The Portland daily press., 1898-03-31
CONSULAR REPORTS CALLED FOR,
Senator Frye Introduces Resolution in
tho Senate

Washington March 30.-Again today
were the galleries of the Senate crowded
| to the doors. Not an inch of space was
ridors were packed with disappointed
hundreds who vainly sought seats from
which they might listen to the proceed.
ings.
Rev. John K Mclean of the Pacific
Theological Seminary of Oakland, Cali,
offered invocation.
Mr.. Davis chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, asked that the COM
mittee be parn'itted to sit during the ses-
sions of the anate from day TO day and
the request was granted
Mr.. Frye reported from the committee
on foreign relations the senate resolutions:
That the President be requested, if not
incompatible. to transmit to the Senate
all the consular correspondence relating
to the conduct of the war i'll the Island
of Cuba, the condition of the people and
other matters relating thereto.
Mr.. Frye asked that the resolution be
laid on the table until tomorrow when
he would ask for its con Iteration.
Mr.. Hawley of Connecticut of the mill
tary affairs committee, reported joint
resolution providing that in any case of
emergency, in which the immediate erec-
ton of any fort or forti6cation. is in the
OUlulOu kJ0CESUllt QCCHlCi ilOCOS-
sary and urgent where the legislature of
the state is not in session. SO much of the
existing law as prohibits the erection
Of such Notifications until the consent
of the legislature has been obtained shall
be suspended SO to authorize the construc-
tion of such temporary fort on the writ
ten consent of the owner of the land.
Mr.. Hawley asked for Immediate con-
sideration of the resolution by Mr.. Pasco
of Florida, desiring to examine it, OBJ
jected, and it went over.
Mr.. Frye of Maine inquired of Mr..
Allen of Nebraska il he had any objec-
tion to the reference of his resolution,
offered yesterday to the committee on
Foreign relations, that committee now
l, having under consideration resolutions
of that character.
Mr.. Allen consented to the-reference
of the resolution.
Mr.. Walthall of Mississippi, gave no.
tice that ON Thursday, April, z at 2
p. M, he would present resolutions in
Mr.. Allison of Iowa, reported the SUM-
dry civil bill and announced that he
would call it up for consideration tomor-
row.
Consideration was then resumed of the
measure making further provision for a
civil government for Alaska. the pend
ing question being q substitute offered
for part of an amendm6nt offered by
MIR. Perkins of California.
At this point the floor yielded to Mr..
Wolcott of Colorado chairman of the
committee on post offices and post roads,
as he desired to make statement. He
made remarkable and caustic arraign-
ment of the secretary of the treasury on
account of the seoretary's flippant treat
ment of req uest made by Mr.. VOL
colts COMMITTEES. Mr.. Wolcott said that
on March 10,the committee on post offices
and post roads had asked the secretary
OF the treasury for his opinion upon
postal savings bank system. A similar
communication had been sent to the
post master general and courteous and
extended reply in due time had been re-
ceived. The views of the secretary of the
treasury on the question were desired by
the committee as it was expected thar
some opinions of value would be present.
ed.
After waiting for an unusual time, the
committee, Mr.. Wolcott said. had received
the secretary's reply.
II have to report to the Senate said
he, "that the reply was of such a. nature
that | have been unanimously instructed
by the committee to respectfully return
it. Before it was sent to the committee
it was given to the newspapers. 1t was
not of G character in consonance with
the Importance of the subject. The whole
circumstances of the case are most re-
markable. I will not ask here 30 have
the letter of the Secretary read. 1t was
fiippant and impertinent and has no place
on the records OF this body"
Mr.. Wolcott then asked that the entire
correspondence on the subject be printed
and it was so ordered.
Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire and
Mr.. Frye of Maine strenuously antago-
rized the Perkins amendment, while Mr..