Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-15

Washington. Dec. Tn the senate
Mr.. Hawley (rep., Conn.,, chairman OF
the military affairs committee, intro
duced dill for the reorganization OF
the regular army. Mr.. Hoar lrep.,
Mass.) secured the adoption of res.
olution that committee OF seven SEN
ators be appointed, to whom shall be
referred that part OF the presidents
message which relates to the celebra.
ton of the centennial of the city Of
Washington as the capital OF the
United States.
On motion of Mr.. Lodge rep. Mass
the senate went into executive session
The0 followed long debate on the
subject of confirmation Of the Hawai-
ian commissioners. Mr.. Hear made A
vigorous protest against the practice OF
appointing senators on such commits
sions as the Paris and Hawaiian con-
missions. He said senators so ap-
pointed became the agents of the
president to carry out his wishes and
asked what became of their functions
as senators wnen the reports which
they made came up for action in the
senate He referred to the Paris
peace commission and the Anglo
American commission as glazing ex-
amples of the practice. Mr.. Morgan
| (dem.. Ala.) and Mr.. Aldrich (rep., r.
| ID defended the practice. Mr.. Aldrich
made the point that the position Of
commissioner in such duties as those
! I. H., "a.
peace commission was not lnconsist-
ent with the performance of senatorial
duties. Those positions were, he said,
not offices in the usual Interpretation
of the word, and 70 prevent the presi-
| dent calling for senator's services for
such work was often to deprive him OF
the best assistance available After
| two and half hours discussion of the
question it was referred to the judi
| ciary committee with instructions to
! investigate and report upon the nom
nations of the commissioners.
Soon after the senate resumed BUSH
ness in open session communications
were received from the house an
nouncing the death during recess Of
Representatives Northway tOhio) and
Love (Miss.) On motion of Mr.. For
aker, as mark of respect to the mem
DRY of the deceased. the senate ad
| journed.
Washington, Dec. S.--The senate ad-
! journed till Monday. In connection
with the decision to give only one hour
| to the consideration of pension bills,
| Mr. Vest dem, Mo- gave notice that
the passing OF lot OF pension bills
simply by reading the titles, and when
a quorum is not present, has got to be
| stopped" He went on to say that the
southern members of congress had felt
some delicacy about opposing pension
| legislation, but the late war had re
moved that bar, and they, while rec
ognizing the liberal pension legislation
as a sacred duty, proposed to object to
spoliation. Mr. Gallagher rep, N. H.,
chairman of the pensions committee,
agreed with Mr.. Vest that pension bills
! should be carefully considered. Mr.,
! Caffrey tdem., La introduced a reso-
luton as the sense of the senate that
the president should negotiate with
Great Britain for the abrogation or
modification of the yton-Bulwer
treaty, TO the extent that it binders the
| United States from constructing the
Panama isthmian canal.
Mr. Vest introduced the following
bill: THAT no person, while holding
judicial or legislative Office under the
United States, shall be appointed 10y
| the president, commissioner or agent
| OF the government nor Of any depart
ment or bureau thereof"
! Washington, Dec. S.-The urgency
deficiency bill, to provide for the sup
| port of the military and naval estab-
! lishments, was passed by the house,
practically without opposition. The
! only point upon which issue was
raised was whether The bill, pro
viding a. it did for the pay of vol
unteers until July /. 1899, might NOT
] be construed as a modification Of the
law under which volunteers We're mus
| tered into service. Mr. McRae (dem
Ark.) offered an amendment providing
| that it should not be so construed, and
| upon II tthe amendment) there was a
| general discussion as to the advisable
| ity OF the mastering out of the volun-
teers before the regular army was In
creased. Mr.. Cannon rep. ND final
/ ly accepted Mr.. McRaes amendment
and that removed the only opposition
to the bill The bill comes to S69.-
! $50 500
! The conference report upon a bin to
render sureties Of consuls, yloe-consuls
and consular agents liable for damage
/ in suits of law was adopted
The house adjourned until Monday.
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