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not decided. The Nicaragua Canal bill
was up during the latter part of the
day and Senators Berry, Allen, Hoar,
Caffery and Morgan discr sed the
measure. At 5:15 the Senate went into
executive session. At 5:S5 the Senate
adjourned,
TENTH DAY. Senator Teller occu-
pied the first half of the session of the
Senate with a speech in advocacy of
the theory that there are no restric-
tions upon the right of the United
States to expand its borders SO as to
include far distant territory. MIR. Tel
ler's address, like that of Mr.. Platt,
was constitutional argument in the
course of which he maintained the
right of the United States to acquire
foreign territory without entering upon
a discussion of the policy Of expan-
sion, except, of course, in an inciden-
tal and inferential way.
Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, reported favor
ably from the appropriations commit
tee the House resolution provisions for
an adjournment of Congress from De-
cember 81 to January 4, and it was
adopted without division. The re-
mainder of the session was given up to
the Nicaragua Canal bill. Senator
Caffrey was the only speaker on this
subject, and he opposed the Morgan
bill. Without having concluded his
remarks, MIR. Caffrey at 4:10 p. m,
yielded to Mr.. Gallinger and on his
motion the Senate went into executive
session. At $40 the Senate adjourned.
ELEVENTH DAY. AT the opening of
the session of the Senate, Mr.. Cullom,
of Illinois, reported favorably from the
committee on foreign relations the bill
to provide government for the
Hawaiian Islands. The private pension
calendar was taken up and nine private
pension bills were passed. Several
Joint and concurrent resolutions were
adopted, providing for the improve
ment of certain harbors and directing
the Secretary Of War to have surveys
and estimates of cost made of various
river and harbor improvements. Mr..
Daniel, of Virginia, then called from
the calendar the resolutions of Mr..
Proctor, of Vermont, providing for a
committee of Senators to visit Cuba
and Porto Rico with view to ascer-
tanning the conditions on those islands
aud reporting their observations to the
Senate as guide for its action. The
vote on Mr.. Daniels motion disclosed
the absence of quorum. it being ayes
s, noes 50. A call of the Senate was
demanded. The call disclosed the
presence of II Senators, and on motion
of Mr. Hale, the Senate. at :25 p. m. +,
went into executive session. At LAO
p. m. the Senate adjourned until Jan.
uary, 4, 1899.
HOUSE.
ELEVENTH DAY.-This was suspen.
sion day in the House and several bills
were passed, the most important oi
which was the bill appropriating $780,.
900 for the Philadelphia Exposition oi
1898. The vote was exceedingly close.
1t had but two votes more than the
necessary two-thirds. Mr.. Bailey, ot
Texas, introduced resolution in open
House, directing the judiciary com.
mittee to investigate and report on the
question as to whether the members oi
the House who accepted commissions
in the army had forfeited their seats in
the House. Mr.. Dingley, from tbs
tho resolution for holiday recess
from Wednesday, December 81, to
Wednesday, January A, and 1t was
adopted without division. A bill was
passed to authorize the distribution oil
the assets of the Freeman's Bank Mr..
Lacey, Republican, of Iowa, moved to
pass under a suspension of the rules
the bill to enlarge the scope of the fish
commission to include game birds.
The bill was passed. At 2:45 the House
adjourned. :,
TWELFTH DAY.-The House listened
e first speech on the subject of the
ktion of the Philippines. Mr..
of Mississippi, Democratic
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