Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-14
54th CONGRESS.
Mills Cuban Resolutions Come
Up in the Senate.
Bacon of Georgia Pounds Away at
President and Sec. 0|ney.
The oIeomarsarine Bill Causes a Lively Dis.
cussion in the House..

washington. Jan. 13.-In the Senate.
after the executive session, on motion
OF Pettigrew, it was ordered that the
House bill for homesteads on lands
acquired from the Indians be voted on
at 4. tomorrow.
Morrill, Rep), Vermont, from the
library committee, reported the con-
current resolution that the new library
building shall not be used or occupied
for any purpose other than those legit.
imately connected with the library. He
explained. in reply to a question by
Hale (Rep), Maine. that the purpose
was not only to prevent the use of the
library building for Inauguration pur
poses, but all but literary purposes.
Hale objected to an immediate con-
sideration of the resolution and it went
over till tomorrow. He spoke of it as
a magnificent building, credit to
designers, to the officers who had
charge of it's construction, to Congress,
which furnished the funds and to the
country: but, he said. there were i'm
mense spaces in ii. divided by parti-
tions. which would not be needed for
library purposes for years to come,
and might meanwhile be used for gov
eminent purposes.
Stewart Pop0. Nevada, offered a
resolution which was agreed to. in
structing the committee on mines and
mining to examine and report as to the
best method of gathering statistics of
products of mines in the United States.
The asking of permission by Allen
Pop.) Nebraska, to correct sub
head in his speech. as published in the
Record. afforded the presiding officer
tMr. HID the chance of putting the
question in these words: rs there an
objection to striking out the successes
and failures of Mark Hanna"
Their was a laugh. but no objection.
The resolutions offered, last week. by
Mills, DEM. of Texas. asserting the
authority of Congress in the recogni-
ton of foreign governments and rec
ognizing the independence of the re-
public of Cuba was taken up. and Ba-
con, Dem. of Georgia. addressed the
Senate. 1t was undeniable, he said
that all legislative power was vested
by the constitution in Congress. except
as modified by the Presidents right OF
veto. therefore the test of whether the
recognition of a government belonged
to- the Executive or to Congress was
would such recognition make that
law which was not law before?" II it
did. then the power lay in Congress
and not in the Executive. He argued
that the recognition of new power
did create new legal status and was
therefore exclusively within the PROV
ince of the law making power.
When the act of recognition was by the
President it derived its validity from the
assent OF Congress. either direct or i'm
piled. When the Law. making branch of
the government. in full knowledge OF
what was going on. permitted the Execu-
tive to act in the matter it was Il con-
firmation of the Presidents act.
ease of the recognition by the President
of minister representing a new govern
,nent. and asked Bacon whether that
recognition bound Congress and the
tive response: when Hale. Rep. of Maine.
asked whether Congress might order
such a minister to be sent home. BacOn's
response in the affirmative was equally
positive.
Bacon argued that if the President had
the exclusive power OF recognizing or re-
no monarch ever welded more absolute
power. There was not on earth. today.
Il constitutional monarch that welded
such I, power.
THE secretary of state" Bacon contin-
ued. has denied the power of Congress.
has detied it's authority and has pro-
claimed through the press to foreign ma
tons that even if such proposed action
shall be placed on the statute book in due
form of law, the President will not obey
it. He has practically threatened Con-
gress with the veto of the President has
added that if passed over the veto it will
be thrown back in the face of Congress
as much waste paper. Never was the
challenge of power more sharply made.
xyaS no 6atiu nf nj tx- NOR
boldly given.
Bacon spoke nearly three hours. The
resolutions remain on the table.
Gear. Rep, of Iowa. chairman of the
Pacific railroad committee. introduced Il
bill. which was referred to that commit
tee. appointing the secretary of the
treasury. secretary of the interior and
the attorney general committee to set
tie the Indebtedness of the bond-aided
Pacific railroads by the government.
The Senate adjourned.