The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
CONSPICUOUS FOR ITS ABSENCE IN
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
A PENSION FOR L0NGSTREET.
The Senate asses a Bill to Pension
This Ex-Confederate GeneraI-Shsrp
Senate Passes Army Appropriation
BiIl-The House Passes the Free
Home Bill Under remarkable Cir
cumstances.
SENATE.

10 supply the senate with Information
concerning the violation of the OWL
service law in 1899 was adopted.
The senate then agreed to a motion
by Senator Hoar to take up the Clark
resolution and postponed further ,Cn-
sideration for a week.
Senator Bacon toe exception 10 the
fact that Senator Chandler had said
he had heard it stated tina there was
a purpose to delay the consideration
of the resolution in order to prevent
appointment Of a senator to succeed
Mr.. Clark in Ease the seat now occu-
pied by him should be declared vacant.
The fact, Senator Bacon said. hat
Senator Chandler had stated that ne
had heard this talk outside of the SEN
ate chamber did not relieve it from it's
Objectionable character, for he coulj
see no motive for the statement of the
senator from New Hampshire unless
some implication of senators was in
tended. AS for himself he could not
say what his own action would be on
the Clark resolution. He regarded
himself as a judge sitting in that case
and he would, he added, claim the right
to investigate it thoroughly before en-
tering judgment.
Senator Chandler said that his re-
marks regarding a desire to delay the
consideration of the resolution had no
been called out by anything that Sena-
tor Bacon had said, but hat he had
a especial reference to Senator Stew
arts threat Ito read in the senate, II
not given time to read out of it. the
testimony taken by the committee
"Threatened?" said Senator Stewart,
Threatened to do what?"
Threatened" Senator Chandler re-
piled, that if any attempt was made
to rush the Clark resolution three
volumes of testimony would be l
for the purpose of delay"
Senator Stwart said he had made no
such statement as a threat, but he
would repeat that if time was not given
to read the testimony outside of the
senate chamber time would be taken
to read it in the chamber. The case
should be considered deliberately and
decently, and especially in view of the
fact that much of the testimony was
irrelevant. Il don't propose t be lee
tured," he continued II don't like it,
and 1 particularly don't like it from
the man who has gathered up all sorts
of hearsay matter and printed it as
testimony"
When the senator attacks me or the
committee over which I preside" re-
torted Senator Chandler, The will get
a lecture from me-"
To this Senator Stewart replied:
We'll, you'll get a lecture from me on
the irrelevant scandal you've put into
the testimony presented here"
The senate then passed the house
bill for the amendment of the census
law. The bill was amended so as to
provide for $3.50 additional c~ovpensa-
ton to census supervisors.
The army appropriation bill being
taken up, Senator Pettigrew continued
his criticism of the treatment of the
volunteer soldiers in the Philippines.
He e a number of letters from
members of South Dakota regiments.
complaining of their treatement there.
Taking up Senate Pettigrew's criti-
cisms, Senator Gallinger read from an
address by the lieutenant colonel of the
South Dakota regiment in which hat
gentleman had said hat he had yet to
find a soldier who did not regard it as
a personal insult to say that the United
States was responsible for the Philip
pine war.
Senator Pettigrew said that that Of
ficer could not have known who began
the fighting being several miles away.
He had no controversy, he said, with
biculSleill SOlOllSl otoItI LII dS "
Senator Gallinger, if the administration
could stand it to have him as it's cham
pion, he Pettigrew) could stand it.
This attack Senator Gallinger said
he considered gratuitous inc unworthy.
Senator Turner referred to the fact
that a resolution had been adopted
by the senate two months ago, asking
for a list of soldiers who had received
travel pay, and hat the paymaSter
general had replied that his force was
insufficient to supply the data 2lrire
the present session of congress.
senator Tillman criticised the war
department for not supplying the in
formation asked for by the senate
Replying to Senator P%ettigrew's
charge as to the prevalence of insani-
ty and suicides among the soldiers in
a statement from the surgeon general
saying that the insanity had not beer
above the average.
Senator Hawley's point of order
against the turner amendment for the
allowance of trave pay made yester-
day was sustained.
The bill was passed as amended with
out division.
The senate then took up the pension
calendar. An hour was devoted to the
consideration of pension bills, 49, being
passed, among them being bills grant.
ing a pension OF 500 per month to Mrs
Julia McV. Henry, widow of the late
General Guy v. Henry; $50 a month
each to General James Longstreet
Mrs. Margaret NJ. Badger, widow OF
the late Commodore Badger, and tc
Mrs. Harriet Gridley, widow of the
late Captain Gridley, of the navy.
At 5:25 O'Clock the senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
h house today, without division
passed the free home" bill which ha:
been pending before congress for {
numbe Of years. The bill provide.
that the government shall issue pat.
ents to actual bona fide settlers on ag
ricultural lands of Indian reservation,
opened to settlement. These land!
taken up by settlers who cor
tracted to pay from s1.25 to 1915 PEI
acre. By the terms OF the bill tn
government assumes the payment o.
the purchase price to the Indians, an(
changes the existing law relative t.
agricultural colleges so as to insur'
he payment Of the endowments which
heretofore have come out. of the sal
of public lands in case Of deficiency
These payments involve 81. 200, 900 an
nuallv. OF the 90 mn O0n acroS i'm In