The age-herald., 1900-02-22
QUAY RESOLUTION
 COMES UP TODAY Penrose Announces That He Will
 Discuss Question. JOHN I. MORGAN ON HAW All He is Opposed to the Native Offices Be- ing Used as Political Footballs.
 Tillman Was Refused
 the Floor
JOHN T. MORGAN ON HAW All

Washington, February 21.-Mr. Penrose, of Pennsylvania this morning gave notice that on washington's birthday, immediate ly after the reading of Washington's fare well address by Senator Foraker, he would call up the senate resolution providing that the Hon. Matthew Quay is not entitled to take his seat in this body as a senator from the state of Pennsylvania. MT. Penrose di- rected attention to the fact that the ques- ton involved was privileged, and intimated therefore that 1t would take precedence over other matters
 An effort is to be made to get the ques- ton involving the seating of former Sena- tor Quay of Pennsylvania formally before the senate for consideration tomorrow.
 MT. Penrose of Pennsylvania gave notice today that he would call up the case to- morrow. As 1t Is a privileged question, he may be able to secure vote on the taking up of the case for consideration, and thus develop the Quay strength in the senate, at least approximately.
 During the greater part of today's ses- sion the Hawaiian government bill was un- der consideration, but little progress was made
 In lieu of an amendment offered by MT. Clark of Montana, MT. Morgan presented a substitute for section 75 of the bill pro- viding that the secretary of the interior should make investigation of the public land laws of Hawaii, and that the secre- tary of agriculture should make an exami- nation and report the agricultural and for estry condidons $7,500 to be appropriated for each of the investigations. The snbsti- ute was agreed to.
 Appointment of Judges
 MT. Platt, Connecticut, offered amend ments to section S1 of the bill providing that the president and not the governor of the territory, appoint the chief justices and justices of the supreme court and the the judges of the circuit courts, and that the term of office of such appointees should be four instead of nine years MT. Piatt made an extended argument in support of his amendments, holding that the proposi- tions as to the appointment of officials and the tenure of office were radically differ ent from those incorporated in any pre- vious enabling act for territory
 MT. Cullom, in charge of the measure, defended the action of the committee in placing the power of the appointments re- ferred to in the hands of the governor and in the president In justification of the committees action he said the government of Hawaii when the territory was acquired by the United States, was one of the best republican forms of government in exist ence and it was the desire of the com mittee to afford the people of Hawaii as full and free government as could be ex- tended to t:rem in the circumstances.
 In opposition to the proposed amend ment, MT Morgan reviewed the situation, as the Hawaiian commission found it on the islands and argued that the justices mentioned in the address have longer tenure of office than four years as in that time no man, a stranger to Hawaii would master the customs, institutions and Ian- suase of the people He did not approve of making those positions political foot balls.
 Referring to MT. Platts argument that the propositions of the bill were different from what had ever been applied to a ter- ritory, he said:
 Ought 10 Make No Difference
 That ought to make no difference. If this government is never to do anything that it never did before we will sit down and become thoroughly stale. Whether you call it expansion or something else, I am in favor of lifting up this government and our institutions and pressing onward day by day."
 In the course of his argument Mir Mor- gan was interrupted by MT. Tillman, who wanted to know how many registered voters there were in Hawaii at the present time. He thought about 1000, composed largely of Americans, Germans and other white foreigners. MT. Cullom interjected the in- formation that in 1890 the voters numbered about Il ,Oe0
 At this point MT. Wolcott, of Colorado, expressed a desire to offer suggestion to MT. Tillman. He then called attention to the small vote cast in South Carolina in proportion to population at the last general election.
 MT. Tillman attempted to reply, but MT. Morgan, who held the floor, refused to yield whereupon MT. Tilman retorted sharply: "Of course I shall have to yield under such a gag rule, I suppose"
 Without cOncludinp Mir Morpan viaIdad for an executive session at 4:20 D. m. and the senate, at 455 D. m.. adiourned