Allen Causes A Stir

Washington, Dec. 15.- In the senate Tuesday somethingr of a stir was occasioned when Allen, Populist of 'Ncbraska offered a resolution íor a committee of nine senators "on the use of money in elections." The resolution directs that the committee snall "thoroughly investígate the extent to which money, if any, was used in connection with the recent presidential election, either in prompting the nominations or in influencing in any manner the choice of presidential electors, and to inquire whether any such expenditures were excessive, illegitimate, corrupt or unlawful, and especially to inquire and ascerlain to what extent, for such purposes the owners of s:lver mines, gold mines, the bankers, the manufacturers, the railroad or ether corporations and millionaires of all classes ' made contributions, and what contributions, if any, were made by persons and corporations residing abroad." The resolution further empowers the proposed committee to send for persons and papers, and directs a report by the first Monday of December, 1897. Charge of Irrrgularity. Allen made no remarks on the resolution, but sent to the clerk's desk and had read several newspaper clippings containing charges of irregularity in connection with the recent election. The resolution was then referred to the committee on contingent expenses, Allen remarking that he earnestly desired a speedy report back to the senate. Dingley came on the floor during the transaction of the morning business and conferred for some time with Aldrich. The bill validating certain New Mexiico bonds was taken up, the house amendments afreed to and the senate amendments disagreed to, so that the bill now goes to the president. Palmer called up one of the pension bilis heretofore vetoed by the president, but yielded to Morgan for a speech on Cuba. Morgan closed his Cuban speech at 2:10 p. m., and the senate then agreed to his resolution calling for information on the Competitor and other cases. What Mr. Morgan Sald. Mr. Morgan said: "I am not able to discover that the president has made any specific recommendations or indications as to any action he deerns it proper or expedient for congress to take with reference to Spain or Cuba; nor that he has indicated any course, except patiënt waiting, that the executive proposes to take. Congress, thus lef t to its own initiative, must assume its own responsibility in a matter of the most serious gravity. "If war with the TJnited States is necessary to reconcile the Spanish people to the loss of Cuba by foreign conouest," said Mr. Morgan, "we shall be compelled to meet that emergency. If the destruction of Cuba is enough to satisfy the popular sentiment of revenge, we can avoid a war with Spain by remaining inactive, while our own people are being ruined or slaughtered along with the Cubans. If we mean to take any action toward stopping this war of annihilation and extermination we have no time to lose." The Allabach pension bill was passed over the president's veto - yeas 41, nays, 11. Doings of the House The house passed the bill to transfer the rights of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company under the original charter to the mortgagees, and upon their purchase of the property. The bill as drawn affected about 40,000,000 acres of land granted the company. An amendment was adopted providing that as a condition of precedent to the reorganization of the road all claims to land granted by the government adjacent to parts of the road uncompleted July 6, 1S86, be forfeited.