Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-19
REV|VES CHARGES
OF THE CAMPAIGN
SENATOR STONE URGES THAT
INQUIRY BE MADE
Again Voices Allegations That Corr
telyou Used His Office to Sc
cure Contributions From
the Trusts
BY Associated Pres.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, January 1S.-The
charges of impropriety made in connec-
tion with the campaigns of 1896 and 1904
were reviewed for a time today in the
senate by Mr. Stone who spoke in sup
port of his resolution providing for an
investigation of the charges. He used
with much freedom the names of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Judge Parker and
Chairman Cortelyou and again related
the allegations that Mr.. Cortelyou had
used the information secured by him
as secretary of commerce and labor to
secure money from the trusts. The
discussion of the statehood bill con-
tinued, with Messrs. Bailey, Clay, Nell
son and Stewart as speakers. The for
mer senator and the late vice presi
Dental candidate, H. G. Davis, was a
visitor on the floor of the senate, and
was cordially received by senators gen.
orally. especially by Senator Fairbanks.
his rival in the recent campaign.
President Pro Tenn. Frye of the SEN
ate today appointed Messrs. Foraker
and German as tellers on the part of
the senate to count the electoral vote
on February 8.
A bill authorizing the secretary of the
interior to utilize Rhett river and other
navigable streams on the oregon and
California boundary in connection with
the arid land reclamation service, was
passed.
Mr.. Stone was then recognized to
speak on his resolution for directing
an investigation into the charges of
election frauds.
When the statehood bill came up Mr..
Barry offered an amendment permit
ting the annexation of West Fort
Smith, now in Indian Territory, to Ar
kansas.
That" said Mr.. Spooner, 'is an in
stance in which the senator from Ar
kansas favors expansion and Mr..
Berry admitted that such was the case.
Mr.. Clay spoke in opposition to the
bill. He went into the details of the
division of New Mexico when the terri
tory of Arizona was created, saying
that the division was made because of
the unwieldy size of the territory He
contended that if the area embraced
was too extensive for one territory it is
too large for one state. He said the
two territories cover an area larger
than half Of Europe. Mr.. Clay had no
objection to the consolidation of Okla
homa and Indian Territory. He pre-
dicted at some time in the future the
people OF Texas would take advantage
of their privilege of dividing that state
into five states.
Mr.. Nelson said most of the people of
New Mexico preferred joint statehood
to existence as a territory.
Mr.. Stewart spoke of irregularities
in Indian Territory, saying that some
men were getting rich there at the ex-
pense Of the Indians on land leases.
These statements brought out de-
fense of the whites in Indian Territory
by Mr.. Bailey.
Mr.. Nelson said that there were not
to exceed $4,000 bonafide Indians in the
Indian territory, and while he believed
in protecting them, his heart went out
especially to the white people in that
territory, who stood in great need of
relief
Mr.. Bailey appealed for the obliter-
alton of arbitrary lines between Okla
homa and Indian Territory Speaking
of the prohibition of the liquor traffic
in Indian Territory, he said he never
would vote for the regulation by the
government of the sale of liquor in
any state.
Mr.. Nelson replied that the provision
had been introduced as a concession
to the moral sense of the country.
A general. discussion arose as to the
power of congress to impose condi-
tions upon prospective states in which
Messrs. Bailey, Platt of Connecticut,
and Money were principal participants.
Recalling the polygamy prohibition in
the act admitting Utah, Mr.. Platt
urged that liquor selling might be
prohibited on the same principle.
Mr. Bailey contended that the regu-
lation of the liquor traffic was
mere matter of police control, while
the suppression Of polygamy depended
on much broader principles.
At 4:2S p. m. the senate went into
executive session and at 4:3S adjourned.
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Mr. Jones-It Is the man with the
pull that gets ahead.