Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-01
'WoRKSONSUNDAY'
Senate Holds a Session on the
"Day Of Rest"
RECORD DOES NOT SHOW THE FACT,

Because BY . Legal Fiction" It Was .
Confirmation Of saturday-Facts Of In
teEese Regarding the Pardon Of SAM
gully. That Sherman Knew but Could
Not In Honor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Testi-
nonial to the Vice President.
Washington. March 1.-The usual SUM-
day quiet Of the Capitol building was
disturbed yesterday by a session of the
senate made necessary to pass the ap-
preparation bills. Large crowds filled
the galleries and overlooked to the cor
rtdors- The attendance of senators was
even greater than that through the
week. the absentees-other than those
out or town or sick-numbering only
twelve. The venerable figures Of the
senate-Morrill, Hoar, Sherman, Palmer
were among those present. BY a par
ilamentary fiction the session was a
part of the legislative day beginning
Saturday, recess having been taken
at 2:30 a. m. until D. m yesterday.
The sundry civil appropriation
bill was under consideration, a number
OF important items in payment of sugar
bounties. for rivers and harbors, ETC.,
remaining to be passed upon.
Hill Chans Sunday Rest Statesmen.
Hill took occasion to chaff senator's
on working on Sundays, in connection
with debate on electric light conduits
In Washington. He said he seriously
doubted the propriety of meeting Sun
day TO enact legislation. He had re-
ceived many petitions urging a law for
a rest day" in the District of Co.
lumbia. Moreover, the senator (McMil-
lan) who urged this conduit amendment
had himself offered a bill ito protect
the first day Of the week, commonly
called Sunday. as a day Of rest and
worship. When the amendment was
reached providing for a commission to
visit the seal fisheries Pettigrew said
ne believed We should not send a COM
mission to Alaska to visit the scenes Of
destruction of our" seals by Canadian
poachers. He advocated the destruction
| of all the seals. In this connection he
ridiculed the treaty relative to the
Alaskan boundary recently sent to the
senate. IF this administration lasted
| much longer" he asserted, ''it would
be sending in treaty between Great
Britain and the United States for the
arbitration of the multiplication table"
Morgan Has His Whack at j. H.
Morgan, a member of the Paris court
| OF arbitration, discussed the "awkard
predicament of the United States on
the seal question. Referring to the Paris
tribunal, he said that as usual when the
court was made up of European arbi-
| traitors the decision was against us; it
always would be so under like circum-
stances. There was more real danger
Of trouble over this seal question since
the arbitration than there ever was
from all the conflict before arbitration
was adopted. The present trouble, he
said. was due to the deliberate refusal
of Great Britain to carry out in good
faith the spirit Of the Paris award 'I
do hope" said Morgan, that the in
coming administration will have the
fortitude to insist that Great Britain
will comply with the Paris award"
Senate Will Have to Work.
But four days more remain for the
F1fty-fourth congress to wind I'D its
business and make way forts successor.
The close of the session promises no SEN
sational incidents. for only routine BUSH
| ness is possible. AS usual the house
awaits the end with a clean slate. It
has finished its work on the big appro-
priation bills with which the senate is
now struggling. In the upper house
these four days will be full of work.
Indeed. it is still uncertain whether the
senate will be able to dispose of the bills
by noon on Thursday next. There are
four of the big appropriation measures
TO be voted on. OF these the naval bill
and that making appropriations for the
District or Columbia may cause pro-
longed debate. The other two-fortifi-
cations and general deficiency bills
| will go without trouble.