Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-12
ONLY AN HOURS SESSION The Senate Did Little and the
 House Nothing. MIR, ALLAN, THE POPULIST, Said His Party Is Thoroughly Committed to
 the Monroe Doctrine.
DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE PAST
May Be Honored With Statues-A Memorial From Kansas City Relative to Cuba Was Referred to the Commit
 tee on Foreign Affairs.

 in session today for only an hour and quarter and it then adjourned until to- morrow. Three propositions were intro- duced in honor of the distinguished men of the past. The first was for the pur- chase of a 5000 statue of the French novelist, Victor Hugo, to be placed in the new library building in Washington, now almost finished. The second was for a $50,00 monument to the naval hero, John Paul Jones, to be erected in Wash ington. The third was to authorize the placing of a statue of President Frank lin Pierce upon the grounds of the public building at Concord, N. H.
 Mr. Dubois, republican, of Idaho, made a short argument in support of his pro- posed amendment of the rules so as to distribute the general appropriation bills among the committees having charge of the various subjects to which they apply. No action was taken, as MT. Hill signi- fled a desire to speak on it. as well as on his own proposed amendments to the rules in regard to the cloture and the counting of quoiunis.
 Mr. Allan, popuist, of Nebraska, spoke on his resolution for the recognition of Cuban belligerency, which also went over without action. He declared that the populist party was as thoroughly committed to the Monroe doctrine as either the democratic party or the repub- lican party and he scoffed al American citizens who were so ready to become English lords or lords in some other country" and at the American women who were willing to waste themselves on titled mendicants from the east"
 A resolution calling on the secretary of war for copies of all records in his office relating to railways In Tennessee seized by the military authorities during the civil offered hV MT Harris and agreed to.
 MT. Cockrell presented a memorial from the Kansas City. Mo. board of trade ask in congress to grant belligerent rights to Cuba and 1t was referred to the com mittee on foreign relations.
 At 1:10 D. m. the senate proceeded to executive business, and five minutes later the doors were reopened and the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
 Populist Senators Confer.
 The populists of the senate held con- ference this morning in the room of Sem ator Stewart, all the members being pres ent, including Senator Jones of Nevada. The general situation was canvaSSed, but no definite conclusion as to the policy of the third party was reached. The pub lished statement that the populists had decided to abandon the field and make no nominations for senate offices was de- nied by one of the prominent men at this conference It has been practically agreed that Senator Allen of Nebraska shall be their candidate for president pro tempore But so far as the candidate for other elective offices are concerned no programme has been arranged The con ference this morning had more to do with committee assignments than anything else, the populists being determined to get as good assignments to the committees as possible and secure at least the same chairmanships they have held under the democratic administration of the senate.
 Recommendation Held Up.
 Stephen Bonsal of Maryland. trans ferred during the recess of congress from the position of secretary of the legation at Madrid to that of second secretary or the legation at Tokio, Japan. appears to have run afoul of snag in the com mittee on foreign relations of the sen ate MT Bonsal was indorsed by Senators German among others for foreign mis- sion, his preference being the secretary ship of the legation at Rome. He was given that at Madrid. but last summer was transferred to TolSio. and MT. H. Clay Armstrong sent to Madrid in his place.
 This nomination. with others. was taken up by the committee on foreign relations this morning. when the state- ment was made that the services of MT. Bonsal at Madrid had become impaired owing to certain acts of his and that the government had found it necessary 70 make the transfer to Japan. NO par ticulars were given and the committee seemed to be ignorant of the nature of the report. It was decided that no ac- tion should be taken until the committee was acquainted with all the facts. and the state department was requested to lay them before the committee With out knowing what the complaint was. the committee, it is understood. took the general ground that if there were reasons why MT. Bonsal could not acceptahIy fill the place at Madrid those reasons would doubtless apply to Tokio, and the case was therefore held up until information was given to the committee