Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-24
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-,
WASHINGTON, June q
SENATE.

At the opening of the Senate's session
to-day Dir. Hale reported from the
committee or appropriations the genera
deficiency bill and announced that he
would, at an early date, call it up for
consideration.
MIR. Hale reported from the naval
affairs committee a bill comforting an.
thority upon the President to appoint
FIVE cadets during the next year TO the
naval academy. In explanation OF the
measure, Mr.. Hale said it was particu.
larly 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
Admiral Dewey, during the Manila bay
fight, and who died recently at Kobe
Japan. The President had authority
to appoint no other cadets at large A.
though he desired to name young
Gridley.
Immediate consideration was asked
for the bill. Mr.. Bate objected, saving
that this extension of the authority al
the President had heretofore been re-
fused and he thought the measure
ought not to be rushed through the
Senate.
Mr.. Gear said that an effort YVES be.
ing made to secure the appointment Of
Oscar Deignan. of Iowa, who pas one
Of the heroes OF the Merrimac. This
appointment the President could not
make unless additional authority were
conferred upon him.
Mr.. Bate refused to withdraw his
objection and the bill went over.
A bill to increase the efficiency OF the
quartermaster's department of the army
and authorizing the Secretary OF War
to make such distribution of the fosce
of his department as be may deem ex.
pedient, was passed. The bill pro.
vides for the appointment of twenty az
sistant 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 Tor the appoint
ment of 20 assistant commissares oil
subsistence with rank of captain, WAS
reported from the military affairs com.
mittee and was passed.
The bill relative to the engineer corps
of the army, recently reported was
called up and passed.
Mr.. Hoar called up the conference re-
port upon the bankruptcy bill and after
Mr. Nelson had made statement ex-
planning its provisions it was adopted
those voting in the negative beiug
Messrs. Bate, Berry, Butler, Cannon,
Clay, Cockrell, Jones (Ark. }, Mills, Pet
tigrew, Pettus, Rawlins, Teller and
White.
Mr.. Allison presented an additional
partial report upon the sundry civil lap
preparation bill and said he hoped TO
have the report considered tomorrow.
Mr.. DAVIS, in charge of the Hawaiian
resolutions objected to any arranec-
ment that might impede the progress
of the resolutions.
"Then 1 move, Mr.. President said
Mr. Allison, "that the Senate convene
at II a. N. tomorrow"
Some objection to this plan YVES en-
tered by Mr.. Jones ARK but he with
drew his demand for the yeas and nays
and the motion was adopted.
The Hawaiian resolutions were laid
before the Senate and upon the demand
of Mr.. Pettigrew they were read.
MIR. McEnery resumed his speech be.
gun yesterday, discussing at length the
employment of contract labor on the
islands.
The principal ground of Mr.. McEl-
ery's objection to the annexation OF
Hawaii YVES that it would, he appre-
hended, paralyze the industries OF the
South.
The moment the policy of COLOMBIA
ton is entered upon, he said, the pros.
perity of the South would be checked.
Capital would be diverted, enterprise
stopped. Every industry would be
paralyzed and every cotton factory
would close. Mr.. McEnery maintained
also that the adoption of a policy Of
imperialism would prolong indefinitely
the rule of the republican party and be
declared that every democrat who
voted for annexation in effect would
vote to surrender his party and commit
its chances to the misty future.
HOUSE.