The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-16
No Action Was Taken on the Motion
to Investigate Senator
... Roach
BY Whose Authority the Protect
orate Was Este plished and
Then Abandoned.
All Presidential Appointments Confirm ed
With Ono Exception-Isonds Being
Prepared for Prompt Issue.

senate to make the investigation. LII was
plain that the duty of the senate Is to do so.
On the agreement that the yea and nay vote
would be taken on the Roach matter before
adjournment, resolution was passed for
the appointment OF n committee to wait on
the president and inform him TINT the sem
ate was ready to adjourn. Harris and
Sherman were appointed.
Lodge offered resolution to-day direct
ing the secretary of state to inform the
senate by whose authority the American
flag had been hauled down from the gov
ernment building at Honolulu. On the de-
mand of German the resolution was laid
over under the rules. Butler moved to
amend by adding the words: "Also by
whose authority the same was hoisted on
the said building"
The committee to wait on the president
reported that the president said he had no
further Communication to mako to the
senate.
Chandler, rising to a question of perso-
nal privilege, said he had not distinctly
understood yesterday whether the senator
from Indiana (Voorhecs) had said he
might have heard" or he had heard' GER
tain statements concerning his action rs
secretary of the navy. Chandler said he
thought he had kept pretty good track of
the various attacks made on him from time
to time, both personal and official, but he
never heard before of the charges that ships
built under his administr alton were defec-
tive. The ships were the Chicago, Boston.
Atlanta and Dolphin. and these ships. he
thought. were very much afloat at this day.
Contracts for those ships we're made with
John Roach. and it could not be to him the
senator alluded as one of those who re-
tired, "rich, contented and Infamous"
Voorhees, explained that his rema; ks yes
terday were intended rs M illustration OF
| the position taken by the senator from
New Hampshire and other senators on that
eide. The language which he 'lsed in ref
ference to Chandler he had heard used BY
others, and not at very remote period
| from the present time.
Hansbrough also rose to question O.
personal privilege and began by expressing
| the hope that tho senate would not adjourn
without giving his colleague (Mr. Roach
the opportunity asked by him yesterday
Objection was made by several democratic
senators and the senate proceeded to th'
consideration of executive business.
Al $3.50 the doors were reopened and
resolution agreed to rendering the thank
of the senate to the vice president for pre-
siding over the senate during the presen
extraordinary session. A motion to nd
iourn sine die was then made by Hill ant
agreed to without division. The vice. pres
idcnt slid, before announcing the result o
the vote:
II beg to express my earnest apprecla
tion of the uniform courtesy shown ms b
the members and officers of this body dur
ing the session now closing. For the reso
luton personal to myself kindly adopted
grateful. In accordance with the vot
Just taken, now declare the extraordinar
session of the senate adjourned withou
day"
The senate held its last executive session
this afternoon, and every nomination o
the president up to date WAS contirme'
with the exception of Hewaon Lannon, t.
be United States marshal for Delaware
which was sent in to-day: j. FL. Wise. o
California, collector of customs at Sal
Francisco: Charles B. Bellinger of Oregon
United States district judge, district O
Oregon; John j. Hawkins, of Altoona
associate justice of the supreme court o
Arizona; Albert ID. Fall, of New Mexico
associate justice of the supreme court o
New Mexico; Levi w. Manning, of Arizona
surveyor general of Arizona; Fraucisc
Estudillo, of California, agent for the IN
dian mission, Yule River: Alex. W. Terrell
OF Texas. minister to Turkey: John w
Riddle, of Minnesota. secretary of tn
legation in Turkey: Edward Ii. Strobel, O
New Yoik, third assistant secretary of state
Daniel Morgan, of Connecticut. treasure
of the United States; Joseph S. Miller. o
West Virginia. commissioner of internn
revenue: Conrad N. Jorlan, of New Yorl
assistant treasurer. New York city; Luciu
@. c. Lamar of Mississippi. recorder of tn
| nl t. IF
Virginia, principal clerk on private Ian
CLAIMS in the general land office; Robert
Gillespie, of Tennessee. principal clerk o
public lands in the general land Office.