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were agreed to, and the resolution was
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were agreed to, and the resolution was
adopted without division.
On motion Of Chandler, the preamble
was then stricken from the resolution.
The resolution as adopted reads as
follows:
Resolved. That the Attorney General
Is directed to inform the Senate, II he
has authorized the abandonment Of
any intention to redeem the first
mortgage bonds issued by the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company, eastern divis-
ion, now the Kansas Pacific division of
the Union Pacific Railway, and to ask
a postponement OF the sale thereof, and
for the appointment Of receiver there
for, in the interests of the government
of the United States, and also If he has
authorized an agreement by which said
property is to be sold for the face value
of the subsidy bonds resulting In loss
to the government Of the amount of six
million, six hundred and twenty-four
thousand, one hundred and seven dol
lars. and IL the government has agreed
not to be bidder at said SALE"
On motion of Senator Davis, the SEN
ate at 2:30 p. m. went into executive ses-
sion. After the executive session, the
report Of the attorney general on the
Harris resolution was read. The bill was
passed to create a local board for the
examination of steam vessels in Alaska.
The senate at 635 p. m. adjourned.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
The executive session Of the senate
today was enlivened by vigorous effort
of Senator Tillman of South Carolina
IN IN
against the contention that the Hawaii
an Islands were Of strategic Importance
to the United States. Senator Gallinger
occupied the chair, and other senators
were seeking to make reports upon
nominations, several coming in after
Mr.. Tillman had risen. His voice was
drowned by theirs, and it began to look
as If the senate might adjourn without
his being heard. Apparently realizing
the situation, the South Carolina SEN
ator took his position in the middle aisle,
directly in front of the chair, and de-
manded to be heard.
II have stood here on my feet while
eight or ten men have been recognized -
said Senator Tillman, "and I want to
know If 1 am to be heard"
eff the senator would speak q little
louder" said Senator Hoar facetiously,
'he might be-
This remark did not apparently fall
agreeably upon Mr.. Tillman's ears, and
he replied by appealing for protection
and fair treatment.
II have been member of this body for
three years. he said, "and have al
ways tried to deport myself as a gen.
tleman, and think am entitled to fair
treatment"
AT this point Senator Gallinger, who
occupied the chair. raped for order. He
then explained that the failure to recog-
nize Mr.. Tillman was due entirely to an
inadvertence and to the fact that his at
tention had been directed in another
way. To this Tillman replied that this
explanation was entirely satisfactory,
and he then proceeded to make his point,
which was that the strategic import
ance of the Hawaiian islands was over
rated. He argued that in case of war
between Japan and the United States,
Japan could bring coal for her warships
over in tenders, and thus render herself
entirely independent of the islands.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate today confirmed these
nominations: To be receiver of public
moneys, ]. H. Bauman of Holbrook
Ariz., at Tucson, Ariz. To be register
of the land office, j. w. johnson, at Lin
coin, Neb.; G. w. Stewart, at Visalia,
Cal. To be United States district attor-
ney, r. E. Morrison, territory of Arizona.