Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-22
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
WAsEINGToE, June %
SENATE.

Mr. Wellington presented the creden.
tials of the Hon. Lewis E. McComas.
lately chosen Senator from Maryland
TO succeed Mr.. German.
4 resolution was passed authorizing
the President to invite the govern.
ments of England, France, Germany.
Austria, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland.
Mexico and Venezuela to send details
of infantry, artillery and cavalry to
this country 10 participate in q mill
tary jubilee to be held in Madison
Square Garden, New York. The iubi.
lee is to be held during the two weegs
beginning December 26, 1898.
Mr.. Davis, chairman of the commit.
tee on foreign relations, asked immt-
date consideration OF the following
resolution THAT the Secretary Of the
Navy is directed to inform the Senate
whether Lieutenant Hobson and those
who were captured with him have
been or are confined by the Spanish
authorities within the line of fire or uI
der the fire of the United States fleet.
and, II so, at what place or places thew
are or have been so confued: sl.o to
inform the Senate what efforts have
been made TO effect the exchange Of
such prisoners and with what result.
also to transmit 10 the Senate copies OF
the correspondence or report upon tue
subjects of this inquiry"
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Davis then offered the following
resolution, which was also agreed TO
THAT the Secretary OF the Navy Is d.
rected to inform the Senate whether
the bodies Of the United States marines
or sailors who were recently killed in
battle at or near Santiago de Cuba were
mutilated after death by the Spanish
soldiers, aud to transmit to the Senate
copies oil the official correspondence
and reports upon the subjects OF this
inquiry"
a resolution was offered by Mr.
Jones directing the committee or pub
lie lands TO investigate the official coa.
duct of Special Agent G. a. NJ Settler.
hoiz, located at Patesvile, Arkansas.
10 the course o. a speech upon the
resolution Mr.. Jones made some vely
serious charges against Schlierholz.
The resolution went over pending iul-
Their investigation.
The resolution providing for the an
nexation of Hawaii were then laid be.
fore the Senate, Mr.. White resumng
his speech begun yesterday in opposi-
ton to the resolutions. Mr.. White
presented additional arguments and
citations of authorities 10 establish his
position that annexation of foreign ter
ritory must be by treaty and could bot
be by legislative act. He ridiculed the
idea that the Hawaiian group was need
ed by this country as half way station
to Manila. he pointed out that from
San Francisco it was AS miles nearer
to Manila by way OF Unalaska than
it wss by Honolulu. He said, too,
it had been urged that the Ha-
Waiian Islands were needed as de-
Tense of the Nicaragua canal. Honou-
lu was 4,2l0 miles from the western
terminus of the Nicaragua canal He
thought it much more desirable 20 de-
fend the canal from San Francisco.
which was only 300 miles from The
terminus, or San Diego, only 200 miles
away. He ridiculed the statements OF
the naval and military experts tina, tee
United States ought to hold the Ha.
Waiian group rs militay necessity TO
prevent its seizure by any other Va
ton and to use it as stepping stone
across the Pacific.