People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1894 — WON’T HAVE IT. [ARTICLE]

WON’T HAVE IT.

Senators Vote Against Investigating Senatorial Speculators. Washington, March 14.—The senate by a vote of 33 to 27 laid upon the table Senator Peffer’s resolution calling for an investigation of the statement that senators had been interested pecuniarily in sugar speculation pending action on the tariff bill. In support of the motion to lay on the table Senator Gorman (dem., Md.) characterized the charges as based upon rumor and slander unworthy of consideration. Senator Mills (dem., Tex.) demanded the yeas and nays on the motion to table, and the vote in detail w’as as follows: Yeas—Allison. Blackburn. Butler, Caffery, Camden, Carey, Cockrell, Cullom, Faulkner, Gallinger, Gibson. Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hawley, Hunton, Irby, Lindsay, McMillan, Manderson Hartin, Mitcbell (Wis.j, Morrill, Palmer, Pasco. Proctor, Quay. Ransom, Smith, StockI ridge. Teller, Vilas, Wolcott—33, Nays—Aldrich, Allen, Bate, Berry, Call, Coke, Daniel, Davis, Dolph, Dubois, Frye, George, Hansbrough, Hoar, Kyle, Mills, Mitchell (Ore ), Peffer. Perkins. Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Pugh, Koach, Stewart, Turpie, Voorhees—27. Analysis ot the vote—Against an investigation: Democrats, 20: republicans, 18: populists, 0. For an investigation: Democrats.il; republicans, 13; populists, 3.