Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-15
WORK OF CONGRESS,
Senator Hoar Offers a Con
stitutional Amendment
AS TO INAUGURATION DAY
Long Debate Upon MIR. McKenna's Noml.
nation. Agricultural Appropriation
BIZ Passed by the Senate. Maps
of Alaska to be Printed.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. H.-After the
! transaction Of some routine business in
the Senate today Mr.. Hoar, of Masse-
| chusetts. presented the fofltwing Joint
| resolution proposing an amendment to
| the constitution:
That the following article be pro
posed 70 the leglsla lures of the several
| states as On amendment to- the consti-
tuition of the United States;
| The term OF office OF the President
| and OF the Seth Congress shall continue
until the 30th Gay of April, in the year
1901. at noon. The Senators whose ex-
listing term would otherwise expire on
] the 4th day OF March, in the year 1893.
| or thereafter, shall continue in Office
until noon of the 30tll day Of April sue
ceedinG each expiration; and the 30th
| day of April III noon shall theraGte be
substituted for the 4uh nf Marsh as the
commencement and termination OF the
official term of the President, Vice
President, Senators and Representatives
| in Congress"
The resolution was referred to tbs
committee on privileges and elections.
| Mr.. Quay. OF Pennsylvania, offered the
| following resolution, which was referred
| to the committee on Indian affairs:
| Resolved. That the secretary of the
interior shall be and is hers by instruct
ed to investigate the facts attending the
recent alleged atrocicus burning to
! death Of two Seminole Indians by a
mob in Oklahoma Territory and make
report thereon to Cong. esis,
That the sum OF SIS, 900. OF so much
thereof as may be necessary. is hereby
| appropriated out of any money In the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for
the investigation, apprehension and
punishment OF the guilty persons to be
expended under the direction OF the sec
retaly' Of the Interior
Mr.. Lodge, OF Massachusetts,. offered
q resolu ton which was agreed to, call
| ing upon the secretary OF agriculture to
| supply the Senate with information as
| to the amount OF sugar imported into
| the United States; the amount of beet
sugar produced in the United States,
with what sugar, imported or domestic
| the been sugar comes into competition.
| and what effect the Hawaiian sugar has
or can have upon beet sugar production
| in the United States.
| MIR. Tillman announced that on ac-
| count OF the absence OF his collea sr1e.
| Mr.. McLaur.n, he would ask that tbs
! eufogieS upon the late Senator Joseph A.
| Earle, which We're ito have been present
| I'd today. be postponed until some later
| date to be announced hereafter. The re-
| quest was granted.
| The Senate then, at 1880 P NJ, on
| motion of Mr.. Davis, chairman of sIhe
committee L,n, foreign relations, went
! INTO executive session.
The executive session continued unit
| 4:30 p. NJ. when. in open session, a
| message from the President, transmit
| ting his approval OF the award of the
Boring SEQ commissioners, was Re ceived
| and read.
| Consideration of biAs on the pension
| calenda. was then begun and nineteen
| were passed.
Mr.. Butler, of North Carolina secured
the passage OF j~tnt resolution TO car
| ry into effect two resolutions of the
| contlnental congress directing 1nonu-
ments to be erected to the memory of
| General Francis Mash and William Lee
IT Zach to be $1,000. The Senate then.
| at sos P. M, on motion Of Mr.. Quay,
| adjournei until Monday.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Almost the
entire four hours of the executive ses-
sion of the Senate today was devoted
to the indirect consideration of the
nomination of Hon. Joseph McKenna.
| now attorney general, to be associate
| Justice of the Supreme Court. The
| discussion was the result of an effort
on the part of Senator Allen, of Nebras-
| ka, ITO secure a pOStponement for two
| weeks. In the end a compromise was
| reached deferring consideration until a
! week from today, on the condition tina t
| the Nebraska Senator should a gree to
| allow Vote TO be taken on that day
me Hawaiian treaty was not touched
upon during the session.
The debate upon Mr.. McKenna's nom
!ration was piecipitated by Senator
Hoar, chairman of the comm tt'tee OF
Judiciary, who called up the noutn,c,fio1
in aceeFd anee W!ltt-Ais -4tffoottceo Of yester-
DAY and asked fol immediate action
In doing this Mr. Hoar spoke briefly
| of the opposition to Mr.. McKenna, say
| ing that the Judiciary committee HAD
investigated most of the charges made
| and had reached the conclusion that
they We're without foundation. He SAID
| THAT the greater number of charges had
| ibe5n made by the members of the
American Protective Association and
! that as they had been founded solely
upon the fact that Mr.. McKenrra was a
Catholic in religion they had not been
! deemed worthy of serious cInsidera-
ton. MIR. Hear dwett at some length
! upon this point, excoriating any men
who would attempt to inject question
OF religion into a controversy over a
| mans fitness for Office. He said thar
such AN effort was entirely un-lAme1-
can and un-patrlotic and should not for
a moment receive the consideration OF
| fair-lninded men.
| Senator White, of California, also
spoke of the effort of the A. P. A. to
| inter fe-e with the course OF the Senate
! in giving proper attention to a question.
| the determination OF which should de-
!
| justice as between man and man. rath-
| err than upon an appeal to bgotry.
prejudice and a. false claim of patriot
ism. He spoke OF the A. P. AS as
fools who could not be properly char
| acterized in the Senate
! Tt was here that Mr. Allen interposed
an objection 10 immediate action. When
| his request for two weeks delay was
met with refusal he took the floor and
proceeded to give mis- reasons for the
request, which We're in the main that
he wanted, and he thought the Senate
lshould have more time for consideration
than had been given to it, He called
attention to the importance of the office
| to which Mr.. McKenna had been
i named.
He said that so far as the opposl-
ton of the A. P. A. was concerned,
| il did not influence him in the least.
and he agreed with all that had been
said as to the impropI,iety of interfer-
| en(-a in a nnatttesl> of ul1iS character on