The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-13
SP0ONER BILL HELD ITS OWN.
EFFORTS TO DIsPLACE THE PHIL
IPPINE MEASURE.

senator Burrows of Michigan Made
Strong Argument Against the
Seating of Quay-Senator Jones
Made an Explanation In Reply to
MIR. DOIIiver-BOer Resolution I'm
der DiscussiOn-The Senate VIII
Not He in Session To-day.
Washington, April IAN effort was
made in the Senate to-day by Mr.. Nor
gan to displace the present unfinished bus
iness-the Spooner Philippine bil-by the
substitution in its stead of the Nicaragua
canal bill
While Mr.. Morgans motion failed. 10 to
80. the Philippine measure had narrow
escape from being displaced by the Alas
kan civil code bill on motion of Mr.. Car
ter, the motion being defeated on a roll
call, q to "a.
was an exhaustive discussion of the Quay
| case by Mr.. Burrows of Michigan.
The Senate will not be in session Good
Friday, adjourning over until Saturday.
The report upon the legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill was
agreed to.
Senator Jones Explains.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee under a
question of personal privilege, replied to a
statement in Mr.. Delivers speech in the
House yesterday, in which the Iowan re-
ferring to a proposed amendment that had
been offered by Senator Jones 10 return
the proceeds of the present Porto Rican
customs to those who paid them, said the
passage of this amendment would have
given the American Sugar Refining Com
pany $.S000 900, which they have already
paid in cash into the United States treas
ury on imported sugar.
Mr.. Dolliver had accused Mr. Jones of
being in the same conspiracy"
Mr.. Jones. replying, said he had never
| looked to see who had paid these reve-
nues nor where the money would go: that
men more familiar with the sugar trusts
doings knew more than he did as to what
the trust had paid into the treasury and
his amendment was as a matter of JUS
lice to all.
Burrows Against Quay.
| Mr. Burrows then spoke. He maintained
| the Governor clearly had no constitution
/ al authority to appoint Mr. Quay or any
| one else to the Senate; that this point was
| decided in the Corbett case two years
ago and the cases were identical save as
| to the parties.
Mr. Penrose, at that time, he said. voted
against Mr. Corbett and Mr.. Quay was
| paired against him. He predicted that the
| esta blishment of the minoritys doctrine
would have as a sequence a popular up
| rising to lodge all control over senatorial
elections with the sovereign people.
SpOOner Dill Not Displaced.
The Spooner bill, as the unfinished bust
ness, was laid before the Senate and Mr..
| Morgan moved consideration of the Mica
raguan oanal bill. If carried this would
have displaced the Spooner bill as unfin-
| shed business. The motion was lost, 15 to
49, as follows
l Yeas Bacon, Bate Berry, Clay. Culber-
son, Daniel. Foster, Harris. Heitfed, Jones
! of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Money,
! Perkins, Taliaferro. Vest-15
Nays: Allison. Baker. Bard, Carter, Gull
| lom, Davis. Deboe, Depew. Fairbanks,
| Foraker, Gallinger, Hansbrough Hawley.
Kean Lodge McComas, McCumber, Nc
| MILAN, Martin, Nelson, Pettigrew, Platt
of Connecticut, Platt of New York.
| Quarles. Ross, Scott Sewell, Shoup,
Stewart Teller Thurston, Tillman, War
| ren-33
Mr. Carter moved to take up the Alas
| kan code bill. This was defeated, % to "a
| The senior senator from South Dakota
| then spoke on his Boer resolution, which
| he was unable TO get before the Senate
| He said il was well understood the ad-
| ministration favored the British caus
| and the Senate should stand by ma ion
struggling for liberty
| At $50 p. m, the Senate adjourned.
|