The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
At Washington.

narrow margin of two votes, unseated
Mr.. Crawford of North Carolina, who
was member of the 54th and 55th Con
crosses. Pearson is the third Republi-
can to be seated by the present House.
The minority resolution declaring the
sitting member entitled to the seat was
defeated by one vote. Mr.. Jack, a
Pennsylvania Republican, voted with
the Democrats on both roll calls. On
the first vote Is Republicans were absent
and impaired and on the second y were
absent and impaired.
The House, Friday broke all records
by passing $50 private pension bills.
Among them was the Senate bill to pen
sion the widow of the late Gen. Guy V.
Henry, the House reducing the amount
from 800 to $50 per month. The House
adjourned until Monday.
The post office inspectors appointed
by Postmaster General Smith to make a
thorough investigation into the postal
frauds in Cuba have reached Havana
Before leaving Washington, the inspec.
tors had conference with the post.
master general They are directed to
make their investigation as complete
and thorough as possible and to exert
every effort possible to ascertain the ex-
tent of the frauds and the names of the
guilty parties. f. G. Rathborn, director
general of posts in Cuba will be releas.
ed. He is not suspected of completely
in frauds but is held responsible for ex-
travagance and looseness in manage
ment.
By a close vote the Senate, Saturday,
rejected the ropositiOn to erect, with
out reference to the price at which the
government could secure armor pla,e
for its warships, AN armor plate factory
The vote upon the direct provision was
% to "a, and subsidiary amendments
were rejected by about the same vote.
Secretary Long read to the cabinet,
Friday, letter received from Gov Gen.
Allen Of Puerto Rico, giving an account
of his observations since his arrival at
san Juan, about two weeks ago. Mr..
Allen recommended that Mr. Pettingill
of Puerto Rico, be appointed attorney
general of the island
The Senate passed the Naval appro-
priation bill, Monday. The secretary of
the navy is authorized to pay S445 per
ton for armor but if not able to procure
it for that price is authorized TO pay
S545 per ton for armor for the battle
ships Maine, Ohio and Missouri, and
proceed to erect an armOr factory for
which 81, 900 600 was appropriated.
On Monday the House passed the gen.
eral deficiency appropriation bill and
the military academy bill.
The President, Monday, sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the senate:
Army, promotion, regular, Captain VIII
liam McGammon, 10th Infantry, to be
major. Promotion, Harry p. Dill of
Maine, now commercial agent at Port
Ontario, To be consul at that place; Err
nest A Wakefield of Augusta, Nj now
commercial agent at Orilla, Ont, to be
consul at that place.
A sensation was sprung in the Senate,
Tuesday, soon after the body convened.
Scarcely had the routine business been
concluded when Mr. lark of Montana,
rose and addressed the chair on a ques-
ton of privilege personal to himself
In his speech he resigned his seat in the
Senate
The President sent to the Senate,
Tuesday, a letter from Gen Otis trans
by Aguinaldo to friend in Manila,
warning him to leave that city for his
own safety Aguinaldo's letter is dated
Malolos, May Z, 1899, and is addressed
to Senior Bonito Legardo.
The three members of the House from
Maine deserve great deal of credit for
what they have accomplished during
the session which is now nearly at an
end Two of the men came into Con.
gress without any experience az repre-
sentatives, and Governor Burleigh had
only gotten well under way And yet
in the matter of Legislation and in the
matter of work before the departments
they have made a very notable record
which promises we'll for their futures as
public servants. Representative Bur
leigh has been unusually successful in
getting a great many matters, sue az
have been noted, from time to hime, in
Washington dispatches, from the de
partments and from Congress, one OF
the latest successes, as was recently
stated, being an appropriation of So SOC
for the purchase of land at Togus, Me.