Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-18
SENATE AND HOUSE PLEASED
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 disclosing that the United States must properly deal with the situation as it ex- ists was reached there was a vigorous outburst of hand-clapping on the floor, led by republican members. This was re- peated in an intensified form over the declaration that the United States would resist an aggression upon it's rightH by appropriating territory found by the committee to belong to Venezuela, and again at the close.
 Speaker Reed announced that the mes sage and documents would be referred to the committee on foreign affairs.
 Mir Crisp, democrat, of Georgia, en- deavored to get recognition to offer a joint resolution appropriating $l00,000 to pay the expenses of a commission to be appointed by the president to investigate and report what is the true divisional line between the republic of Venezuela and British Guiana, but MT. Dingley's motion to adjourn was put. and at :50 o'clock the house adjourned until tomor- row
 Senate.
 In the senate today MT. Call offered a resolution, which went over till tomor- TOW, for the appointment of a select com mittee to investigate the subject of or ganiZed efforts of corporations to control the election of members of congress and to influence legislation.
 MT. Hansbrough, republican, of North
 
 dissertation of the national flag. Referred to the judiciary committee.
 At 12:40 the senate, on motion of MT. Morgan. proceeded to the consideration of executive business
 At 1 D. m. the vice. president laid before the senate the presidents message ac- companying the Venezuela correspond- ence and the secretary of the senate pro- ceeded to read it. The reading was lis tened to with intense interest. There Nl.1 rea11a and when the reading of the message was finished these spectators joined the sena- tors in demonstrations of applause.
 The evidences of approval were equally strong and significant on both sides Of the chamber-perhaps even more so on the republican than on the democratic side
 Mir. Morgan, looking over to the re- publican side, remarked that there was mo mistaking the meaning of that" and MT. Frye gave an assenting nod, with the remark that is capital"
 MT Sherman moved that the message and documents be printed, and that or der was made.
 MT. Lodge suggested that the corre- spondence should also be read; but yield ed his own wish on the subject when the remark was made that the correspond- ence was too long to be read now.
 Mir. Morgan then moved that the mes sage and accompanying papers be re- ferred to the committee on forelgn rela- tions, and the motion was agreed to.
 On further motion of MT. Morgan the committee on foreign relations was au- thorized to sit during any recess of the senate.
 Then at 1:25 D. m. as ordinary execu- tive business was unsulted to the excited mental condition of the senators, the senate, on motion of MT. Sherman, ad- journed until tomorrow.
 The motion of MT Morgan to go into executive session, made as it was in few moments after the receipt of the Vene- zuelan message, led to the unfounded be- lief that part of that message was in tended for the ears of the treaty making power of the congress alone. The object of the session was to enable the senate to extend for period of one year the treaty between this country and Mexico, under which the boundary question is be- ing settled A large number of recess nominations were also favorably report ed. The senate will hold an executive session tomorrow so that the men now holding recess appointments may secure their commissions.