The record-union., 1899-01-07


have been instructed to vote for and in
every manner support the ratification
by the Senate of the treaty of peace
between the United States and Spain,
as it came from the hands of the Peace
Commissioners who recently met in
Paris The said Senators have furth-
er been instructed to vote against any
amendment to the treaty which may be
proposed, all Of which means that the
people of the State, speaking through
their representatives, demand the re-
tention and presumably the annexation
of the Philippine Islands.
But in order to obliterate party lines,
so far as the ratification was concerned,
the Belshaw resolution was turned
down, though it came from the Assem-
bly, with the unqualified Endorsement
of every Republican member, and a
substitute took its place. The Repub-
sicans of the Senate proved themselves
to be diplonlatists, and in order to have
the ratification resolution go to Wash
ington with the Endorsement of all po-
ltical parties, agreed to strike out all
reference to the policy of expansion.
Expansion" was a pill the Demo-
Gratis could not or would not swallow,
but the majority were satisfied to get
them on record as favoring the reten-
ton by the United States of the Phil
ippines which seems to carry with it
an implied understanding that the pol
icy of expansion is not SO distasteful to
them after all. Every Democratic Sem
ator voted to instruct our Senators to
vote for the ratification of the treaty
and against any amendment thereto,
and when the resolution, as adopted,
was transmitted to the Assembly, every
Democrat raised his voice in support of
Gus had done its work.
1t Is true that in the Senate Stratton
(Republican) offered an amendment
along the lines suggested in Senator
Perkins communication to the Senate,
and that he and Senator Jones of Or
ange, voted to SO amend, but after it
had been buried with solemn and ap
propriate ceremony Consisting of a roll
calD they swung into line and the vote
on the substitute resolution was unan
imous.
i. SENATE BILLS TUESDAY.
The Senators, under a resolution
agreement, will get their pet measures
on the file at p. m. Tuesday next, or
as soon thereafter as their names are
reached on the roll Senator Smith is
a Methodist mot in a religious sense,
probably) he believes in method in bus
mess. even when it comes to the intro
duction of bills, and preambleing that
the State Printing Office would not be
ready for some time yet to print bills,
he resolved that Tuesday next at the
hour mentioned, be the time for getting
bills on the file. The Senate accepted
the preamble and adopted the resolu-
tions and on Tuesday next, bills will
be in order.
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Senate is ready for the serious
business Of the session. Its standing
committees were announced by Lieuten-
ant Governor Neff at yesterdays ses-
sion. and from now on to the end mat
tiers and measures important and other
wise may be referred. with some chance
of their getting back with some kind
OF Recommendation.
Some men did not get what they
.wanted-what they thought belonged
to them Some men never do get what
they want. But as a rule, most Of the
members were placed upon the commit
tees Of their choice. Those who failed
took matters philosophically and the
majority of objections made were ISL
lent" ones, like the invocation at the
first days session of the Assembly.
A FORMAL MATTER
To-day's session of the Senate will
IN all probability be merely formal If,
under the Constitution, an adjournment
might have been taken yesterday until
have been pursued Owing to the fact
that the aforesaid Constitution speci-
ncally stipulates that any adjournment
for more than three days amounts to an
adjournment sine die, the Senate must
at least meet this morning and adjourn.
AN EXPLODED SENSATION.
Yesterday morning the San Francisco
"Call" came out with "a great sensa-
tion," in which it charged that an at
tempt had been made to bribe Assem-
blynan Morris Brooke Of this county,
to vote for D. NJ. Burns for United
States Senator; that he was promised
that If he would vote for Burns ex-
Senator Johnston would withdraw the
contest for his seat and that w. B.
Hamilton would give him a position for
four years in the County Clerks office,
at the request of ]. B. Wright, who it
was asserted, had the disposition of a
place there Interviews yesterday with
all the parties named demonstrated the
fact that there was not one grain of
truth in the whole story, except that
Mr. Brooke stated that some one asked
him to vote for Burns. He would not
say who the party was, but he declared
that everything said about him in con-
nection with Mr.. Wright, ex-senator
.Johnston and Mr. Hamilton was with
mt foundation. Messrs Wright, john