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whole case. he maintained, had not been
disposed of by the resignation and de-
parture of Mr.. Clark.
In the course of a long reply, Mr.. Ba-
con held that he could conceive Of
no legitimate purpose or desire for the
reference to a committee of question
which practically was dead. He inti-
mated that the chairman of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections might
have some Interior motive in view
which he could not at this time divine.
After Mr.. Chandler had retorted face
tiously that the Georgian senator was
too suspicious, especially of the chair
man of the committee the matter of re-
committal by consent went over until
Thursday.
The senate then, in thirty minutes,
passed forty-fve unobjected pension bills
on the calendar
Pending the resumption of the discus
sion of the ship subsidy bill, an act pro-
Viding that entry men, under the home
stead laws, who served in the United
States army, navy or marine corps, dur
ing the Spanish war or the Philippine In
surrection, shall have certain service de-
Quoted from the time required to perfect
title under homestead laws, was passed.
The senate at 4:20 p. m. went into exec
utive session. At 5:45 p. m. the senate adj
journed.
Tomorrow no business session of the
senate will be held, as the day will be
devoted to the celebration of the centen-
nial of the establishment of the seat Of
government in Washington.
THE ARMY BILL.
The senate committee on military af-
fairs today continued its consideration
OF the army bill. Secretary Root was be-
lore the committee for a brief time. and
suggested no material amendment to the
ana 1I,,,
c1uSNely to the presentation of the gem
eral SUBJECT of the reorganization of the
army on permanent basis He was as
sured Dy members of the committee that
the Dill In all probability would be re-
ported to the senate by the beginning of
next week -
Gen Miles took very positive stand
against the abolition of the repinoentaI GTt-eG
organization in the artillery arm of the
service, saying that such a course would
inevitably have the effect of destrovine.
tluch OF the esprit du corps of thai
pranch Of the service
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The senate committee on foreign ra1o-
tloils today authorized favorable renorts
upon recently negotiated treaties nro1,id-
4IIs Tor the eXtradition Of criminals he
s~een thlS country and Chile, and also
poC"een thls country and Bolivia. Sfnoi-
10
nc nc eSIeement to extend for another 1,ea7,
tne treaty providing for the denarca+io,,
~ ~ tIe boundary line between the Tinted
States and Mexico. = lieu
ne committee also authorized favora-
80 DiS eporCs pl on supplementary agreements
,o,ll., 49, oreat Britain, extending for tweIve
months, the time for the ratifino+ios
commercial conventions WITH +ICst'ion +Ioo+ OF
Try Tor reciprocal trade with ;+s -oS,l IN
Sons IN the West Indies CO
THESE HAVE JoRs
Gon1irmaticns by the senate.
A i3Il.1c d. "a dand ID commissioners, Idaho q
TGoIoa!K ISd!cK, o5 Washington; T. A. DAVIS 0f
lGaho; II; B. King. Of Idaho. a. laws OF
fee at Tit{ia TlS 20 De register of land Of
huntington Wilson, of illinois ~ ,,o
t0 T;re OF the legation Of the United Sta fec
William D. Bynum. of 1ndioro
oU;ilI!nlsSloner to revise and codify" +b be
siidi1taI statas and penal laws of the Gnifeg g
s. Fl. Taten1, of Montana n ho ouuo
M charge of the assay Office at HaIey.a CT
Daniel Daniel H. Mcmillan, of New York r. no
New MexfHcn H%''ice Oh the supreme court of
1x7to 10 be major generals-Brig.- Gen. 1lov7
sSnSaton Is and Brig.-Gen. A. Chafree Ell ~
EXECUTIVE SESSION
There were no set speecbae ~, +t,. IT,
Pauncefote treaty in the execI7ti,1o -
sion Of the senate today Such 5;sc17S-
SION as there was consisted of o11es+io,,s
ana answers directed toward clearino, ~,
uouotS concerning the effect of the treaty
generalIy regarding the rights OF tba
United States in Central America.
ne discussion was opened by Senator
oeNerlose, Who taking the floor. an
nounced his desire to have moro 1otl+
upon the effect of the nendine ,,e@ro
tation on the questions disposed Of fon
t!he Ci1ne oY the Clayton-Bulwer mega
uauons His questions brought ont re-
plles from Senator Lodge in CHARGE of
the bill, and after Mr.. Lodge had con
GUIDED number of senatorial LAWYERS
Iound occasion TO participate in the con-
uoVerSy which ensued. Those who
spoke included Senators Foraker, Teller.
Money, Mason and Spooner.
NEW TREATIES.
The president had sent to the senate
a number of treaties with Great Britain
extending for year the time for the
rauncatlon of the reciprocity affecting
the British West Indian possessions
which were sent to the senate last Sos
sion, but failed of ratification. He also
mas forwarded reciprocity treaties with
Nicaragua. Ecuador, the Dominican re-
public and the government of Denmark,
the last named affecting the island of St
Croix only.
The president also has forwarded the
treaty with Spain, providing for the ces-
sion for the consideration OF 100000 of
the four or five small islands in the Phil
ippine archipelago, which were not in
cluded in the cession made in the Paris
peace treaty; also eXtradition treaties
with Chile and Bolivia.