Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-19
OF CONGRESS

~uh;noton. Jan. 10. - Yesterday
euod 70 be an interesting day in the
,0te the principal subject under dis
psion being the constitutional right
fsho United States to carry into eff
\ the policy of expansion. The lead
anoaker was Mr.. Hoar OF Massa-
~ who delivered a speech In
sort If the resolution introduced
r. Vest OF Missouri declaring IT to
=, onnosition to the constitution for
i country to acquire foreign terri
! 70 be governed permanently as
s,ios Although Mr.. Hoar occupied
4ime NJ the senate for more than
hnrrs he was accorded the unusu-
amnliment Of close and undivided
ontion by his colleagues on the
Z. and a large audience In the gal-
He confined himself closely to
manuscript, but his address was
,rered with all the ire. flneness and
a,a+;on of the orator that he is. His
~ wos i'm answer TO that recently
uorad nv Mr.. Platt of Connecticut,
nod been most carefully prepared.
took strong ground against the po-
On assumed by the Connecticut sen
l. maintaining that it was in viola
If the constitution and the dec
tiop of independence, the genial
rornder of the constitution for this
try to acquire foreign territory to
governed as colonies. Mr.. Platt, at
conclusion of Mr.. Hoar's address,
aav replied TO some points of the
ooh which had been directed eSpe-
ly at him. He reiterated his form
statement that the United States
the power to acquire and govern
ion territories. and declared that
his country had embraced the doc
% of Mr.. Hoar the Mayfiower
IA have been turned back from
mouth Rock and the country would
pr have had expanded to the Pa
coast. Mr.. Caffery concluded his
bch In opposition to the Nicaragua
bill, but an effort to fix a time
q vote upon it failed.
In the House..
10 house reversed the decision of
Ecommittee of the whole last Friday
ii the appropriation for the support
he civil service commission was
eken ont OF the legislative, eXecu-
and judicial appropriation bill. III
mittee. where members dc not go
record, the appropriation was
ken out by n vote OF 67 to 81
lerday, when the roll was called,
appropriation was restored, the
on to strike out being defeated
119. The house. by special order,
: led TO proceed with the considera-
Rof the naval personnel bill as soon
one bill for the coditication of the
Of Alaska was out of the way.
Int seventy additional pages q the
! = r. bin was covered, leaving almost
= pages still undisposed of.
4. shington. Jan. Ex-senator Ma
of Illinois occupied the attention
lie senate for nearly an hour and
: II win Il speech in support of his
tution declaring that the United
will never attempt to govern
= people of any country without
consent. In many respects the
y h was one OF the most notable
bnces in the senate thus far this
bn. Rugged in language, pointed
effective i'll illustration, Mr.. Ma
commanded the attention of the
= e and Of the galleries from the
= sentence of his speech to the
\ lrophe to liberty which formed his
flti0n. Several times Spontanc-
: pplause swept over the galleries,
Pnder the stringent rules of the
1t was quelled quickly. 1t was
. Il minutes after the conclusion
speech before the senate could
fd with its business on account
confusion incident 10 the con
atoms which many OF MI. Ma
G colleagues FASTENED to extend TO
I'D Nicaragua canal bill was dis
by Mr.. Turley of Tennessee,
Or opposed the pending measure. An
. lent was reached TO consider
N on Tuesday with fifteen min
discuss such amendments.
ua The House.
mousse devoted its undivided at
M. again to the bill for the coditi-
IT, OF The criminal laws of Alaska
Pr men adjournment was had all
pages of the bill had been dis
of.
lihgton, Jan. PA climax was
q yesterday in the debate on the