The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-15
-Four Hours Of tho Executive Session oa.2
eupled 10 Indirect Consideration. 1sl5
American Protecnvo Asso ciationf
Said TO no tho Aushor& or NJ o.t Y Of, ,e1,fa
tho Charges -RoiiEious rcsls in!'
Politics Dcprecnted- -Aifen 4 81 4 rs
There Aro More sorious charges
Involving Lack OF Legal AtsainissfIE
mcnas.
washington, D. G, Ian 914 1Ssa a. 5s98

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Almost the entire four hours 81 sties
executive session Of the Senate to- day
were devoted to the indirect consid sidera-
tlon OF the nomination of Hon Joseph;
Mckenna. now Attorney General, to. .Ebss
Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court. The discussion was the result
OF an effort on the part Of Senator;
Allen. of Nebraska, Populist, to secure
postponement for two weeks $S$ In
the end a compromise was reached de-
terrlnG consideration until a week from
To-Day, ON the condition that the Me-
praska Senator should agree to allow
q vote to be taken on that day. .5F6 The
hawaiian treaty was not touched upon
during the session. s
Inc debate upon Mr. McKenna'sH
nomination was preclpitated by Sena-
tor Hoar chairman Of the COMMITTEES
on judiciary, who called up the noniis$
nation In accordance with his notice of5
Yesterday. and asked for Immediate &C Il
lion. In doing this Mr.. Hosrs spoke
nfieiiy or the opposition to Mr.: M Tc $
I<enna, saying that the Judiciary Com sS
mittee had investigated most OF the
charges made and had reached 5 tile
conclusion that they We're without
number of charges had been made BY
the members Of the American Protsc-S
Two Association, and that as they had
Deen founded solely upon the factTtTiatg
Mr. McNenna was q Catholic In @reIi-I
slon, they had not been deemed worthy
or serious consideration. # Nir. III oar
dwelt at some length upon this point
excorlatsng any man who would at
Tempt 70 inject a question Of religion
into controversy over a mar. 's fSt4S
ness for office. He said that such ;a
effort was entirely un-American34 and
unpatriotlc. and should not II for al
moment receive the considerationtEpfs pf
fair minded men. $tz z,SSy 90
Senator White, of California, also
spoke of the effort of the A. II. Alto
tAterfere with the course of the SEN
ate in giving proper attentiont s to I'd 4
question, the determination of which
should depend upon considera lions a sofs
illness and justice as between man and /
man rather than upon an a1peal to-
bigotry, prejudice and false claim
or patriotism. He spoke of the Az fa,.g
AS as fools who could not be pro
perly characterized in the Senate,
1t was here that Mr.. Allen interposedS
an objection to immediate S. action.s
When his request for two weeks d dela aySs
was met with refusal he took: the IA toorS
and proceeded to give his reasons for5s
the request, which was, In the main,
that he wanted. and he thought theH
Senate, should have more time for cons
sideration Than had 5een given Il fo a t.4S
He called attention to the import rtance +
of the office to which Mr.. M icKenna had.
been named 2ss
He said that SO far as the opposition
of the ~. p. "A. was concerned al lfidsss
not influence him in the lea st & and Tiea
agreed with all that had been said asss
to the improprlety Of Interference INK
a matter of this chalacteri on
count of religious prelude ices or. pr
objections. There were t{still s oth ers
charges which were to his mind far
more serious, and to prove that such
was the case he read at length from
letters and newspapers tla ckiIig 4 N Irss
McKenna's record as an attorney z and;
jnrlst on the ground Of Wants OF, aiisS
attachments. sE u III i5ss
1t was 4.30 p. IN. before an agreements
was reached for concluding the Mcs
Kenna matter at the sitting on next /;
Friday, and by general consent 8 sSs
Senate postponed consderat tlon;; sof tfiss
Hawaiian treaty until Monday Il: sss