Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-06
CONGRESSIONAL
Papers and instructions in the Paris
Treaty Controversy Referred to
Senatorial Committee.
NOMINATIONS BY PRESIDENT
The House Votes Two Months Extra Pay
to Volunteers in Foreign Service,
and One Months Pay for
Home Service.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The president
sent these nominations in to the senate
today: State-James D. Yeomans, OF
Iowa, to be interstate commerce COM
missioner; Robert A. Mosely, Jr., of AL
ALBANIA, to be consul general at Singa-
pore; Silas c. Mcfarland, of Iowa. to
be consul general at Nottingham, Eng.
lnterior-Charles c. Goodale, to be
| surveyor general of Colorado: receiver
of public moneys, J. J. Lambert of Pue-
bio, Colo.
Navy-Commodore Albert Kautz, to
be rear admiral; Captain Frederick
Rodgers, to be commodore Command
er Edwin White, to be captain: Lieu
tenant Commander C. C. Cornwell,to be
commander; Lieutenant L. C. Heilner,
to be lieutenant commander; Lieuten-
ant junior Grade A. c. Dieffenbach, to
be lieutenant.
The resolution introduced yesterday
by Senator Hoar calling upon the pres
ident, if not in his judgment incompat-
ible with public interests, to commune
cate to the senate the instructions he
had given our commissioners who ne
gotiated the treaty of Paris, including
the correspondence which has passed
between him and the department of
state and the commissioners and the re-
ports made by the commissioners either
to him or to the department of state,
was laid laid before the senate today
Senator Davis, one of the commission
ers and chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, moved the resolution
be referred to that committee After a
debate, in which Senators Hoar, White,
of California, and Allen, of Nebraska,
brought out the fact that the call on the
president for information was not man!
datory, Senator Davis invoked the rules
of the senate and had the doors closed
for the executive session. In the secret
session the senate finally agreed, with
out division, on the resolution calling
for the instructions. At 1885 p. m. the
senate reconvened in open session.
Senator Caffrey, of Louisiana, ad-
dressed the senate on the joint resolu-
ton offered by Senator Vest, of Missou-
ri, declaring that under the constitu-
ton the United States had no power to
acquire territory to be held and govern
ed permanently as colonies. Senator
Caffrey's speech was q constitutional
argument in support of the declarations
Of the resolutions. He declared the res
olution went to the root of the question
of The power of the United States to es-
tablish permanently, governments in
territories far distant from our own
lands. He proposed to institute inquiry
into the basic principles and powers of
this government.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions did not have a quorum, and the
peace treaty was but informally dis
cussed at the meeting today.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 6.-Mr. Marsh. Re-
publican, of Illinois, asked unanimous
consent for consideration of a bill to
grant OfncefS ana men Ill lHe Noiulteei
army, upon their muster out, two
months extra pay if they served be-
yond the limits of the United States;
and one months extra pay If they only
served within the limits of the United
States, this extra to be in lieu of fur
loughs or leaves of absence.
1t has been the practice to grant these
furloughs or leaves of absence, so in re-
ality it is only sought to do directly
rectly. Mr. Bailey, Democrat, of Texas,
announced he had no objection to the
measure, so the bill passed. The house
Went into committee of the whole and
took I'D the legislative, executive and
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