Arizona republican., 1904-02-02
Senator Dietrich Asks His
 Brother Senators
MOVES AN INVESTIGATION
A Committee Is Appointed to Investi- gate the Charges of Bribery and Naifeasance, After Which Mr. Nor gan Resumed His Remarks.

Washington, Feb. I'm the senate today after the routine business MT. Deitrich. of Nebraska. rising to q ques- tion of personal privilege regarding the recent indictment against him in con- nection with postofice patronage in Nebraska, made a statement regarding the court proceedings and his acquittal on the ground that he was not a sana- tor at the time his alleged malfeasance is said to have occurred. He said he felt an investigation was due the sen ate to determine whether he is fit to sit in the senate. He offered a resolution authorizing the president pro tem to appoint a committee of five to make d full investigation and to report to the senate concerning the charges and his acquittal.
 The charges related to the postoffice at Hastings, Nebraska; the appoint ment of Jacob Fisher postmaster and the selection. of g. building owned by Dietrich as a postoffice. Mr. Dietrich was charged with accepting a bribe, but the charge was disposed of by the court without a full investigation hav- ing been made. MT Tillrnan. of South Carolina, suggested that the investiga- tio,n be conducted by the committee on .-rivileges and elections. He said the charges affected the integrity and hon CT of the senator from Nebraska and his right to sit in the senate.
 Mir. Burrows, chairman of the com mittee mentioned, said he had investi gated thoroughly the charges against Dietrich and had looked into precedents in such cases, and such matters had never before gone to the committee on privileges and elections and he advised the adoption Of the resolution as sub mitted. The resolution was adopted. Another resolution authorizing the nee essary expenditures for this investiga- ton will be offered by Dietrich for ref erence to the committee in control Of contingent expenses of the senate.
 Later in the day the chair named a committee to make the inquiry de manded by MT Dietrich, consisting of Senators Hoar. Piatt, of Connecticut: SpoOner. CocIrell and Pettus.
 A joint resolution authorizing certain officers of the treasury department to audit certain claims of certain counties of Arizona was passed.
 Tillman's resolution instructing the
 
 the senate information in regard to the appointment of William D. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston, $ C., was laid before the senate.
 MT. Tillman said he believed he had all the information needed. which could be given by Secretary Shaw, and he asked to have printed in the record a document, Q communication from the f,fx md fp tra the departments He said the infor- tfon had d direct bearing on the Crum case. The order was made as request ed.
 MT. Morgan took the floor in support of his resolution calling on the attorney general to report whether he had made, in behalf of the United States, q pur- chase of the new Panama canal com pany of all property rights that were granted to the republic of Colombia by N. c. Wyse, etc. MT. Morgan re- quested information regarding the eX penditures that were made by the old canal company and the wreclCing of that company.
 Unless the facts have been greatly misstated," he said, "BunauV Varilla, the present minister to the United States from Panama. was one of the chief movers in wreclking that company" The present minister from Panama was held up by MT. Morgan in most unenviable light.
 MT Morgan declared that there is a special political domination towards the minority in the senate which re- gards as lese majeste any effort to se- cure information as 10 the president g party affairs in which the senate is in- terested. Under the circumstances he could not bind himself to a contract to be filled out by the Panama canal com pany. as under the terms of Article 32 of the treaty that company would have the right to do. Under that article Mr Morgan asserted there is no limit as to the amount to be paid to the company
 Mir. Morgan asserted that Panama could have no choice to not do the will of the canal company. This could not however explain the voluntary act Of the United States in taking things into it's own hands in the interest of the company. In this connection he dis cussed the part played by the republic of France in the Panama negotiations saying the United States had made in Article 32 a surrender to fraud and in iquity and it had done so under pres sure from France.
 Discussing the terms of the treaty Mr Morgan declared that in effect 1t had been made between the United States and the canal company and he said the company could afford to pay to Panama $1O,OOO 900 of her winnings in a game which was without equal in depravity'
 MT. Morgan traced the connection of M Bunau-Varilla with the Panama revolution and declared that according to his own showing BunauV Varilla should be pronounced persona non grata in the United States He as- serted if a member of congress were guilty of such conduct as Bunau-Var- fila has been guilty of he would be made the subject of "condign punish ment" He asserted that the Panama Canal company had never done an honest days work on the canal and dacIara1 that fha infrnGiOr1 of tha conn