The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

German Attacks Administration
and Spooner Says Tariff
Revision Is Not Yet.

without any discussion whatever, the
senate today changed its tactics, just
as the vote was about to be taken, and
began a debate on the loan provision,
which continued four hours and is still
pending. 5"
The debate was precipitated by
point Of order against the amendment
by Mr.. Bailey, who maintained that the
national government was not, as such,
concerned with the success, or failure
Of any exposition. He was supported
by Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. EIkins, while
speeches were made in support of the
amendment by Messrs. Hale, Allison,
Spooner, McComas, Corbett and others.
The debate took political turn at one
time
Mr.. German took advantage of a dec
laration made that the condition of the
treasury was such as to make 1t I'M
wise to enter upon this expenditure to
charge the party in power with mis-
management.
Mr.. Spooner replied in defense of the
administration.
The debate throughout was spirited,
but good natured, and the galleries
were well entertained
Poser From German.
"Can it be-" Mr.. German asked, chat
the conduct of financial affairs of this
country has been Of such a character
that we are to be stopped from giving
aid to this exposition which all the
world is looking forward to as the
greatest event Of it's kind since 1876?
Can it be that the country is too poor?"
He said all the great ports of the
country had good harbors and asked if
the commercial interests We're to be
hampered and checked by the stand
pat policy and because of the lavish
expenditures made on account of war.
He was delighted that the senator
from Massachusetts, and Mr.. Hemen-
way, of the house of representatives,
had brought to light that the present
revenue laws were a failure, and it was
we'll for the country to know that the
refusal to change and amend them was
due to fear of the approaching cam
paign.
Mr.. German dwelt on the prospect of
not securing a river and harbor bill,
and said that money for the improve
ment of the rivers and harborS was
even more important than the payment
of the salaries of congress-"
I'VE have now" he said, more ships
than can be manned and navy five
fold larger than ever contemplated by
the fathers for the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine. Let war wait and
commerce be protected. Take from war
and give the attorney general a home.
Make your appropriations for the st.
Louis fair and for the harbors of Bos-
ton, New York and other points. Re-
duce your duties and meet the compe-
tftion that is coming and coming rap
idly"
He added that our present era of
prosperity was on the|wane 4
Spooner's Little Say.
Mr.. Spooner said the speech OF MIR.
German was purely partisan. He as
sured Mr.. German that he need not
fear for the prosperity of the country
and for revenue that would be ade-
quate to enable us to do all that we.
ought to do. Mr.. Spooner insisted that
Mr.. Germans speech was "a sinister
attack on the party in power, by the
most adroit and non-partisan states
man in the world" which caused all
the senators, including Mr.. German, to
smile. He accused Mr.. German of the
authorship of part of the Democrat
lc platform adopted in ST. Louis in 1888,
but had not supposed that he had any
thing to do with the tariff declarations
of 1892
Mr.. Spooner made the important and
apparently authorized announcement
that the Republican party did not in
tend to enter into a revision of the
tariff at this session of congress-. Ask
ed why, he replied that the reason
was found in the fact that such an ex-
pertinent would too greatly disturb
business interests of the country. A
presidential election was a sufficient
disturber of business, without adding
unnecessarily to the complications.
House Gets Overheated.
Indiana and Kentucky locked horns
IN the house today. The debate, which
involved nearly every member of both
state delegations, was fast and fnrf-
Gus from start to finish. \ Kentucky de-
manded Of Indiana the. return of ex-
Gov. w. s. Taylor, that he might be
tried for the assassination Of William
GOebel. The attack was made by Mr.
James (Ky), and the defense was led
by Mr.. Crumpacker Qnd). Partisan
feeling rose to an extreme tension. The
diplomatic appropriation bill was un-
der consideration at the time.
Mr.. James fired both sides of the
house to interest and feeling by declar-
ing at the outset that the trough RI
der president" was ridiculous in his
message to congress favoring interna-
t1onal extradition treaties when one
state=could not get from another fugi-
tiVes from justice. He had he said,
introduced a bill in which the federal
sorry where persons had been indicted
Tor crime. For four years Gov. Dur
bin, of Indiana, had protected Taylor,
who had been regularly indicted in
Kentucky for the murder of Goebel,
and yet l notice that when Durbin
comes to town.. continued Mr. James,
.he is wined and dined by this great
Don Quixote upon extradition, who abb
solutely confides to Durbin the right to
give the waiting and anxious world
the news that Hanna can run for pres
ident If he wants to. And when we
all read that we again declare the
king can do no wrong.
These remarks met Democratic ap-
plause and laughter, but stirred the
opposition to action, and for two hours
many members Wereyou, their feet at
time and the criminal and political
records Of both Kentucky. and Indiana
were handled without, gloves. The
Democrats maintained that state
government had no right to take the
question of fair trfaF' into considera-
ton in honoring extradition papers
from another state, while the Repub-
licans maintained that history would
justify 1ndiana'S action in this case.
When Mr.. Crumpacker took the floor
in defense of Indiana he was beset by
questions from the Democratic side
and was hardly able TO maintain the
thread of his argument on account of
Interruptions.
The tension was lessened and better
nature restored by the interposition Of
a speech on the reorganization of the
consular service by Mr.. Adams, of