Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-12
Daily Kennebec Journal.
55th CONGRESS.
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Senate In Favor Of Changing
Elections to that Body.
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Passes Resolution Making Such Elec-
tons by People Mandatory.
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Senate Ccyotes Entile Session to the Rail.
road Arbitration Bill.

ing today, to consider the Senate bill
restricting immigration the House took
up and devoted the session to the
House resolution to submit to the
states a proposition to amend the reso-
luton so as to provide for the election
of senators by direct vote. The
amendment as proposed in their resolu-
ton reported to the House left it in
the discretion of the states to elect
their senators by direct vote or through
their legislatures. but an amendment
by MIR. Underwood of Alabama, making
election by popular vote mandatory
was adopted and the resolution was
then passed.
Many delegates and visitors to the
Southern Baptist convention recently
in session at Norfolk We're in the gal
leries when the House met.
Danforth, Ohio, chairman of the i'm
migration and naturalization commit
tee. called up fer consideration the
Senate bill amending the immigration
laws.
Barthodt. Mo, raised a point of or
der against considering the bill on the
ground that the Senate bill had never
been referred to the House committee.
and since it differed materially from
the immigration bill reported by the
House committee, the Senate measure
could not ne considered prior to it's
reference to the House committee.
substantially the same and argued that
they had the same common purpose ana
the differences were subordinate The
Speaker oyerruled the point made by
Bartholi.
The House then voted against present
consideration of the bill As TO 50.
Loud called up the post Office appropri-
alton bill as passed. yesterday. ny the
Senate and upon his motion the House
refused to concur to the Senate amend
ments and asked i conference.
Cummings. Dem, \, Y, Moody. Rep,
Mass. Bingham, Rep, Pa, and Pit
ney. Rep. n. j.. expressed opposition
to the Senate amendments limiting the
deliveries in cities to four and eliminate
ing the House provision for rural free
delivery. Loud, Smith. Ill.,, and swan
son were named as cOuforeeS for the
House.
The House then went into committee
Of the whole to consider The Senate bill
amending the revenue law providing
for the disposal of abandoned imports
turned over by importers to thu GUS
toms officials. The amendment would
make the importer deliver the aban-
dOncd imports at any point in the port
OF arrival directed ny the chie1 officer
of customs. failure to comply entailinS
disposal of the abandoned propertv 1T
tho a1,n,,,ea az A., i,,,,.,,.t,, m, t.;t,
~ ii'l''i 'N4' LII '4I'
was passed
Corliss, Mich, called up the House
resolution promising an amendment i,
tho canstit,,tit., ,,.l,,.f,Ii.1,. e., a,...i
u'''ii II oN l''iS lpl eFttioI'
u senators ny popular vote
United States senators in some states is
Immediately followed hy resolutions of
investigation which in turn reslllts in "a
"kaisominiug or ''WhitcwaSh' H. re-
ferred to the baneful effects Of thesc con-
ditlonS ana claimed the House was now
the conservative body in Congress
which. however, was largely aided@by the
sdgdeity and skill of the presiding officer
OF the House.
Underwood, Dem. Ala. Offered ar
amendment making direct vote alone
the method If choosinor sana ,f,.ss-szss9
Grosvenor, Rep, Ohio. expressed the
conviction that some fixed inethods
should he established. and referrci'to the
pending bill as leaving in the discretion
OF the Legislature whether they them
selves would elect the senators or-would
provide for the election by direct~yote
fhuS, he said, The choice Of a senator
might he made from time TO time BY the
Legislatures "a political footban'%t
Ridseley, Pop, Kan. opposed the Tn
drrw"od amendment