The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16
SENATORS OFF FOR HOME.
The xtra Session Brought 70 a Close
at Last.

ASHINGTON, April lO.-lu the Senate
to-day, Mr.. Platt having the floor on the
subject of the proposed investigation of
Senator Roach of North Dakota. notice was
given by MIR. Harris that as soon as Mr..
Platt should have closed his remarks he
would move to take up the resolution for
the appointment of committee to wait
upon the President and inquire whether he
had any further communication TO make TO
the Senate. Mr.. PlAtt stated the facts in
Mr.. Roach's case and argued against the
views presented yesterday by Messrs.
George and Voorhees,. He conceived that
the duty of the Senate was plain. Could it
be, he asked, that If a convicted criminal,
discharged from the penitentiary, were
elected a senator by a state the Senate had
not the power to reject or expel him.
Mr.. Hoar, having Withdrawn his motion
to reconsider the vote agreeing 20 the reso.
luton offered some days ago for the ap-
poiutment OF a committee to wait upon the
President and inform him that the Senate
was ready to adjourn, the resolution be-
came valid, and Messrs Harris aud Sher-
man was appointed as such committed
The motion TO reconsider was withdrawn
only on condition Of having a yea and nay
vote taken on the Roach matter before
adjournment.
The debate on the Roach resolution was
then resumed, Mr.. Mills making an argu-
ment against the right of the Senate to in
vestigate, and Mr.. Hawley arguing in sup
port OF that right and In favor OF the pro
posed investigation.
LOWERING OF THE FLAG.
When Mr. Hawley had taken his seat
Mr.. Lodge obtained the floor and offered the
following resolution:
Resolved That the Secretary OF State be
directed to inform the Senate by whose au-
thority the American flag was hauled down
from the government building at Honolulu on
April l.
Upon Mr.. Gormen's objection the res )lu-
tion went over, with an amendment offered
by Mr.. Butler tt add the words, "and also
by whose authority the same was hoisted on
said building"
Messrs. Harris and Sherman, who had
been appointed committee TO wait upon
the President, reported that they had per-
formed that duty, and had been informed
by the President shat he had no further
communication for the Senate at its present
session.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Mandsrson the
recent decisions Of Judges Speer, Kicks and
Taft as to the rights and duties Of railroad
employees were ordered printed as u docu-
ment for the use Of the Senate.
The Senate then proceeded to considera-
tion Of executive business. At $50 o'clock
the doors were reopened and a resolution
was offered by Mr. Mauderson and agreed
to, rendering the thanks OF the Senate to
the Vice President for the impartiaity and
courtesy with which he has presided over
the Senate during the present extraordinary
session.
a TILT OVER AN APPROXIMATION.
Mr.. George renewed his effort to have
$1,000 set aside out of the contingent fund
for the expenses OF an investigation by the
committee on agriculture during the recess
a good deal Of opposition was made to 1t on
the dernocratic side of the chamber and
finally as short way out of that and
other pending difficulties Mr.. CookTell
moved that the Senate adjourn sine die.
The motion was defeated yeas %, nays 23,
tie. Party lines we're ignored in this vote
six republicans voting in the affirmative
and eleven in the negative, while seventeen
democrats voted for it and twelve against It
Mr.. Georges resolution was then de-
feated aud resolution was adopted iu-
structing the committee on contingent ex-
peuses to fix the amounts TO be allowed for
several committee Investigations
Mr.. Hill then moved to ad journ sine die,
which was agreed to without division.
The Vice President said: before an
nouncipg the result OF the vote Just taken,
l beg to express my earnest appreciation OF
members and officers of this body during
the session now closing For the resolution
personal to myself so kindly adopted by the
Senate am profoundly grateful Ia ac-
cordance with the vote just taken l now de-
clare this extraordinary session Of the
Senate adjourned without day."
TALKED TO HEAR THEMSELVES TALK.
When the nominations of the new justices
OF the court OF appeals for the District Of
Columbia were reported, the republicans
began a discussion more in a spirit Of
levIty than with any design of entering an
objection. Their argument was in the line
Of rather caustic criticism OF what they
called tho Presidents departure from the
principle enunciated in the Chicago plat
form, which declared, they said, In favor Of
home rule for the territories. The re-
publioans pointed out that the President
had gone out of the district for two
Of his three judges, one of them
being tho chief justice, aud that
this course was most conspicuous violation
OF the declarations of the platform TO hich
he subscribed and upon which he rau for
the Office to which he was elected.
The democratio senator's defended the
President and declared that what he had
done was proper and right.
The Senate, by iuactlon in the executive
session, failed to make public the text of the
treaty recently negotiated with Russia, and
that convention, along with the treaty with
France, remains among the secret archives
OF the state department and the executive
clerk OF the Senate.
No reference was made In the secret ses-
sion TO the Roach case, and when the doors
were again opened IL was apparent from the
direction business took that there was no
intention of submitting Mr.. Hoar's resolu-
tion OF investigation to vote. Earlier 10
the day it was agreed that a vote should be
taken, but the republicans subsequently,
decided that inasmuch as there were
so few of their own party
present it would be worse than useless to
even attempt to put the democrats on record
by yea and nay vote. They contented
themselves with letting the matter 20 out
on the appeal of Mr. Roach for an investi-
CATION, that appeal being reinforced by a
request by Mr. HensbrouRh, his colleague,
who said that they speak for their sovereign
state, and asked that this investigation be
made. This, the republicans declared, was
a record sufficient 10 show whero the re-
sponsibility should rest for the failure TO
LOOK into the character Of the senator from
North Dakota. In view OF this fact no in
vention was made OF the Roach case in the