Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-26
A MINORITY REPORT
Two Members OF the Senate Com
mittee On Elections Present
A Dissenting Opinion.
IT WHITEWASHES CLARK
A Tie In Committee On An Interstate Com
merce Law Amendment-A Proposed
Raise In the Salary Of Railway
Clerks.
SENATE.

Washington, April 26.--A dissenting
opinion was presented in the senate b,
the minority OF the committee on privi
leges and election in the Clark case l
was signed by Senators Harris and Pet
tus. The report starts as follows: -
"We agreed, and still agree, to tn,
resolution adopted by the committee it
self. But the report is merely the
writing Of the chairman with the aid o
one other member and was never sub.
mitted at any meeting OF the committee
and therefore cannot be considered Us
the words of the committee"
They then proceed to state their rea-
sons for dissent which are based, they
say upon the opinion that the commit.
tee dfd not regard the ordinary rules OF
evidence, but received bearsay evidence
in great Volumes"
They also assert that in the main re-
port statements are made as facts
which are based entirely ON the testi
mony of witnesses of doubtful credit ano
that that testimony was plainly contra
dicted."
Closing, they say:
"The only proposition for which VT
contend is that this is a judicial case
and the committee of the senate ought
consider and report as judges"
Senator Pettus, of Alabama, address,
ed the senate in opposition to resolu-
ton declaring Nathan B. Scott entitled
to a seat as senator from West Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Pettus was the only member
of the committee on elections who de-
clined to sign the majority report. He
begged the senators to lay aside person
al considerations in this case and decide
it upon it's merits as a proposition OF
law.
Senator Mason introduced joint res
olution in the senate requesting that the
president withdraw the United States
troops from Cuba SO as to turn the gov
ernment of that island over to the Gu
bans by the 4th of July.
HOUSE.
Washington, April 26.-The house re-
sumed the consideration of the postof
flee appropriation bill. Mr.. Tawney Of
Minnesota moved to increase the sala-
ries of 479 railway postal clerks of class
A from 81 300 to 1,4OO. Mr.. Loud, chair
man of the postoffice committee, op-
posed the amendment.
The amendment was adopted by a
vote Of SO to 80.
A motion to strike out the appropria-
ton for special mail facilities from New
York to New Orleans was defeated by
vote of Al to 80. A motion to strike out
the appropriation for special facilities
between Kansas City, Mo-, to Newton
Kan, was also defeated.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Washington, April ga vote taken
in the interstate commerce committee
Of the senate to-day on the question of
reporting the bill enlarging the powers
of the Interstate commerce commission
resulted in tie@ to 4. There were
three absentees. Senators Aldrich and
Chiffon were paired, the latter for and
the former against the bill. Mr. Lind
say, the other absentee, was not paired.
The chairman was authorized to consult
him and-th act accordingly. If, there
fore, Mr.. Lindsay casts his vote in fa-
vor of reporting the bill, it will be put
in; otherwise, it will not be reported.
The four senators who voted for the
bill were Cullom, Chandler, Allen and
Tillman, and those who cast their votes
in the negative were Gear, Elkins, VOL
colt and Kean.