The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-16

| the Tact that w. Leon Pepperman. as- sistant secretary of the commission, had been an official of the Glover Leaf and asked Mir. Hale If he still held that position MT, Hale replied that while ne did not know the facts ho was con I fident that he was not employed After some further discussion and the reading of note by Mr. Tillman h1 exonerated MT. Pepperman, A MT Tillman, then took up the. qua ton of Secretary Bishops, connec with the commission. He said that VT. Bishop had never gone to the isthmus and that any $2,o00 or $;,00o clerk could perform his services. He char acterized Mir. Bishops work as "A pro cess of hynotizing public opinion" The press representatives in Washington may bo dirty and disposed to lie. he said, and it might be fact that there had been an organized crusade against the canal. but even if true, he did not believe that the method of defense adopted could be justified and he ex- pressed confidence that If other meth ods were adopted all the gnats and mosquitoes that beclouded the situation would disappear He defended the newspapers against the imputation that they desired to misTepresent and said that they wanted the truth.
 Denied by Bishop.
 Mir Hale interrupted Mir. Tillman to call attention to the fact that Mir. Bish- op had expressly disavowed any ef- fort to manufacture public opinion but that he had preferred the expression Creator of public sentiment" Mir. Hale took occasion to voice his own disapproval of the Commissions employment of an official for this pur- pose, and to say that he was confident that the entire Committee on Appropri- ations thought as he did on that sub ject.
 Mir. CuIberson proposed an amend ment to the bill providing that no part of the money appropriated shall be used to pay the expenses of a Literary Bu- reau. e af. -'tstt
 A resolution by MT. Carmack instruct ing the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire into reports of bru- tality practiced by hazers upon stu dents at the Naval Academy at An napolis with a view to putting stop to such practices. was adopted.
 Proceeding to discuss the adverse criticism of the Panama Railroad man. agement Mir. Tillman provoked pro- tests from MT. Gallinger and MT. Ali son. the former calling attention to preparations to double track the rail- road to relieve the blockade and the letter saying that more than half of the money to be appropriated in the pending bill Is to be used for improve ments to the railroad and wharves. Mir. Tillman asserted that the issuance of bonds by the Panama Railroad Is ille- gal, declaring 1t amounted to an issue of bonds by the Panama Canal Com mission.
 But they are executive agents, mere instruments in the hands Of the Pres ident and the Commission. Who elect ed them?% shouted MT. Tillnian.i .S
 The stockholders" said MT Allison.
 But the United States is the only stockholder. The whole thing amounts to nothing more nor less than increas- ing the public debt of the United states in a way you all know" here Mir. AL lison interrupted: That may be, though technically" t1
 All Right Teehnically.
 '.TechnicaIly,'' repeated Mir. Tiilman. "oh, yes. technically. I suppose they were all, right. Technically Taft was a king In the Philippines. But we are deeen erating far away from a seif-gov- erning people in our management of these affairs" .s.
 Mir. Tillman argued finally that Con gress should say whether this debt should be created. He thought the money was needed but said he did not like the way 1t was being obtained.
 Mir Tillman read a newspaper publi- eaton alleBlHA lIipOA AitV NhN canal zone of women from Martinique for immoral purposes. that govern ment ship had been used and that canal officials in the canal zone had sanction ed the transaction.
 Mir Lodge interrupted to say that he had considered the charge that gov erument vessel had been used in mat ter so monstrous; that he talked over the telephone with the secretary of war and that official had authorized him to say that ''the charge was a lie"
 MT. Tillman replied that he would be willing to accept the secretary's state ment concerning a matter as to which he has personal information, but as he has no information in this case. he thought there should be an inyestiga- tion The Senate agreed to request of MT. AlIiso that the bill should be voted on before adjournment tomor- row. At 4:50 p. m. the Senate went into executive session. adjourning at 5:05 p. m.