The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-15
IMR. PRITCHARD'S RESOLUTION AGAINST
FRANCHISE AMENDMENT.
RECOGNITION OF THE FILIPINOS.
Resolution Calling for Information as
to Any Acts of Admiral Dewey, or OF
Any Officer Under Him.. d To-
ward Recognition of the Filipino
F1ag-Senator Butler Introduces His
Postal Savings Bank BiII-House Dis
cusses the Currency Bill.
SENATE.

Washington, December 12.-Wheth-
ler Admiral Dewey, acting for the Unit
ed States government, formally or in
formally recognized the Philippine re-
public at Manila is a question which
Senator Pettigrew, Of South Dakota,
desires the navy department to answer.
introduced the following resolution
in the senate today:
That the secretary of the navy be,
and he is hereby, directed to inform
the senate whether the flag of the
Philippine republic was carried by YES
lsels in the bay of Manila and whether
the flag of the Philippine republic was
ever saluted by Admiral Dewey or any
of the vessels of his fleet at any time
Ioners delivered over to the Philippine
forces at the time of the surrender at
bay? Did a vessel commanded
by the forces under Aguinaldo, flying
the Philippine flag, accompany the YES
sells Concord and Raleigh back to Subig
bay in June 1898 in order to compel the
surrender of the Spanish forces?"
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ate consideration of the resolution, but
Senator Chandler objected and it wen
until tomorrow.
AT the conclusion of the morning bus
mess, the resolution offered yesterday
by Senate PettigreW, of South Dakota.
reciting certain things alleged to have
been done by General Merriam in con-
nection with the trouble in the Cour
d'Alene mining district, and directing
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senate all orders and information in his
possession bearing upon the subject,
was laid before the senate.
A lively tilt occurred between Sena-
tors Chandler and Pettigrew, after
which the resolution was referred to
the committee on military affairs.
AT 1856 o'clock, on motion of Senator
Halle, of Maine, the senate went into
executive session.
AT 1:35 p. m. h senate resumed
business in open session. A message
from h house was presented announc-
irg the death of Representative Daniel
Ermentrout, of Pennsylvania, Sena.
Penrose, Of Pennsylvania, introduce
ed the usual resolution and it was
adopted.
The senate then at 1:4O p. M, as a
further mark of respect, adjourned.
Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina,
today introduced a senate resolution
declaring unconstitutional the amend
proposed by the legislature of
state at it's last session, to the
state constitution. After reciting the
proposed amendment, the resolution
declares that Section 5, proposed is Gin
contravention of 18th and 18th amend
to the constitution of the United
States and that any state that adopts
such provisions as a part of it's organic
does not possess a republican form
Of government as contemplated by the
constitution of the United States"
Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
today re-introduced his bill for a pos
tai savings bank and for the purchase
of postal cars.
Senator Sullivan, of Mississippi, in
a bin for the publication off the
pension list.
The senate i'm executive session today
confirmed the following: Leonard
Wood, to be major general of volun-
teers; Herbert Putnam to be librarian
of congress-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
There is such great pressure for time
ON the part of the members OF both
sides who desire to participate in the
currency debate in the house that three
sessions were ordered today. In
III CllS uOOdlC Ia uOI hCCllt Ju0SOu
by the attendance in the galleries, al
though the members themselves are
listening attentively to the speeches.
Only one democrat thus far has
in favor of the bill, Mr.. briggs,
of New York. who announced today
that he had pledged himself before
election to support h gold standard
proposed to redeem that pledge.
He will be joined by several of his
ProoIJxro a01Ioo or11o- or1 1nro6o h1yy dv
era1 others.
The features of the debate today were
the speeches of Mr.. GroSvenor, OF
Ohio, for the bill and of Mr.. Cochran,
of Missouri, and Mr.. NewQands, Of Me-
vada, against it.
Mr.. Crosvenor announced the death
the late Representative Danford, OF
Ohio, and at 5 O'Clock, as a further
mark OF respect, the house adjourned.