Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25
The Senate Unanimously Agrees to
February 6.
NO OBJECTION FROM OPPOSITION
legislative and Naval Personnel
Bills Reported.
ARMY BILL IN THE HOUSE

At the beginning Of today's session of
the Senate Mr.. Hale. chairman of the COM
Inittee on naval affairs. reported the naval
personnel bill and gave notice that at the
earliest tina possible he would call it up
for consideration.
Mr. Cullom Oll) reported from the COM
mittee ON appropriations bill making
appropriations for the legislative. judicial
and executive departments and announced
that probably he would call up the meas
uPe tomorrow.
Mr.. Ccckrell CMoD offered resolution di-
recting the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish the Senate with full information
concerning the Old Settler CheTokees, with
whatever recommendations the Secretary
might desire to make.
Mr. Chandler IN. HI introduced a bill
temporarily creating the Office of admiral
Of the navy. 1t was referred to the naval
affairs committee.
Senate bill providing for the erection of
q building in this city for the Department
OF JustiCa at a cost of 81 600 zoo was passed.
Bulls were passed at the instance of Mr..
Frye, chairman of the committee on COM
plerce, follows: Amending section of
the act approved June 10, 1880, governing
the Immediate transportation of dutiable
goods without appraisement; directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to donate one set
of Hfe-saving apparatus to the Imperial
Japanese Society for saving life from snip
wreck. and re-establishing and reconstruct
ing a light house at the mouth of Salem
creek, n. j., at a cost not to exceed $1,000.
Mr.. Nelson (Minn) presented the ere
dentials of his colleague, Mr.. Davis, who
was reelected for six years beginning
March 4, 1899. They Were filed.
Bills were passed follows: Extending
the time for the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river at Boonville, Mo-,
BY the Boonville and Howard County
Bridge Company: amending an act in rela-
ton to the Immediate transportation Of du.
table goods by extending the privileges of
the first section to the SUPPORT of Miami,
Fla.
The Senate then. at $3.50 pm. on motion
OF Mr.. Davis, chairman of the foreign re-
Lotions committee went into executive ses-
Sion.
At 40 pm the Senate resumed business
in open session.
bill to prevent failure of military Jus
tice was passed.
Mr. Bacon (Ga) gave notice that on
Saturday he would call up his resolution
declaring that the FilipinOs ought to be
free and independent and ask a vote there
on.
On motion Of Mr.. Davis the Senate then,
at o'clock. went into executive session.
To Vote on Treaty February @.
The Senate consumed about forty-fve
minutes in executive session in arriving al
a decision to vote on the peace treaty. As
soon as the doors were closed and the pub
nc excluded senator Davis. chairman OF
the committee on foreign relations, took
the floor and announced that he was au-
thOrized by the committee to accept the
proposition MADE in executive session by
Senator German yesterday to vote on the
treaty within ten days. He therefore asked
for unanimous consent that the vote should
be taken at 3 o'clock on Monday. February
u, saying that exactly ten legislative days
would intervene between this time and
that He intimated that If there were any
objections to this date he would like 10
hear them. but none were heard, and the
hour and the day were unanimously agreed
TO-
There was also an agreement that the
Senate should go into executive session
each day between this time and February
for the discussion of the treaty. Author
ity was also given for making the an
nOuncement of the agreement public.