The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-27
At Washington.

By the decisive vote of Al to rs, the
Senate, Thursday, decided to proceed at
once to the consideration of the resolu-
ton introduced few days ago by Mr..
| Teller (>ilver Rep, Colo, providing for
the payment of bonds of the United
States in silver at the option of the
Government.
| Mr.. Vest announced his intention to
secure final vote upon the resolution
as soon as one could be reached, and &C.
centuated his intention by forcing the
displacement of the Census bill with the
Teller resolution as the unfinished bust
ness.
Mr.. Frye (Rep., Me- of the Commerce
Committee reported favorably and Sc
cured the passage of bill providing for
the construction at a cost not exceeding
$40, 900 of lightship to be located near
Cape Elizabeth, Me.
Mr.. Allen Pop, Neb.) introduced
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Interior to send to the Senate the full
and explicit charges made against Mrs
M. f. Roberts, who was recently dis
missed from the Pension Bureau.
The Senate devoted its principal at
tention in executive session. Friday, to
the nomination of Attorney General
McKenna to be justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States. He was
overwhelmingly confirmed. Senator
| Allen attacked him in a speech which
lasted three hours.
The President, Saturday, sent these
nominations to the Senate: John
Grggs, of New Jersey, to be attorney
general. Selah Merrill, of Massachu-
sets, to be consul at Jerusalem, Syria.
G.. Wesley Thomas to be collector of
customs for the district of Philadelphia.
Domino NJ. Pappy, for the district of st.
| Augustine st. Clair A Muholland,
pension agent.
When the Hawaiian treaty next comes
up enator Teller will be recognized to
speal in its support, and he probably
viii be followed by Senator hite in
opposition. The vote on the treaty now
appears at least three weeks distant.
Two hours of the Senates executive
session, Saturday, were spent in discuss
| ing the nomination of Gen. Longstreet
to be commissioner of railroads. He
was finally confirmed, 33 to Is.
Senator Cannon, Saturday, introduced
bill providing for the publication of
the pension roll by Jan. l, 1899, and
thereafter as Congress may direct.
Mr.. HIT, chairman of the foreign
affairs committee, submitted privieg-
ed report, Saturday, from his committee
recommending the passage of the Col.
Ruiz resolution of inquiry. The resolu-
ton was adopted without division.
On Monday, in the Senate the propos-
ed annexation of Hawaii was somewhat
extensively reviewed by Mr.. Morgan of
Alabama, while speaking to a question
of personal privilege. He had been re-
presented as saying in executive session
that ex- President Cleveland was in favor
of Hawaiian annexation. This state.
ment called out denial from Mr.. Cleve-
land and in support of his original state
ment Mr., Morgan addressed the Senate
at great length.
Boutelle, (Rep Me,) chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, reported
back the two resolutions calling on the
secretary of the navy for information as
to the suitability of the sites for an
armor plate factory in the South with
the recommendation that they lie on the
table. The report called attention to
the fact that invitations had been issued
for sealed proposal. for the land, build
| ings and machinery for government
plate factory, which would be opened
Jan. 20, 1898, and that the secretary
when these were opened was to send a
special report to Congress containing all
information.
Walthall, Miss, presented the Gre
dentias of II. D. S. Money, as senator
from Mississippi, to succeed the late
Senator George and the oath of office
was administered to Mr.. Money.
The Teller resolution was then laid
before the Senate and as notice had pre-
viously been given, Turpie, Ind, ad-
dressed the Senate in support of the re-
solution.
The President, Monday, sent the fol
lowing nominations to the Senate:
Chas. H. Duell of New York, to be
commissioner of patents. George K.
Roberts, Iowa. to be director of the
mint.
Tuesdays session of the Senate was
characterized by heated, almost acri-
monious discussion of the financial ques-
ton. For nearly four hours the Teller
resolution was under consideration, the
principal speeches being made by Mr..
Allison of Iowa, Mr.. Berry of Arkansas,
and Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts,. The
sharpest colloquy was at times INDUCED
in between the advocates and the oppo
nents of the resolution, the debate often
approaching bitterness.
Under the parliamentary fiction of
discussing the Indian appropriation bill,
the House devoted almost the entire
day to political debate in which the
main question was whether prosperity
had come to the country as a result of
the advent of the present administra-
ton. AS the speeches were limited to
five minutes each, many members parti
cipated. Mr.. Smith, the delegate from
Arizona, made an attack on the system
of educating the Indians, and Mr..
! Walker moved to strike out the appro-