The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-11
'-m1F ENDS ITS SESSION.
xT1ALs OF KENTUCKY'S
iREDp, SENATOR PRESENTED.

ries to Have the Appointee
20" I'm at Once, But the senate
Wv, the Matter to the Commit
50 R" PRIVILEGES and Elections.
o.,es Notice of Two Radical
go .dments to the Rules Intended
~,acilitate Legislation in the
srate.
WIN -.ny large attendance of senators at
uns-. inc of to-day's session. Ex-Sen-
In'' a.,s,n of North Carolina, now min
a'a y Mexico. was on the floor and was
f~ ..r,, erected by his former associ-
sl@ VIE President laid before the SEN
communication from Gov. Bradley
az "r.ntucky. setting forth that he had
d .t.5 Andrew T. Wood of Montgom-
ayr sounty. kentucky, as senator from
.+a+e TO supply a vacancy which had
-. created during the recess of the leg
..,rs that body not being in session
=. snpointment to be in force until the
~, meeting of the legislature and until
r1fNL
N - slaction of a senator.
ma communication having been read,
.,tion was made by Mr.. Hoar that MIR.
,3 ba now admitted to take the oath.
-. corman-The senator, of course,
.isrstands the question involved in this
,.tsr I move, as a substitute, that the
.nmunication and credentials be refer
N the committee on privileges and
# eIectons.
Mr. Hoar-Under the present circum-
,,.rces expect to antagonize the motion
" ,be senator from Maryland.
NJ Germans substitute was agreed to,
..5vr Woods credentials were referred
= NE committee on privileges and cleo
81 uoBs
N, Hoar gave notice of two amendments
n he rules, which were read. They were
Nh radical innovations upon the practice
tbe Senate for a century past The
sst according to the notice presented by
n, Hoar. was ito enable the Senate to
N m on legislation when it desires, after
,ssonable debate" 1t provided that when
aw bill or resolution had been under con-
sjpration more than one day any senator
a eand demand that the debate be closed. If
majority of the senators so decided,
n there should be vote without further de-
4 by. and no motion should be in order pend
ng the vote, but one to adjourn or take
\ recess
The other was in relation to calls of the
Senate SO that if a suggestion be made of
i the absence of quorum, the presiding Of
fcer instead of instantly ordering a call
to be made shall determine the matter and
report whether there is or is not a quo
rum present. If there is, the business
shall proceed; and, if not the roll is to be
called. The purpose of this proposed
change was stated to be ito prevent the
Interruption of business by unnecessary
calling of the roll"
Mr. Shoup, rep, of Idaho. presented a
memorial from the legislature of Idaho
asking for the annexation of portions of
Wyoming to that state.
Mr. Warren, rep, of Wyoming, referred
to the memorial as an attempt to have a
portion of A good and fertile state added
to a somewhat dry and barren one, and
minated that opposition to it woul1 be
made in proper time.
The Senate then proceeded to executive
busiress and at 1910 o'clock adjourned
without day.
The President to-day nominated, and
the Senate confirmed w. r. Jewell to be
postmaster at Danville, ILL.,, to succeed
JOnn beard, whose nOmlndUo was sent in
during the previous administration and
never confirmed. During the executive
session to-day attention was called to the
fact that it having been agreed to adjourn
until next Monday, an embarrassing con-
diton Of affairs would result should any
nominations be sent to the Senate on that
day
Mr.. Mckinley has called an extfaordi-
nary session of the Fifty-fifth congress
for March Is. The present special session
Of the Senate will end at noon of that
day Any nominations sent in would,
therefore, have to be acted upon within
the half hour the body would be in ses-l
sion, or they would fail, and the President
would have to send them in again during
the regular session. To obviate such a
condition of affairs it was agreed that the
best thing to do was to adjourn sine die,
and this was done.
The Senate was this morning advised
That there would be no important nomi-
nations before next week The Alaskan
treaty was reported from the
The extra session had but little work
o DO. Last Friday it confirmed the cabi-
net. Monday the nominee TO fill the va
'ancy existing in the office of the pension
agent at Detroit was confirmed; to-day, a
postmaster at Danville, ILL.,, was nominat-
ID and confirmed. This was the sum to-
n a II h.. ls.r ~.