The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10
SENATOR HITLER CENsURED
BY an Arkansas Camp of COnfederates
For His Pension .Amendment-Nfca.
ragua Canal Bill still Under Discuss
siOn-AIaska Criminal Code
SENATE.

Washington, January 5.-Little bust
ness except of a routine character was
transacted by the senate today. A res
o~lution, offered by Senator Hoar, Of
Massachusetts, directing the commit
tee on foreign relations to report to
the enate whether the treaty of Paris
makes any provision for the claims Of
citizens of the United States against
Spain, which were in existence before
the present val and the status Of such
claims after the ratification of the
treaty was adopted.
Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, con-
tinued and practically concluded his
speech begun before the holiday recess
in opposition to the pending Nicaragua
canal bill. senator Caffery said in re-
ply to a question from Senator White,
hat it was his opinion that if the
United States should build the canal
under the pending bill in the face Of
the treaty, the canal Would be abso-
lutely neutral and Great Britain would
have every right to use the canal in
time of war. He thought the treaty
should be ~abrogated and that the Unit
ed States should construct the canal
Independently of the Maratime Com
pany.
L buTlUS his SpeecH SoIldlOI CdIlcfF
alluded to the statement which has
been made repeatedly hat the oppOsi-
ton to the canal was fostered and
maintained by those who were behind
| the tranS-cOntinental railroads as sup
| porters. h charge he ~repudiated and
! he declared he WOul scOrn himself if
he could be supposed to be guilty of it.
Prior to Senator Caffrey's speech
Senator Berry, democrat, of Arkansas,
presented a protest from the j. Ed.
Murray Camp of United Confederate
Veterans of Arkansas, against the
adoption of the proposed amendment
of Senator Butler, populist, of North
Carolina, to the pension appropriation
bill, providing for the payment of pen
sions to confederate soldiers.
Senator Berry said the memberS of
the camp deemed it unwise to adopt
such a proposition. They say, said
Senator Berry, that they have provided
for themselves n their families for
more than a generation and they re-
gard such a proposition as that of Sem
atOr Butler as ungracious.
The senate at 1925 o'clock adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The judiciary committee had the
right of way in the house for three
hours today and quite a number OF
o1lIo VI IlIIlO iI1lpOl IL JCpOl z
from the committee were passed. The
remainder of the day was occupied ir
continuing the consideration of the
bill to codify the laws of Alaska. Some
tWenty-one pages were disposed of to-
day, making eighty-three in all, of the
232 pages. A section of the bill, copied
from the statutes of Oregon, providing
punishment by fine and Imprisonment.
of persons who prevent or endeavor t.
prevent employees from working, arous
ed a protracted debate on the ground
that it was an attack On organized la
Dor. 1t was finally stricken out.
Among the bills called up by the jul
dietary committee and passed, We're
To amend the revised statutes so as t,
allow the United States five peremptor.
challenges il criminal cases: to permi
ship owners to file idemnity bonds.
At 4:55 o'clock p. m. the house ad
jOurned until tomorrow.