The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-07
IN CONGRESS-.
A Lively Tilt in the senate--ProceedInES of
the House.


A Lively Tilt in the senats--ProceodInG of
the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Mr. Hosr, from
the Select Committee on tho Celebration
Of the Centennial Of the Constitution,
reported joint resolution providing, in
addition to such other celebration as mOy
hereafter be provided for, that the two
Houses Of Congress shall meet in the hall
Of the Houss OF Representatives,; that
the Chief Justice OF the United States
shall deliver an orstion, and that the
President Of the United States and Jus.
tices Of the Supreme Court, the members
Of the Cabinet, the Exsctivss OF the sew.
eral States and Territories aud ouch other
persons as may hereafter bS determined
upon, Ahall be invited TO attend.
Mr.. Hale askad Mr.. H0sr whether there
was anything in the resolution by which
Congress Conld bO considered as commit
ting itself in any form to great industrial
exposition in the city OF Washington.
Mr.. Hour replied that the committee In
reporting the resolution had carefully re.
Trained from anything which would com.
NIT the Senate or Congress to any such
plan.
Mr.. Voorhees,, a member OF the select
committee, said that there wRs nothing in
the Joint resolution committing any body
to an exhibition. Whatever might be
done In that direction, the pending reso'
lution did not commit Congress to any
such line Of action.
Mr.. Hale said he did not object to the
Joint resolution unless thero lufked in 1t
something more than he saw, nor did he
object to the other branch Of the celebrG'
ton (the commercial conference with
South American StStes), bu! the greater
question OF long continued National OF
international Exposition to be held In
Washington, or elsewhere. involved most
serious considerations, sud should be Rp'
preached very cSreiully. Time and place
should be sslecsed with care.
RIDDLgBRRaRR MAKRi BREAK.
Mr.. RIddleberger ssid th9t the pending
resolution involved an International mat
ter, and, in view o! tho fact thai II seemed
Impossible for him to g9t the Senate to
consider his resolution for an open ses'
sion II considering tbs British extradttion
treaty, he might be allowed to discuss the
subject in connection with tho pending
matter. He had an additional motive in
offering his resolution and thSt wSs to
draw from the Committee on Foreign he'
lations, the amendment which 1t had
proposed to that treaty. He did not be-
iieve that member Of the Gomnittss on
Foreign Relations would rise in open ses
sion and advocate thSt amendment.
Why, he asked, could he not have thai
amendment read 20 the Ssunte aud to the
people OF the United stAtesp rs a1ked
the chGirmGa Of that committee Mr.
ShermRnl who had ON eleIy occasion en-
deayaredto bring up the eXtradltion treaty
i in executive session, whether be w0ult
not nov riss and tell tho people what wa
in thatamspd@spi.
+! Mr.. Sherman said that, le.ng thus per
sonRlly appealed to, he felt it his duty Z
makR point Of order on the Senator IRON
Virginia. He did Ooiwith great TeipCtancs
The Senator asked him whether he WoGlC
violate the rules Of the Senate and. d
what he [ShermGnl regarded rs being i'm
proper and ungentI6megly-in othe
, words, disclose the secrets Of the Senate
, It was 90 much as II the Senator ssks,
him whether he would steal or not. or d
anything wrong, or against the law. Q