Evening star., 1898-06-24
EMERY RESUME MES
Debate on th9 Hawaiian Annexation
Resolutions.
CONFERENCE ON. BANKRUPTCY BILL
Adoption Of the Report by 43
to Is.
SOME MILITARY MEASURES

AT the opening of the Senate's session to-
day Mr.. Hale (Me) reported from the COM
mittee on appropriations the general de-
! hc1ency bill and announced that he would
at an early date call 1t up for consideration.
MT Hale reported from the naval affairs
| committee a bill eonferrIng authority upon
| the PRESIDENT to appoint five cadets during
| the next year to the Naval Academy. In
| explanation of the measure, Mr.. Hale said
| 1t was particularly designed to enable the
president to appoint to the Naval Academy
| the son of Capt Charles v. Gridley, COM
| mander of the Olympia, the flagship of Ad-
| miral Dewey during the Manila bay fight,
and who died recently at Kobe Japan The
President had authority to appoint no other
cadets at large, although he desired to
| name young Gridley.
Immediate consideration was asked for
the bill. Mr.. Bate CTenn.) objected, saying
that this extension of the authority of the
president had heretofore been refused, and
ne thought the measure ought not to be
rushed through the Senate.
Mr.. Gear Qowa) said that an effort was
being made to secure the appointment of
Oscar Deigman Of Iowa, who was one of
the heroes of the Merrimac This appoint
ment the President could not make unless
additional authority were conferred Upon
him.
Mr.. Bate refused to withdraw his OBJ
lection and the bill went over.
A Dill to Increase the efficiency of the
quartermasters department of the army
and authorizing the Secretary of War to
| make such distribution Of the force of his
department as he may deem expedient was
passed. The bill provides for the appoint
ment OF twenty assistant quartermasters
in the volunteer army, with the rank Of
captain.
A bill to increase the efficiency of the
Subsistence department of the army and
making provision for the appointment of
tW enty assistant commissaries of subsist-
cree. with rank of captain, was reported
from the military affairs committee AMI
was passed.
The bill relative to the engineer corps of
the army, recently reported, was called up
and PASSED.
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) called up the confer
ehce report upon the bankruptcy bill, and
by unanimous consent 1t was agreed to
take vote on 1t after Mr.. Nelson, one of
the conferees and the author of the Sen
ate bill, had made a statement explaining
the provisions of the measure as agreed
had made his statement the vote was taken
and the report adopted. 43 to IS. as follows:
4eas-Allisoh, Bacon, Baker, Burrows,
Carter, Chiltan. Clark, Cullom. Davis. De-
Doe. Elkins, Fairbanks. Faulkner, Foraker,
Frye, Gallinger,, German. Hale, Hanna.
Harsbrough, Harris. Hawley Heitfeld,
Hoar, Jones 'tNev.). Lindsay, Lodge, Nc
Bride. McEaery. Mallory, Mantle, Money.
1NeiSo'l, TeuroSe,y fefklnS, Platt (Conn.),
Platt IN. ", sPritchard, Proctor Roach,
Shoup, Sullivan. Warren-43.
Nays-Bate, Berry, Butler Cannon, Clay,
Ccckrell. Jones .,tArk). Mills. Pettigrew,
Pettus. Rawlips. Teller. White-13.
Mr.. Allison Qowa presented an add :
tional partial report upon the sundry civil
appropriation, bill, and said he hoped to
have the report considered tomorrow.
Mr.. Davis, in charge of the Hawaiian
resolutions, objected to any arrangement
that might impede the progress of the res
olutions. -
Then I move Mr.. President" said Mr..
Allison, that the Senate convene at II
a. tomorrow
Some obtecrfon to- this plan was entered
by Mr.. Jones (Ark), but he withdrew his
demand for the yeas and nays and the
motion was adopted.
The Hawaiian Resolutions.
The Hawaiian resolutions were laid be-
fore the Senate and upon the demand Of
Mr.. Pettigrew they were read.
Mr.. McEnery Ua) resumed his speech
begun yesterday, discussing at length the
employment of contract labor on the ISL
ands.
The principal ground of Mr. McEnery's
objection to the annexation of Hawaii was
that 1t would, he apprehended, paralyze
the industries of the SOUTH