Evening star., 1898-12-08

ply by the reading of the titles and when a
quorum of the Senate is not present has got
to De stopped
After fu"'her referring to the methods by
which pc. bills are passed by the Sem
ate, Mr. Vest said: Men of the south have
sat mere and permitted these bills to be
passed, having some delicacy about entering
objections to the course of procedure. Re-
cent events have obliterated sectionalism,
and We are once more united and are one
country and one treasury We can therefore
come here and object to this spoliatiou, and
! use the word advisedIy, without fear of
ia,s having our motives impugned or our words
hgures $14ko06,GO annually for pensions
and 1t is eE dutSto find out why it is that
t%hirty-threS % yeass after the close of the
civil war tkss thing of pension claims shows
so enormoS ss&n. have been criticised
by some Of myz people because 1 have not
taken a m8e determined stand on this pen
sion questi6N1
noeral1y In PENSIONS / regard such pay
ment as sacred duty, but do object to
the passage of these bills without proper
consideration and with the same restric-
lions that are hedged about other meas
ureS." s~1--
Mr.. Gallinger On. HI, as chairman of the
pension committee. agreed with Mr.. Vest
fully considered. He thought a quorum of
the Senate ought to be in attendance when
the pension calendar considered.
TO Modify Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
During the consideration of bills on the
pension calendar Mr.. Caffery La.) intro
duced this resolution: THAT it Is the sense
Of the Senate Of the United States that the
President enter into negotiations with the
government of Great Britain for the purpose
OF abrogating or modifying the Clayton
BuiWer treaty so far and to the extent the
same may be deemed to prevent the United
states from owning, constructing, control
ing or operating an interoceanic canal
across the Isthnilts of Darien."
The anti-scalping bill passed yesterday
by the House was received, and at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Cullom, chairman of the COM
mittee on interstate commerce, was laid on
the table instead of being referred to the
committee. A similar bill has already been
reported by the Senate committee on inter-
state commerce
A considerable number of pension bills
had been passed before ths senators, one
or two at time, began to leave the cham
Der FINALLY, true to his warning, Mr.. Vest
raised the point of no quorum. Forty-eight
senators responded to their names, and con-
sideration of the pension bills was resumed.
AT the expiration of the one hour allotted
to the consideration Of the pension calen-
dar. twenty-six bills had been passed.
The Moses Estate Relieved.
A bill for the relief of the administrators
of William B. Moses. deceased, who was
Howgate. a disbursing officer of the United
states Marine Corps. whose defalcation in
1880 created great sensation, was called
up by Mr.. Hoar 1t had been favorably
reported by the judiciary committee. The
governments claim against the Moses es-
ate amounts to $13, ,476 and the bill relieves
he estate of the payment of that sum- in
View Of the fact that, through the efforts
of Moses, the government was enabled to
realize considerable amount of it's claim
against HowEate. The bill was passed
ihe Senate at so pm. went into exeou-
i've session.
Treaty Ratified.
The Senate, in executive session. ratified
the treaty for the extension of the time for
the completion Of the Mexican boundary
for one year. There was no opposition and
no debate.
AT 2:15 she Senate resumed business in
the open sessions Mr. Morgan called up the
Nicaragua eanalnbill. with a view to max
ing 1t tie unfinished business. He moved
mat the Senate proceed to the considera-
ion of the hill. Fl
instantly Mr.. siPettigrew moved to ad-
1Curn. On this motion the ayes and noes
were demanded. The vote resulted 13 ayes
Mr.. Morsan's motion to proceed with the
considera ton ofxthe canal bill was then
carried. and, after the bill had been laid be-
fore the Senate, thus becoming the unfin-
ished business. the Senate, on motion of
Mr.. Morgan, at42:25 pm. adjourned until