The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-26
QUAY LOSES SENATE SEAT
By Majority of One Vote the Claim
of the Noted Pennsylvania
Is Rejected.
TY-THREE AGAINST, THIRTY.TWO FOR
The House Passes the Naval Appro-
prfatton Bill and Discusses the
Post Office Appropriation Measure
Daily Summary of the Proceed
ings in Congress.

Washington. April 10. = During al
most the entire session of the senate
yesterday the Alaskan civil code bill
was under consideration. resolution
was adopted to give medals to sailors
| of the North Atlantic squadron and
documents were received from the
president bearing upon the insurrec-
| lion in the Philippines.
Washington, April 2o.-The' senate
| passed a joint resolution yesterday pro-
viding for the administration of civil
| affairs in Porto Rico pending the ap-
pontment of officers under the law
recently enacted, and bills were in
| troduced to grant pension of $50 a
month to Gen. Longstreet and to repeal
| the war revenue act.
Washington, April 21.-The senate
yesterday discussed the Hawaiian civil
| government and the Alaska civil code
| bills. The committee favorably re-
ported the bill to give Gen. Miles rank
of lieutenant general.
Washington, April 23.-The Quay
resolution was taken up in the senate
| on Saturday and Senator Perkins
| (Cal) spoke in favor of seating Mr..
Quay as a senator from Pennsylvania
on the appointment of the governor.
No action was taken.
Washington, April 24.-The senate
yesterday began a two-days debate
on the right of NJ. S. Quay to seat
as a senator from Pennsylvania. The
committees report favoring unseat-
ing Senator Clark, of Montana, was
received as was also the appointment
of Frank l.. Hitchcock as assistant
secretary of the interior.
Washington, April 25.-Matthew S.
Quay was yesterday refused seat in
the senate on the appointment of the
governor of Pennsylvania by vote
of 33 to 80. The entire time of the
session was devoted to debate upon
the question.
The vote on Senator Chambers mo-
ton was as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Carter, Chandler,
Clark (Wyo), Cullom, Daniel, Davis, De-
Doe. Foraker, Frye, Gear Hansbrough,
Jones (Nev.), McComas, McLaurin, Mason,
Morgan, Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Platt
IN ". Scott, Sewcll, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart. Sullivan Taliaferro. Warren, Wet
more, Wolcott-32.
Nays-Allen. Bacon, Bard, Bate, Berry,
Burrows. Butler, Clay, Cockrell Culber-
| son, Hale, Harris, Heitfeld, Hawley, Jones
tArk), Lindsay, Mcbride, McCumber. Nc
! Emery, Mcmillan, Martin. Money, Platt
| Comm, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Simon,
Teller. Tillman, Turley, Turner Vest,
Wellington-33
Pairs were announced as follows, the
first named in each instance being IA
vorabe to Mr.. Quay and the second
opposed to him:
Pritchard with Gallnger; Depew with
Hanna; Foster with kean; Lodge with
Thurston; Kenney with Caffery; Elkins
with Chiffon; Fairbanks with Mallory
Hoar with Pettus; Kyle with Rawlins.
The following senator's were I'M
paired:
Aldrich, Beveridge, Clark (Mont.)
and Pettigrew.
Washington, April 10. - In the
house yesterday the naval appropria-
ton bill was discussed under the five
minute rule and the conference report
on the urgent deficiency bill was
adopted.
Washington, April 20.-A bill was il
troduced in the house yesterday to pen
sion ex-soldiers of the rebellion on
reaching the age of 81 and the naval
bill was further considered.
Washington, April Elm the house
yesterday the naval appropriation bill
occupied the time.
Washington, April 23.-The naval
appropriation bill, which provides for
two battleships, three armored cruis-
ers and three protected cruisers, was
passed in the house on Saturday.
Washington, April 24.-ln the house
yesterday the post office appropria-
ton bill was discussed, and May l and
were set aside for the consideration
of the Nicaragua bill.
Washington, April 25.-The senate
resolution to provide for the contin-
uation in Office of the present mill
tary administration in Porto Rico I'M
til the appointments are made under
the civil government act was passed
in the house yesterday and the post
office appropriation bill was further
considered. Secretary Gage reported
| SlS3, 405, 900 collected in internal rev.
| enue under the war tax act.
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Death of Rev. Charles Beecher.