
j 1Sg2 Which policy, he asked. viii be adopted
! nv the Democratic party might say the re-
I ,,,fted Deuocracy-at its next convention
I s'NEav We not" Mr.. Tillman asked, be al
lowed to adopt the Senator's policy In regard to
/ tbe PHILIPPINES. and leave that TO the Democrat
I ic Masses 49,
ct don't know which branch Of the party Will
4 he I'm control" responded Mr. Spooner.
Az Tiunan-Neither can we tell what part
I ,frrc viii Nyii
| nav In the Republican convention.
| Mir. Spooner then made the announcement
| that the Republican party did not intend to en-
/ Ter into a revision of the tariff at this session
! ~ congress Asked why. he replied that the
reason was found IN the fact that such an effort
would too greatly disturb the business Interests
/ Of the country. A Presidential election was en-
tlreIv a sufficient distuTber OF business without
adding unnecessarily TO the complications
| Senator McComas followed Mr.. SpOoner and
/ drew a hearty laugh as he earnestly declared
/ that he hoped 10 such strong fortihcations
/ established as would make II impossible for
/ the British Navy to sail up Chesapeake Bay ana
/ come across country to destroy the capitol
| The debate was not concluded at late hour
and tho point Of order against the appropriation
/ until