New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-03-07
Senate Passes solution Asking5In-
formation Concerning Corbin's
Military Record.
ARGUMENTS IN QUAY CASE CONTINUED.
In the House After UnimpOrtantS es-
IS sion the Death Of Representatives
Eppes II Announced. Resolutions
Passed and AdjournmentTa kensas
Further Mark of. Respect

senate convened Saturday Senator Pet
tigrew introduced, and the senate
passed, "a resolution instructing the.
secretary Of war send to the senate
the proceedings in the court-martial
proceedings of 1864 against the
then Lieut.-Col. Corbin, now adjutant-
general Of the army. The resolution
calls for other information bearing
upon Gen. Corbin' S military record.
The Quay resolution was then laid
before the senate and Senator Ross
(Vt.) argued against the seating of
Mr.. Quay. He announced that his con-
clusion had been arrived at only after
a careful study of the constitution.
and his argument was based entirely
upon his construction of that instru-
ment. He contended that under the
constitutional provision a vacancy in
the senate could only be filled when It
occurred during a recess~of the legis-
lature. The Quay case did not, to his
mind, meet this requirement..
At the close of Senator Ross speech,
Senator Teller (Col.) took the floor to
discuss the conference report on the
financial bill He maintained that too
much power was given the secretary of
the treasury. Hewas opposed all the
provisions of the measure, which he
discussed in detail. .~
Washington, March 5.-In the house
Saturday the desk of Represen tative
Of io1 do
night, was hung with crepe and COW.
cred with a profusion of flowers, lilies,s
roses and carnations. The chaplain, in
his Invocation, made feeling reference
to the death of Mr.. Eppes. -
1t had been intended to proceed Sat-
urday with the Aldrich-Robbins con-
tested election case, but unanimous
consent was given to vacate the order
heretofore made and postpone the final
vote until next Tuesday at g: 80 p. M.
the debate continuing Monday and
Tuesday.
Bills were passed to authorize the
construction of a. bridge across Pear
river, at Rockport, Miss, and for one
across Rainy river, Minnesota, be-
tween Rainy lake and the mouth Of the
Rainy river.
A joint resolution was passed for the
government acquisition of certain
reservation of giant trees in California;;
also one for extending the time. for
building a bridge across the Missouri
river at Yanlxton, S. D. 80
Mr.. Weeks (Mich.) from the commit
~
that the Wise-Young contested cleo
ton case from the Second district OF
Virginia would be called up immedi-
ately after the Aldrich-Robbins case
was concluded
Mr.. Hay (Va.) then announced, with
an expression of profound sorrow on
the part of himself and his associates,
the death of Mr.. Eppes. He offeredres-
olutions of respect and sympathy,
which were unanimously adopted. A
committee of IS members was appoint
ed by the speaker to act with a senate
committee as funeral escort. It in
cludes the entire Virginia delegation in
Ky); Mccall (Mass.); Dearmond
(Mo); Jenkins (Wis); J. S. Williams
Qll); Joy (Mo.); Clayton (Ala.), and
Henry and Bailey (Tex.). Then, at
1913, as a further mark of respect to
the deceased, the house adjourned.
Washington, March 5-The house
committee. on insular affairs was to
have met Saturday to determine on
plans relative to the bill providing a
territorial form of government for
Porto Rico, but the absence of quor-
UNI prevented the meeting. The re-
publican members had a general talk.
and determined not to press this ques-5
ton until the course of the senate on
the Foraker bill had been further ma
tured. s}.l. s y@s5